xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell.
xmonad is a dynamically tiling-wm x11 window-manager that is written and configured in Haskell.
Questions tagged [xmonad]
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Does a terminal multiplexer have any benefit when used with a tiling window manager?
Both terminal multiplexers (screen, tmux) and keyboard-driven tiling window managers (ratpoison, dwm, xmonad) provide similar functionality. Is there any benefit in using both at the same time? What about problems that may arise?
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xmobar does not appear on top of window stack when xmonad starts
I'm experiencing a strange behaviour of xmobar right after i enter xmonad. When i xmonad (from .xinitrc, i use XDM) my xmobar appears but it is not either at the top or bottom of the window stack. Once i start an application (e.g. terminal…
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How can I change the behavior of hotkeys in xmonad if the program is running?
I'm using a few key mappings in my xmonad.hs configuration file:
...
, modMask = mod4Mask -- Rebind Mod to the Windows key
...
[ ((controlMask, xK_Print), spawn "sleep 0.2; scrot -s")
, ((0, xK_Print), spawn "scrot")
, ((controlMask,…
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Use WINDOWS key instead of ALT key in xmonad
I use xmonad + emacs. Both use ALT key heavily. So there are conflicts sometimes.
My keyboard has WINDOWS key on it. I would like xmonad to use that key instead of ALT.
My current ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs file looks like this
import XMonad
import…
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Save sessions to file in xmonad
Is it possible to save an xmonad session to a file and reload it on the fly? I don't want to save only the last session but to be able to save different sessions to different files and reload it if I want.
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Xmonad defaults deprecation: what is the future proof configuration?
This may be borderline between here an SO since a lot of the question is about haskell programming. Yet, in the end, it is a configuration issue.
Background and research
Since 0.12 Xmonad throws this warning (several times) in…
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System Tray Icons on Xmonad - Xmobar Or any other minimal status bar
I am using slack desktop client on my Arch Linux. I am using Xmonad Window manager along with the Xmobar status bar.
On other Desktop environments, for example XFCE, the Slack Desktop client shows a small Icon (System tray icons) on the status bar,…
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My .xsession and .xinitrc files are not executing
I have installed xmobar, xmonad on ubuntu 11.04.
#!/bin/bash
trayer --edge top --align right --SetDockType true --SetPartialStrut true \
--expand true --width 10 --transparent true --tint 0x191970 --height 12 &
nm-applet --sm-disable &
sleep…
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XMonad: set default workspace on startup to specific monitor
I'm using xmonad with a dual monitor setup.
Here is a stripped down version of my config:
import XMonad
main = do
xmonad $ defaultConfig {
workspaces = ["1:db", "2:mail", "3:web", "4:dev", "5", "6", "7", "8:chat", "9", "10"]
}
Is there a…
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Change the red border between windows in xmonad
Is it possible to set somewhere in configuration the color of the border between windows from red to black or remove the border completely?
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xorg memory leak
I've read this question but it doesn't seem to be the same issue, as the memory leak there is an order of magnitude smaller than mine and seems to be caused by Nvidia drivers.. Here's my top output at the moment:
top - 03:51:03 up 7 days, 11:09, 11…
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Configure xmobar to show workspaces
What should my xmonad.hs file look like to correctly give workspace info to xmobar?
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Run XMonad's startup hook only on initial startup
I have the following startupHook in my xmonad.hs
, startupHook = spawn "~/.xmonad/autostart"
I am starting many apps and daemons in this script and it is written to run only once on startup. But this is being run everytime I hit Mod-q, i.e., to…
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How do I enable a three column layout in XMonad?
I'm a Haskell and XMonad beginner. I'm trying to set up my tiling layout to allow three side by side columns (so that I can have three simultaneous tall and thin Vim instances for coding, per workspace).
In the docs, I've found a three-column layout…
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How to float a window which has WM_NAME but no WM_CLASS
Configuration
Debian Linux 8.2, 64bit, Xmonad 0.11
When it started
I recently upgraded my system (to debian8), so I had to make some adjustments to my xmonad.hs configuration - namely changing managehooks for GStreamer'sgst-launch windows from:
,…
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