Information

Here are some details about my setup:

• OS: Arch Linux
• Terminal: Alacritty
• Shell: Bash
• WM: dwm-flexipatch
• Login Manager: ly
• Editor: Vim

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• Status Bar: vanilla dwm bar
• Status Content: luastatus
• Lock Screen: slock-flexipatch
• App Menu: dmenu-flexipatch
• Network Menu: networkmanager-dmenu
• Dropdown Menu: tdrop
• Hotkey Daemon: sxhkd
• Notification Daemon: Linux Notification Center
• AUR helper: Paru
• Power Management: Xfce Power Manger
• Brightness Control: brightnessctl
• Compositor: Picom

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• Font: Iosevka Nerd Font
• Shell Prompt: starship
• System Info: macchina

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• File Manager: nnn and Thunar
• Ebook Reader: zathura
• Image Viewer: nsxiv
• Video Player: mpv
• ScreenShot: Flameshot
• Wallpaper Setter: feh
• Color Picker: Gpick

TODO

• Switch to xrdb patch for theme switching
• Fix the issue with hardcoded path
• Create a list of keybindings
• Explain installation procedure and how everything works
  • Mention the mandatory and optional dependencies
  • Make a basic guide
  • Make a detailed guide
  • Make guides for fedora and debian
• Redo setup on an updated version of dwm-flexipatch
• Explain the features of this setup
• Switch to rofi from dmenu (but keep dmenu as an alternative)
• Make new colorschemes
• Rice Firefox or switch to vieb
• Create conky and eww widgets
• Remove unused patches
• Give credit to proper persons and projects

Dependencies

Mandatory

• Xorg
• xrdb (for reloading xresource colorschemes)
• Imlib2
• dmenu (for opening programs, changing theme and using the power menu)
• luastatus (for status info)
• sxhkd (for shortcuts)
• feh (for setting wallpaper)
• font: Iosevka Nerd Font
  • You can also use any other nerd font, but don't forget to add that font to *fonts[] in config.def.h and recompile dwm)

Optional

You may choose not to install any of these and but doing so might make some things not work as intended

• Terminal: Alacritty (main) and Kitty (dropdown)
  • if you use kitty as your main terminal, replace kitty to Alacritty in this line - RULE(.class = "kitty", .isfloating = 1) and replace Alacritty to kitty in this line - RULE(.class = "Alacritty", .tags = 1 << 0, .switchtag = 1) in config.def.h
  • if you use any other terminal then you have to modify ~/.bin/theme_changer in order to make that terminal's colorschemes to change automatically when changing theme
• ly
• Paru
• networkmanager-dmenu
• Linux Notification Center
• Xfce Power Manager
• picom
• macchina

Setup

Minimal

Arch Linux

Install mandatory dependencies

• sudo pacman -Su --needed xorg xorg-xrdb imlib2 feh ttf-iosevka-nerd

Clone this repo and cd to it

• git clone https://github.com/junnunkarim/dotfiles-linux
• cd dotfiles-linux

Create a desktop entry

sudo vim /usr/share/xsessions/dwm.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=dwm
Comment=the dynamic window manager
Exec=dwm
Icon=dwm
Type=XSession

work in progress

• work in progress

Keybindings

Standards
super + [any key] == system main shortcuts
super + shift + [any key] == system main shortcuts
super + ctrl + shift + [any key] == system low priority shortcuts
super + alt + shift + [any key] == system low priority shortcuts
alt + [any num or alphabet key] == open applications
ctrl + [any num or alpabet key] == open other programs or scripts

Keybindings that depend on dwm

Keybinding	Action
super + b	toggle bar on/off
super + s	switch a window form stack with master
super + c	close a program
super + shift + q	quit dwm (only if all programs are closed)
super + space	toggle floating on/off
super + left/right	increase/decrease window size
super + shift + ctrl + space	cycle through all layouts
super + tab	move through open tags clockwise
super + backtick	move through open tags anti-clockwise
super + 0 (zero)	toggle gaps on/of
super + shift + i	hide/unhide window
super + shift + r	restart dwm
super + f	toggle fullscreen
super + 0-9	go to the specified tag
super + shift + 0-9	move selected window to the specified tag
alt + tab	move through window focus clockwise
alt + backtick	move through window focus anti-clockwise

Keybindings that are window manager agnostic (sxhkd)

Keybinding	Action
super + return/enter	open terminal
super + shift + return/enter	open dropdown terminal
super + l	lock screen
super + backspace	reload sxhkd keybindings
super + n	open network menu
super + shift + n	open/close notification center
super + shift + escape	force kill a program
super + t	open theme switcher
super + x	open powermenu
super + k	show all keybindings
super + d	open dmenu
super + a	open dektop applications selector (dmenu)
super + ctrl + r	turn on bluelight filter (redshift)
super + ctrl + e	turn off bluelight filter (redshift)
super + ctrl + p	open color picker (gpick)
super + alt + f	open file manager (thunar)
super + alt + n	open file manager (nnn)
super + alt + b	open chromium
super + alt + e	open firefox
super + alt + e	open vim
super + alt + h	open bottom
prtsc	take fullscreen screenshot now
super + prtsc	take interective screenshot
alt + prtsc	take fullscreen screenshot after 5 sec
ctrl + prtsc	take fullscreen screenshot after 10 sec
super + F1	increase brightness
super + F2	decrease brightness
super + F5	increase volume
super + F6	decrease volume
super + F7	toggle mute on/off

Active dwm Patches

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• BAR_AWESOMEBAR_PATCH
• BAR_EWMHTAGS_PATCH
• BAR_LTSYMBOL_PATCH
• BAR_STATUS_PATCH
• BAR_STATUSBUTTON_PATCH
• BAR_STATUS2D_PATCH
• BAR_SYSTRAY_PATCH
• BAR_UNDERLINETAGS_PATCH
• BAR_WINICON_PATCH
• BAR_TITLE_LEFT_PAD_PATCH
• BAR_BORDER_PATCH
• BAR_CENTEREDWINDOWNAME_PATCH
• BAR_IGNORE_XFT_ERRORS_WHEN_DRAWING_TEXT_PATCH
• BAR_PADDING_VANITYGAPS_PATCH
• ATTACHBOTTOM_PATCH
• CENTER_PATCH
• COMBO_PATCH
• COOL_AUTOSTART_PATCH
• CYCLELAYOUTS_PATCH
• FOCUSONNETACTIVE_PATCH
• NET_CLIENT_LIST_STACKING_PATCH
• ONLYQUITONEMPTY_PATCH
• RESTARTSIG_PATCH
• SHIFTVIEW_CLIENTS_PATCH
• STACKER_PATCH
• SWITCHTAG_PATCH
• TOGGLEFULLSCREEN_PATCH
• VANITYGAPS_PATCH
• ZOOMSWAP_PATCH
• BSTACK_LAYOUT
• DECK_LAYOUT
• FIBONACCI_DWINDLE_LAYOUT
• HORIZGRID_LAYOUT
• TILE_LAYOUT
• MONOCLE_LAYOUT