{ config, lib, pkgs, options, modulesPath }: let inherit (lib) mkOption mkIf singleton; cfg = config.services.xserver.windowManager.wmii; wmii = pkgs.wmii_hg; in { options = { services.xserver.windowManager.wmii.enable = mkOption { default = false; example = true; description = "Enable the wmii window manager."; }; }; config = mkIf cfg.enable { services.xserver.windowManager.session = singleton # stop wmii by # $wmiir xwrite /ctl quit # this will cause wmii exiting with exit code 0 # (or "mod+a quit", which is bound to do the same thing in wmiirc # by default) # # why this loop? # wmii crashes once a month here. That doesn't matter that much # wmii can recover very well. However without loop the X session # terminates and then your workspace setup is lost and all # applications running on X will terminate. # Another use case is kill -9 wmii; after rotating screen. # Note: we don't like kill for that purpose. But it works (-> # subject "wmii and xrandr" on mailinglist) { name = "wmii"; start = '' while :; do ${wmii}/bin/wmii && break done ''; }; environment.systemPackages = [ wmii ]; }; }