= Packaging = xmonad in Fedora is provided by 3 packages: - xmonad-core: just the base window manager and X session files - xmonad: additionally installs devel library files needed for configuration - xmonad: additionally included a gnome session file and requires gnome-session and gnome-terminal = Starting from GDM = xmonad can be started from GDM by selecting "xmonad" in the session menu. For GNOME support please install xmonad-gnome and select "xmonad GNOME" in GDM's session menu, which will run "gnome-session --session=xmonad". = xmonad-start = By default at startup Fedora's xmonad-start displays "man xmonad" in an xterm to help newcomers. To stop this behaviour, just create "~/.xmonad/". == Basic configuration for Desktop Environments == The default xmonad configuration does not work well with desktop environments. The following basic generic configuration requires ghc-xmonad-contrib-devel to be installed, and should get it working: $ mkdir ~/.xmonad $ cat > ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs << EOF import XMonad import XMonad.Config.Desktop main = xmonad desktopConfig EOF $ You can replace the generic "[Dd]esktop" by: - "[Gg]nome" for better GNOME support - "[Kk]de[4]" for KDE support - "[Xx]fce" for XFCE support. See: - http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/xmonad-contrib/latest/doc/html/XMonad-Config-Desktop.html - http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Basic_Desktop_Environment_Integration for more info on how to setup desktop support. = Detailed configuration = For documentation and examples see: - xmonad man-page - /usr/share/doc/xmonad-$version/xmonad.hs (full default basic configuration) - /usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/xmonad-contrib-$version/index.html and online: - Xmonad wiki: http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad - http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/xmonad-contrib/latest/doc/html/XMonad-Doc.html (detailed configuration information and examples) - http://xmonad.org/ website To make use of extensions and Desktop Environment support, you need to install ghc-xmonad-contrib-devel. = Bluetile = New users may find the Bluetile window manager built on top of xmonad-contrib a gentler introduction to xmonad and tiling.