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xmonad: A Tiling Window Manager

xmonad is a tiling window manager for X. Windows are arranged automatically to tile the screen without gaps or overlap, maximising screen use. Window manager features are accessible from the keyboard: a mouse is optional. xmonad is written, configured and extensible in Haskell. Custom layout algorithms, key bindings and other extensions may be written by the user in config files. Layouts are applied dynamically, and different layouts may be used on each workspace. Xinerama is fully supported, allowing windows to be tiled on several physical screens.

Quick Start

From hackage:

cabal update
cabal install xmonad xmonad-contrib

Alternatively, build from source using the following repositories:
- https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad
- https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad-contrib

For the full story, read on.

Building

Building is quite straightforward, and requires a basic Haskell toolchain. On many systems xmonad is available as a binary package in your package system (e.g. on Debian or Gentoo). If at all possible, use this in preference to a source build, as the dependency resolution will be simpler.

For tool-specific guides see [INSTALL.md](./INSTALL.md).

We'll now walk through the complete list of toolchain dependencies.

GHC: the Glasgow Haskell Compiler

You first need a Haskell compiler. Your distribution's package system will have binaries of GHC (the Glasgow Haskell Compiler), the compiler we use, so install that first. If your operating system's package system doesn't provide a binary version of GHC and the cabal-install tool, you can install both using the Haskell Platform.

It shouldn't be necessary to compile GHC from source -- every common system has a pre-build binary version. However, if you want to build from source, the following links will be helpful:
- GHC: http://haskell.org/ghc/
- Cabal: http://haskell.org/cabal/download.html
X11 libraries:

Since you're building an X application, you'll need the C X11 library headers. On many platforms, these come pre-installed. For others, such as Debian, you can get them from your package manager:
```
# for xmonad
$ apt-get install libx11-dev libxinerama-dev libxext-dev libxrandr-dev libxss-dev

# for xmonad-contrib
$ apt-get install libxft-dev
```

Then build and install with:

$ cabal install

Running xmonad

If you built XMonad using cabal then add:

exec $HOME/.cabal/bin/xmonad

to the last line of your .xsession or .xinitrc file.

Configuring

There is a full tutorial available in [TUTORIAL.md](./TUTORIAL.md). Additionally, see the [CONFIG](./CONFIG) document, as well as the example configuration file.

XMonadContrib

There are many extensions to xmonad available in the XMonadContrib (xmc) library. Examples include an ion3-like tabbed layout, a prompt/program launcher, and various other useful modules. XMonadContrib is available at: