From b22432a8b32e40f0b4b8e86f5d73e01e53314e41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jason Creighton Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 01:27:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] "dmenu" operation to spawn dmenu only on the current screen (for Xinerama) This requires a dmenu that will accept -x and -w. Currently, This means applying this patch: http://www.jcreigh.com/dmenu/position-options.patch (I'm trying to see if I can get this into dmenu upstream; haven't heard anything back yet.) --- Operations.hs | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Operations.hs b/Operations.hs index 4e2ae49..bd73fc4 100644 --- a/Operations.hs +++ b/Operations.hs @@ -343,3 +343,14 @@ restart = do prog <- getProgName args <- getArgs executeFile prog True args Nothing + +-- | Starts dmenu on the current screen. (Requires patches to dmenu for the -x +-- and -w options.) +dmenu :: X () +dmenu = do + xinesc <- gets xineScreens + ws <- gets workspace + ws2sc <- gets wsOnScreen + let curscreen = fromMaybe 0 (M.lookup (W.current ws) ws2sc) + sc = xinesc !! curscreen + spawn $ "exe=`dmenu_path | dmenu -x " ++ (show $ rect_x sc) ++ " -w " ++ (show $ rect_width sc) ++ "` && exec $exe"