[Xmonad] xinerama and statusbar

Don Stewart dons at galois.com
Fri Sep 14 13:24:29 EDT 2007


lobzang:
> Hi
> 
> I'm using a custom statusbar with dzen, in a xinerama environment ( defaultGaps
> = [(15,0,0,0)] in config file)
> This starts well, however when I open a new window (term) on the second screen,
> the statusbar is overlapped by the terminal window.

the status bar gap field is a list of geometries for each physical
screen. to have a gap on the second screen, you'd use something like:

      = [(15,0,0,0), (15,0,0,0)]

we might default to running the same gap on all screens -- perhaps that
is what most people expect?

-- Don


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