xworkspace Improvements #874
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That was the way I planned to implement it, and it seemed to be possible when I looked into it a while back. |
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A workspace is occupied if it is not active and there is at least one window managed by the WM (`_NET_CLIENT_LIST`) that has set `_NET_WM_DESKTOP` to that workspace. The behavior when `_NET_WM_DESKTOP` is not set is not yet clear but this is unlikely to happen since most WMs will position windows on some desktop. Closes #874 Fixes #1444 Fixes #1033 * Set Desktop OCCUPIED if a window moves there This covers more of an edge-case. I did this first by accident, it might vanish later on. * Replace tracking change of WS with currently used WS * Untrack occupied workspaces * Track windows and their desktops in pairs * Match type of occupied_desktops with current_desktop Because the index needs to be matched later on, type mismatches would be non-ideal. * Recreate the occupied desktops everytime and remove duplicates * Readd support for moving windows to other desktops * Use less characters to empty the vector * Rename variable storing the desktops * Recount windows on every occasion This alone simplifies the management and the lookup for occupation of a workspace * Keep track of number of windows in every workspace * Add debugging output that shall be removed before merging * Remove obsolete TODO * m_client_list should always be diff'd, since the desktop may change Therefore we update the desktop-count tally every time the client_list changes. It may just be a desktop-change without a change of clients.size()... * Add more logging-spam to understand window/desktop lifecycle * Lock event-handler to serialize handling of events * Fix occupied workspace counting and change to bool array Also, performance improvements when diffing new and old client lists * Fix crash when all clients are removed * Conform to linter and styleguide * Shorten conditional as it is standard enough Since this only guards against 0-divisions, it can be shortened without risking too much confusion down the road. * Guard against multiple threads accessing and modifying data Fixes #1444 Modification of internal data happens through the handle-method, while the build-method tries to access the data structures for display. Since some modifications clear e.g. the m_viewports, references may become invalid between looping over them an accessing them. The mutex should guard against this simultanuous access. * Do not 'adopt_lock', because calls come from very different threads To my understanding, adopt_lock has some dependency on the mutex-ownership. Since the lock is once called from the inside (in handle) and once from the outside (in build), there might be a problem. After brief testing, the segfaults happened fewer times. See #1444 * Also listen to _NET_WM_DESKTOP In order to move a window from one desktop to another, it is sufficient to set the desktop-property of that window. xmonad fires a lot of events in the case of moving a window, herbstluftwm only updates the _NET_WM_DESKTOP-atom of the window. This change reloads the clientlist in order to correctly set the desktop state "occupied". * Describe need and use of mutex It might be possible to relieve the guard in xworkspaces_module::handle, but I am unsure about this. Since xmonad emits a lot of events on almost every minor change, I would let the guard keep its post, avoiding race-conditions in event-handling. * Give temporary variables better names * Clarify purpose of loop About 80% of this comment are taken from #882 (comment) * Remove merge-remainder * Use a simpler method to list occupied desktops. Co-authored-by: Jérôme Boulmier <jerome.boulmier@outlook.fr> * Document m_clients field
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Breaking Changes:
* The new config parser imposes some restrictions on which characters can be
used in section and key names. Users shouldn't be affected by this unless they
use one of the following characters in any section or key name: `"'=;#[](){}:.$\%`
Please consult [`man 5 polybar`](https://polybar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/man/polybar.5.html) for a full reference of the new config rules.
* `internal/temperature`: The first and last ramp element are now only used for
`base-temperature` and below and `warn-temperature` and above respectively.
This only slightly changes the ranges for which the different ramp levels are
responsible for.
(#2197)
Changelog
**Deprecations**
* `[settings]`: `throttle-input-for` has been removed. It wasn't a useful option
and could cause certain actions (e.g. click commands) to be ignored. (#2117)
* All action names used by modules to handle click and scroll events are
depercated (#1907). This change mainly affects users of the menu module.
Please read the [documentation](https://polybar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/actions.html) for instructions on how to migrate.
**New Config Options**
The `include-directory` key can be used the same as `include-file` and includes
all regular files in the given directory.
In labels:
* `label-NAME-minlen`, `label-NAME-alignment` can be used to pad labels with
spaces to the right (alignment set to `left`), left (alignment set to
`right`), and both sides (alignment set to `center`).
In `internal/backlight`:
* `enable-scroll` enables changing the brightness through scrolling.
In `internal/github`:
* `format-offline` is used when the module cannot connect to the server.
* `label-offline` can be used in `format-offline`.
* `api-url` can be used to connect to a custom github enterprise instance
In `internal/pulseaudio`:
* `click-right` and `click-middle` can be used to execute commands when
right/middle clicking.
* `%decibels%` token can be used in `label-volume` and `label-muted` to show the
volume in decibels.
