I want to have a certain layout of windows every time I compile and start Xmonad. My current Xmonad config spawns 3 windows Htop, A sound visualizer, and an empty terminal. These spawn correctly, but it is random in nature. I want a consistent set of windows of which I specify their size and position. (on startup)
I searched problem this up and a found "Xmonad.Hooks.Place." I clearly don't really get most of the Xmonad documentation as when I try to implement one of the modules in my code, I almost invariably get a compiler error.
Usually, this is me going about a ham-fisted way of trying to write correct Haskell. But, at the end of the day, I don't know any Haskell. It is just a configuration language to me.
May anyone provide me with the standard way of spawning windows with a specified position and size. (assuming this is possible and is consistent with every recompilation)
This would be my Xmonad config.
--my XMonad Config
--xterm, contrib, feh, and nitrogen are used here
import XMonad
import Data.Monoid
import XMonad.Util.Run
import XMonad.Layout.Gaps
import XMonad.Util.SpawnOnce
import XMonad.Layout.Spacing
import System.Exit
import XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks
import qualified DBus as D
import qualified DBus.Client as D
import XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog
import qualified Codec.Binary.UTF8.String as String
import XMonad.Util.EZConfig(additionalKeys)
import System.IO
import qualified XMonad.StackSet as W
import qualified Data.Map as M
import Graphics.X11.ExtraTypes.XF86
-- The preferred terminal program, which is used in a binding below and by
-- certain contrib modules.
--
myTerminal = "xterm"
-- Whether focus follows the mouse pointer.
myFocusFollowsMouse :: Bool
myFocusFollowsMouse = True
-- Whether clicking on a window to focus also passes the click to the window
myClickJustFocuses :: Bool
myClickJustFocuses = False
-- Width of the window border in pixels.
--
myBorderWidth = 2
-- modMask lets you specify which modkey you want to use. The default
-- is mod1Mask ("left alt"). You may also consider using mod3Mask
-- ("right alt"), which does not conflict with emacs keybindings. The
-- "windows key" is usually mod4Mask.
--
myModMask = mod1Mask
-- The default number of workspaces (virtual screens) and their names.
-- By default we use numeric strings, but any string may be used as a
-- workspace name. The number of workspaces is determined by the length
-- of this list.
--
-- A tagging example:
--
-- > workspaces = ["web", "irc", "code" ] ++ map show [4..9]
--
myWorkspaces = ["1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9"]
-- Border colors for unfocused and focused windows, respectively.
--
myNormalBorderColor = "#55f475"
myFocusedBorderColor = "#6be6ff"
--soda
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Key bindings. Add, modify or remove key bindings here.
--
myKeys conf@(XConfig {XMonad.modMask = modm}) = M.fromList $
-- launch a terminal
[ ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_Return), spawn $ XMonad.terminal conf)
-- launch dmenu
, ((modm, xK_d ), spawn "dmenu_run")
--launch ff
, ((modm, xK_p ), spawn "brave")
--vol
, ((modm, xK_F8 ), spawn "pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle")
, ((modm, xK_i ), spawn "pactl set-sink-port 0 analog-output-speaker")
, ((modm, xK_o ), spawn "pactl set-sink-port 0 analog-output-headphones")
, ((modm, xK_F6 ), spawn "pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ 50%")
, ((modm, xK_Up ), spawn "pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +3%")
, ((modm, xK_Down ), spawn "pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -3%")
--lol
, ((0, xF86XK_AudioRaiseVolume ), spawn "pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +5%")
, ((0, xF86XK_AudioLowerVolume ), spawn "pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -5%")
, ((0, xF86XK_AudioMute ), spawn "pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle")
-- launch gmrun
--, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_p ), spawn "gmrun")
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_v ), spawn "virtualbox")
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_b ), spawn "xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.5")
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_z ), spawn "xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 1")
--master settings /gnome
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_f ), spawn "gnome-control-center")
--eq
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_u ), spawn "pulseeffects")
--lock (you need i3lock installed on your system)
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_x ), spawn "i3lock -i ~/.config/i3/spart.png")
--fm
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_g ), spawn "pcmanfm")
-- close focused window
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_c ), kill)
-- Rotate through the available layout algorithms
, ((modm, xK_space ), sendMessage NextLayout)
-- Reset the layouts on the current workspace to default
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_space ), setLayout $ XMonad.layoutHook conf)
-- Resize viewed windows to the correct size
, ((modm, xK_n ), refresh)
-- Move focus to the next window
, ((modm, xK_Tab ), windows W.focusDown)
-- Move focus to the next window
, ((modm, xK_j ), windows W.focusDown)
-- Move focus to the previous window
, ((modm, xK_k ), windows W.focusUp )
-- Move focus to the master window
, ((modm, xK_m ), windows W.focusMaster )
-- Swap the focused window and the master window
, ((modm, xK_Return), windows W.swapMaster)
-- Swap the focused window with the next window
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_j ), windows W.swapDown )
-- Swap the focused window with the previous window
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_k ), windows W.swapUp )
-- Shrink the master area
, ((modm, xK_h ), sendMessage Shrink)
-- Expand the master area
, ((modm, xK_l ), sendMessage Expand)
-- Push window back into tiling
, ((modm, xK_t ), withFocused $ windows . W.sink)
-- Increment the number of windows in the master area
, ((modm , xK_comma ), sendMessage (IncMasterN 1))
-- Deincrement the number of windows in the master area
, ((modm , xK_period), sendMessage (IncMasterN (-1)))
-- Toggle the status bar gap
-- Use this binding with avoidStruts from Hooks.ManageDocks.
