[Pkg-haskell-maintainers] Bug#623429: [xmonad] Bug#623429: libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev: avoidStruts leaves a gap on the left of the screen

[Renaud Casenave-Péré]

Joachim Breitner <nomeata at debian.org> writes:

> Dear Gian,
>
> Am Mittwoch, den 20.04.2011, 08:28 +0200 schrieb Gian Piero Carrubba:
>> Package: libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev
>> Version: 0.9.2-2+b1
>> Severity: minor
>> 
>> 
>> After switching to the last version of libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev,
>> XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks.avoidStruts seems to think there's a dock on
>> the left of the screen. It correctly avoids drawing windows over xmobar
>> and trayer (running on the top of my screen), but also inserts a gap on
>> the left that I can't explain.
>> Please find attached my xmonad.hs. The same config worked well with
>> previous installed version (libghc6-xmonad-contrib-dev 0.9.1-1+b1).
>
> thanks for reporting the bug. Do you happen to have a non-rectangular
> screen, e.g. two screens of different size? There was a discussion about
> that on the xmonad mailing list.
>
> And maybe someone on the xmonad mailing list can help?

I happen to have the same problem on two different computers with different
properties :
  - a dual monitors with one wide-screen and one 4:3
  - a single monitor (wide-screen)

On the two configurations the wide-screen is where the dock is (xmobar + trayer).
Also, trayer seems to have been shifted further to the right (it is displayed
relative to the right side of the screen).

The two computers share the same xmonad.hs, but I can't attach it right
now. I'll send it if necessary at a later time.

Thanks,

-- 
Renaud Casenave-Péré