**Changes To The Build System**
* Allow users to specify python executable when building. (polybar/xpp#27,
#2125)
* The i3ipcpp submodule no longer rebuilds jsoncpp and just uses whatever
version is available. (#2015, polybar/i3ipcpp#9)
**Features**
* New commandline argument: `-M` / `--list-all-monitors`.
Will display all available monitors (even cloned ones).
* New log level: `notice`.
Used as the default and is used for non-warning messages the user should
nevertheless be aware of. (#2027)
* config:
* New config parser (#1377)
* `include-directory` key (#2196), see #1946
* Add error message when an entire section is missing. (#2195)
* `-minlen` and `-alignment` properties for labels. (#1546)
* Make the `seperator` key in the bar section a label. (#1918)
* Better color validation. (#1290)
* timer modules: Schedule module updates to be aligned with the update interval.
For example, the date module now updates on the minute instead of in the
middle of a minute if the interval is set to 60 seconds. (#2123), see #2064
* `custom/menu`: Multiple menu modules per bar (#1907)
* `internal/backlight`: Support for changing the brightness through scrolling.
This may require additional changes to the system running polybar. (#1957)
* `internal/github`:
* `format-offline` for when the module cannot connect to the server (#1825),
see #1815
* Support for github enterprise instances. (#1841), see #1812
* `internal/network`: Support `Gbit/s` for `%linkspeed%` token. (#2055)
* `internal/pulseaudio`:
* `click-right` and `click-middle` keys (#1941)
* `%decibels%` token (#1894), see #1886
* `internal/xworkspaces`: Proper implementation for `label-occupied`. (#822),
see #874, #1444, #1033
**Fixes**
* Polybar not executing commands that produce output. (#1680), see #916
* Polybar froze until click commands finished executing (#2248)
* Polybar not properly working with mirrored monitors. (#1823), see #1192 and
#1794
* Unstable animation framerate (#1683), see #568
* Multiple modules of the same type caused click events not to be delivered to
the rigth one (#1907), see #1172
* config:
* Seemingly unrelated error messages when BOM character appears in config.
(#2166), see #2075
* Fall back to next possible config location if config file doesn't exist
(except if `--config` was used). (#2026), see #2016
* iconset: `fuzzy-match` chose first match, even if exact match was available.
(#2042), see #2041
* `custom/menu`: Spacing issue (#1656)
* `internal/alsa`: Volume didn't go over 100% (#2184), see #2173
* `internal/backlight`: Use amdgpu workaround for all devices starting with
`amdgpu_bl`. (#2122)
* `internal/battery`: Battery not marked as full if over `full-at` percent.
(#2019), see #1622
* `internal/cpu`: More accurate cpu load calculation. (#1955)
* `internal/github`: Outdated GitHub API authentication. (#2029), see #2002
* `internal/memory`: Use the correct size prefixes (#2211), see #2023
* `internal/network`:
* Wrong up- and downspeed values for non-integer intervals. (#2219)
* tun/tap interfaces didn't query their IP addresses. (#1990), see #1986
* Don't crash module if linkspeed cannot be queried. (#1772), see #1211
* `internal/temperature`:
* `format-warn` was not used if the temperature was *exactly*
`warn-temperature`. (#1897)
* `internal/xworkspaces`:
* Multi-monitor issue (#1929), see #1764, #1849
* Module sometimes showed too many workspaces (#1984), see #1983
* build:
* xpp submodule doesn't work with python 3.9 (polybar/xpp#26)
* CMake 3.17+ developer warnings (#2089, polybar/xpp#24, polybar/xpp#25)
* gtest compilation failure (#1993), see google/googletest#2678
* Compilation issue in GCC 6. (#1953)
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Breaking Changes:
* The new config parser imposes some restrictions on which characters can be
used in section and key names. Users shouldn't be affected by, this unless
they use one of the following characters in any section or key name: `"'=;#[](){}:.$\%`
Please consult [`man 5 polybar`](https://polybar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/man/polybar.5.html) for a full reference of the new config rules.
* `internal/temperature`: The first and last ramp element are now only used for
`base-temperature` and below and `warn-temperature` and above respectively.
This only slightly changes the ranges for which the different ramp levels are
responsible for.
(#2197)
Changelog
**Deprecations**
* `[settings]`: `throttle-input-for` has been removed. It wasn't a useful option
and could cause certain actions (e.g. click commands) to be ignored. (#2117)
* All action names used by modules to handle click and scroll events are
deprecated (#1907). This change mainly affects users of the menu module.
Please read the [documentation](https://polybar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/actions.html) for instructions on how to migrate.
**New Config Options**
The `include-directory` key can be used the same as `include-file` and includes
all regular files in the given directory.
In labels:
* `label-NAME-minlen`, `label-NAME-alignment` can be used to pad labels with
spaces to the right (alignment set to `left`), left (alignment set to
`right`), and both sides (alignment set to `center`).
