A directory file executables prompt for XMonad. This might be useful if you don't want to have scripts in your PATH environment variable (same executable names, different behavior) - otherwise you might want to use XMonad.Prompt.Shell instead - but you want to have easy access to these executables through the xmonad's prompt.

1. In your xmonad.hs:

import XMonad.Prompt.DirExec

1. In your keybindings add something like:

  , ("M-C-x", dirExecPrompt def spawn "/home/joe/.scipts")

or

  , ("M-C-x", dirExecPromptNamed def spawn
                                 "/home/joe/.scripts" "My Scripts: ")

or add this after your default bindings:

  ++
  [ ("M-x " ++ key, dirExecPrompt def fn "/home/joe/.scripts")
    | (key, fn) <- [ ("x", spawn), ("M-x", runInTerm "-hold") ]
  ]
  ++

The first alternative uses the last element of the directory path for a name of prompt. The second alternative uses the provided string for the name of the prompt. The third alternative defines 2 key bindings, first one spawns the program by shell, second one runs the program in terminal

For detailed instruction on editing the key binding see the tutorial.