2025/05/18

2025-05-18 01:48:19 +0000hiecaq(~hiecaq@user/hiecaq) hiecaq
2025-05-18 02:14:09 +0000td_(~td@i53870928.versanet.de) (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)
2025-05-18 02:16:02 +0000td_(~td@i5387091A.versanet.de) td_
2025-05-18 04:17:52 +0000haskellbridge(~hackager@syn-096-028-224-255.res.spectrum.com) hackager
2025-05-18 04:22:44 +0000haskellbridge(~hackager@syn-096-028-224-255.res.spectrum.com) (Ping timeout: 272 seconds)
2025-05-18 04:24:12 +0000haskellbridge(~hackager@syn-096-028-224-255.res.spectrum.com) hackager
2025-05-18 06:37:56 +0000werneta(~werneta@syn-071-083-160-242.res.spectrum.com) werneta
2025-05-18 07:37:08 +0000Digit(~user@user/digit) Digit
2025-05-18 08:05:40 +0000Digit(~user@user/digit) (Ping timeout: 260 seconds)
2025-05-18 08:47:16 +0000Digit(~user@user/digit) Digit
2025-05-18 12:37:59 +0000Digitteknohippie(~user@user/digit) Digit
2025-05-18 12:39:09 +0000Digit(~user@user/digit) (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)
2025-05-18 13:11:23 +0000DigitteknohippieDigit
2025-05-18 14:10:42 +0000Digitteknohippie(~user@user/digit) Digit
2025-05-18 14:11:52 +0000Digit(~user@user/digit) (Ping timeout: 244 seconds)
2025-05-18 14:25:24 +0000Digitteknohippie(~user@user/digit) (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)
2025-05-18 14:30:58 +0000sajenim(~sajenim@user/sajenim) sajenim
2025-05-18 14:46:37 +0000Digit(~user@user/digit) Digit
2025-05-18 14:58:21 +0000Digitdigitteknohippie
2025-05-18 14:58:44 +0000digitteknohippieDigit
2025-05-18 15:48:17 +0000hiecaq(~hiecaq@user/hiecaq) (Quit: ERC 5.6.0.30.1 (IRC client for GNU Emacs 30.0.92))
2025-05-18 16:07:56 +0000 <OftenFaded> Hi xmodudes! Anyone know if the default help message can be configured at all? The font is much smol for my aged marbles
2025-05-18 16:08:38 +0000 <OftenFaded> It looks like a default xterm window almost, but idr installing xterm explicitly
2025-05-18 16:13:18 +0000 <geekosaur> it's actually xmessage unless you've overridden it
2025-05-18 16:14:05 +0000 <geekosaur> you can set the XMONAD_XMESSAGE environment variable to override it, or use .Xresources to change the default font
2025-05-18 16:26:34 +0000hightower3(~hightower@213.186.15.36) (Read error: Connection reset by peer)
2025-05-18 16:44:13 +0000 <OftenFaded> I see, I guess it's being overriden somehow, because adding `export XMONAD_XMESSAGE="xmessage -fn 'Noto Sans:size=14'"` to my zshrc is having no effect
2025-05-18 16:46:03 +0000 <OftenFaded> Wait, would it be problematic if I don't have any .Xresources?
2025-05-18 17:17:21 +0000catman(~catman@user/catman) (Ping timeout: 244 seconds)
2025-05-18 18:22:39 +0000OftenFaded(~OftenFade@user/tisktisk) (Quit: OftenFaded)
2025-05-18 19:12:20 +0000Digitteknohippie(~user@user/digit) Digit
2025-05-18 19:13:50 +0000Digit(~user@user/digit) (Ping timeout: 272 seconds)
2025-05-18 19:30:34 +0000DigitteknohippieDigit
2025-05-18 19:46:48 +0000 <yaslam> That must be what the lookupEnv "XMONAD_XMESSAGE" part is for, I didn't know either lol. I just replaced the entire function but setting a variable is easier
2025-05-18 19:48:28 +0000 <yaslam> In https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad/blob/fa8f34596d9eda581b398b1152d7d45f592ebb2f/src/XMonad/Core.hs#…
2025-05-18 19:49:15 +0000 <geekosaur> unless you use startx or are on a fedora derivative, setting things in your shell dotfiles won't affect X11 startup or xmonad
2025-05-18 19:50:46 +0000 <geekosaur> yoou don't require .Xresources, older X11 programs will use defaults if it doesn't exist. if it does, you can override those programs' behavior; see their manpages
2025-05-18 20:40:39 +0000haskellbridge(~hackager@syn-096-028-224-255.res.spectrum.com) (Read error: Connection reset by peer)
2025-05-18 20:45:28 +0000haskellbridge(~hackager@syn-096-028-224-255.res.spectrum.com) hackager
2025-05-18 20:54:08 +0000OftenFaded(~OftenFade@user/tisktisk) OftenFaded
2025-05-18 21:15:40 +0000 <OftenFaded> If I'd like to learn how to set env variables in xmonad, where should I try first? The manual and websearch have no mentions
2025-05-18 21:26:22 +0000 <Leary> OftenFaded: It shouldn't be anything specific to xmonad; it's a matter of setting vars for your /session/ (login shell?) rather than for each terminal (interactive shell?). Typically you would set them in `~/.profile`, but that doesn't work on every system either. If you give up on finding the right way, you can fall back on <https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.21.0.0/docs/System-Environment.html#v:setEnv>.
