Questions tagged [xmonad]

xmonad is a tiling window manager for the X Window System, written in the functional programming language Haskell.

Begun in March 2007, it is similar to dwm, larswm, StumpWM and other members of the tiling window manager family, in that it arranges windows in a nonoverlapping tiled pattern and strives to make it possible for the user to productively manage windows without the use of the mouse. Xmonad is packaged and distributed on a wide range of Unix-like operating systems, such as Arch Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Source Mage, NixOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Mac OS X.

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xmonad: default size for a floating window

To have a window placed on the floating layer as soon as it appears, one can use the doFloat function from ManageHooks. In addition there are some additional functions, like doCenterFloat for instance, that are provided by ManageHelpers. But is…
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XMonad on Nix - cannot find xmonad-contrib

I am trying to use nix on ubuntu, with XMonad as my window manager. I have this working well on one host using nixOS, but I have a second device that isn't yet ready for nixOS. nix on top of Ubuntu is mostly working well there, but xmonad cannot…
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Terminal as transparent wallpaper in xmonad

I recently switched to xmonad and I'm trying to pimp it up a bit. I'd like to set up a terminal as a transparent background (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Terminal_as_a_transparent_wallpaper). Basically, I'd need a window that sits on the…
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XMonad Volume configuration not working

I recently got into XMonad and unforunately I don't know much Haskell at all. I'm trying to configure my xmonad.hs file such that I can control the volume. However, right now, even though my xmonad.hs file compiles without errors, I cannot control…
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Vim background isn't complete

You can see the Gnome Terminal's default purple background showing at the edges of the terminal. Is there a known fix for this? My window manager is Xmonad.
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NixOS beginner: xmonad and haskellmode in NixOS 14.04

I'm trying so set up a NixOS VM for code development in haskell, and got into troubles with the basic installation of both xmonad and emacs. The relevant part of my /etc/nixos/configuration.nix is environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ emacs …
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How to change xmobar configuration on the fly

I want to switch between xmobar configurations on the fly by using key combinations. I have naively tagged the following onto my other key mods: , ((controlMask, xK_l), xmproc <- spawnPipe "/usr/bin/xmobar /home/tony/.xmobarLrc") , ((controlMask,…
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How to setup trayer to be on all workspaces in xmonad?

I'm trying to add trayer to my xmonad & xmobar desktop setup. Here is what I add in .xinitrc before exec xmonad trayer --edge top --align right --SetDockType true --SetPartialStrut true --expand true --width 18 --height 22 --transparent true --tint…
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XMonad classic alt tab

Is it possible for XMonad to behave like many window managers with regard to switching active window using Alt-Tab keys? After some looking I've tried: ((mod1Mask, xK_Tab), cycleRecentWindows [xK_Alt_L] xK_Tab xK_Tab) from…
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Haskell dmenu automatic launch on key press

Im only just beginning haskell and xmonad. I was wondering how one would configure it so that if no windows were open, any key input would launch dmenu. So say if i had a blank screen and started to type "firefox", dmenu would launch with my…
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XMonad won't spawn anything with mod4Mask

I have seen a few somewhat similar problems on the Arch forums, but I have not been able to find a solution for this. So I am running XMonad 0.1 in XFCE4 on Fedora 17 x64, and I have xmonad-contrib installed as well. Here is my xmonad.hs…
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xmonad: move new floating windows

As described in this and this issue, my floating windows are sometimes rendered behind other windows when using xmonad together with compton. One possible workaround I want to try is to make xmonad move new floating windows slightly, which should…
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can xmonad's logHook be run at set intervals rather than in (merely) response to layout events?

I'm using dynamicLogWithPP from XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog together with dzen2 as a status bar under xmonad. One of the things I'd like to have displayed in the bar is the time remaining in the currently playing track in audacious (if any). Getting…
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XMonad crashing: how to do proper build with Stack and custom build script?

OS: linux gentoo 6.0.9 I am attempting to build a custom version of XMonad using Stack and a build script I wrote, which is closely based on this one…
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Xmonad build failed: cound not find module control.monad.reader

I'm trying to cabal install xmonad with profiling and I keep getting the error: cound not find module control.monad.reader The error message suggested that I may not have installed the profiling libs for mtl-2.0.1.0, but I have confirmed that it is…