In `internal/backlight`:
* `enable-scroll` enables changing the brightness through scrolling.
In `internal/github`:
* `format-offline` is used when the module cannot connect to the server.
* `label-offline` can be used in `format-offline`.
* `api-url` can be used to connect to a custom github enterprise instance
In `internal/pulseaudio`:
* `click-right` and `click-middle` can be used to execute commands when
right/middle clicking.
* `%decibels%` token can be used in `label-volume` and `label-muted` to show the
volume in decibels.
**Changes To The Build System**
* Allow users to specify python executable when building. (polybar/xpp#27,
#2125)
* The i3ipcpp submodule no longer rebuilds jsoncpp and just uses whatever
version is available. (#2015, polybar/i3ipcpp#9)
**Features**
* New commandline argument: `-M` / `--list-all-monitors`.
Will display all available monitors (even cloned ones).
* New log level: `notice`.
Used as the default and is used for non-warning messages the user should
nevertheless be aware of. (#2027)
* config:
* New config parser (#1377)
* `include-directory` key (#2196), see #1946
* Add error message when an entire section is missing. (#2195)
* `-minlen` and `-alignment` properties for labels. (#1546)
* Make the `seperator` key in the bar section a label. (#1918)
* Better color validation. (#1290)
* timer modules: Schedule module updates to be aligned with the update interval.
For example, the date module now updates on the minute instead of in the
middle of a minute if the interval is set to 60 seconds. (#2123), see #2064
* `custom/menu`: Multiple menu modules per bar (#1907)
* `internal/backlight`: Support for changing the brightness through scrolling.
This may require additional changes to the system running polybar. (#1957)
* `internal/github`:
* `format-offline` for when the module cannot connect to the server (#1825),
see #1815
* Support for github enterprise instances. (#1841), see #1812
* `internal/network`: Support `Gbit/s` for `%linkspeed%` token. (#2055)
* `internal/pulseaudio`:
* `click-right` and `click-middle` keys (#1941)
* `%decibels%` token (#1894), see #1886
* `internal/xworkspaces`: Proper implementation for `label-occupied`. (#822),
see #874, #1444, #1033
**Fixes**
* Polybar not executing commands that produce output. (#1680), see #916
* Polybar froze until click commands finished executing (#2248)
* Polybar not properly working with mirrored monitors. (#1823), see #1192 and
#1794
* Unstable animation framerate (#1683), see #568
* Multiple modules of the same type caused click events not to be delivered to
the rigth one (#1907), see #1172
* config:
* Seemingly unrelated error messages when BOM character appears in config.
(#2166), see #2075
* Fall back to next possible config location if config file doesn't exist
(except if `--config` was used). (#2026), see #2016
* iconset: `fuzzy-match` chose first match, even if exact match was available.
(#2042), see #2041
* `custom/menu`: Spacing issue (#1656)
* `internal/alsa`: Volume didn't go over 100% (#2184), see #2173
* `internal/backlight`: Use amdgpu workaround for all devices starting with
`amdgpu_bl`. (#2122)
* `internal/battery`: Battery not marked as full if over `full-at` percent.
(#2019), see #1622
* `internal/cpu`: More accurate cpu load calculation. (#1955)
* `internal/github`: Outdated GitHub API authentication. (#2029), see #2002
* `internal/memory`: Use the correct size prefixes (#2211), see #2023
* `internal/network`:
* Wrong up- and downspeed values for non-integer intervals. (#2219)
* tun/tap interfaces didn't query their IP addresses. (#1990), see #1986
* Don't crash module if linkspeed cannot be queried. (#1772), see #1211
* `internal/temperature`:
* `format-warn` was not used if the temperature was *exactly*
`warn-temperature`. (#1897)
* `internal/xworkspaces`:
* Multi-monitor issue (#1929), see #1764, #1849
* Module sometimes showed too many workspaces (#1984), see #1983
* build:
* xpp submodule doesn't work with python 3.9 (polybar/xpp#26)
* CMake 3.17+ developer warnings (#2089, polybar/xpp#24, polybar/xpp#25)
* gtest compilation failure (#1993), see google/googletest#2678
* Compilation issue in GCC 6. (#1953)
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I recently switched from xmobar/trayer to polybar and so far, I like it. The only thing I am missing is support for "occupied workspaces" in the xworkspaces module. Given the choice between complaining and demanding or rolling up the sleeves and improve things myself, I opt for the later.
I shortly looked into the existing code and I have a vague feeling that there is no technical blocker preventing this.
My plan is to go over the complete list of windows and lookup the given workspace it is assigned to. Since this already asks xproperties of every window, it could also lead to a solution for #448. It also seems that I could build upon the work for the urgency-handling (#449). The urgency-handling seems to implement all building blocks I would need.
Before I go ahead, I want to make sure if this plan is sound or if I am missing something.
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