nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/wmii.nix

{
  config,
  lib,
  pkgs,
  ...
}:

with lib;
let
  cfg = config.services.xserver.windowManager.wmii;
  wmii = pkgs.wmii_hg;
in
{
  options = {
    services.xserver.windowManager.wmii.enable = mkEnableOption "wmii";
  };

  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 ];
  };
}