2025-05-18 21:31:54 +0000 <geekosaur> on debian-likes including ubuntu, you drop a file in /etc/X11/Xsession.d (there is no per-user equivalent). See https://github.com/geekosaur/xmonad.hs/blob/hilfy-2023/10profile for an example
2025-05-18 21:32:33 +0000 <geekosaur> and yes, if necessary you can use `setEnv` before calling the `xmonad` function in your `main`
2025-05-18 21:34:25 +0000 <OftenFaded> you need an import for that setEnv line right? I think I broke something trying that...
2025-05-18 21:35:37 +0000 <OftenFaded> Well, I think I broke a few somethings trying to figure it out lol
2025-05-18 21:35:47 +0000 <OftenFaded> I'm just trying to get a help message to spawn at all now
2025-05-18 21:55:07 +0000Solitary(~Solitary@user/solitary) (Read error: Connection reset by peer)
2025-05-18 22:02:17 +0000 <geekosaur> import System.Environment
2025-05-18 22:09:55 +0000Solitary(~Solitary@user/solitary) Solitary
2025-05-18 22:23:06 +0000 <OftenFaded> I'm getting more confused by the minute. adding a setEnv line halts the spawning of the help message somehow, but removing the line doesn't restore functionality somehow...
2025-05-18 22:24:39 +0000 <OftenFaded> running `xmessage 'test'` gets me a `Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion` Is this a usual warning to be ignored?
2025-05-18 22:27:44 +0000 <geekosaur> means the font is missing (misc-fixed old-style font)
2025-05-18 22:56:52 +0000 <OftenFaded> yuup, and it's going to stay missing, because I have my help message back folks!
2025-05-18 23:00:00 +0000 <OftenFaded> Thank you all for the help. I'm prolly just going to squint for awhile--I learned that it is very easy to break a lot of different xmonad things when adjusting fonts--muchly complicated lol
2025-05-18 23:01:23 +0000 <geekosaur> XMessage*font won't break anything but xmessage's font 🙂
2025-05-18 23:02:14 +0000 <geekosaur> I do suggest using xfontsel to pick a font
2025-05-18 23:06:37 +0000 <geekosaur> maybe somewhere in the braave new xft world there is a similar tool
2025-05-18 23:08:23 +0000 <OftenFaded> tru, but once the font is misconfigured the help message won't spawn at all, and I still don't know how I was able to restore it
2025-05-18 23:08:38 +0000 <OftenFaded> but the trial and error was great and many
2025-05-18 23:09:19 +0000 <OftenFaded> I will cautiously try this xfontsel tho
2025-05-18 23:10:24 +0000 <geekosaur> it won't change anything, it just lets you pick a font by its long X11 name, with dropdowns for the various name components, and shows you the resulting font
2025-05-18 23:11:03 +0000 <geekosaur> if you want to use it, you have to copy the XLFD name and paste it somewhere (usually ~/.Xresources)
2025-05-18 23:11:27 +0000 <OftenFaded> and ofc it shows me what ants read like my help message XD
2025-05-18 23:11:59 +0000 <geekosaur> thta porbably means the only X11-style font on your system is some flyspeck thing 🙂
2025-05-18 23:12:24 +0000 <geekosaur> installing more is a distro question
2025-05-18 23:16:39 +0000todi(~todi@p57803331.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) (Ping timeout: 252 seconds)
2025-05-18 23:21:56 +0000todi(~todi@p57803331.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) todi