[xmonad] managehook: ... dual-head & screen sticking clients

mito info at mito-space.com
Mon Jan 17 17:20:22 UTC 2022


Am 17.01.22 um 18:14 schrieb Brandon Allbery:
> On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 12:09 PM mito <info at mito-space.com> wrote:
>> Now (in dual-head), when switching workspaces, only one monitor/screen
>> switches. So it would be of help *all screens* switch, too, and hence
>> the complete workspace's 'view port'. – IMO "import qualified
>> Graphics.X11.Xinerama" should do this, and that module treats both
>> monitors as one in combination.
> Importing a module in Haskell only makes names available; it does not
> and can not perform any actions. Additionally, that is a low level
> module which exposes the X11-layer multiscreen support, not xmonad's.
>
> If you really want both screens to switch at the same time, you might
> be interested in
> https://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmonad-contrib-0.17.0/docs/XMonad-Actions-DynamicWorkspaceGroups.html.
Thanks, will look into it! ^^

>> As mentioned earlier, it works in Trinity (a.k.a. TDE=KDE3.5), so am I
>> missing something in KDE5?
> Are you talking about Trinity's window manager, or xmonad? xmonad (and
> dwm) divide workspaces up between monitors; most window managers treat
> a workspace as spanning all monitors.
>
Sorry – to be more precisely: Xmonad as the WM (replacing kwin_x11) in 
Trinity.


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