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Re:XMonad as IDE by keithhanson on Friday June 18, 2010 @09:42AM (#1442171)
I'd be interested in knowing what programs you've had trouble with? In Awesome, you can switch your layout to a floating-based one (oddly default without some rc tweaking) and get around most issues these programs face. Or just switch it to a full screen-based layout :)

Anywho, figured some examples might give others' a heads up before devoting hours and mind share to trying it out.

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Re:XMonad as IDE by yummyfajitas on Friday June 18, 2010 @10:30AM (#1442309)
Java (at least swing) apps behave oddly, by which I mean they show up as grey boxes. According to the xmonad faq, the problem is that Java uses a hardcoded list of wm's (rather than properly responding to wm events) which does not contain xmonad.

http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Frequently_asked_q...

Even with the suggested fix, Java still has some focus issues.

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Re:XMonad as IDE by garply on Friday June 18, 2010 @09:44AM (#1442181)
Ah, the ability to switch is a good thing. I had issues with Pidgin, for one.
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