-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- |
-- Module : XMonad.Layout.IndependentScreens
-- Copyright : (c) 2009 Daniel Wagner
-- License : BSD3
--
-- Maintainer : <daniel@wagner-home.com>
-- Stability : unstable
-- Portability : unportable
--
-- Utility functions for simulating independent sets of workspaces on
-- each screen (like dwm's workspace model), using internal tags to
-- distinguish workspaces associated with each screen.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
module XMonad.Layout.IndependentScreens (
-- * Usage
-- $usage
VirtualWorkspace, PhysicalWorkspace,
workspaces',
withScreens, onCurrentScreen,
marshallPP,
whenCurrentOn,
countScreens,
-- * Converting between virtual and physical workspaces
-- $converting
marshall, unmarshall, unmarshallS, unmarshallW,
marshallWindowSpace, unmarshallWindowSpace
) where
-- for the screen stuff
import Control.Applicative((<*), liftA2)
import Control.Arrow hiding ((|||))
import Control.Monad
import Data.List (nub, genericLength)
import Graphics.X11.Xinerama
import XMonad
import XMonad.StackSet hiding (filter, workspaces)
import XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog
-- $usage
-- You can use this module with the following in your @~\/.xmonad\/xmonad.hs@:
--
-- > import XMonad.Layout.IndependentScreens
--
-- You can define your workspaces by calling @withScreens@:
--
-- > myConfig = def { workspaces = withScreens 2 ["web", "email", "irc"] }
--
-- This will create \"physical\" workspaces with distinct internal names for
-- each (screen, virtual workspace) pair.
--
-- Then edit any keybindings that use the list of workspaces or refer
-- to specific workspace names. In the default configuration, only
-- the keybindings for changing workspace do this:
--
-- > keyBindings conf = let m = modMask conf in fromList $
-- > {- lots of other keybindings -}
-- > [((m .|. modm, k), windows $ f i)
-- > | (i, k) <- zip (XMonad.workspaces conf) [xK_1 .. xK_9]
-- > , (f, m) <- [(W.greedyView, 0), (W.shift, shiftMask)]]
--
-- This should change to
--
-- > keyBindings conf = let m = modMask conf in fromList $
-- > {- lots of other keybindings -}
-- > [((m .|. modm, k), windows $ onCurrentScreen f i)
-- > | (i, k) <- zip (workspaces' conf) [xK_1 .. xK_9]
-- > , (f, m) <- [(W.greedyView, 0), (W.shift, shiftMask)]]
--
-- In particular, the analogue of @XMonad.workspaces@ is
-- @workspaces'@, and you can use @onCurrentScreen@ to convert functions
-- of virtual workspaces to functions of physical workspaces, which work
-- by marshalling the virtual workspace name and the currently focused
-- screen into a physical workspace name.
--
-- A complete example abusing many of the functions below is available in the
-- "XMonad.Config.Dmwit" module.
type VirtualWorkspace = WorkspaceId
type PhysicalWorkspace = WorkspaceId
-- $converting
-- You shouldn't need to use the functions below very much. They are used
-- internally. However, in some cases, they may be useful, and so are exported
-- just in case. In general, the \"marshall\" functions convert the convenient
-- form (like \"web\") you would like to use in your configuration file to the
-- inconvenient form (like \"2_web\") that xmonad uses internally. Similarly,
-- the \"unmarshall\" functions convert in the other direction.
marshall :: ScreenId -> VirtualWorkspace -> PhysicalWorkspace
marshall (S sc) vws = show sc ++ '_':vws
unmarshall :: PhysicalWorkspace -> (ScreenId, VirtualWorkspace)
unmarshallS :: PhysicalWorkspace -> ScreenId
unmarshallW :: PhysicalWorkspace -> VirtualWorkspace
unmarshall = ((S . read) *** drop 1) . break (=='_')
unmarshallS = fst . unmarshall
unmarshallW = snd . unmarshall
workspaces' :: XConfig l -> [VirtualWorkspace]
workspaces' = nub . map (snd . unmarshall) . workspaces
withScreens :: ScreenId -- ^ The number of screens to make workspaces for
-> [VirtualWorkspace] -- ^ The desired virtual workspace names
-> [PhysicalWorkspace] -- ^ A list of all internal physical workspace names
withScreens n vws = [marshall sc pws | pws <- vws, sc <- [0..n-1]]
onCurrentScreen :: (VirtualWorkspace -> WindowSet -> a) -> (PhysicalWorkspace -> WindowSet -> a)
onCurrentScreen f vws = screen . current >>= f . flip marshall vws
-- | In case you don't know statically how many screens there will be, you can call this in main before starting xmonad. For example, part of my config reads
--
-- > main = do
-- > nScreens <- countScreens
-- > xmonad $ def {
-- > ...
