xmonad-config

My personal XMonad configuration

Installation

On NixOS with home-manager

The xmonad.hs can be deployed using home-manager.

To install, put the following into your home.nix:

{
  xsession = {
    enable = true;
    windowManager.xmonad = {
      enable = true;
      enableContribAndExtras = true;
      extraPackages = haskellPackages: with haskellPackages; [
        xmonad xmonad-contrib xmonad-extras
        dbus
        gtk-sni-tray
        status-notifier-item
        tuple
      ];
      config = ./path/to/your/xmonad.hs;
    };
  };
}

With the above-mentioned nix configuration, xmonad will be built with your configuration on every nixos-rebuild.

Note: I did not yet find out how to install modular xmonad configurations, i.e. xmonad.hs files depending on modules defined in ./lib/, using home-manager. If there is a way to do so, the polylithic (main) version of this configuration (i.e. xmonad.hs) may also be used in home-manager.

On NixOS without home-manager

1. Clone this repository into ~/.xmonad/
2. Enable XMonad in your NixOS configuration:

{ config, pkgs, callPackage, ... }:

{
  services.xserver = {
    windowManager = {
      xmonad = {
        enable = true;
        enableContribAndExtras = true;
        extraPackages = haskellPackages : [
          haskellPackages.xmonad-contrib
          haskellPackages.xmonad-extras
          haskellPackages.xmonad
        ];
      };
    };
    # set as default, e.g. in combination with your prefered desktopManager or as standalone:
    displayManager.defaultSession = "none+xmonad";
  };
}

3. nixos-rebuild switch

On Arch

Assuming a display manager such as LightDM is already installed and configured:

1. Install required packages:
   sudo pacman -S xmonad xmonad-contrib xmonad-utils xmobar xscreensaver stalonetray
2. Clone this repository into ~/.xmonad/
3. Recompile and restart XMonad:
   xmonad --recompile && xmonad --restart