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Subject: Re: [xmonad] How to prefix workspace names with numbers?
From: Hans Chen <hanswchen () gmail ! com>
Date: 2012-10-09 8:11:56
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On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 6:04 AM, Pablo Olmos de Aguilera C. <
pablo@glatelier.org> wrote:
> First, I'd question myself why I would want to create workspaces on
> the fiy :P, and then "keep them" enough time to make your issue
> relevant. I always imagined dynamicworkspaces as a complement to
> create "short-lived" workspaces. Also, if you are creating the same
> (or similar) workspaces every time... maybe there isn't really a good
> reason to create them on the fly.
>
Thanks for your suggestion. I tried it the "standard way" first, but found
that it didn't fit my workflow that well.
> In my case I keep 7 "fixed" WS:
>
> 1:terms, 2:web, 3:coding, 4:files, 5:media, 6:various, 7:im.
>
> They are called that way, so it's easy to use the number to jump
> between them and then I create/rename/remove "dynamic" ones in case
> are needed.
>
I had a similar setup, but with 10 workspaces with 3 "various" (unnamed)
ones. But I found that most of the time I only used about half of the
workspaces, since I use my computer for many different things. I still keep
a set of default workspaces, but DynamicWorkspaces is really nice for
creating space for the other tasks.
> Another module that helps (a lot) in jumping/moving between workspaces
> are X.A.CycleRecentWS and X.A.CycleWS, I think you should take a look
> :)
I use CycleWS to cycle between screens - it's a bit annoying for workspaces
since it may change the workspaces on the other screens. (If I cycle to a
workspace that's already shown on a physical screen, it will be swapped
with the current one.)
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Jacek Generowicz
<jacek.generowicz@cern.ch>wrote:
>
> Pablo Olmos de Aguilera C. writes:
> + Select workspace by name Automatically switches when unique starting
> substring is entered: this means that most workspace switches take just
> two keystrokes. And I don't have to remember that, say, files is 4: I
> just have to remember that files starts with 'f' (or, in extremis, 'fi').
>
Hm, maybe I should get used to that instead, it sounds really nice. Can you
please tell me more about how you have configured it to switch
automatically and/or post the relevant parts of your xmonad.hs? I use the
default keybindings, so I have to hit tab and return after entering the
substring in order to switch, which is a bit too slow for my liking.
Cheers,
Hans
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On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 6:04 AM, Pablo Olmos de Aguilera C. <span dir="ltr"><<a \
href="mailto:pablo@glatelier.org" target="_blank">pablo@glatelier.org</a>></span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px \
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
First, I'd question myself why I would want to create workspaces on<br>
the fiy :P, and then "keep them" enough time to make your issue<br>
relevant. I always imagined dynamicworkspaces as a complement to<br>
create "short-lived" workspaces. Also, if you are creating the same<br>
(or similar) workspaces every time... maybe there isn't really a good<br>
reason to create them on the fly.<br></blockquote><div><br>Thanks for your \
suggestion. I tried it the "standard way" first, but found that it \
didn't fit my workflow that well.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
In my case I keep 7 "fixed" WS:<br>
<br>
1:terms, 2:web, 3:coding, 4:files, 5:media, 6:various, 7:im.<br>
<br>
They are called that way, so it's easy to use the number to jump<br>
between them and then I create/rename/remove "dynamic" ones in case<br>
are needed.<br></blockquote><div><br>I had a similar setup, but with 10 workspaces \
with 3 "various" (unnamed) ones. But I found that most of the time I only \
used about half of the workspaces, since I use my computer for many different things. \
I still keep a set of default workspaces, but DynamicWorkspaces is really nice for \
creating space for the other tasks.<br>
</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 \
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Another module that helps (a lot) \
in jumping/moving between workspaces<br> are X.A.CycleRecentWS and X.A.CycleWS, I \
think you should take a look<br> :)</blockquote><div><br>I use CycleWS to cycle \
between screens - it's a bit annoying for workspaces since it may change the \
workspaces on the other screens. (If I cycle to a workspace that's already shown \
on a physical screen, it will be swapped with the current one.)<br>
</div><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Jacek Generowicz \
<span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jacek.generowicz@cern.ch" \
target="_blank">jacek.generowicz@cern.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im"><br>
Pablo Olmos de Aguilera C. writes:<br>
</div>
+ Select workspace by name Automatically switches when unique starting<br>
substring is entered: this means that most workspace switches take just<br>
two keystrokes. And I don't have to remember that, say, files is 4: I<br>
just have to remember that files starts with 'f' (or, in extremis, \
'fi').<br></blockquote><div><br>Hm, maybe I should get used to that instead, \
it sounds really nice. Can you please tell me more about how you have configured it \
to switch automatically and/or post the relevant parts of your xmonad.hs? I use the \
default keybindings, so I have to hit tab and return after entering the substring in \
order to switch, which is a bit too slow for my liking.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Hans<br></div></div>
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