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

[Ondřej Súkup]

hi,

I using for this simple :

     import XMonad.Util.SpawnOnce (spawnOnce)
     and managehook with doShift


On 24 March 2017 at 21:43, Sam Halliday <sam.halliday at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.)
>>
>> --
>> brandon s allbery kf8nh                               sine nomine associates
>> allbery.b at gmail.com                                  ballbery at sinenomine.net
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