dmenu

install dmenu, so that one can use mod-p to open an application-launcher.

urxvt

I only successfully compiled it with option --disable-perl.

+ Gnome

• install libghc6-xmonad-dev
• modify .xmonad/xmonad.hs

  import XMonad
  import XMonad.Config.Gnome
  
  main = xmonad gnomeConfig
      { borderWidth = 1
      , terminal = "urxvt"
      , normalBorderColor = "#cccccc"
      }
  

• modify .xsession, very important

  killall metacity ; xmonad &
  

terminal

Use gnome-terminal with colorscheme "green on black". Color palette scheme 'tango'.

Floating window

to float a window (or move an already-floating window), click and drag it with the mod and left-mouse-button held down. Floating windows can be resized by dragging the window with mod and right-mouse-button.

Key mapping

Key mapping chart

reference:

• http://versia.com/2009/10/xmonad-metacity-gnome/
• http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2009/04/xmonad_+_gnome_on_Debian/