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-[http://www.qtile.org/ Qtile]  is a full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written and configured in Python.
+[https://qtile.org/ Qtile]  is a full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written and configured in Python.
 == Enabling ==
-To enable Qtile as your windowManager, set: <code>services.xserver.windowManager.qtile.enable</code> to <code>true</code>. For example:
+To enable Qtile as your window manager, set <code>services.xserver.windowManager.qtile.enable = true</code>. For example:
-{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|
+{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|}}
-<nowiki>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
-{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+{
-  ...
    services.xserver.windowManager.qtile.enable = true;
-  ...
 }
+</syntaxhighlight>To start Qtile on Wayland from your display manager (sddm, lightdm, etc) you have to add a Desktop Entry to your config like this.{{file|/etc/nixos/qtile.nix|nix|}}
+<syntaxHighlight lang=nix>
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
-</nowiki>
+{
-}}
+  nixpkgs.overlays = [
+  (self: super: {
+    qtile-unwrapped = super.qtile-unwrapped.overrideAttrs(_: rec {
+      postInstall = let
+        qtileSession = ''
+        [Desktop Entry]
+        Name=Qtile Wayland
+        Comment=Qtile on Wayland
+        Exec=qtile start -b wayland
+        Type=Application
+        '';
+        in
+        ''
+      mkdir -p $out/share/wayland-sessions
+      echo "${qtileSession}" > $out/share/wayland-sessions/qtile.desktop
+      '';
+      passthru.providedSessions = [ "qtile" ];
+    });
+  })
+];
+services.xserver.displayManager.sessionPackages = [ pkgs.qtile-unwrapped ];
+}
+</syntaxHighlight>
 == Warning ==