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[https://xmonad.org/ xmonad] is a tiling [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Window_manager window manager] for X. Windows are arranged automatically to tile the screen without gaps or overlap, maximizing screen use. Window manager features are accessible from the keyboard: a mouse is optional. | [https://xmonad.org/ xmonad] is a tiling [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Window_manager window manager] for [[Xorg|X]]. Windows are arranged automatically to tile the screen without gaps or overlap, maximizing screen use. Window manager features are accessible from the keyboard: a mouse is optional. | ||
xmonad is written, configured and extensible in [ | xmonad is written, configured and extensible in [[Haskell]]. Custom layout algorithms, key bindings and other extensions may be written by the user in configuration files. | ||
Layouts are applied dynamically, and different layouts may be used on each workspace. [[Wikipedia:Xinerama|Xinerama]] is fully supported, allowing windows to be tiled on several physical screens. | Layouts are applied dynamically, and different layouts may be used on each workspace. [[Wikipedia:Xinerama|Xinerama]] is fully supported, allowing windows to be tiled on several physical screens. | ||
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Xmonad is a Window Manager (WM) and not a Desktop Environment (DE). Therefore, among other things, | Xmonad is a Window Manager (WM) and not a Desktop Environment (DE). Therefore, among other things, | ||
Xmonad does not handle power management related things such as sleeping. | Xmonad does not handle [[Power Management|power management]] related things such as sleeping. | ||
However, there are several ways of still adding this functionality. | However, there are several ways of still adding this functionality. | ||
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The approach goes through the following steps: | The approach goes through the following steps: | ||
* Let the XServer detect idle-situation | * Let the [[Xorg|XServer]] detect idle-situation | ||
* Inform "logind" (i.e. "systemd") about the situation | * Inform "[[Systemd/logind|logind]]" (i.e. "systemd") about the situation | ||
* Let "logind" make the system sleep | * Let "logind" make the system sleep | ||
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The "with-ghc" should be ghc that's in the "ghc-with-packages" dependency of the "xmonad-with-packages". | The "with-ghc" should be ghc that's in the "ghc-with-packages" dependency of the "xmonad-with-packages". | ||
It can be easily found with "nix-tree", which shows dependencies between packages on the machine. | It can be easily found with "[https://github.com/utdemir/nix-tree nix-tree]", which shows dependencies between packages on the machine. | ||
[[Category:Window managers]] | [[Category:Window managers]] | ||
[[Category:Applications]] | [[Category:Applications]] | ||