Get VLC to do fullscreen float in Xmonad

Question

Hi,
Short background: I have started to use XBMC for watching and organizing videos. Everything works great except playing the videos. I have a constant stutter about every 3-4 seconds and from time to time the picture freeze but the movie running in the background with sound OK, moving the mouse take away the freeze.
I do not have thous problems with VLC. I have configured XBMC to use VLC to play videos.
I have two monitors, one for movies. Using a Nvidia-card in TwinView.
My problem is that when I start a movie VLC starts and XMONAD tiling it as it should. But of cause I do not want VLC and XBMC side by side on the monitor. I would like VLC fullscreen on top of XBMC.
I have tried to solve it by using  XMonad.Hooks.ManageHelpers but no luck.
My xmonad.hs looks like this.
-- xmonad example config file.
-- A template showing all available configuration hooks,
-- and how to override the defaults in your own xmonad.hs conf file.
-- Normally, you'd only override those defaults you care about.
import XMonad
import Data.Monoid
import System.Exit
import XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks
import XMonad.Util.Run(spawnPipe)
import XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog
import System.IO
import XMonad.Hooks.ManageHelpers
import qualified XMonad.StackSet as W
import qualified Data.Map as M
main = do
xmproc <- spawnPipe "/usr/bin/xmobar /home/christer/.xmonad/xmobarrc"
xmonad defaults
-- { manageHook = manageDocks <+> manageHook defaultConfig
{ manageHook = myManageHook
, layoutHook = avoidStruts $ layoutHook defaultConfig
, logHook = dynamicLogWithPP xmobarPP
{ ppOutput = hPutStrLn xmproc
, ppTitle = xmobarColor "green" "" . shorten 100
myManageHook = composeOne
[ className =? "vlc" -?> doFullFloat
, className =? "skype" -?> doFloat
, resource =? "desktop_window" -?> doIgnore
, resource =? "kdesktop" -?> doIgnore ]
-- The preferred terminal program, which is used in a binding below and by
-- certain contrib modules.
-- myTerminal = "xterm"
myTerminal = "urxvt"
-- Whether focus follows the mouse pointer.
myFocusFollowsMouse :: Bool
myFocusFollowsMouse = True
-- Width of the window border in pixels.
myBorderWidth = 3
-- modMask lets you specify which modkey you want to use. The default
-- is mod1Mask ("left alt"). You may also consider using mod3Mask
-- ("right alt"), which does not conflict with emacs keybindings. The
-- "windows key" is usually mod4Mask.
myModMask = mod4Mask
-- The default number of workspaces (virtual screens) and their names.
-- By default we use numeric strings, but any string may be used as a
-- workspace name. The number of workspaces is determined by the length
-- of this list.
-- A tagging example:
-- > workspaces = ["web", "irc", "code" ] ++ map show [4..9]
myWorkspaces = ["1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9"]
-- Border colors for unfocused and focused windows, respectively.
-- myNormalBorderColor = "#dddddd"
myNormalBorderColor = "#000000"
myFocusedBorderColor = "#ff0000"
-- Key bindings. Add, modify or remove key bindings here.
myKeys conf@(XConfig {XMonad.modMask = modm}) = M.fromList $
-- launch a terminal
[ ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_Return), spawn $ XMonad.terminal conf)
-- launch dmenu
, ((modm, xK_p ), spawn "dmenu_run -b")
-- launch gmrun
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_p ), spawn "gmrun")
-- close focused window
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_c ), kill)
-- Rotate through the available layout algorithms
, ((modm, xK_space ), sendMessage NextLayout)
-- Reset the layouts on the current workspace to default
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_space ), setLayout $ XMonad.layoutHook conf)
-- Resize viewed windows to the correct size
, ((modm, xK_n ), refresh)
-- Move focus to the next window
, ((modm, xK_Tab ), windows W.focusDown)
-- Move focus to the next window
, ((modm, xK_j ), windows W.focusDown)
-- Move focus to the previous window
, ((modm, xK_k ), windows W.focusUp )
-- Move focus to the master window
, ((modm, xK_m ), windows W.focusMaster )
-- Swap the focused window and the master window
, ((modm, xK_Return), windows W.swapMaster)
-- Swap the focused window with the next window
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_j ), windows W.swapDown )
-- Swap the focused window with the previous window
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_k ), windows W.swapUp )
-- Shrink the master area
, ((modm, xK_h ), sendMessage Shrink)
-- Expand the master area
, ((modm, xK_l ), sendMessage Expand)
-- Push window back into tiling
, ((modm, xK_t ), withFocused $ windows . W.sink)
-- Increment the number of windows in the master area
, ((modm , xK_comma ), sendMessage (IncMasterN 1))
-- Deincrement the number of windows in the master area
, ((modm , xK_period), sendMessage (IncMasterN (-1)))
-- Toggle the status bar gap
-- Use this binding with avoidStruts from Hooks.ManageDocks.
-- See also the statusBar function from Hooks.DynamicLog.
-- , ((modm , xK_b ), sendMessage ToggleStruts)
-- Quit xmonad
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_q ), io (exitWith ExitSuccess))
-- Restart xmonad
, ((modm , xK_q ), spawn "xmonad --recompile; xmonad --restart")
-- mod-[1..9], Switch to workspace N
-- mod-shift-[1..9], Move client to workspace N
[((m .|. modm, k), windows $ f i)
| (i, k) <- zip (XMonad.workspaces conf) [xK_1 .. xK_9]
, (f, m) <- [(W.greedyView, 0), (W.shift, shiftMask)]]
++
-- mod-{w,e,r}, Switch to physical/Xinerama screens 1, 2, or 3
-- mod-shift-{w,e,r}, Move client to screen 1, 2, or 3
[((m .|. modm, key), screenWorkspace sc >>= flip whenJust (windows . f))
| (key, sc) <- zip [xK_w, xK_e, xK_r] [0..]
, (f, m) <- [(W.view, 0), (W.shift, shiftMask)]]
-- Mouse bindings: default actions bound to mouse events
myMouseBindings (XConfig {XMonad.modMask = modm}) = M.fromList $
-- mod-button1, Set the window to floating mode and move by dragging
[ ((modm, button1), (\w -> focus w >> mouseMoveWindow w
>> windows W.shiftMaster))
-- mod-button2, Raise the window to the top of the stack
, ((modm, button2), (\w -> focus w >> windows W.shiftMaster))
-- mod-button3, Set the window to floating mode and resize by dragging
, ((modm, button3), (\w -> focus w >> mouseResizeWindow w
>> windows W.shiftMaster))
-- you may also bind events to the mouse scroll wheel (button4 and button5)
-- Layouts:
-- You can specify and transform your layouts by modifying these values.
-- If you change layout bindings be sure to use 'mod-shift-space' after
-- restarting (with 'mod-q') to reset your layout state to the new
-- defaults, as xmonad preserves your old layout settings by default.
-- The available layouts. Note that each layout is separated by |||,
-- which denotes layout choice.
myLayout = tiled ||| Mirror tiled ||| Full
where
-- default tiling algorithm partitions the screen into two panes
tiled = Tall nmaster delta ratio
-- The default number of windows in the master pane
nmaster = 1
-- Default proportion of screen occupied by master pane
ratio = 1/4
-- Percent of screen to increment by when resizing panes
delta = 3/100
-- Window rules:
-- Execute arbitrary actions and WindowSet manipulations when managing
-- a new window. You can use this to, for example, always float a
-- particular program, or have a client always appear on a particular
-- workspace.
-- To find the property name associated with a program, use
-- > xprop | grep WM_CLASS
-- and click on the client you're interested in.
-- To match on the WM_NAME, you can use 'title' in the same way that
-- 'className' and 'resource' are used below.
-- Event handling
-- * EwmhDesktops users should change this to ewmhDesktopsEventHook
-- Defines a custom handler function for X Events. The function should
-- return (All True) if the default handler is to be run afterwards. To
-- combine event hooks use mappend or mconcat from Data.Monoid.
myEventHook = mempty
-- Status bars and logging
-- Perform an arbitrary action on each internal state change or X event.
-- See the 'XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog' extension for examples.
myLogHook = return ()
-- Startup hook
-- Perform an arbitrary action each time xmonad starts or is restarted
-- with mod-q. Used by, e.g., XMonad.Layout.PerWorkspace to initialize
-- per-workspace layout choices.
-- By default, do nothing.
myStartupHook = return ()
-- Now run xmonad with all the defaults we set up.
-- Run xmonad with the settings you specify. No need to modify this.
-- main = xmonad defaults
-- A structure containing your configuration settings, overriding
-- fields in the default config. Any you don't override, will
-- use the defaults defined in xmonad/XMonad/Config.hs
-- No need to modify this.
defaults = defaultConfig {
-- simple stuff
terminal = myTerminal,
focusFollowsMouse = myFocusFollowsMouse,
borderWidth = myBorderWidth,
modMask = myModMask,
workspaces = myWorkspaces,
normalBorderColor = myNormalBorderColor,
focusedBorderColor = myFocusedBorderColor,
-- key bindings
keys = myKeys,
mouseBindings = myMouseBindings,
-- hooks, layouts
layoutHook = myLayout,
manageHook = myManageHook,
handleEventHook = myEventHook,
logHook = myLogHook,
startupHook = myStartupHook
Any idea what I missed?
Best regards.
Christer

