Xmonad

see http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/73665/getting-xmonad-and-gnome-panel-working-with-fedora-18

Very Very Basic Usage

When you first start xmonad, you can open a terminal with Alt Shift Enter

Move focus with Alt + J and Alt + K

Change tiling modes with Alt + Space

Resize with Alt + H and Alt + L

Swap focused window with its next door neighbor with Alt + Shift + J and Alt + Shift + K

Close focused window with Alt + Shift + C

Log out with Alt + Shift + Q

Control number of windows displayed in master pane on left: Alt + . and Alt + ,

Workspace N switch with Alt + N

Configuration

The configuration file is not there by default

It is in ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs

Reconfigure after editing it with Alt + Q

Default/template configuration file:

<source lang="haskell"> -- -- xmonad example config file. -- -- A template showing all available configuration hooks, -- and how to override the defaults in your own xmonad.hs conf file. -- -- Normally, you'd only override those defaults you care about. --

import XMonad import System.Exit

import qualified XMonad.StackSet as W import qualified Data.Map as M

-- The preferred terminal program, which is used in a binding below and by -- certain contrib modules. -- myTerminal = "xterm"

-- Width of the window border in pixels. -- myBorderWidth = 1

-- modMask lets you specify which modkey you want to use. The default -- is mod1Mask ("left alt"). You may also consider using mod3Mask -- ("right alt"), which does not conflict with emacs keybindings. The -- "windows key" is usually mod4Mask. -- myModMask = mod1Mask

-- The mask for the numlock key. Numlock status is "masked" from the -- current modifier status, so the keybindings will work with numlock on or -- off. You may need to change this on some systems. -- -- You can find the numlock modifier by running "xmodmap" and looking for a -- modifier with Num_Lock bound to it: -- -- > $ xmodmap | grep Num -- > mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d) -- -- Set numlockMask = 0 if you don't have a numlock key, or want to treat -- numlock status separately. -- myNumlockMask = mod2Mask

-- The default number of workspaces (virtual screens) and their names. -- By default we use numeric strings, but any string may be used as a -- workspace name. The number of workspaces is determined by the length -- of this list. -- -- A tagging example: -- -- > workspaces = ["web", "irc", "code" ] ++ map show [4..9] -- myWorkspaces = ["1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9"]

-- Border colors for unfocused and focused windows, respectively. -- myNormalBorderColor = "#dddddd" myFocusedBorderColor = "#ff0000"

---

-- Key bindings. Add, modify or remove key bindings here. -- myKeys conf@(XConfig {XMonad.modMask = modm}) = M.fromList $

   -- launch a terminal
   [ ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_Return), spawn $ XMonad.terminal conf)

   -- launch dmenu
   , ((modm,               xK_p     ), spawn "exe=`dmenu_path | dmenu` && eval \"exec $exe\"")

   -- launch gmrun
   , ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_p     ), spawn "gmrun")

   -- close focused window 
   , ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_c     ), kill)

    -- Rotate through the available layout algorithms
   , ((modm,               xK_space ), sendMessage NextLayout)

   --  Reset the layouts on the current workspace to default
   , ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_space ), setLayout $ XMonad.layoutHook conf)

   -- Resize viewed windows to the correct size
   , ((modm,               xK_n     ), refresh)

   -- Move focus to the next window
   , ((modm,               xK_Tab   ), windows W.focusDown)

   -- Move focus to the next window
   , ((modm,               xK_j     ), windows W.focusDown)

   -- Move focus to the previous window
   , ((modm,               xK_k     ), windows W.focusUp  )

   -- Move focus to the master window
   , ((modm,               xK_m     ), windows W.focusMaster  )

   -- Swap the focused window and the master window
   , ((modm,               xK_Return), windows W.swapMaster)

   -- Swap the focused window with the next window
   , ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_j     ), windows W.swapDown  )

   -- Swap the focused window with the previous window
   , ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_k     ), windows W.swapUp    )

   -- Shrink the master area
   , ((modm,               xK_h     ), sendMessage Shrink)

   -- Expand the master area
   , ((modm,               xK_l     ), sendMessage Expand)

   -- Push window back into tiling
   , ((modm,               xK_t     ), withFocused $ windows . W.sink)

   -- Increment the number of windows in the master area
   , ((modm              , xK_comma ), sendMessage (IncMasterN 1))

   -- Deincrement the number of windows in the master area
   , ((modm              , xK_period), sendMessage (IncMasterN (-1)))

   -- toggle the status bar gap (used with avoidStruts from Hooks.ManageDocks)
   -- , ((modm , xK_b ), sendMessage ToggleStruts)

   -- Quit xmonad
   , ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_q     ), io (exitWith ExitSuccess))

