nameTail - Remove the first word of a layout description

XMonad/Layout/Named.hs

@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@
 module XMonad.Layout.Named
     ( -- * Usage
       -- $usage
-      named
+      named,
+      nameTail
     ) where
 
+import XMonad
 import XMonad.Layout.LayoutModifier
 
 -- $usage
@@ -30,13 +32,14 @@ import XMonad.Layout.LayoutModifier
 -- Then edit your @layoutHook@ by adding the Named layout modifier
 -- to some layout:
 --
--- > myLayouts = named "real big" Full ||| etc..
+-- > myLayouts = named "real big" Full ||| (nameTail $ named "real big" $ Full) ||| etc..
 -- > main = xmonad defaultConfig { layoutHook = myLayouts }
 --
 -- For more detailed instructions on editing the layoutHook see:
 --
 -- "XMonad.Doc.Extending#Editing_the_layout_hook"
 
+-- | Rename a layout.
 named :: String -> l a -> ModifiedLayout Named l a
 named s = ModifiedLayout (Named s)
 
@@ -44,3 +47,13 @@ data Named a = Named String deriving ( Read, Show )
 
 instance LayoutModifier Named a where
     modifyDescription (Named n) _ = n
+
+
+-- | Remove the first word of the name.
+nameTail :: l a -> ModifiedLayout NameTail l a
+nameTail = ModifiedLayout NameTail
+
+data NameTail a = NameTail deriving (Read,Show)
+
+instance LayoutModifier NameTail a where
+  modifyDescription NameTail i = dropWhile (==' ') $ dropWhile (/=' ') $ description i