{-# OPTIONS -fglasgow-exts #-} ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | -- Module : XMonadContrib.WorkspaceDir -- Copyright : (c) 2007 David Roundy -- License : BSD3-style (see LICENSE) -- -- Maintainer : David Roundy -- Stability : unstable -- Portability : unportable -- -- WorkspaceDir is an exstension to set the current directory in a workspace. -- -- Actually, it sets the current directory in a layout, since there's no way I -- know of to attach a behavior to a workspace. This means that any terminals -- (or other programs) pulled up in that workspace (with that layout) will -- execute in that working directory. Sort of handy, I think. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- module XMonadContrib.WorkspaceDir ( -- * Usage -- $usage workspaceDir, changeDir ) where import System.Directory ( setCurrentDirectory, getCurrentDirectory ) import Data.List ( nub ) import XMonad import Operations ( sendMessage ) import XMonadContrib.Dmenu ( dmenu, runProcessWithInput ) import XMonadContrib.LayoutHelpers ( layoutModify ) -- $usage -- You can use this module with the following in your Config.hs file: -- -- > import XMonadContrib.WorkspaceDir -- > -- > defaultLayouts = map (workspaceDir "~") [ tiled, ... ] -- -- In keybindings: -- -- > , ((modMask .|. shiftMask, xK_x ), changeDir ["~","/tmp"]) data Chdir = Chdir String deriving ( Typeable ) instance Message Chdir workspaceDir :: String -> Layout a -> Layout a workspaceDir wd = layoutModify dowd modwd where dowd _ _ rws = scd wd >> return (rws, Nothing) modwd m = return $ do Chdir wd' <- fromMessage m Just $ workspaceDir wd' scd :: String -> X () scd x = do x' <- io (runProcessWithInput "bash" [] ("echo -n " ++ x) `catch` \_ -> return x) catchIO $ setCurrentDirectory x' changeDir :: [String] -> X () changeDir dirs = do thisd <- io getCurrentDirectory dir <- dmenu (nub (thisd:dirs)) sendMessage (Chdir dir)