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Requires https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad-contrib/pull/710
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@ -356,6 +356,15 @@ exec stack ghc -- \
Don't forget to mark the file as `+x`: `chmod +x build`!
Some example build scripts for `stack` and `cabal` are provided in the
`xmonad-contrib` distribution. You can see those online in the
[scripts/build][] directory. You might wish to use these if you have
special dependencies for your `xmonad.hs`, especially with cabal as
you must use a cabal file and often a `cabal.project` to specify them;
`cabal install --lib` above generally isn't enough, and when it is
it can be difficult to keep track of when you want to replicate your
configuration on another system.
#### Don't Recompile on Every Startup
By default, xmonad always recompiles itself when a build script is used
@ -387,3 +396,4 @@ executable will also be within that directory and not in
[ghcup]: https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/
[what xmonad would do]: https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad/blob/master/src/XMonad/Core.hs#L659-L667
[Hackage]: https://hackage.haskell.org/
[scripts/build]: https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad-contrib/blob/master/scripts/build