-- XMonad configuration file. -- -- Should work fine with XMonad 0.7 and above. import XMonad -- Necessary for reflectVert. import XMonad.Layout.Reflect -- Necessary for avoidMaster. import qualified XMonad.StackSet as W -- Necessary for toggleLayouts. import XMonad.Layout.ToggleLayouts -- Necessary for smartBorders. import XMonad.Layout.NoBorders -- Necessary for composeOne and -?>. import XMonad.Hooks.ManageHelpers -- Necessary for `additionalKeys`. import XMonad.Util.EZConfig -- Prevent new windows from spawning in the master pane. Taken from -- http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Frequently_asked_questions on -- 2009-06-30. Thanks. Modified to not steal focus from the master pane when a -- new window is created, thanks to vav in #xmonad on Freenode (2010-04-15 -- 21:59). avoidMaster :: W.StackSet i l a s sd -> W.StackSet i l a s sd avoidMaster = W.modify' $ \c -> case c of W.Stack t [] (r:rs) -> W.Stack r [] (t:rs) otherwise -> c -- Create my custom layout. -- -- Only use horizontal (Mirror tiled) and fullscreen layouts. -- -- The master pane is at the top of the screen. To make sure new windows don't -- spawn in the master pane avoidMaster (see below) is used. Borders are only -- drawn when the screen has more then one window (smartBorders). -- -- Thanks to jrick in #xmonad on Freenode (2009-06-29 22:19) for telling me -- how to remove the vertical tiled layout. -- -- toggleLayouts is used to allow switching to vertical tiled layout but not -- using it with meta-space (see below in key bindings). Thanks to ml| in -- #xmonad on Freenode (2010-06-14 09:49) how to use toggleLayouts. myLayoutHook = toggleLayouts tiled $ smartBorders $ 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 -- Percent of screen to increment by when resizing panes. delta = 3/100 -- Default proportion of screen occupied by master pane. ratio = 1/2 -- Don't spawn new windows in the master pane (which is at the top of the -- screen). Thanks to dschoepe, aavogt and especially vav in #xmonad on -- Freenode (2009-06-30 02:10f). -- -- Also some applications are spawned on specific workspaces. Thanks to -- dschoepe and ivanm in #xmonad on Freenode (2009-07-12 14:50). myManageHook = composeOne [ className =? "Iceweasel" -?> doF (W.shift "2") , className =? "Wireshark" -?> doF (W.shift "3") -- Don't span new windows in the master pane. , return True -?> doF avoidMaster -- Prevent windows which get moved to other workspaces from removing the -- focus of the currently selected window. Thanks to vav in #xmonad on -- Freenode (2010-04-15 21:04). , return True -?> doF W.focusDown ] main = xmonad $ defaultConfig -- Use Windows key as main key so it doesn't conflict with any other key -- bindings. { modMask = mod4Mask -- Inactive borders are black - invisible on my black screen. , normalBorderColor = "#000000" -- Active border is dark red. , focusedBorderColor = "#990000" -- Use my layout and manage hooks (see above). , layoutHook = myLayoutHook , manageHook = myManageHook -- Use unicode rxvt as my terminal. , terminal = "urxvt" } `additionalKeys` [ -- Switch to additional layout (vertical tiled) defined by -- toggleLayouts above. ((mod4Mask, xK_v), sendMessage ToggleLayout) ]