Maurício wrote:
Hi,
What about if some next xmonad release comes with an automatic configurator? It could work like that:
xmonad-config --default xmonad-config --gnome xmonad-config --ubuntu-gnome xmonad-config --kde xmonad-config --arossato xmonad-config --dons xmonad-config --droundy xmonad-config --sjanssen etc.
Such utility would just generate a xmonad.hs in the proper place that we could use as a template that is supposed to work without changes under different environments or supporting a list of features.
Best, Maurício
I like the principle but not the execution of this idea. What would the internals of that program look like? It's just a list of pre-made xmonad.hs files, and it spits one out based on the command-line argument. I think it would be better done with a directory with such example files in it. Currently, source distributions of xmonad come with the standard default config in man/xmonad.hs. There is no reason why we can't expand this to include xmonad-default.hs, xmonad-gnome.hs, etc., perhaps with a README to explain how to use one of them yourself. If our binary distributions also have such a directory, I think that's the best place. If they don't, I'm not certain where the best spot is. It's certainly far more user-friendly (and makes an excellent first impression) for a new user to just copy that config file into place, mod+q, and it works. Braden Shepherdson shepheb