As its name suggests, X.L.ShowWName is currently implemented as a layout modifier[^1]. This is, however, quite awkward to use and extend. It would be much better to have it as a logHook and—because this is sadly not that well-typed—keeping track of the "last" workspace via some extensible state. This would enable
a simpler implementation by i) not being a layout and having to perform all of the ceremonies that entails and ii) avoiding all of the timer calls and needing to handle messages (I reckon we'd only need a simple call to threadDelay behind an xfork)
easier customization options; for example, stripping status bar markup or displaying arbitrary text for specific workspaces
The latter is probably also possible with the current implementation, but the former seems like a decent enough reason for the change.
[^1]: According to geekosaur, because it actually preceeds the existence of extensible state.
Feature Description
As its name suggests, X.L.ShowWName is currently implemented as a layout modifier[^1]. This is, however, quite awkward to use and extend. It would be much better to have it as a logHook and—because this is sadly not that well-typed—keeping track of the "last" workspace via some extensible state. This would enable
threadDelaybehind anxfork)The latter is probably also possible with the current implementation, but the former seems like a decent enough reason for the change.
[^1]: According to geekosaur, because it actually preceeds the existence of extensible state.