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diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/wmii.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/wmii.nix
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+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with pkgs.lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.services.xserver.windowManager.wmii;
+
+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
+      #
+      # 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
+            ${pkgs.wmiiSnap}/bin/wmii && break
+          done
+        '';
+      };
+
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.wmiiSnap ];
+
+  };
+
+}