--- XMonad configuration file.
+-- xmonad configuration file.
--
--- Should work fine with XMonad 0.8 and above.
+-- Tested with xmonad 0.9, most settings should work fine with xmonad 0.7.
-import XMonad
+-- "hiding" necessary for LayoutCombinators.
+import XMonad hiding ( (|||) )
-- 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
+-- Necessary for setWMName.
+import XMonad.Hooks.SetWMName
+-- Necessary for toggleWS.
+import XMonad.Actions.CycleWS
+-- Necessary for named.
+import XMonad.Layout.Named
+-- Necessary for JumpToLayout.
+import XMonad.Layout.LayoutCombinators
+-- Necessary for Limit layout.
+import XMonad.Layout.TwoPane
+-- Necessary for the Gimp layout.
+import XMonad.Layout.PerWorkspace
+import XMonad.Layout.IM
-- 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).
+-- 21:59 CEST).
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)
-- Create my custom layout.
--
--- Only use horizontal (Mirror tiled) and fullscreen layouts.
+-- Only use horizontal (Mirror tiled) and fullscreen layouts, but allow
+-- switching to other layouts with bindings.
--
-- 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.
-myLayoutHook = smartBorders $ Mirror tiled ||| Full
- where
+-- Thanks to jrick in #xmonad on Freenode (2009-06-29 22:19 CEST) for telling
+-- me how to remove the vertical tiled layout.
+--
+-- JumpToLayout (from LayoutCombinators) is used to jump to specific layouts,
+-- thanks to aavogt in #xmonad on Freenode (2011-06-12 22:13 CEST).
+--
+-- named is used to name layouts which allows switching to a specific layout
+-- (see below), thanks to vav in #xmonad on Freenode (2011-06-12 22:28 CEST).
+--
+-- The limit layout displays only one window in the lower pane, thanks to to
+-- Qantourisc (2010-06-12 15:15 CEST) for the hint to use TwoPane.
+--
+-- onWorkspace is used for a special layout for Gimp, thanks to Nathan Howell
+-- (http://nathanhowell.net/2009/03/08/xmonad-and-the-gimp/) for this layout
+-- (read on 2011-06-19).
+myLayoutHook =
+ onWorkspace "5" gimp
+ $ (
+ named "Default" (smartBorders $ Mirror tiled)
+ ||| named "Full" (smartBorders Full)
+ ||| named "Vertical" (smartBorders tiled)
+ ||| named "Limit" (smartBorders $ Mirror $ TwoPane delta ratio)
+ ) where
-- Default tiling algorithm partitions the screen into two panes.
tiled = Tall nmaster delta ratio
-- The default number of windows in the master pane.
delta = 3/100
-- Default proportion of screen occupied by master pane.
ratio = 1/2
+ -- Special layout for Gimp: toolbox left, dock right, main window in the
+ -- center.
+ gimp = withIM (0.11) (Role "gimp-toolbox") $
+ reflectHoriz $
+ withIM (0.15) (Role "gimp-dock")
+ -- Layouts for the centered window.
+ (Mirror tiled ||| Full)
-- 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).
+-- Freenode (2009-06-30 02:10f CEST).
--
-- Also some applications are spawned on specific workspaces. Thanks to
--- dschoepe and ivanm in #xmonad on Freenode (2009-07-12 14:50).
+-- dschoepe and ivanm in #xmonad on Freenode (2009-07-12 14:50 CEST).
myManageHook = composeOne
- [ className =? "Iceweasel" -?> doF (W.shift "2")
- , className =? "Wireshark" -?> doF (W.shift "3")
+ -- Browser on "2".
+ [ className =? "Iceweasel" -?> doF (W.shift "2")
+ -- Miscellaneous on "3".
+ , className =? "Wireshark" -?> doF (W.shift "3")
+ , title =? "OpenOffice.org" -?> doF (W.shift "3") -- splash screen
+ , className =? "OpenOffice.org 2.4" -?> doF (W.shift "3")
+ , className =? "Vncviewer" -?> doF (W.shift "3")
+ -- Wine on "4".
