From 9a8b8770746eb0fca5f33079f15bbcc68916b7f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marty Sluijtman Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2022 18:08:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] rephrasing --- content/rambles/windowmanagers.md | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/rambles/windowmanagers.md b/content/rambles/windowmanagers.md index 75438cd..023458c 100644 --- a/content/rambles/windowmanagers.md +++ b/content/rambles/windowmanagers.md @@ -110,25 +110,29 @@ of documentation in the comments). {{< img class="stickers" src="/images/config_length.png" >}} -So far I don't fully understand it yet at the time of writing, but I do -understand it a hell of a lot better than when I prodoced most of those 300 -lines. +I don't fully understand it yet at the time of writing, but I do understand it +a hell of a lot better than when I produced most of those 300 lines. The greatest thing about XMonad is simultaneously the thing that kept me away from it: it's written and configured in bloody Haskell. Thus there is barely a separation configuration and source code. The only difference there _really_ is, is the filename. Once you understand a bit of Haskell (no small task if you're used to imperative languages) adding and integrating your own features is really -easy. +easy. And then they are _properly_ integrated. Sort of like how DWM works, only +with proper documentation and support. Part of me wants to see if I can figure +out a way to package my XMonad build as a single binary to be able to chuck it +onto systems without putting much thought into it. Weird thing with Haskell I'm noticing so far is that I'm slowly but surely managing to dig up old concepts that I tried to implement in imperative languages, but couldn't due to their nature. Things like pattern matching and -maps are quite intuitive to me. It's just that the syntax takes a _lot_ of -getting used to. +maps are quite intuitive to me. It's just that Haskell's syntax takes a _lot_ of +getting used to. In the mean time, I guess that my experience with POSIX Shell +bridged the gap between my knowledge of Go and C#; and Haskell. -I highly recommend giving it a shot if you're willing to bash your head against -the Haskell wall for a while before understanding how your window manager works. +I highly recommend giving XMonad a shot if you're willing to bash your head +against the Haskell wall for a while before understanding how your window +manager works. Looking back I find it quite funny to see how I went from not being able to get i3 to do what I wanted it too and giving up; to barely being able to write or