XMonad.Actions.ShowText

xmonad-contrib-0.18.1: Community-maintained extensions for xmonad

Copyright | (c) Mario Pastorelli (2012)
License | BSD-style (see xmonad/LICENSE)
Maintainer | pastorelli.mario@gmail.com
Stability | unstable
Portability | unportable
Safe Haskell | None
Language | Haskell2010

XMonad.Actions.ShowText

Contents

- Usage

Description

ShowText displays text for sometime on the screen similar to XMonad.Util.Dzen which offers more features (currently)

Synopsis

- def :: Default a => a
- handleTimerEvent :: Event -> X All
- flashText :: ShowTextConfig -> Rational -> String -> X ()
- data ShowTextConfig = STC {
  - st_font :: String
  - st_bg :: String
  - st_fg :: String
  }

# Usage

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

    import XMonad.Actions.ShowText

Then add the event hook handler:

    xmonad { handleEventHook = myHandleEventHooks <> handleTimerEvent }

You can then use flashText in your keybindings:

    ((modMask, xK_Right), flashText def 1 "->" >> nextWS)

def :: Default a => a #

The default value for this type.

handleTimerEvent :: Event -> X All #

Handles timer events that notify when a window should be removed

flashText #

Arguments

:: ShowTextConfig |
-> Rational | number of seconds
-> String | text to display
-> X () |

Shows a window in the center of the screen with the given text

data ShowTextConfig #

Constructors

STC |
Fields st_font :: String Font name st_bg :: String Background color st_fg :: String Foreground color

#### Instances

Instances details

Default ShowTextConfig # |
Instance details Defined in XMonad.Actions.ShowText Methods def :: ShowTextConfig #