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xmonad: a tiling window manager
This is the xmonad users' wiki.
- FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions: answers to common xmonad questions
Configuration help
- screenshot gallery: screenshots contributed by xmonad users illustrating many layouts. show off your own setup!
- installing xmonad: platform-specific instructions for how to install xmonad
- config archive: a collection of xmonad.hs files from real, live xmonad users -- feel free to read them for ideas, use or adapt them as you see fit, or upload your own
- heavily commented template style config file for the latest release of xmonad
- an example of customizing all settings for the development (darcs) version of xmonad DON'T USE THIS DIRECTLY; it is the same as
import XMonad; main = xmonad defaultConfigexcept that it prevents you from seeing the result of xmonad upgrades. - general tips and tricks for configuring xmonad.hs: (>= xmonad-0.8)
- desktop environments
- OS-specific instructions
Tutorials
- guided tour of xmonad for users
- step-by-step configuration guide including xmobar status bar setup
- tutorial in Russian
- tombuntu's introduction to xmonad
- xmonad development tutorial
- guided tour of the xmonad source
- video tour of the source
Documentation
- Change log summaries
- overview of xmonad-contrib extensions plus how to edit configuration -- needs updating
- xmonad.org documentation links
- links to key code listings
- mutable state in contrib modules or xmonad.hs
- How xmonad startup works
- Loading xmonad in ghci
Keybindings cheatsheets
Classical (Inkscape svg version to modify with your custom bindings):
Alternative cheatsheet (PDF, PNG, SVG):
External documentation
- xmonad on Arch Linux
- xmonad manpage
- introduction to xmonad
- blog articles about xmonad
- xmonad blog feed
- xmonad on Gentoo
