[xmonad] Xmonad.Layout.Hints and pidgin

[Toby Cubitt]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 02:43:39PM +0200, Nathan Huesken wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How can the IM layout be made to work with pidgin?
>
> I did:
>
> withIM (1%7) (ClassName "Buddy List") (Grid)
>
> But it completly behaves the same for the pidgin Buddy List as all otehr
> windows (Grid layout).
>
> The "Buddy List" comes from xwininfo.

Are you sure the class name isn't "Pidgen"? That's what xprop tells me on
my system at least. (It gives "Buddy List" as the *icon* name.)

  (withIM (1/5) (ClassName "Pidgin") Grid)

works fine for me.

HTH,

Toby
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Dr T. S. Cubitt
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University of Bristol
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