-- See also the statusBar function from Hooks.DynamicLog.
--
-- , ((modm , xK_b ), sendMessage ToggleStruts)
-- Quit xmonad
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_q ), io (exitWith ExitSuccess))
-- Restart xmonad
, ((modm , xK_q ), spawn "xmonad --recompile; xmonad --restart")
-- Run xmessage with a summary of the default keybindings (useful for beginners)
, ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_slash ), spawn ("echo "" ++ help ++ "" | xmessage -file -"))
]
++
--
-- mod-[1..9], Switch to workspace N
-- mod-shift-[1..9], Move client to workspace N
--
[((m .|. modm, k), windows $ f i)
| (i, k) <- zip (XMonad.workspaces conf) [xK_1 .. xK_9]
, (f, m) <- [(W.greedyView, 0), (W.shift, shiftMask)]]
++
--
-- mod-{w,e,r}, Switch to physical/Xinerama screens 1, 2, or 3
-- mod-shift-{w,e,r}, Move client to screen 1, 2, or 3
--
[((m .|. modm, key), screenWorkspace sc >>= flip whenJust (windows . f))
| (key, sc) <- zip [xK_w, xK_e, xK_r] [0..]
, (f, m) <- [(W.view, 0), (W.shift, shiftMask)]]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Mouse bindings: default actions bound to mouse events
--
myMouseBindings (XConfig {XMonad.modMask = modm}) = M.fromList $
-- mod-button1, Set the window to floating mode and move by dragging
[ ((modm, button1), (w -> focus w >> mouseMoveWindow w
>> windows W.shiftMaster))
-- mod-button2, Raise the window to the top of the stack
, ((modm, button2), (w -> focus w >> windows W.shiftMaster))
-- mod-button3, Set the window to floating mode and resize by dragging
, ((modm, button3), (w -> focus w >> mouseResizeWindow w
>> windows W.shiftMaster))
-- you may also bind events to the mouse scroll wheel (button4 and button5)
]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Layouts:
-- You can specify and transform your layouts by modifying these values.
-- If you change layout bindings be sure to use 'mod-shift-space' after
-- restarting (with 'mod-q') to reset your layout state to the new
-- defaults, as xmonad preserves your old layout settings by default.
--
-- The available layouts. Note that each layout is separated by |||,
-- which denotes layout choice.
--
myLayout = tiled ||| Mirror tiled ||| theg ||| Full
where
tiled = spacing 35 $ Tall nmaster delta ratio
theg = gaps [(U,18), (R,23)] $ Tall 1 (3/100) (1/2)
nmaster = 1
ratio = 1/2
delta = 3/100
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Window rules:
-- Execute arbitrary actions and WindowSet manipulations when managing
-- a new window. You can use this to, for example, always float a
-- particular program, or have a client always appear on a particular
-- workspace.
--
-- To find the property name associated with a program, use
-- > xprop | grep WM_CLASS
-- and click on the client you're interested in.
--
-- To match on the WM_NAME, you can use 'title' in the same way that
-- 'className' and 'resource' are used below.
--
myManageHook = composeAll
[ className =? "MPlayer" --> doFloat
, className =? "Gimp" --> doFloat
, resource =? "desktop_window" --> doIgnore
, resource =? "kdesktop" --> doIgnore ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Event handling
-- * EwmhDesktops users should change this to ewmhDesktopsEventHook
--
-- Defines a custom handler function for X Events. The function should
-- return (All True) if the default handler is to be run afterwards. To
-- combine event hooks use mappend or mconcat from Data.Monoid.
--
myEventHook = mempty
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Status bars and logging
-- Perform an arbitrary action on each internal state change or X event.
-- See the 'XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog' extension for examples.
--
myLogHook = return ()
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Startup hook
-- Perform an arbitrary action each time xmonad starts or is restarted
-- with mod-q. Used by, e.g., XMonad.Layout.PerWorkspace to initialize
-- per-workspace layout choices.
--
-- By default, do nothing.
myStartupHook :: X ()
myStartupHook = do
spawn "nitrogen --restore &"
spawn "picom &a
