My current xmonad config. Made with love.

xmonad.hs

-- Author: BinRoot
-- Todo: dmenu, animations

import XMonad
import XMonad.Config.Gnome
import XMonad.Layout.NoBorders (smartBorders)
import XMonad.Hooks.FadeInactive (fadeInactiveLogHook)
import XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks (manageDocks)
import XMonad.Hooks.SetWMName (setWMName)
import XMonad.Layout.Spacing (smartSpacing)
import XMonad.Util.EZConfig (additionalKeys)
import qualified Data.Map as M

-- changes the mod key to "super"
myModMask            = mod4Mask

-- which terminal software to use
myTerminal           = "gnome-terminal"

-- removes borders in fullscreen mode
myLayoutHook         = smartSpacing 2 $ smartBorders (layoutHook gnomeConfig)

-- width of border around windows
myBorderWidth        = 0

-- color of focused border
myFocusedBorderColor = "#ffffff"

-- color of inactive border
myNormalBorderColor  = "#cccccc"

-- support xcompmgr events
myLogHook            = do
  logHook gnomeConfig
  fadeInactiveLogHook 0.4
        
{- startup command for window effects        

"-cfF" "c" is for soft shadows and transparency support, 
       "f" for fade in & fade out when creating and closing windows, 
       and "F" for fade when changing a window's transparency.

"-t-9 -l-11" shadows are offset 9 pixels from top of the window 
             and 11 pixels from the left edge

"-r9" shadow radius is 9 pixels
        
"-o.95" shadow opacity is set to 0.95

"-D6" the time between each step when fading windows is set to 6 milliseconds.
-}

myStartupHook        = do
  startupHook gnomeConfig
  spawn "xcompmgr -cfF -t-9 -l-11 -r9 -o.95 -D6 &"
  setWMName "LG3D"

myKeys = [ ((myModMask, xK_c), spawn "chromium-browser")
         , ((myModMask, xK_o), spawn "libreoffice")
         , ((myModMask, xK_g), spawn "gimp")
         , ((myModMask, xK_e), spawn "emacs")
         , ((myModMask .|. controlMask, xK_r), spawn "xmonad --recompile && xmonad --restart")
         ]

main = xmonad $ gnomeConfig 
  { modMask            = myModMask
  , terminal           = myTerminal
  , layoutHook         = myLayoutHook
  , borderWidth        = myBorderWidth
  , focusedBorderColor = myFocusedBorderColor
  , normalBorderColor  = myNormalBorderColor
  , logHook            = myLogHook
  , startupHook        = myStartupHook
  } `additionalKeys` myKeys