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= Packaging =
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xmonad in Fedora is provided by 3 packages:
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- xmonad-core: just the base window manager and X session files
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- xmonad: additionally installs the devel library files needed to configure and customize xmonad
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- xmonad-gnome: additionally includes a gnome session file and requires gnome-session and gnome-terminal
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= Starting from GDM =
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xmonad can be started from GDM by selecting "xmonad" in the session menu.
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For GNOME support please install xmonad-gnome
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and select "xmonad GNOME" in GDM's session menu, which will run
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"gnome-session --session=xmonad".
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= xmonad-start =
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For new users without "~/.xmonad/", Fedora's xmonad-start script
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displays "man xmonad" and "less README.fedora" in xterms to provide help initially.
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To stop this behaviour, just create "~/.xmonad/".
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For an xmonad-gnome session for new users, xmonad-start will create
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a basic "~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs" file configured for Gnome.
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= Customizing and configuring xmonad =
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For documentation and examples see:
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- xmonad man-page
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- /usr/share/doc/xmonad-$version/xmonad.hs (full default basic configuration)
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- /usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/xmonad-contrib-$version/index.html
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and online:
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- Xmonad wiki: http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad
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- http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/xmonad-contrib/latest/doc/html/XMonad-Doc.html
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(detailed configuration information and examples)
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- http://xmonad.org/ website
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To make use of extensions and Desktop Environment support,
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you need to install ghc-xmonad-contrib-devel.
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== Configuration for Desktop Environments ==
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The default xmonad configuration does not work well with desktop environments.
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The following basic generic configuration requires ghc-xmonad-contrib-devel
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to be installed, and should get it working:
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$ mkdir ~/.xmonad
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$ cat > ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs << EOF
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import XMonad
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import XMonad.Config.Desktop
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main = xmonad desktopConfig
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EOF
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$
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You can replace the generic "[Dd]esktop" by:
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- "[Gg]nome" for better GNOME support
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- "[Kk]de[4]" for KDE support
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- "[Xx]fce" for XFCE support.
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See:
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- http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/xmonad-contrib/latest/doc/html/XMonad-Config-Desktop.html
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- http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Basic_Desktop_Environment_Integration
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for more info on how to setup desktop support.
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= Bluetile =
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New users may find the Bluetile window manager built on top of
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xmonad-contrib a gentler introduction to xmonad and tiling.
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