Questions tagged [xmonad]
xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell
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rdesktop failing with BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
$ rdesktop localhost -u username
Autoselecting keyboard map 'en-us' from locale
X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 20 (X_GetProperty)
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Move window to workspace and focus that workspace (shiftAndView) on XMonad WM
I have XMonad for a while and I have been working on this for the last couple of days, and still no solution.
Let me give you an example of what I'm trying to do:
VLC is open, move it to workspace 2 ...
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Get gmrun to float
With my current config (below), gmrun pops up as a regular window, so it takes up the full screen if I invoke it in an empty workspace (and 1/2 the screen if there is already 1 window). How do I ...
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How to turn off / disable "CTRL LOCK"?
I have a ThinkPad T520 with NixOS 21.09 installed with Xmonad. Locked the screen with slock, went to have lunch, and when I got back the cat was peacefully asleep on the keyboard. When unlocked, ...
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Graphic application opening in the workspace it was first used instead of the current workspace
I am using the image viewer geeqie under xmonad.
When I open geeqie for the first time, say in workspace 1, everything goes well. Now, if I quit geeqie on workspace 1, go to another workspace, and ...
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How to spawn a program on a specific workspace at startup using XMonad?
Like, many, others, I am trying to spawn a program on a specific Xmonad workspace at startup.
Here is my xmonad.hs that should start Firefox on workspace 4:
import XMonad
import XMonad.Actions.SpawnOn
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Cannot run XMonad on Voidlinux properly
It runs but I get this error everytime
$ cabal install xmonad xmonad-contrib
Resolving dependencies...
Up to date
Symlinking 'xmonad'
$ cat ~/.xinitrc
exec ~/.cabal/bin/xmonad
$ cat ~/.xmonad/xmonad....
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How to change the default Xmonad configuration off all users?
The canonical way to configure Xmonad is by creating the file ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs
However, I would like to change the default Xmonad configuration for all users, and not just for myself.
I have ...
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Xmonad change keybinds based on keyboard layout
Is there there a way to define different keybindings in Xmonad depending on the current keyboard layout? For example, if I switch between standard US and Dvorak keyboard layouts, is there a way to ...
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How to edit with imagemagick with tiling window manager?
In my mostly default xmonad configuration, editing images is almost impossible because all tool windows (like crop or filetype selection) are spawned too small and at random places and are difficult ...
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XMonad, spawn mutliple terminals on startup on different workspaces
Is it possible to spawn multiple terminals on startup on different workspaces?
I have a bunch of terminals and Firefox which I would like to have running on startup. XMonad places Firefox correctly, ...
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Xmonad, How to set up a grid of workspaces?
I want to have 9 workspaces as a grid. And to navigate them using the arrow-keys. So far I can navigate with the arrow-keys, but I want to get rid of the "wrap-around". For example, if workspace 9 is ...
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Attempting to install Xmonad - package hidden
Probably just a big case of PICNIC, but when I tried to install Xmonad, I get errors stating
Could not load module ‘XMonad’
It is a member of the hidden package ‘xmonad-0.15’.
You can run ‘:set -...
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Reload config of xmobar
I'm happily using xmobar with xmonad as my window manager.
When changing the configuration of xmonad, I use mod + q to make the new configuration effective.
This works fine for xmonad but I noticed ...
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xmonad: mouse hover hook
I'm trying to make xmonad focus the window underneath the pointer when the mouse is moved, regardless of which window is focused. This was addressed in this question; however, the provided solution ...
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Xmonad Layout with vertically stacked secondary tiles
I'm looking for a layout for use on a portrait oriented monitor that would look roughly like this (warning bad ascii art):
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| master |
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XMonad + Synergy - change window border state when the pointer leaves the computer
My current XMonad setup happily highlights the currently focused window with a nice green border.
import XMonad.Layout.NoBorders
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defaults = defaultConfig {
focusFollowsMouse = True,
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xmonad: focus window when mouse is moved
In my xmonad config, I have set focusFollowsMouse=true so that a window is focused when the mouse pointer is moved onto it. However, I would also like a window to become focused when the mouse pointer ...
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xdotool: typing transactionally
My overall goal is to get something like auto-hot-key for windows working for me.
I've tried a few different solutions (and I'm still open to retrying or trying new ones) and what I've settled on ...
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XMonad remap caps lock to escape
I was using Gnome but when I switched to XMonad the escape to caps lock remapping I created does not work. I am not sure how to configure XMonad to do this swap.
I tried
xmodmap -e "keycode 66 = ...
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Precisely resizing master pane in xmonad
In the default layout in xmonad, I know I can resize windows horizontally with mod-l and mod-h but these actions resize by too much.
I want to make very small adjustments to window sizes.
I played ...
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xmonad: rotate one screen on dual monitor setup
On Fedora 22 I want to use XMonad as Window-Manager on a dual monitor setup.
I want to rotate one of the monitors but I'm trying to not configure xorg.conf manually like described here. (because in my ...
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Focus window after changing workspace
After i switch workspaces in xmonad with e.g. Alt+3 no window in workspace 3 has focus.
I'd like xmonad to automatically give focus to the top window in the workspace i'm switching to.
Update: this ...
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Stuck in xmonad with mod key not working - how to recover?
I am trying NixOS, and have a problem with fairly basic configuration. Basically, I experimented with xkboptions in configuration.nix, and lost the xmonad mod key when I tried to switch alt and win ...
