[xmonad] Can avoidStruts stop working?

[Dave Macias]

Thank you for the pointer. Ill test without it and report soon.

As far as clearer explanation, this is the order of operations as they happen:
1. Login into computer or restart xmonad (mod-q)
2. Xmonad starts but docks is not respected on all visible workspaces
3. Use my current solution (mod+shift+space) 
4. Docks begin to be respected.
5. Move on with life

Hope this is better.
Thank you for the continual support!
Really enjoy xmonad 

Dave



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> On Mar 4, 2016, at 11:59 AM, Bogdan Sinitsyn <bogdan.sinitsyn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It seems to be like X.L.PerWorkspace bug. It does not handle messages before 
> it is run first time. But I still dunno how to fix it. Any ideas?
> 
>> On Friday, March 4, 2016 9:32:46 AM MSK you wrote:
>> I tried adding `dockStartupHook` to `myStartupHook` but no change. so i
>> moved it to `main` with still no change. So then i tried both location but
>> nothing different, avoidStruts not working.
>> 
>> how it currently looks in my xmonad.hs file:
>> [code]
>> (....... (setLayout =<< asks (XMonad.layoutHook . config)) >>
>> docksStartupHook)
>> .......
>> myStartupHook = do
>> docksStartupHook
>>       ......
>> .....
>> main = do
>> ....
>> , startupHook = composeAll [
>> myStartupHook
>> , docksStartupHook
>>                        .....
>> [/code]
>> 
>> Just to reiterate, xmonad 0.12 from GIT allows me to reset the layout but
>> avoidstruts does not work.
>> Same xmonad.hs code but w/o docksStartupHook under xmonad 0.12 from
>> haskell, still allows me to reset the layout but also respects docs
>> (avoidstruts) if and only if I reset the layout (mod-shift-space) on all
>> "visible" workspaces after an xmonad start/restart. "Non-visible"
>> workspaces seem to work fine, avoidstruts works when spawning a window
>> client; as does reset layout.
>> 
>> My understanding is that GIT is now the "darcs" version of xmonad (aka
>> development version). That being the case, I can live for now under haskell
>> xmonad with the annoyance of (mod-shift-space) upon xmonad start/restart.
>> It's no biggy. I'll deal with it once GIT gets pushed to haskell (unless we
>> abandoning haskell).
>> 
>> Hope all this makes sense.
>> 
>> Thanks again for assistance,
>> -Dave
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 6:08 AM, Bogdan Sinitsyn <bogdan.sinitsyn at gmail.com>
>> 
>> wrote:
>>> Add `docksStartupHook` to both your action on mod-shift-space and your
>>> startup
>>> hook(because you restore initial layout state before restart).
>>> 
>>>> On Thursday, March 3, 2016 9:29:38 AM MSK you wrote:
>>>> Yes, it's an action on a hotkey. (mod+shift+space) which resets layout
>>>> on
>>>> workspace. See http://web.mit.edu/nelhage/Public/xmonad.hs
>>>> Under haskell xmonad, i had to (mod-shift-space) in order for the docks
>>> 
>>> to
>>> 
>>>> be respected, since it was never respected upon xmonad restart.
>>>> Under Git xmonad, docks are still not respected upon xmonad restart but
>>> 
>>> my
>>> 
>>>> previous solution (mod-shift-space) for displaying the dock, no longer
>>>> works.
>>>> 
>>>> Here is my code:
>>>> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/davama/xmonad/master/xmonad.hs
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Bogdan Sinitsyn <
>>> 
>>> bogdan.sinitsyn at gmail.com>
>>> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Are you speaking about action on some hotkey instead of `setLayout =<<
>>>>> asks
>>>>> (layoutHook . config)` or something else? If first then I dunno what's
>>>>> wrong,
>>>>> can you give the whole config?
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Thursday, March 3, 2016 8:36:10 AM MSK you wrote:
>>>>>> Thank you Bogdan for the reply. I did as suggested.  I tried
>>> 
>>> different
>>> 
>>>>>> versions:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> `setLayout $ XMonad.layoutHook conf` -- original code. works fine
>>> 
>>> under
>>> 
>>>>>> Haskell xmonad 0.12. with GIT xmonad docks are not longer respected.
>>>>>> `setLayout $ XMonad.layoutHook conf >> docksStartupHook` -- failed
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> xmonad restart
>>>>>> `(setLayout $ XMonad.layoutHook conf) >> docksStartupHook` -- passes
>>>>> 
>>>>> xmonad
>>>>> 
>>>>>> restart but setLayout to default does not work, neither respect for
>>>>>> docks
>>>>>> `(setLayout =<< asks (XMonad.layoutHook . config)) >>
>>> 
>>> docksStartupHook`
>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> 
>>>>>> passes restart. setLayout works. but still no respect for docks.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I feel like im very close.
>>>>>> Could it be that my `manageDocks` or `docksEventHook e` are not
>>> 
>>> properly
>>> 
>>>>>> configured?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you again for assistance. Hopefully my struggles will help
>>> 
>>> someone
>>> 
>>>>>> else who reads this.
>>>>>> -Dave
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Bogdan Sinitsyn <
>>>>> 
>>>>> bogdan.sinitsyn at gmail.com>
>>>>> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, March 2, 2016 2:38:34 PM MSK you wrote:
>>>>>>>> I did not quite understand how to try the `docksStartupHook`
>>> 
>>> after
>>> 
>>>>>>>> `setLayout =<<...`
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> `(setLayout =<< asks (layoutHook . config)) >> docksStartupHook`
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Bogdan Sinitsyn
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Bogdan Sinitsyn
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Bogdan Sinitsyn
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bogdan Sinitsyn