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> They have lots of example configurations you can just copy.

Sure, you can do that. But then you also have to take the time to understand THAT config (which, isn't even optimized for _YOU_, to begin with) and get USED to that . . .

>I agree that at first it seems like it's going to be a huge hassle to setup but it's really not that bad after you've done it once. You also have to invest time in understanding how the config goes, and have a bit of experience with Haskell, and Xmonad itself, to even create a config that really is good for you.

Maybe twm is something for me, maybe it isn't. I really don't know - because I only gave it one try, and quickly gave up (because I was having some problems with it, and wasn't willing at that time to set aside time to resolve those problems).

Just pretend it's not configurable. Now it's like all the other window managers.

Also, stop calling tiling window managers "twm". "twm" is a specific window manager that comes with X. (Now there's a hard-to-use window manager.)

Finally, what problems were you having? If you just didn't like it, say so.

>Just pretend it's not configurable. Now it's like all the other window managers.

Currently my xmonad.hs looks like this:

  import XMonad
  import XMonad.Config.Gnome
 
  main = xmonad gnomeConfig
                { modMask = mod4Mask
                }

Works perfectly for me, no hassle required.

Very clean config. You should share that with the Wiki if you haven't already. (Yeah, it's simple, but it seems many people don't think a simple configuration can be useful.)

Wow, strange moderation. I bumped you up to +2 earlier in the day (as I appreciate your contribution), but now you are back to 1. I can't believe someone would downmod this comment; you aren't even arguing about anything, you are just sharing your config.

Sometimes HN makes me sad.

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