How can I cycle through a specific list of workspaces on XMonad?-CodePudding

I'm a bit familiar with python, but not at all with haskell (although learning a programming language has definitely helped with understanding the XMonad documentation).

Used TreeSelect to create a dynamic group of workspaces (and sub-workspaces).

Using CycleWS to navigate these workspaces.

I am currently using 'ignoringWSs' within my keybindings to cycle through a small list of workspaces using a large list of workspaces to exclude from the cycle. Looking to do the opposite, where I cycle through a small list of workspaces, without having to exclude the existing workspaces that I don't wish to interact with using that specific keybinding.

Currently using:

, ("M-3", addName "Switch to Next ... Page"               $ moveTo Next $ hiddenWS :&: ignoringWSs     [ "{Programming}.$Terminals.1>"
                                                                                                    , "{Programming}.$Terminals.2>"
                                                                                                    , "{Programming}.$Terminals.3>"
                                                                   
                                    ...

It's a crude solution, but I'm looking to use something that simplifies my code a bit.

Any suggestions on any optimizations (including to my form of asking questions, as this is my first one!) would be highly appreciated.

Thank you in advance!

CodePudding user response：

Hi just to clarify: you have a list of ws, lets named it large_list. You want to cycle over an small subset of it: my_cycle_list. To do so, you build a large_exclusion_list of the ws you don't want to cycle over, which contains all ws in large_list except for those in my_cycle_list isn't it?.

You want to do the opposite: defining my_cycle_list and cycle over it. This is what I've understood.

If that the case, I think you can simply negate the condition. Notice I haven't tried myself this solution.

, ("M-3", addName "Switch to Next ... Page" 
      $ moveTo Next $ hiddenWS :&: Not (ignoringWSs my_small_cycle_list)

CodePudding user response：

Figured it out.

Now using:

  , ("M-<Right>", addName "Next Workspace"                   $ moveTo Next (wsTagGroup '.'))

At the time that I posted this question, I was simply copy & pasting examples from the Haskell documentation, but this specific module didn't list an example of its use.

Reading through "Learn You A Haskell For Great Good" really helped me understand more about configuring XMonad and, of course, about Haskell in general.

I highly recommend it if you're currently working on your own XMonad config and looking to be more proactive within the process!