Re: [xmonad] Bluetile

Don Stewart wrote:

gwern0:

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On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Don Stewart wrote:

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gwern0:

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So to conclude this whirlwind tour: I see a lot of valuable stuff.

The greeter is something that could definitely be in core (although I think the gtk2hs dep is untenable, so I expect a better idea would be to run an xmessage prompt with a list of keybindings). The dock is a nice alternative to the ridiculously baroque setups for xmobar and dzen - those may be really nice and customizable, but they are absolutely unsuitable for beginners, and even setting up a Gnome panel is a bit much for non-intermediate or advanced XMonaders.

Ok. So a good contrib module.

No, not a good contrib module at all. If the idea is to help beginners, then putting it in contrib makes it useless.

It'd be like writing a Haskell guide for beginners, except the first 10 chapters assume you know GADTs and System F - something to help beginners must be by default and not optional. If it was optional, it will either go unused or will be used by users savvy enough to know about it, track it down, and enable it, users who likely don't need it.

xmobar and dzen aren't in core. why should greeter be in core? its the xmonad microkernel -- you don't go bloating it without reason.

i'm all in favour of easier user experiences.

-- Don

I agree, please don't mess up the Xmonad-Core. I like Xmonad because its so different to any other WM.. simple, clean, elegant, customizable, and did I mention clean? Thomas