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date: "2022-11-03T23:17:35+01:00"
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date: "2022-11-03T23:17:35+01:00"
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author: "$HUMANOID"
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author: "$HUMANOID"
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tags: ["linux", "window managers", "xmonad"]
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tags: ["linux", "window managers", "xmonad"]
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description: "A ramble about a highly configurable window manager"
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description: "A ramble about, among other things, a highly configurable window manager"
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# My journey into Tiling Window Managers
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# My journey into Tiling Window Managers
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When I started my Linux journey, I stuck with GNOME 3something for around the
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When I started my Linux journey, I stuck with GNOME 3 something for around the
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first year. Sure, I tried KDE and Cinnamon and XFCE, but GNOME is the one I
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first year. Sure, I tried KDE and Cinnamon and XFCE, but GNOME is the one I
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always kept coming back to. I think it's because it's pretty much the only one
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always kept coming back to. I think it's because it's pretty much the only one
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that felt completely different from what the rest of the world was doing. It
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that felt completely different from what the rest of the world was doing. It
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helped me with thinking about Linux as being different from windows. After this
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helped me with thinking about Linux as being different from windows. After this
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first your though, I came across a few videos about tiling window managers and
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first year though, I came across a few videos about tiling window managers and
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wanted to try one. The first one I installed was i3.
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wanted to try one. The first one I installed was i3.
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I hated it.
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I hated it.
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After a few hours of trying to get things to work in i3, I went back to GNOME.
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After a few hours of trying to get things to work in i3, I went back to GNOME.
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Some time later, I came across AwesomeWM. It was being recommended as a fairly
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Some time later, I came across AwesomeWM. It was being recommended as a fairly
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easy window manager to start with -- it also having window decorations and it's
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easy window manager to start with -- it having window decorations and it's own
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own menu system. The first thing I did was try-and fail to rip out said menu
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menu system. The first thing I did was try-and fail to rip out said menu system
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system and window decorations. I was putting too much on myself trying to learn
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and window decorations. I was putting too much on myself trying to learn the
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the basics of both using a tiling window manager and Lua.
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basics of both using a tiling window manager and Lua.
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Some time after that, I came across BSPWM. This was the first time where I felt
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Some time after that, I came across BSPWM. This was the first time where I felt
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like I _really_ managed to get a tiling window manger to do what I wanted it to
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like I _really_ managed to get a tiling window manger to do what I wanted it to
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"advanced" window manger. I really don't get why. To this day, I am of the
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"advanced" window manger. I really don't get why. To this day, I am of the
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opinion that SXHKD's configuration syntax is some of the best out there. I think
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opinion that SXHKD's configuration syntax is some of the best out there. I think
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it took me around 10 minutes to wrap my head around the basics. Somewhere around
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it took me around 10 minutes to wrap my head around the basics. Somewhere around
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an afternoon later, I had a config that served well me for the next few months
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an afternoon later, I had a config that served me well for the next few months
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to come.
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to come.
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A while after BSPWM, I decided to give suckless' DWM a shot. Despite my lack of
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A while after BSPWM, I decided to give suckless' DWM a shot. Despite my lack of
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Despite this really being the first really "advanced" window manager, I had an
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Despite this really being the first really "advanced" window manager, I had an
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easier time configuring it than AwesomeWM or i3. It was also the first time
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easier time configuring it than AwesomeWM or i3. It was also the first time
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where I could appreciate the master-stack layout properly and not having to
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where I could appreciate the master-stack layout properly and not having to
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think about keeping track of windows in two dimensions any more. It made me
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think about keeping track of windows in two dimensions anymore. It made me
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realise that I want to have to think as little as possible about window
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realise that I want to have to think as little as possible about window
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positioning. It was the reason I couldn't deal with i3's paradigm and shifted
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positioning. It was the reason I couldn't deal with i3's paradigm and shifted
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away from BSPWM the moment I found DWM.
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away from BSPWM the moment I found DWM.
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It almost seems like I got sick of being sick of it being configured in Haskell
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It almost seems like I got sick of being sick of it being configured in Haskell
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and I decided to dive into learning the language with the goal of being able to
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and I decided to dive into learning the language with the goal of being able to
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fully understand by monstrous 384 line config file (without the around 200 lines
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fully understand my monstrous 384 line config file (586 lines including the
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of documentation in the comments).
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documentation in commented sections).
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{{< img class="stickers" src="/images/config_length.png" >}}
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{{< img class="stickers" src="/images/config_length.png" >}}
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The greatest thing about XMonad is simultaneously the thing that kept me away
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The greatest thing about XMonad is simultaneously the thing that kept me away
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from it: it's written and configured in bloody Haskell. Thus there is barely a
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from it: it's written and configured in bloody Haskell. Thus there is barely a
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separation configuration and source code. The only difference there _really_ is,
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separation between configuration and source code. The only difference there
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is the filename. Once you understand a bit of Haskell (no small task if you're
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_really_ is, is the filename. Once you understand a bit of Haskell (no small
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used to imperative languages) adding and integrating your own features is really
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task if you're used to imperative languages) adding and integrating your own
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easy. And then they are _properly_ integrated. Sort of like how DWM works, only
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features is really easy. And then they are _properly_ integrated. Sort of like
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with proper documentation and support. Part of me wants to see if I can figure
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how DWM works, only with proper documentation and support. Part of me wants to
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out a way to package my XMonad build as a single binary to be able to chuck it
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see if I can figure out a way to package my XMonad build as a single binary to
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onto systems without putting much thought into it.
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be able to chuck it onto systems without putting much thought into it.
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Weird thing with Haskell I'm noticing so far is that I'm slowly but surely
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Weird thing with Haskell I'm noticing so far is that I'm slowly but surely
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managing to dig up old concepts that I tried to implement in imperative
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managing to dig up old concepts that I tried to implement in imperative
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