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            xmonad : a lightweight X11 window manager.

Motivation:

    dwm is great, but we can do better, building a more robust,
    more correct window manager in fewer lines of code, using strong
    static typing. Enter Haskell.

    If the aim of dwm is to fit in under 2000 lines of C, the aim of 
    thunk is to fit in under 400 lines of Haskell with similar functionality.

Building:

    Get the dependencies

    X11             http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/X11-1.2
    mtl             http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/mtl-1.0

    X11-extras:     darcs get http://darcs.haskell.org/~sjanssen/X11-extras

    dmenu   2.{5,6,7} http://www.suckless.org/download/dmenu-2.7.tar.gz

Use:

    add: 

         exec /home/dons/bin/xmonad

    as the last line of your .xsession file

Authors:

    Spencer Janssen
    Don Stewart