XMonad.Actions.ShowText

ShowText displays text for sometime on the screen similar to XMonad.Util.Dzen which offers more features (currently)

Usage

You can use this module with the following in your ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs:

 import XMonad.Actions.ShowText

Then add the event hook handler:

 xmonad { handleEventHook = myHandleEventHooks <+> handleTimerEvent }

You can then use flashText in your keybindings:

 ((modMask, xK_Right), flashText defaultSTConfig 1 "->" >> nextWS)

defaultSTConfig :: ShowTextConfig

handleTimerEvent :: Event -> X All

Handles timer events that notify when a window should be removed

flashText

Arguments

:: ShowTextConfig

-> Rational

number of seconds

-> String

text to display

-> X ()

Shows a window in the center of the screen with the given text

data ShowTextConfig

Constructors

STC

Fields

st_font :: String

Font name

st_bg :: String

Background color

st_fg :: String

Foreground color