Re: xmonad: Haskell window management has arrived

prothall:
> Quick questions (I don't want to start a thread about another WM on the  
> Ion list):
> 
> o Does it have tabs, or just rearrange tiled windows like dwm?

The basic model is dwm-ish, so:

    I physical screens (Xinerama)
view onto
    J virtual workspaces (tags)
grouping
    K windows

the windows are tiled in a number of ways.

> o If tabs, nested tabs?
> o Ion-like arbitrary tiled client shape/relative position?

Sort of. Not arbitrary.

> o Does it have some kind of scripting support? Is this in Haskell, some  
> shell language, or something more godforsaken?

All scripting languages are supported,  as long as that language is Haskell.

> o Support for floating windows?

Nope. Probably in 0.2

> o Is it possible to kill windows that don't supply their own quit button  
> in a sane way (not the MOD+Shift+C of wmii; I don't even know if dwm can  
> do that)?

Yes. Same as dwm. Send killClient to the window.

> o Does it have a run dialog of any kind?

Yes.

> I'm assuming it employs dwm's tagged workspace model, which is its most  
> interesting and useful feature. Any variations on this would be  
> interesting. -POLM

Yes, it is a variation of dwm's tags. But simpler, not needlessly
complex regex matching (urgh!)

-- Don