[xmonad] Bluetile

[Thomas Friedrich]

Don Stewart wrote:
> 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
>   

I agree, please don't mess up the Xmonad-Core.  I like Xmonad because
its so different to any other WM.. simple, clean, elegant, customizable,
and did I mention clean?


Thomas