> (When I write XMonad extensions, I do find the process a little tedious. I have to type my extension, then see if ghci can compile it, then I have to press a

> (When I write XMonad extensions, I do find the process a little tedious. I have to type my extension, then see if ghci can compile it, then I have to press a key to recompile and reload xmonad, then I can try out my changes. Every. Time. In Emacs, I just press C-M-x and try my change immediately.) No you don't. You must've gotten use to old versions while this is true. Make your change and then restart right away -- if it won't compile you'll get an error popup but xmonad will continue chugging along merrily by running the last good version of your xmonad.hs.