Answer 1

Try this, it works very well for me.
import XMonad.Hooks.ManageHelpers (composeOne, isFullscreen, isDialog, doFullFloat, doCenterFloat)
myManageHook = composeAll. concat $
[ [ className =? c --> doCenterFloat| c <- floats]
, [ resource =? r --> doIgnore | r <- ignore]
, [ resource =? "gecko" --> doF (W.shift "net") ]
, [ isFullscreen --> doFullFloat]
, [ isDialog --> doCenterFloat]]
where floats = ["sdlpal", "MPlayer", "Gimp", "qemu-system-x86_64", "Gnome-typing-monitor", "Vlc", "Dia", "DDMS", "Audacious", "Wine"]
ignore = []
myLayout = tall ||| Mirror tall||| Full ||| tab ||| float
where
tall = named "Tall" $ limitWindows 4 $ minimize $ Tall 1 (3/100) (1/2)
tab = named "Tab" simpleTabbedBottom
float = named "Float" simpleFloat
main = do
myStatusBarPipe <- spawnPipe myBar
conkyBarProc <- spawnPipe conkyBar
trayproc <- spawnPipe myTrayer
xmonad $ ewmh $ withUrgencyHook NoUrgencyHook $ defaultConfig {
terminal = "urxvt"
, manageHook = manageDocks <+> myManageHook <+> manageHook defaultConfig
Last edited by helloworld1 (2012-08-14 05:20:56)