XMonad.Actions.MessageFeedback

Alternative to sendMessage that provides knowledge of whether the message was handled, and utility functions based on this facility.

Usage

You can use this module with the following in your ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs:

import XMonad.Actions.MessageFeedback

You can then use this module's functions wherever an action is expected. All feedback variants are supported:

• message to any workspace with no refresh
• message to current workspace with no refresh
• message to current workspace with refresh

Except "message to any workspace with refresh" which makes little sense.

Note that most functions in this module have a return type of X Bool whereas configuration options will expect a X () action. For example, the key binding:

-- Shrink the master area of a tiled layout, or move the focused window
-- to the left in a WindowArranger-based layout
((modKey, xK_Left), tryMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrentB Shrink (MoveLeft 50))

is mis-typed. For this reason, this module provides alternatives (not ending with an uppercase "B", e.g. sendMessage rather than sendMessageB) that discard their boolean result and return an X (). For example, to correct the previous example:

((modKey, xK_Left), tryMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrent Shrink (MoveLeft 50))

This module also provides SomeMessage variants of each Message function for when the messages are of differing types (but still instances of Message). First box each message using SomeMessage or the convenience alias sm. Then, for example, to send each message:

sendSomeMessages [sm messageOfTypeA, sm messageOfTypeB]

This is not equivalent to the following example, which will not refresh the workspace unless the last message is handled:

sendMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrent messageOfTypeA >> sendMessage messageOfTypeB

Messaging variants

SomeMessage

sendSomeMessageB :: SomeMessage -> X Bool

Variant of sendMessage. Accepts SomeMessage; to use Message see sendMessageB. Returns True if the message was handled, False otherwise. Instead of using sendSomeMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrentB for efficiency this is pretty much an exact copy of the sendMessage code - foregoes the O(n) updateLayout.

sendSomeMessage :: SomeMessage -> X ()

Variant of sendSomeMessageB that discards the result.

sendSomeMessageWithNoRefreshB :: SomeMessage -> Workspace WorkspaceId (Layout Window) Window -> X Bool

Variant of sendMessageWithNoRefresh. Accepts SomeMessage; to use Message see sendMessageWithNoRefreshB. Returns True if the message was handled, False otherwise.

sendSomeMessageWithNoRefresh :: SomeMessage -> Workspace WorkspaceId (Layout Window) Window -> X ()

Variant of sendSomeMessageWithNoRefreshB that discards the result.

sendSomeMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrentB :: SomeMessage -> X Bool

Variant of sendMessageWithNoRefresh that sends the message to the current layout. Accepts SomeMessage; to use Message see sendMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrentB. Returns True if the message was handled, False otherwise. This function is somewhat of a cross between sendMessage (sends to the current layout) and sendMessageWithNoRefresh (does not refresh).

sendSomeMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrent :: SomeMessage -> X ()

Variant of sendSomeMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrentB that discards the result.

Message

sendMessageB :: Message a => a -> X Bool

Variant of sendSomeMessageB which like sendMessage accepts Message rather than SomeMessage. Returns True if the message was handled, False otherwise.

sendMessageWithNoRefreshB :: Message a => a -> Workspace WorkspaceId (Layout Window) Window -> X Bool

Variant of sendSomeMessageWithNoRefreshB which like sendMessageWithNoRefresh accepts Message rather than SomeMessage. Returns True if the message was handled, False otherwise.

sendMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrentB :: Message a => a -> X Bool

Variant of sendSomeMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrentB which accepts Message rather than SomeMessage. Returns True if the message was handled, False otherwise.

sendMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrent :: Message a => a -> X ()

Variant of sendMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrentB that discards the result.

Utility Functions

Send All

sendSomeMessagesB :: [SomeMessage] -> X [Bool]

Send each SomeMessage to the current layout without refresh (using sendSomeMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrentB) and collect the results. If any message was handled, refresh. If you want to sequence a series of messages that would have otherwise used sendMessage while minimizing refreshes, use this.

sendSomeMessages :: [SomeMessage] -> X ()

Variant of sendSomeMessagesB that discards the results.

sendMessagesB :: Message a => [a] -> X [Bool]

Variant of sendSomeMessagesB which accepts Message rather than SomeMessage. Use this if all the messages are of the same type.

sendMessages :: Message a => [a] -> X ()

Variant of sendMessagesB that discards the results.

Send Until

tryInOrderB :: (SomeMessage -> X Bool) -> [SomeMessage] -> X Bool

Apply the dispatch function in order to each message of the list until one is handled. Returns True if so, False otherwise.

tryInOrderWithNoRefreshToCurrentB :: [SomeMessage] -> X Bool

Variant of tryInOrderB that sends messages to the current layout without refresh using sendSomeMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrentB.

tryInOrderWithNoRefreshToCurrent :: [SomeMessage] -> X ()

Variant of tryInOrderWithNoRefreshToCurrent that discards the results.

tryMessageB :: (Message a, Message b) => (SomeMessage -> X Bool) -> a -> b -> X Bool

Apply the dispatch function to the first message, and if it was not handled, apply it to the second. Returns True if either message was handled, False otherwise.

tryMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrentB :: (Message a, Message b) => a -> b -> X Bool

Variant of tryMessageB that sends messages to the current layout without refresh using sendMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrentB.

tryMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrent :: (Message a, Message b) => a -> b -> X ()

Variant of tryMessage that discards the results.

Aliases

sm :: Message a => a -> SomeMessage

Convenience shorthand for SomeMessage.

Backwards Compatibility

The following functions exist solely for compatibility with pre-0.14 releases.

send :: Message a => a -> X Bool

Deprecated: Use sendMessageB instead.

See sendMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrentB.

sendSM :: SomeMessage -> X Bool

Deprecated: Use sendSomeMessageB instead.

See sendSomeMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrentB.

sendSM_ :: SomeMessage -> X ()

Deprecated: Use sendSomeMessage instead.

See sendSomeMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrent.

tryInOrder :: [SomeMessage] -> X Bool

Deprecated: Use tryInOrderWithNoRefreshToCurrentB instead.

See tryInOrderWithNoRefreshToCurrentB.

tryInOrder_ :: [SomeMessage] -> X ()

Deprecated: Use tryInOrderWithNoRefreshToCurrent instead.

See tryInOrderWithNoRefreshToCurrent.

tryMessage :: (Message a, Message b) => a -> b -> X Bool

Deprecated: Use tryMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrentB instead.

See tryMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrentB.

tryMessage_ :: (Message a, Message b) => a -> b -> X ()

Deprecated: Use tryMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrent instead.

See tryMessageWithNoRefreshToCurrent.