define readLayout to create a SomeLayout based on a set of possible layout types.

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David Roundy
2007-09-20 18:15:06 +00:00
parent 5f12ca0faa
commit 197c834331

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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
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module XMonad (
X, WindowSet, WorkspaceId, ScreenId(..), ScreenDetail(..), XState(..), XConf(..), Layout(..), SomeLayout(..),
X, WindowSet, WorkspaceId, ScreenId(..), ScreenDetail(..), XState(..), XConf(..), Layout(..), SomeLayout(..), readLayout,
Typeable, Message, SomeMessage(..), fromMessage, runLayout,
runX, catchX, io, catchIO, withDisplay, withWindowSet, isRoot, getAtom, spawn, restart, trace, whenJust, whenX,
atom_WM_STATE, atom_WM_PROTOCOLS, atom_WM_DELETE_WINDOW
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ instance Show (SomeLayout a) where
instance Read (SomeLayout a) where
readsPrec _ _ = [] -- We can't read an existential type!!!
readLayout :: [SomeLayout a] -> String -> [(SomeLayout a, String)]
readLayout ls s = concatMap rl ls
where rl (SomeLayout x) = map (\(l,s') -> (SomeLayout l,s')) $ rl' x
rl' :: Layout l a => l a -> [(l a,String)]
rl' _ = reads s
class (Show (layout a), Read (layout a)) => Layout layout a where
doLayout :: layout a -> Rectangle -> Stack a -> X ([(a, Rectangle)], Maybe (layout a))
modifyLayout :: layout a -> SomeMessage -> X (Maybe (layout a))