[xmonad] Issue 524 in xmonad: fine-grained restoring of layout state

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Status: New
Owner: vogt.a... at gmail.com
Labels: Type-Enhancement Usability

New issue 524 by vogt.a... at gmail.com: fine-grained restoring of layout state
http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=524

If the 'a' stays the same but the user changes the layout 'b', such that it  
cannot be read for layouts:

   onWorkspace "1" a b

   a ||| b

Currently the whole layout will be reset to whatever the default is. It is  
possible to use the 'a'. For example using template haskell:  
https://github.com/liskin/liskin-xmonad-conf/blob/master/lib/XMonad/Layout/FlexibleRead.hs

Perhaps there's a way to do it without issues such as:

  - complicated code
  - template haskell
  - breaking all code that has `import XMonad'