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hamaxx / unity-2d-for-xmonad

Small changes to unity 2d that make using it with xmonad smoother
http://blog.hamsworld.net/2012/01/24/xmonad-on-ubuntu-11-10-oneiric-with-unity-2d/
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Improve Application Menu behaviour/merge xmonadlog and app name #5

Closed koraa closed 12 years ago

koraa commented 12 years ago

There is the xmonadlog, and the window/appname. Both serve one purpose: Telling the user what is going on. The appmenu is in the same applet as the window/appname. If the user wants to access the appmenu, he hovers over the appname… But because of the xmonadlog there is a large gap between left border and appmenu. Besides that so much text makes it hard to find the appmenu. This issue could be adressed by merging the xmonadlog and appname/menu into one applet and hiding the log/appname completely when the appmenu is displayed.

hamaxx commented 12 years ago

Merging xmonadlog to appname would be quite simple. I made a separate apple because my fist idea was placing it next to the indicator. But now I also have it on the far left and it looks weird when you hover the menu.

I'll try to add dconf option to display xmonadlog in the appname applet.

hamaxx commented 12 years ago

Now you can enable xmonad log in appname applet from dconf-editor. Don't forget to update your xmonad.hs file.