Call 'broadcastMessage ReleaseResources' in restart

XMonad/Config.hs

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ keys conf@(XConfig {XMonad.modMask = modMask}) = M.fromList $
 
     -- quit, or restart
     , ((modMask .|. shiftMask, xK_q     ), io (exitWith ExitSuccess)) -- %! Quit xmonad
-    , ((modMask              , xK_q     ), broadcastMessage ReleaseResources >> restart (Just "xmonad") True) -- %! Restart xmonad
+    , ((modMask              , xK_q     ), restart (Just "xmonad") True) -- %! Restart xmonad
     ]
     ++
     -- mod-[1..9] %! Switch to workspace N

XMonad/Core.hs

@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ module XMonad.Core (
     Layout(..), readsLayout, Typeable, Message,
     SomeMessage(..), fromMessage, runLayout, LayoutMessages(..),
     runX, catchX, userCode, io, catchIO,
-    withDisplay, withWindowSet, isRoot,
+    withDisplay, withWindowSet, isRoot, runOnWorkspaces, broadcastMessage,
     getAtom, spawn, restart, getXMonadDir, recompile, trace, whenJust, whenX,
     atom_WM_STATE, atom_WM_PROTOCOLS, atom_WM_DELETE_WINDOW, ManageHook, Query(..), runManageHook
   ) where
 
-import XMonad.StackSet
+import XMonad.StackSet hiding (modify)
 
 import Prelude hiding ( catch )
 import Control.Exception (catch, bracket, throw, Exception(ExitException))
@@ -303,6 +303,23 @@ doubleFork m = io $ do
     getProcessStatus True False pid
     return ()
 
+-- | Send a message to all visible layouts, without necessarily refreshing.
+-- This is how we implement the hooks, such as UnDoLayout.
+broadcastMessage :: Message a => a -> X ()
+broadcastMessage a = runOnWorkspaces $ \w -> do
+    ml' <- handleMessage (layout w) (SomeMessage a) `catchX` return Nothing
+    return $ w { layout = maybe (layout w) id ml' }
+
+-- | This is basically a map function, running a function in the X monad on
+-- each workspace with the output of that function being the modified workspace.
+runOnWorkspaces :: (WindowSpace -> X WindowSpace) -> X ()
+runOnWorkspaces job =do
+    ws <- gets windowset
+    h <- mapM job $ hidden ws
+    c:v <- mapM (\s -> (\w -> s { workspace = w}) <$> job (workspace s))
+             $ current ws : visible ws
+    modify $ \s -> s { windowset = ws { current = c, visible = v, hidden = h } }
+
 -- | Restart xmonad via exec().
 --
 -- If the first parameter is 'Just name', restart will attempt to execute the
@@ -313,6 +330,7 @@ doubleFork m = io $ do
 -- current window state.
 restart :: Maybe String -> Bool -> X ()
 restart mprog resume = do
+    broadcastMessage ReleaseResources
     prog <- maybe (io getProgName) return mprog
     args <- if resume then gets (("--resume":) . return . showWs . windowset) else return []
     catchIO (executeFile prog True args Nothing)

XMonad/Operations.hs

@@ -324,23 +324,6 @@ sendMessageToWorkspaces a l = runOnWorkspaces $ \w ->
               return $ w { W.layout = maybe (W.layout w) id ml' }
       else return w
 
--- | Send a message to all visible layouts, without necessarily refreshing.
--- This is how we implement the hooks, such as UnDoLayout.
-broadcastMessage :: Message a => a -> X ()
-broadcastMessage a = runOnWorkspaces $ \w -> do
-    ml' <- handleMessage (W.layout w) (SomeMessage a) `catchX` return Nothing
-    return $ w { W.layout = maybe (W.layout w) id ml' }
-
--- | This is basically a map function, running a function in the X monad on
--- each workspace with the output of that function being the modified workspace.
-runOnWorkspaces :: (WindowSpace -> X WindowSpace) -> X ()
-runOnWorkspaces job =do
-    ws <- gets windowset
-    h <- mapM job $ W.hidden ws
-    c:v <- mapM (\s -> (\w -> s { W.workspace = w}) <$> job (W.workspace s))
-             $ W.current ws : W.visible ws
-    modify $ \s -> s { windowset = ws { W.current = c, W.visible = v, W.hidden = h } }
-
 -- | Set the layout of the currently viewed workspace
 setLayout :: Layout Window -> X ()
 setLayout l = do

man/xmonad.hs

@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ myKeys conf@(XConfig {XMonad.modMask = modMask}) = M.fromList $
     , ((modMask .|. shiftMask, xK_q     ), io (exitWith ExitSuccess))
 
     -- Restart xmonad
-    , ((modMask              , xK_q     ),
+    , ((modMask              , xK_q     ), restart (Just "xmonad") True)
-          broadcastMessage ReleaseResources >> restart (Just "xmonad") True)
     ]
     ++