[xmonad] Bluetile

[Don Stewart]

gwern0:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Don Stewart<dons at galois.com> wrote:
> > gwern0:
> >> So to conclude this whirlwind tour: I see a lot of valuable stuff.
> >>
> >> The greeter is something that could definitely be in core (although I
> >> think the gtk2hs dep is untenable, so I expect a better idea would be
> >> to run an xmessage prompt with a list of keybindings). The dock is a
> >> nice alternative to the ridiculously baroque setups for xmobar and
> >> dzen - those may be really nice and customizable, but they are
> >> absolutely unsuitable for beginners, and even setting up a Gnome panel
> >> is a bit much for non-intermediate or advanced XMonaders.
> >
> > Ok. So a good contrib module.
> 
> No, not a good contrib module at all. If the idea is to help
> beginners, then putting it in contrib makes it useless.
> 
> It'd be like writing a Haskell guide for beginners, except the first
> 10 chapters assume you know GADTs and System F - something to help
> beginners must be by default and not optional. If it was optional, it
> will either go unused or will be used by users savvy enough to know
> about it, track it down, and enable it, users who likely don't need
> it.

xmobar and dzen aren't in core. why should greeter be in core? its the
xmonad microkernel -- you don't go bloating it without reason.

i'm all in favour of easier user experiences.

-- Don