[xmonad] For Darcs-Head: How to change Keybindings

[Don Stewart]

dominik:
> Hi,
> I just switched from the old way to change the Config to the new one
> with the .xmonad directory but ran into two problems:
> 
> 1. I want to override the MOD+p call, because I need dmenu to be run
> with a additional parameter (fn for fontname). I dont want to copy the
> whole keys-config to my own config but only override the one keypress.
> As I got now Haskell-Knowledge at all, I would be glad if somebody could
> help me here.

To override, delete  or add keys to the Map of keys you have two
options:

    1) as for 0.4 and earlier, inline the entire default key set in your
    config file, and edit it.

    2) use Map.union/delete/insert to modify only those bindings you're 
    interested in (leading to a shorter config file)

For 2) see sjanssen's config demo in the XMC repo,

    http://code.haskell.org/XMonadContrib/XMonad/Config/Sjanssen.hs

> 2. If I try to restart XMonad using MOD+q nothing happens, it doesnt
> reload at all. On the Console I can see:

Not in your path, most likely.

> So, where is the problem? Everything works if I restart XMonad by hand
> (killing the xserver and starting again)
> 
> Thanks for everybody who helps me.

Thanks for the report. We'll have extensive docs and tutorials on
configuration before the 0.5 release. Until then , the wiki and the XMC
repo, and IRC channel are the best sources,

    http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Config_archive

-- Don