[xmonad] auto start apps on login, but not reloads

[Sam Halliday]

Hi Brandon,

When I did an `xmonad --restart` it started all the apps again...
which is exactly the opposite of what I wanted. I only want the apps
to start on initial startup.

Just thinking aloud, another way I could do this would be to have
rules in place that always assign a new app to a given workspace. Then
I could start my main apps as usual from .xsession. But sometimes I
move a chromium window to a different workspace, so it would need to
allow that.

BTW, I'm using xmonad from ArchLinux 0.13. Should I be using a dev version?


On 24 March 2017 at 19:53, Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Sam Halliday <sam.halliday at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Brandon!
>>
>> I've updated my config
>>
>>   https://github.com/fommil/dotfiles/blob/master/xmonad/xmonad.hs
>>
>> and now my three apps startup on the correct workspaces! No apparent
>> issues with chromium.
>>
>> Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to have fixed the --reload problem, so
>> I guess args is always coming up non-null?
>
>
> Hm? Did it restart them inappropriately, or did it not start them at all?
>
> The recent changes to use a state file are buggy and cause some rather
> bizarre problems. But there's also the question of compatibility with older
> versions; I was reassured that the change *is* backward compatible, but if
> you aren't seeing parameters from a restart then either that or some other
> change is not backward compatible. (I've already had to rewire this once
> because of an unannounced non-backward-compatible change leading up to 0.12.
> I am not a fan of "move fast, break stuff" especially if the only way I can
> find out about it is to audit every single commit.)
>
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