[xmonad] Is there a feature...

[adam vogt]

Hello emacstheviking,

What you describe might be possible with
<http://xmonad.org/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Layout-SubLayouts.html>.
I intended it for just one layer of nesting, but you might be able to
figure out a way to send messages to the right subLayout to make the
following usable:

nestedWorkspaces = subLayout [] (subLayout [] inner Full) outer
  where
   inner = Tall 1 0.3 0.5
   outer = Tall 1 0.3 0.5

I think this means: inside the rectangles decided by "outer", have
"workspaces" (arranged by Full) which are laid out like "inner". Or
maybe the right behavior is some other permutation.

Some other code that I think could help you:
XMonad.Layout.MessageControl and some variation of
XMonad.Actions.FocusNth. Also something like the queryMerge here
<http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Config_archive/adamvo's_xmonad.hs>
could be useful, since I imagine you might want to have a command
like:

spawn_and_put_the_next_window_that_appears_into_the_current_subWorkspace
:: String -> X ()

which does what it's name suggests, provided you have a manageHook
that does the merging.

Hopefully this is enough of a hint to get going.

Regards,
Adam



On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Jacek Generowicz
<jacek.generowicz at cern.ch> wrote:
>
> objitsu at gmail.com writes:
>
>> instead of having another window appear and cause a relayout, I'd like
>> the new open application to sit on top, a stack I guess
>
> I'm not sure I understand your requirements exactly, but it sounds a bit
> like what the Full and TwoPane layouts already do.
>
>> the ability to flip between windows but within another frame on the
>> screen was brilliiant.
>
> Let me see if I understand. You have, say, a grid of 2x2 windows. When
> you open a new window, it appears on top of the currently focused one,
> leaving the other 3 visible. You now move to one of the other 3 and open
> a new window, which appears on top of the currently focused one, leaving
> the other 3 visible.
>
> Something like that?
>
> In other words, a bit like the Full layout on N virtual screens
> simultaneously visible on the same physical screen?
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