----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | -- Module : XMonad.Actions.SimpleDate -- Description : An example external contrib module for XMonad. -- Copyright : (c) Don Stewart 2007 -- License : BSD3-style (see LICENSE) -- -- Maintainer : dons@cse.unsw.edu.au -- Stability : stable -- Portability : portable -- -- An example external contrib module for XMonad. -- Provides a simple binding to dzen2 to print the date as a popup menu. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- module XMonad.Actions.SimpleDate ( -- * Usage -- $usage date ) where import XMonad.Core import XMonad.Util.Run -- $usage -- To use, import this module into @~\/.xmonad\/xmonad.hs@: -- -- > import XMonad.Actions.SimpleDate -- -- and add a keybinding, for example: -- -- > , ((modm, xK_d ), date) -- -- In this example, a popup date menu will now be bound to @mod-d@. -- -- For detailed instructions on editing your key bindings, see -- "XMonad.Doc.Extending#Editing_key_bindings". date :: X () date :: X () date = String -> X () forall (m :: * -> *). MonadIO m => String -> m () unsafeSpawn String "(date; sleep 10) | dzen2"