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Options when auto-recompiling xmonad
Is there a way to pass options to xmonad --recompile? I'm interested in the following:
Produce a dynamically linked executable
Change the path / name of the generated executable
or, in general, pass ...
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How to get horizontal scrolling in XMonad
I've recently started using XMonad. While I can use the trackpad to scroll through a web page vertically (top-to-bottom) I cannot use it to scroll horizontally (side-to-side). How can I set XMonad ...
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Changing font of dmenu in xmonad
I am using xmonad and dmenu and by default the modMask-p combination launches dmenu. However, the font is too small for me, and I cannot figure out how to change it. I can run dmenu_run -fn "-misc-...
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How to wake up / enter system after slock?
I'm using xmonad as my window manager. There's no default hibernate/lock app by default.
I tried slock, it locked my screen; however, I don't know how to re-enter the system: there's just a black ...
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Xmonad refuses to recompile
Recently I've installed Xmonad on mint. It works nicely. Then I create an ".xmonad" directory within my home, and a "xmonad.hs" within that ( ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs ). I use the basic example on the ...
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Move window to Master in XMonad without swapping
mod-return currently swaps the focused window with the master window. What I want is to move the focused window to the master and have the rest move over one place. So the end result is as if I had ...
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Xmonad can't find module XMonad
Whenever xmonad starts, restarts, or is recompiled, I get an xmessage:
xmonad.hs:1:8:
Could not find module `XMonad'
Perhaps you meant
Monad (needs flag -package haskell98-2.0.0.2)
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XMonad + Synergy: System tray is unavailable, quitting
I'm trying to use synergy with my xmonad setup.
When I try to start synergy it pops up an error message saying:
System tray is unavailable, quitting
I'm on Ubuntu server 13.10
I don't have any ...
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How to transmit locally entered modifier keys or shortcuts to the remote desktop via VNC? Mask or escape them somehow?
I am connected to a xmonad desktop but am only able to use the first workspace. How can I change to other workspaces?
Furthermore: If the last terminal is closed, I can’t do anything. How can I open ...
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Execute wmctrl commands in xinitrc
I'm using XMonad configured to accept commands through wmctrl and would like to start up a few applications through xinitrc and move them to a certain workspace.
Those commands work, when I use the ...
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Different keycodes for F3 and F4 on external keyboard vs laptop keyboard
I'm using a Debian derivative with xmonad on my laptop (Lenovo X230). I have a docking station and an external keyboard and trackball connected to it. The keyboard is the Kinesis Advantage. ...
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Is there something like a sub-desktop, or a set of windows in XMonad?
When working on different tasks on a project, I have a very similar setup for each task: On a free desktop I Open a terminal window, an editor and a debugging window. Can I manage such a set as one ...
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How to perform actions on current window in keybindings?
In the ManageHook I can define what should happen to windows that have specific xprops etc.
For example, I can call doShift or doFloat.
How can I do the same to the currently focused window with a ...
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Xmonad GUI on debian
I followed this guide to install Xmonad GUI on my debian 7.1. Installation completed successfully after executing:
aptitude install xmonad libghc6-xmonad-dev libghc6-xmonad-contrib-dev
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When I quit xmonad, how can I make it shut down applications nicely?
When I quit xmonad (Shift-Mod-Q), it kills all my running applications. This results in me losing my recent terminal history in gnome-terminal and in Chromium complaining on the next start up that it ...
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Xmonad terminal creates three processes
I'm configuring xmonad. I changed the terminal to terminal="urxvt" but I don't like that it spawn three processes per each terminal I open:
~$ ps -fea --forest
fake 16042 12136 0 11:22 ? 00:...
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Find a window in current workspace and apply some action to it
I think this should be really easy for someone who's good at Haskell but I just couldn't figure it out as I'm bad at it.
Basically I want to search through the list of windows in the current workspace,...
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Pause video when switching to some other desktop in xmonad
Assume that I am running vlc on desktop 5. I want to pause it when I switch to some other desktop and resume when I switch back to desktop 5. How to achieve this effect in xmonad?
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Google Music Manager doesn't displayed
How can I configure my Xmonad config that Google music manager is displayed?
I cannot open the options window from the context menu.
Has anybody any idea why it does not display?
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Xmonad open terminal in same directory
Is it possible to have Xmonad open a new terminal in the same directory as the active terminal (if the active window is a terminal or a program like vim running in one)? As it is, all my terminals ...
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Quickly navigate to application by typing name of application in XMonad
I often have several applications open across several workspaces in XMonad. I'd like to be able to switch between them without hunting; specifically, I'd like to be able to type something that ...
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Disable screen turn off
I want to watch a movie with my laptop how I can disable with xmonad that it turn off the screen if vlc or some other app is running is running.
Is there some functions what I can used to prevent this?...
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Layout Specfic Keybinds in Xmonad/Dwm
Does anyone know if its possible to have a different set of keybinds for different layouts.
For instance, in Tall mode, i would like h and l to switch between the master and stack, with k and l ...
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How to show window title bars in XMonad?
I'd like to use a tiling window manager like xmonad. However, I want my windows to have titles. How can I configure xmonad in such a way that my windows always have titles?
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Xmonad - bind key to chain of commands
I'm using the EZConfig module for Xmonad. I would like to bind ModMask s to first move my current focused window to my other screen, then move my focus to my other screen.
Using the CycleWS module ...
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Xmonad- reload untiled window
Sometimes, for instance, when i have a terminal and firefox open in the same workspace, and then i close the terminal, firefox will not tile properly, that is it won't take up the full screen, it will ...
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