xmonad

Problem Description

spawn "scrot --select filename.png" fails because spawn doesn't release its grab on keyboard.
scrot --select needs the keyboard to work.

Feature Description

As its name suggests, X.L.ShowWName is currently implemented as a layout modifier[^1]. This is, however, quite awkward to use and extend. It would be much better to have it as a logHook and—because this is sadly not that well-typed—keeping track of the "last" workspace via some extensible state. This would enable

• a simpler implementation by i) not being a layo