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TUTORIAL: Add a subsection about the startupHook

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This is especially relevant for people who use display managers and thus
probably do not want to use .xinitrc directly.
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@ -906,10 +906,10 @@ apt-get install nm-applet feh xfce4-power-manager
First, configure xscreensaver how you like it with the
`xscreensaver-demo` command. Now, we will set these things up in
`~/.xinitrc` (we could also do most of this in xmonad's `startupHook`,
but `~/.xinitrc` is perhaps more standard). If you want to use xmonad
with a desktop environment, see [Basic Desktop Environment Integration]
for how to do this.
`~/.xinitrc`. If you want to use XMonad with a desktop environment, see
[Basic Desktop Environment Integration] for how to do this. For a
version using XMonad's built in functionality instead, see the [next
section][using-the-startupHook].
Your `~/.xinitrc` may wind up looking like this:
@ -957,6 +957,38 @@ Mission accomplished!
Of course substitute the wallpaper for one of your own. If you like the
one used above, you can find it [here](https://i.imgur.com/9MQHuZx.png).
### Using the `startupHook`
Instead of the `.xinitrc` file, one can also use XMonad's built in
`startupHook` in order to auto start programs. The
[XMonad.Util.SpawnOnce] library is perfect for this use case, allowing
programs to start only once, and not with every invocation of `M-q`!
This requires but a small change in `myConfig`:
``` haskell
-- import XMonad.Util.SpawnOnce (spawnOnce)
myConfig = def
{ modMask = mod4Mask -- Rebind Mod to the Super key
, layoutHook = myLayout -- Use custom layouts
, startupHook = myStartupHook
}
`additionalKeysP`
[ ("M-S-z", spawn "xscreensaver-command -lock")
, ("M-C-s", unGrab *> spawn "scrot -s" )
, ("M-f" , spawn "firefox" )
]
myStartupHook :: X ()
myStartupHook = do
spawnOnce "trayer --edge top --align right --SetDockType true \
\--SetPartialStrut true --expand true --width 10 \
\--transparent true --tint 0x5f5f5f --height 18"
spawnOnce "feh --bg-fill --no-fehbg ~/.wallpapers/haskell-red-noise.png"
-- … and so on …
```
## Final Touches
There may be some programs that you don't want xmonad to tile. The
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[Basic Desktop Environment Integration]: https://wiki.haskell.org/Xmonad/Basic_Desktop_Environment_Integration
[Hacks]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Util-Hacks.html
[PP record]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Hooks-DynamicLog.html#t:PP
[INSTALL.md]: INSTALL.md
[PP record]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Hooks-DynamicLog.html#t:PP
[XMonad.Config]: https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad/blob/master/src/XMonad/Config.hs
[XMonad.ManageHook]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad/XMonad-ManageHook.html
[XMonad.Util.Loggers]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Util-Loggers.html
[XMonad.Util.EZConfig]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Util-EZConfig.html
[XMonad.Layout.Renamed]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Layout-Renamed.html
[XMonad.Layout.Magnifier]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Layout-Magnifier.html
[XMonad.Doc.Contributing]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Doc-Configuring.html
[XMonad.Hooks.EwmhDesktops]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Hooks-EwmhDesktops.html
[XMonad.Layout.ThreeColumns]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Layout-ThreeColumns.html
[XMonad.Hooks.ManageHelpers]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Hooks-ManageHelpers.html
[XMonad.Layout.Magnifier]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Layout-Magnifier.html
[XMonad.Layout.Renamed]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Layout-Renamed.html
[XMonad.Layout.ThreeColumns]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Layout-ThreeColumns.html
[XMonad.ManageHook]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad/XMonad-ManageHook.html
[XMonad.Util.ClickableWorkspaces]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Util-ClickableWorkspaces.html
[XMonad.Util.EZConfig]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Util-EZConfig.html
[XMonad.Util.Loggers]: https://xmonad.github.io/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Util-Loggers.html
[XMonad.Util.SpawnOnce]: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmonad-contrib/docs/XMonad-Util-SpawnOnce.html
[xmobar]: https://codeberg.org/xmobar/xmobar
[battery]: https://codeberg.org/xmobar/xmobar/src/branch/master/doc/plugins.org#batteryp-dirs-args-refreshrate