Dotfiles

i3

1. Refresh servers before getting started

sudo pacman -Syy

2. Install i3

sudo pacman -S i3-gaps i3blocks i3lock i3status

3. Install required packages

sudo pacman -S xorg xorg-xinit dmenu

4. Reboot your machine or run startx command in your terminal to change window manager

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polybar

1. Install polybar

sudo pacman -S polybar

2. Default polybar config

sudo cp /usr/share/doc/polybar/config ~/.config/polybar/config
sudo chown username:username .config/polybar/config

3. Change the access permission for launch.sh

chmod +x ~/.config/polybar/launch.sh

4. Check if you've added this to your i3 config file

exec_always --no-startup-id $HOME/.config/polybar/launch.sh

5. Disable i3's default bar by commenting these

bar {
    i3bar_command i3bar
}

6. To add custom fonts to your polybar:

• Place a folder with .otf-s and/or .ttf-s in /usr/share/fonts/ directory
• Then place a string like this to your polybar config

font-1 = FontAwesome5Free:style=Solid:pixelsize=11:antialias=true;1

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ranger

1. Install ranger

sudo pacman -S ranger

2. Default ranger config

ranger --copy-config=all

ranger uses 4 main configuration files:

• commands.py contains various functions' implementation, written in Python, used to modify ranger's behavior
• rc.conf is used for setting various options and binding the keys to functions
• rifle.conf decides which program to use for opening which file
• scope.sh is a shell script used to generate the previews for various file types
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alacritty

1. Install alacritty

sudo pacman -S alacritty

2. Default alacritty config

sudo cp /usr/share/doc/alacritty/example/alacritty.yml ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
sudo chown username:username .config/alacritty/alacritty.yml

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redshift

1. Install redshift

sudo pacman -S redshift

2. Create a redshift.conf file in /.config/redshift/ directory

3. Paste there a default configuration and set it manually

4. Add this to your .xprofile

redshift &

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dunst

1. Install dunst

sudo pacman -S dunst

2. Default dunst config

sudo cp /usr/share/dunst/dunstrc ~/.config/dunst/dunstrc
sudo chown username:username .config/dunst/dunstrc

3. Add this to your .xprofile

dunst &

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i3-battery-popup

1. Clone i3-battery-popup package

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/i3-battery-popup-git.git

2. Change your current working directory to i3-battery-popup-git
3. Run this command

makepkg -si

4. Add this to your .xinitrc file to get battery popups

exec --no-startup-id i3-battery-popup -n -L 20 -l 15 -t 60s

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Dotfiles

.Xresources

Usage: .Xresources can be used to set configuration parameters for X client applications.

1. Add a file named .Xresources to your $HOME directory

2. Make sure that you have this line in your .xinitrc file

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources

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.xprofile

Usage: .xprofile allows you to execute commands at the beginning of the X user session - before the window manager is started.

1. Add a file named .xprofile to your $HOME directory

2. Don't forget to put a & sign at the end of each command line

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.xinitrc

Usage: If no specific client program is given on the command line, xinit will look for a hidden file in the $HOME directory called .xinitrc to run as a shell script to start up client programs.

1. Add a file named .xinitrc to your $HOME directory

2. Add settings for your window manager, desctop environment etc. here

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.zprofile

Usage: .zprofile is used for environment variables and tools configiration

1. Add a file named .zprofile to your $HOME directory

2. Add settings for your zsh here

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