-- > workspaces = withScreens nScreens (workspaces def),
-- > ...
-- > }
--
countScreens :: (MonadIO m, Integral i) => m i
countScreens = liftM genericLength . liftIO $ openDisplay "" >>= liftA2 (<*) getScreenInfo closeDisplay
-- | This turns a naive pretty-printer into one that is aware of the
-- independent screens. That is, you can write your pretty printer to behave
-- the way you want on virtual workspaces; this function will convert that
-- pretty-printer into one that first filters out physical workspaces on other
-- screens, then converts all the physical workspaces on this screen to their
-- virtual names.
--
-- For example, if you have handles @hLeft@ and @hRight@ for bars on the left and right screens, respectively, and @pp@ is a pretty-printer function that takes a handle, you could write
--
-- > logHook = let log screen handle = dynamicLogWithPP . marshallPP screen . pp $ handle
-- > in log 0 hLeft >> log 1 hRight
marshallPP :: ScreenId -> PP -> PP
marshallPP s pp = pp {
ppCurrent = ppCurrent pp . snd . unmarshall,
ppVisible = ppVisible pp . snd . unmarshall,
ppHidden = ppHidden pp . snd . unmarshall,
ppHiddenNoWindows = ppHiddenNoWindows pp . snd . unmarshall,
ppUrgent = ppUrgent pp . snd . unmarshall,
ppSort = fmap (marshallSort s) (ppSort pp)
}
-- | Take a pretty-printer and turn it into one that only runs when the current
-- workspace is one associated with the given screen. The way this works is a
-- bit hacky, so beware: the 'ppOutput' field of the input will not be invoked
-- if either of the following conditions is met:
--
-- 1. The 'ppSort' of the input returns an empty list (when not given one).
--
-- 2. The 'ppOrder' of the input returns the exact string @\"\\0\"@.
--
-- For example, you can use this to create a pipe which tracks the title of the
-- window currently focused on a given screen (even if the screen is not
-- current) by doing something like this:
--
-- > ppFocus s = whenCurrentOn s def
-- > { ppOrder = \(_:_:title:_) -> [title]
-- > , ppOutput = appendFile ("focus" ++ show s) . (++ "\n")
-- > }
--
-- Sequence a few of these pretty-printers to get a log hook that keeps each
-- screen's title up-to-date.
whenCurrentOn :: ScreenId -> PP -> PP
whenCurrentOn s pp = pp
{ ppSort = do
sort <- ppSort pp
return $ \xs -> case xs of
x:_ | unmarshallS (tag x) == s -> sort xs
_ -> []
, ppOrder = \i@(wss:_) -> case wss of
"" -> ["\0"] -- we got passed no workspaces; this is the signal from ppSort that this is a boring case
_ -> ppOrder pp i
, ppOutput = \out -> case out of
"\0" -> return () -- we got passed the signal from ppOrder that this is a boring case
_ -> ppOutput pp out
}
marshallSort :: ScreenId -> ([WindowSpace] -> [WindowSpace]) -> ([WindowSpace] -> [WindowSpace])
marshallSort s vSort = pScreens . vSort . vScreens where
onScreen ws = unmarshallS (tag ws) == s
vScreens = map unmarshallWindowSpace . filter onScreen
pScreens = map (marshallWindowSpace s)
-- | Convert the tag of the 'WindowSpace' from a 'VirtualWorkspace' to a 'PhysicalWorkspace'.
marshallWindowSpace :: ScreenId -> WindowSpace -> WindowSpace
-- | Convert the tag of the 'WindowSpace' from a 'PhysicalWorkspace' to a 'VirtualWorkspace'.
unmarshallWindowSpace :: WindowSpace -> WindowSpace
marshallWindowSpace s ws = ws { tag = marshall s (tag ws) }
unmarshallWindowSpace ws = ws { tag = unmarshallW (tag ws) }
