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XMONAD(1) XMONAD(1) Name xmonad - Tiling Window Manager Description xmonad is a minimalist tiling window manager for X, written in Haskell. Windows are managed using automatic layout algorithms, which can be dynami- cally reconfigured. At any time windows are arranged so as to maximize the use of screen real estate. All features of the window manager are accessi- ble purely from the keyboard: a mouse is entirely optional. xmonad is con- figured in Haskell, and custom layout algorithms may be implemented by the user in config files. A principle of xmonad is predictability: the user should know in advance precisely the window arrangement that will result from any action. By default, xmonad provides three layout algorithms: tall, wide and fullscreen. In tall or wide mode, windows are tiled and arranged to pre- vent overlap and maximize screen use. Sets of windows are grouped together on virtual screens, and each screen retains its own layout, which may be reconfigured dynamically. Multiple physical monitors are supported via Xinerama, allowing simultaneous display of a number of screens. By utilizing the expressivity of a modern functional language with a rich static type system, xmonad provides a complete, featureful window manager in less than 1200 lines of code, with an emphasis on correctness and ro- bustness. Internal properties of the window manager are checked using a combination of static guarantees provided by the type system, and type- based automated testing. A benefit of this is that the code is simple to understand, and easy to modify. Usage xmonad places each window into a "workspace". Each workspace can have any number of windows, which you can cycle though with mod-j and mod-k. Win- dows are either displayed full screen, tiled horizontally, or tiled verti- cally. You can toggle the layout mode with mod-space, which will cycle through the available modes. You can switch to workspace N with mod-N. For example, to switch to work- space 5, you would press mod-5. Similarly, you can move the current window to another workspace with mod-shift-N. When running with multiple monitors (Xinerama), each screen has exactly 1 workspace visible. mod-{w,e,r} switch the focus between screens, while shift-mod-{w,e,r} move the current window to that screen. When xmonad starts, workspace 1 is on screen 1, workspace 2 is on screen 2, etc. When switching workspaces to one that is already visible, the current and visi- ble workspaces are swapped. Flags xmonad has several flags which you may pass to the executable. These flags are: -recompile Recompiles your xmonad.hs configuration -restart Causes the currently running xmonad process to restart -replace Replace the current window manager with xmonad -version Display version of xmonad -verbose-version Display detailed version of xmonad Default keyboard bindings mod-shift-return Launch terminal mod-p Launch dmenu mod-shift-p Launch gmrun mod-shift-c Close the focused window mod-space Rotate through the available layout algorithms mod-shift-space Reset the layouts on the current workspace to default mod-n Resize viewed windows to the correct size mod-tab Move focus to the next window mod-shift-tab Move focus to the previous window mod-j Move focus to the next window mod-k Move focus to the previous window mod-m Move focus to the master window mod-return Swap the focused window and the master window mod-shift-j Swap the focused window with the next window mod-shift-k Swap the focused window with the previous window mod-h Shrink the master area mod-l Expand the master area mod-t Push window back into tiling mod-comma Increment the number of windows in the master area mod-period Deincrement the number of windows in the master area mod-shift-q Quit xmonad mod-q Restart xmonad mod-shift-slash Run xmessage with a summary of the default keybindings (useful for beginners) mod-question Run xmessage with a summary of the default keybindings (useful for beginners) mod-[1..9] Switch to workspace N mod-shift-[1..9] Move client to workspace N 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 mod-button1 Set the window to floating mode and move by dragging mod-button2 Raise the window to the top of the stack mod-button3 Set the window to floating mode and resize by dragging Examples To use xmonad as your window manager add to your ~/.xinitrc file: exec xmonad Customization xmonad is customized in your xmonad.hs, and then restarted with mod-q. You can choose where your configuration file lives by 1. Setting XMONAD_DATA_DIR, XMONAD_CONFIG_DIR, and XMONAD_CACHE_DIR; xmonad.hs is then expected to be in XMONAD_CONFIG_DIR. 2. Creating xmonad.hs in ~/.xmonad. 3. Creating xmonad.hs in XDG_CONFIG_HOME. Note that, in this case, xmonad will use XDG_DATA_HOME and XDG_CACHE_HOME for its data and cache direc- tory respectively. You can find many extensions to the core feature set in the xmonad- contrib package, available through your package manager or from xmonad.org (https://xmonad.org). Modular Configuration As of xmonad-0.9, any additional Haskell modules may be placed in ~/.xmonad/lib/ are available in GHC's searchpath. Hierarchical modules are supported: for example, the file ~/.xmonad/lib/XMonad/Stack/MyAdditions.hs could contain: module XMonad.Stack.MyAdditions (function1) where function1 = error "function1: Not implemented yet!" Your xmonad.hs may then import XMonad.Stack.MyAdditions as if that module was contained within xmonad or xmonad-contrib. Bugs Probably. If you find any, please report them to the bugtracker (https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad/issues) Tiling Window Manager 27 October 2021 XMONAD(1)
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