The Main vsido forum XMonad thread

[Digit]

this is the main xmonad thread at vsido.org


http://xmonad.org

as requested, here's a screenshot of it. 

[valroadie]

Come on we can do better than that!



Xmonad + xmobar

[Digit]

we can indeed.  i just wanted to show off what a plain xmonad looks like on start up, with no background.   

a lot of people reach that point, dont realise it's working, and give up. lol.

[valroadie]

Just thought I would throw my config in here as well as another screenie to what it looks like.



And here are the configs for xmonad and xmobar! It is a fairly plain WM unless you REALLY get in depth with the customization.

EDIT: If you like the font in the SS's you will need to DL the Inconsolata font as so: sudo apt-get install fonts-inconsolata

I just want to say, if you like to use as MUCH screen space as you can to produce maximum efficiency, then xmonad is your WM to turn to!
For instance, this is my screen when mildly busy, I am in 5 IRC rooms as well as watching a movie and can compile something too! Not amazing you say? Well here is the thing, it is all on a 13" screen!



Xmonad

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import XMonad
import XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog
import XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks
import XMonad.Util.Run(spawnPipe)
import XMonad.Util.EZConfig(additionalKeys)
import System.IO
import XMonad.Actions.SpawnOn

myManageHook = composeAll
    [ className =? "Gimp"      --> doFloat
    , className =? "Vncviewer" --> doFloat
    ]

main = do
    xmproc <- spawnPipe "/usr/bin/xmobar ~/xmobarrc"
    xmonad $ defaultConfig
        { manageHook = manageDocks <+> myManageHook -- make sure to include myManageHook definition from above
                        <+> manageHook defaultConfig
        , layoutHook = avoidStruts  $  layoutHook defaultConfig
        , logHook = dynamicLogWithPP xmobarPP
                        { ppOutput = hPutStrLn xmproc
                        , ppTitle = xmobarColor "#868686" "" . shorten 50
                        }
        , modMask = mod4Mask     -- Rebind Mod to the Windows key
        } `additionalKeys`
        [ ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_z), spawn "xscreensaver-command -lock")
        , ((controlMask, xK_Print), spawn "")
        , ((0, xK_Print), spawn "")
        , ((mod4Mask, xK_i), spawn "iceweasel")
        , ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_Return), spawn "terminator")
        , ((mod4Mask, xK_w), spawn "xterm -exec weechat")
        , ((mod4Mask, xK_e), spawn "emacs")
        , ((mod4Mask, xK_x), spawn "xchat")
        , ((mod4Mask, xK_c), kill)
        , ((mod4Mask, xK_g), spawn "geany")
        , ((mod4Mask, xK_v), spawn "vlc")
        , ((mod4Mask, xK_0), spawn "scrot")
        , ((mod4Mask, xK_f), spawn "thunar")
        ]


Xmobar

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Config { font = "xft:inconsolata-9:medium"
       , bgColor = "#000000"
       , fgColor = "#93ADBC"
       , position = TopW R 100
       , lowerOnStart = True
       , commands = [ Run Weather "KMWA" ["-t"," <station>: <tempF>F","-L","60","-H","85","--normal","green","--high","red","--low","lightblue"] 36000
                    , Run Cpu ["-L","3","-H","80","--normal","green","--high","red"] 10
                    , Run Memory ["-t","Mem: <usedratio>%"] 10
                    , Run Swap [] 10
                    , Run Network "wlan0" ["-L","0","-H","300","--normal","green","--high","red"] 10
                    , Run Date "%a %b %_d | %l:%M %p" "date" 10
                    , Run Com "~/.xmonad/get-volume" [] "Sound" 10
                    , Run StdinReader
                    ]
       , sepChar = "%"
       , alignSep = "}{"
       , template = "<fc=#695DFF>%StdinReader%</fc> }{ <fc=#00FF22>%cpu%</fc> | <fc=#6200C4>%memory%</fc> | <fc=#F2FF00>%wlan0%</fc> | <fc=#FFFFFF>%KMWA%</fc>  | <fc=#FFFFFF>%date%</fc>"
       }


[VastOne]

^ Nice one Roadie!

[valroadie]

Thanks! Maybe I should include a warning, "WARNING! Not for people too old to read the label on the front of a milk jug!" Haha.

I admit it may be an eye strain for people.

[PackRat]

Work in progress - xmonad, conky piped to dzen2 for statusbar.



took me most of the morning to get this working because I did not see this little item on the official xmonad download page:

Notes for Debian/Ubuntu users:

On debian, xmonad is split into three packages, and it might not be obvious what they do.

    xmonad lets you run xmonad in its default configuration.
    libghc-xmonad-dev lets you write a configuration file using core functionality.
    libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev includes all of the contrib modules.

When installing from apt, those additional files show up in the recommended list so I didn't bother installing them. They are required if you want to customize xmonad (and who doesn't do that with their window manager!). Pulls in a bunch of dependencies (haskell mostly).

We'll see how far I get with this.

[PackRat]

Wish I could take credit for this excellent configuration - tabbed and grid modes as well.