old_contents: # Copyright (c) 2012, Tycho Andersen. All rights reserved.
  #
  # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
  # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
  # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
  # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
  # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
  #
  # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
  # all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  #
  # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
  # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
  # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
  # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
  # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  # SOFTWARE.
  
  
  class QtileState(object):
      """Represents the state of the qtile object
  
      Primarily used for restoring state across restarts; any additional state
      which doesn't fit nicely into X atoms can go here.
      """
      def __init__(self, qtile):
          # Note: window state is saved and restored via _NET_WM_STATE, so
          # the only thing we need to restore here is the layout and screen
          # configurations.
          self.groups = []
          self.screens = {}
          self.current_screen = 0
  
          for group in qtile.groups:
              self.groups.append((group.name, group.layout.name))
          for index, screen in enumerate(qtile.screens):
              self.screens[index] = screen.group.name
              if screen == qtile.currentScreen:
                  self.current_screen = index
  
      def apply(self, qtile):
          """
          Rearrange the windows in the specified Qtile object according to this
          QtileState.
          """
          for (group, layout) in self.groups:
              try:
                  qtile.groupMap[group].layout = layout
              except KeyError:
                  qtile.addGroup(group, layout)
  
          for (screen, group) in self.screens.items():
              try:
                  group = qtile.groupMap[group]
                  qtile.screens[screen].setGroup(group)
              except (KeyError, IndexError):
                  pass  # group or screen missing
  
          qtile.toScreen(self.current_screen)
  
new_contents: # Copyright (c) 2012, Tycho Andersen. All rights reserved.
  #
  # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
  # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
  # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
  # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
  # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
  #
  # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
  # all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  #
  # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
  # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
  # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
  # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
  # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  # SOFTWARE.
  
  
  class QtileState(object):
      """Represents the state of the qtile object
  
      Primarily used for restoring state across restarts; any additional state
      which doesn't fit nicely into X atoms can go here.
      """
      def __init__(self, qtile):
          # Note: window state is saved and restored via _NET_WM_STATE, so
          # the only thing we need to restore here is the layout and screen
          # configurations.
          self.groups = []
          self.screens = {}
          self.current_screen = 0
  
          for group in qtile.groups:
              self.groups.append((group.name, group.layout.name, group.label))
          for index, screen in enumerate(qtile.screens):
              self.screens[index] = screen.group.name
              if screen == qtile.currentScreen:
                  self.current_screen = index
  
      def apply(self, qtile):
          """
          Rearrange the windows in the specified Qtile object according to this
          QtileState.
          """
          for (group, layout, label) in self.groups:
              try:
                  qtile.groupMap[group].layout = layout
              except KeyError:
                  qtile.addGroup(group, layout, label=label)
  
          for (screen, group) in self.screens.items():
              try:
                  group = qtile.groupMap[group]
                  qtile.screens[screen].setGroup(group)
              except (KeyError, IndexError):
                  pass  # group or screen missing
  
          qtile.toScreen(self.current_screen)
  
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