Comment #4 on issue 182 by wirtwo...@gmail.com: Key bindings should be showable http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=182 Aye, #3 simply show defaults. Assuming it's not a portability nightmare, it might be better to open the XConfig terminal and echo the bindings there. It would be more readable and leave the user a terminal to work with afterward. I don't think any solution chosen has to be too perfect. Good enough is good enough. For example, the terminal may not be installed, but then again, XMessage may not be installed. And whatever key is chosen people may not think to use it till they've been told to. (Personally I'd never have thought of M-?. But I don't want to muddy the waters; that binding's fine with me.) So first person to submit a reasonable patch gets my vote, however it's implemented on whatever binding.