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Default

mod = configured mod key, default is alt, commonly remapped to Super (Windows) key

Description	Shortcut
Open Terminal	mod + Shift + Enter
Open DMenu (Command run)	mod + p
Close Window	mod + Shift + c
Restart Xmonad	mod + q
Change Window focus	mod + j/K
Change configured layouts	mod + Space
Exit Xonmad (logout)	mod + Shift + q

Installation

On Ubuntu using APT and on Fedora using DNF

# Install:
# - Window manager: xmonad
#   - Will include Haskell and Haskell compiler
# - xterm: default terminal
# - Module manager: xmonad-contrib (Arch), libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev (Ubuntu)
# - DMenu: command runner
# - xmobar: status bar
sudo apt install xmonad libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev xterm dmenu xmobar

# Fedora:
sudo dnf install xmonad ghc-xmonad-contrib-devel xterm dmenu xmobar
# Fedora workaround to usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 no such file error during gcc
sudo dnf install redhat-rpm-config

# Logout to log into Xmonad

Configuration

Check example configurations at Xmonad/Config archive - HaskellWiki.
On errors in the configuration, Xmonad will display errors for you

# Set up base config in Haskell
# Download xmonad.hs from Haskell wiki
mv xmonad.hs ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs
cp /usr/share/doc/xmobar/examples/xmobar.config ~/.config/xmobar/xmobarrc

Example changes and add comments:
- Imports
- Terminal, change terminal program
- Mod key (default is alt), you will likely want to change to mod4Mask to change it to Super (Windows) key
- Focused/no focused border
- Key / mouse bindings
- Windows rules
  - Floating (non-tiled)
  - Tiled
- Startup: myStartupHook
  - Programs to always start like wallpaper, transparency, compositor
  - Define shell commands to execute
  - Example

Example xmonad.hs

-- Manage docks like gnome panel, xmobar
-- https://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmonad-contrib-0.17.1/docs/XMonad-Hooks-ManageDocks.html
import XMonad.Hooks.ManagerDocks
import XMonad.Util.Run
import XMonad.Util.SpawnOnce

myTerminal     = "gnome-terminal"
-- ...
myStartupHook = do
-- wallpaper
spawnOnce "nitrogen --restore &"

-- Allow xmobar to display above windws
myLayout = avoidStruts (tall ||| mirror tall ||| full)
-- ...

main = do
-- Launch xmobar on first monitor (0)
xmproc <- spawnPipe "xmobar -x 0 ~/.config/xmobar/xmobar.config"
-- Other monitors can have different xmobar configs
-- xmproc1 <- spawnPipe "xmobar -x 1 ~/.config/xmobar/xmobar1.config"
-- xmproc2 <- spawnPipe "xmobar -x 2 ~/.config/xmobar/xmobar2.config"
xmonad $ docks def

Example xmobar.config

killall xmobar and restart xmonad after changes to xmobar config

Confit { font = "xft:Ubuntu Mono:pixelsize=16:antialias=true:hinting=true"
    ...