+ , className =? "Wine" -?> doF (W.shift "4")
+ -- Gimp on "5".
+ , className =? "Gimp" -?> doF (W.shift "5")
- -- Don't span new windows in the master pane.
+ -- Don't spawn 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).
+ -- Freenode (2010-04-15 21:04 CEST).
, return True -?> doF W.focusDown
]
+-- Switch to next layout, but skip all layouts not in layouts argument. This
+-- allows switching to some layouts with mappings but excluding them from
+-- meta-space (which gets mapped to this function). Thanks to aavogt in
+-- #xmonad on Freenode for this function (2011-06-13 12:45 CEST) and
+-- rootzlevel in #xmonad on Freenode for fixes (2011-06-13 15:20 CEST),
+-- modified to take list of layouts to switch to, not layouts to exclude.
+nextLayoutIncluding :: [String] -> X ()
+nextLayoutIncluding layouts = do
+ cws <- gets (W.workspace . W.current . windowset)
+ sendMessageWithNoRefresh NextLayout cws
+ nextLayoutIncluding' layouts 1000 -- nobody has more than 1000 layouts
+
+nextLayoutIncluding' :: [String] -> Int -> X ()
+nextLayoutIncluding' layouts iterations = do
+ cws <- gets (W.workspace . W.current . windowset)
+ -- iterations prevents an endless loop if no valid layout can be found.
+ if not ((description $ W.layout cws) `elem` layouts) && iterations > 0
+ -- Skip over excluded layouts.
+ then do
+ sendMessageWithNoRefresh NextLayout cws
+ nextLayoutIncluding' layouts (iterations - 1)
+ -- Found allowed layout, show it.
+ else refresh
+
+myKeys = [
+ -- Switch to next layout, but only use the listed layouts.
+ ((mod4Mask, xK_space), nextLayoutIncluding ["Default", "Full"])
+ -- Switch to vertical tiled layout.
+ , ((mod4Mask, xK_v), sendMessage $ JumpToLayout "Vertical")
+ -- Switch to limit layout which displays only one window in the lower
+ -- pane.
+ , ((mod4Mask, xK_b), sendMessage $ JumpToLayout "Limit")
+
+ -- Switch to last active workspace, thanks to moljac024 in #xmonad on
+ -- Freenode (2010-12-18 14:45 CET).
+ , ((mod4Mask, xK_f), toggleWS)
+ ]
+ ++
+ -- When using multiple screens, switching to another workspace causes
+ -- xmonad to pull the workspace to the current screen if it was also
+ -- displayed on another one. This is confusing for me so the following
+ -- code changes it to just switch to the screen where the workspace is
+ -- already displayed.
+ --
+ -- Thanks to the xmonad FAQ, read on 2010-06-16 13:42 CEST
+ -- (http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Frequently_asked_questions).
+ -- Thanks to MrElendig in #xmonad on Freenode (2010-06-17 17:16 CEST) how
+ -- to use the default xmonad workspaces.
+ [((m .|. mod4Mask, k), windows $ f i)
+ | (i, k) <- zip (XMonad.workspaces defaultConfig) [xK_1 .. xK_9]
+ , (f, m) <- [(W.view, 0), (W.shift, shiftMask)]]
+
main = xmonad $ defaultConfig
- -- Use Windows key as main key so it doesn't conflict with any other key
+ -- Use Windows key as main key as 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.
+ -- Active borders are dark red.
, focusedBorderColor = "#990000"
-- Use my layout and manage hooks (see above).
, layoutHook = myLayoutHook
, manageHook = myManageHook
-- Use unicode rxvt as my terminal.
, terminal = "urxvt"
+ -- Necessary for Java so it recognizes xmonad as tiling window manager.
+ , startupHook = setWMName "LG3D"
}
+ `additionalKeys` myKeys
+
+-- vim: nospell