[xmonad] restackWindow / raiseWindow

[Jochen Keil]

Hello,

On 10.02.2013 01:28, Brandon Allbery wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Jochen Keil <jochen.keil at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'm not sure if I got you right here. Maybe you could elaborate on what
>> you mean by shiftMaster being raiseWindow. I think the additional Stack
>> Window parameter in the layout is also what Brandon suggested.
>>
> 
> No; I suggested a new *function*, type Maybe Stack -> [Window] -> X (),
> which does the raiseWindow or sets stacking order or etc.  aavogt proposes
> to keep forcing the z-order globally but provide a way to specify an
> alternative order; this strikes me as asking for trouble unless one is
> careful to keep both Stacks in sync.
Thanks for the clarification! I'm with you that forcing the z-order
globally is not a good idea.

>> restackWindows call in windows.
> Which is why I'm proposing to remove that call and make it instead a
> function in the layout, which can be overridden with an alternative.
I think now I understand. I forgot about the Layout being a typeclass.
So just add new function with a default implementation here. Sorry for
getting my wires crossed. :)

>  so maybe it belongs directly in XConfig instead.
Could you then still have different stacking orders for different
layouts? I think the stacking order is directly related to the layout
which also makes sense in as the View in the MVC model.

> (Alternately, get XMonad.Operations.windows out of the stacking business
> entirely and put it with the rest of the layout.  It probably belongs there
> instead of X.O.windows anyway, and in fact we may already have it being
> done in some/all? cases as is; and any situation which requires X.O.windows
> to restack windows also requires it to rerun the layout.)
Speaking again in MVC terms: As far as I understand it,
XMonad.Operations.windows is the Controller, which should be decoupled
from View and Model. Therefore it should not do things which belong to
the V or M (e.g. restacking windows).

I'll try to extend the layout class as discussed above and report back
in a few days.

-- 
-jrk

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