   -- Restart xmonad
   , ((modm              , xK_q     ), restart "xmonad" True)
   ]
   ++

   --
   -- mod-[1..9], Switch to workspace N
   -- mod-shift-[1..9], Move client to workspace N
   --
   [((m .|. modm, k), windows $ f i)
       | (i, k) <- zip (XMonad.workspaces conf) [xK_1 .. xK_9]
       , (f, m) <- [(W.greedyView, 0), (W.shift, shiftMask)]]
   ++

   --
   -- mod-{w,e,r}, Switch to physical/Xinerama screens 1, 2, or 3
   -- mod-shift-{w,e,r}, Move client to screen 1, 2, or 3
   --
   [((m .|. modm, key), screenWorkspace sc >>= flip whenJust (windows . f))
       | (key, sc) <- zip [xK_w, xK_e, xK_r] [0..]
       , (f, m) <- [(W.view, 0), (W.shift, shiftMask)]]

---

-- Mouse bindings: default actions bound to mouse events -- myMouseBindings (XConfig {XMonad.modMask = modMask}) = M.fromList $

   -- mod-button1, Set the window to floating mode and move by dragging
   [ ((modMask, button1), (\w -> focus w >> mouseMoveWindow w))

   -- mod-button2, Raise the window to the top of the stack
   , ((modMask, button2), (\w -> focus w >> windows W.swapMaster))

   -- mod-button3, Set the window to floating mode and resize by dragging
   , ((modMask, button3), (\w -> focus w >> mouseResizeWindow w))

   -- you may also bind events to the mouse scroll wheel (button4 and button5)
   ]

---

-- Layouts:

-- You can specify and transform your layouts by modifying these values. -- If you change layout bindings be sure to use 'mod-shift-space' after -- restarting (with 'mod-q') to reset your layout state to the new -- defaults, as xmonad preserves your old layout settings by default. -- -- The available layouts. Note that each layout is separated by |||, -- which denotes layout choice. -- myLayout = tiled ||| Mirror tiled ||| Full

 where
    -- default tiling algorithm partitions the screen into two panes
    tiled   = Tall nmaster delta ratio

    -- The default number of windows in the master pane
    nmaster = 1

    -- Default proportion of screen occupied by master pane
    ratio   = 1/2

    -- Percent of screen to increment by when resizing panes
    delta   = 3/100

---

-- Window rules:

-- Execute arbitrary actions and WindowSet manipulations when managing -- a new window. You can use this to, for example, always float a -- particular program, or have a client always appear on a particular -- workspace. -- -- To find the property name associated with a program, use -- > xprop | grep WM_CLASS -- and click on the client you're interested in. -- -- To match on the WM_NAME, you can use 'title' in the same way that -- 'className' and 'resource' are used below. -- myManageHook = composeAll

   [ className =? "MPlayer"        --> doFloat
   , className =? "Gimp"           --> doFloat
   , resource  =? "desktop_window" --> doIgnore
   , resource  =? "kdesktop"       --> doIgnore ]

-- Whether focus follows the mouse pointer. myFocusFollowsMouse :: Bool myFocusFollowsMouse = True

---

-- Status bars and logging

-- Perform an arbitrary action on each internal state change or X event. -- See the 'DynamicLog' extension for examples. -- -- To emulate dwm's status bar -- -- > logHook = dynamicLogDzen -- myLogHook = return ()

---

-- Startup hook

-- Perform an arbitrary action each time xmonad starts or is restarted -- with mod-q. Used by, e.g., XMonad.Layout.PerWorkspace to initialize -- per-workspace layout choices. -- -- By default, do nothing. myStartupHook = return ()

---

-- Now run xmonad with all the defaults we set up.

-- Run xmonad with the settings you specify. No need to modify this. -- main = xmonad defaults

-- A structure containing your configuration settings, overriding -- fields in the default config. Any you don't override, will -- use the defaults defined in xmonad/XMonad/Config.hs -- -- No need to modify this. -- defaults = defaultConfig {

     -- simple stuff
       terminal           = myTerminal,
       focusFollowsMouse  = myFocusFollowsMouse,
       borderWidth        = myBorderWidth,
       modMask            = myModMask,
       numlockMask        = myNumlockMask,
       workspaces         = myWorkspaces,
       normalBorderColor  = myNormalBorderColor,
       focusedBorderColor = myFocusedBorderColor,

     -- key bindings
       keys               = myKeys,
       mouseBindings      = myMouseBindings,

     -- hooks, layouts
       layoutHook         = myLayout,
       manageHook         = myManageHook,
       logHook            = myLogHook,
       startupHook        = myStartupHook
   }