xmonad-de

Configs and Scripts to use Xmonad as your Desktop Environment

Set-up instructions using Xubuntu (20.04) as base system

Install packages

apt install xmonad xmobar trayer synapse quodlibet redshift-gtk vorbis-tools imagemagick feh

• xmonad: tiling window manager and keyboard shortcut management
• xmobar: status bar (workspaces, date, cpu, network, etc)
• trayer: system tray for apps that depend on it
• synapse: launcher and zeitgeist powered finder
• quodlibet: scriptable music player
• redshift-gtk: auto screen color temperature adjustment
• vorbis-tools: provides ogg123 which is used in volume media key script
• feh, imagemagick: used to set background

Clone repo, copy files

$ git clone https://github.com/pullingshots/xmonad-de.git
$ cp -r xmonad-de/.xmonad ~
$ cp xmonad-de/.xmobarrc* ~
$ cp -r xmonad-de/bin ~
$ cp -r xmonad-de/Sounds ~

Edit display switching scripts

Run xrandr from a terminal and make note of display names (i.e. eDP-1, HDMI-1, etc)

Edit bin/single script with appropriate display names. This script is called when you log in to set up xmobar and trayer on a single display.

Edit bin/extrld script with appropriate display names and test it to position trayer and xmobar how you want for multiple extended displays.

To switch between single and extended displays use <Super>-o (single) and <Super>-<Shift>-o (extended)

Edit auto-start login script

Edit bin/bg to point at the photos you want to use for the background. Use <Super>-<Shift>-b to change background

Edit bin/desktop-utilities to add or remove programs you want auto-started at login. By default it sets the background, runs syndaemon (to deactivate the touchpad while typing), and starts redshift-gtk (you will need to add your lat and lon to get correct behaviour)

Log in to Xmonad!

At this point you can logout, choose Xmonad as your session and log back in.

<Super>-<Shift>-<Enter> to open a terminal

<Super>-p to open the launcher

<Super>-Home to open file manager

<Super>-1 thru 9 to switch to the corresponding workspace

WiFi and network management

Run ip addr and make note of your wifi and ethernet device names. Edit device names in bin/wifi-wpa and bin/eth.

Copy wifi network settings file: sudo cp -r xmonad-de/etc/wpa_supplicant /etc/

Edit /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf to add your wifi network settings

<Super>-<Shift>-w to connect to wifi

<Super>-<Shift>-e to connect to ethernet

run bin/wifi to scan for available networks and bin/wifi [ssid] to connect to an open network

Screen brightness Fn keys

Copy system startup script to give permission to brightness file /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness

sudo cp xmonad-de/etc/rc.local /etc/ and run it so that you do not need to reboot sudo /etc/rc.local

Brightness Fn keys should now work!

Volume Fn keys

These should just work and will play a "pop" sound when pressed.

Media keys

Play/Pause Fn key will play/pause quodlibet

Screenshots

<Super>-s to take a screenshot

Common settings to change

Edit xmonad/xmonad.hs to change the terminal emulator or file manager. I prefer Konsole and Dolphin. sudo apt install konsole dolphin breeze-icon-theme

Try Konsole with the Solarized color scheme and Terminus font. sudo apt install xfonts-terminus

Vim Vixen for Firefox

Try the Vim Vixen Firefox extension to navigate the web without a mouse!

Oh my zsh

A highly recommended shell - https://ohmyz.sh