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Extending.hs: documentation update

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Brent Yorgey
2008-01-31 01:27:28 +00:00
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XMonad/Doc/Configuring.hs
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@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ NOTE for users of previous versions (< 0.5) of xmonad: this is a major
change in the way xmonad is configured. Prior to version 0.5,
configuring xmonad required editing an xmonad source file called
Config.hs, recompiling xmonad, and then restarting. From version 0.5
onwards, however, all you have to do is edit xmonad.hs and restart
with @mod-q@; xmonad does the recompiling itself. The format of the
configuration file has also changed; it is now simpler and much
shorter, only requiring you to list those settings which are different
from the defaults.
onwards, however, you should NOT edit this file. All you have to do
is edit xmonad.hs and restart with @mod-q@; xmonad does the
recompiling itself. The format of the configuration file has also
changed; it is now simpler and much shorter, only requiring you to
list those settings which are different from the defaults.
-}
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ Overriding default settings like this (using \"record update
syntax\"), will yield the shortest config file, as you only have to
describe values that differ from the defaults.
An alternative is to inline the entire default config file from
xmonad, and edit values you wish to change. This is requires more
work, but some users may find this easier. You can find the defaults
in the "XMonad.Config" module of the core xmonad library.
However, note that (unlike previous versions of xmonad) you should not
edit Config.hs itself.
As an alternative, you can copy the template @xmonad.hs@ file (found
either in the @man@ directory, if you have the xmonad source, or on
the xmonad wiki at
@http:\/\/haskell.org\/haskellwiki\/Xmonad\/Config_archive\/Template_Config.hs@)
into your @~\/.xmonad\/@ directory. This template file contains all
the default settings spelled out, and you should be able to simply
change the ones you would like to change.
To see what fields can be customized beyond the ones in the example
above, the definition of the 'XMonad.Core.XConfig' data structure can
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ is syntactically and type correct. You can do this easily by loading
your configuration file in the Haskell interpreter:
> $ ghci ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs
> GHCi, version 6.8.1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help
> GHCi, version 6.8.2: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help
> Loading package base ... linking ... done.
> Ok, modules loaded: Main.
>

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XMonad/Doc/Extending.hs
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@@ -439,6 +439,9 @@ This particular definition also requires importing "Graphics.X11.Xlib"
> import Graphics.X11.Xlib
> import ... -- and so on
For a list of the names of particular keys (such as xK_F12, and so on), see
<http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/X11/1.4.1/doc/html/Graphics-X11-Types.html>.
Usually, rather than completely redefining the key bindings, as we did
above, we want to simply add some new bindings and\/or remove existing
ones.