Swaywm configuration

This is my daily setup of the Sway.

Components

• Waybar -- panel
• mako -- notification daemon
• swayidle -- idle management daemon. Replacement for the xautolock
• rofi -- application launcher and dmenu replacement
• swaylock -- lock screen

Installation

pacman -S sway swayidle swaybg waybar mako rofi

Configs

Some interesting configs.

Transparent windows

Build:

go get github.com/Difrex/gosway/ipc
cd scripts && go build -o ~/.local/bin/tr_in transparent_inctive.go

Enable:

cd conf-enabled
ln -s ../conf-available/transparent-windows.conf

List of floating windows(scratchpads) in Rofi

Build:

go get github.com/Difrex/gosway/ipc
cd scripts && go build -o ~/.config/sway/scripts/floating_windows floating_windows.go

Enable:

cd conf-enabled
ln -s ../conf-available/scratchpads-select.conf

Keybinding: $mod+Alt+w

Autolayouting

You need a swaymgr installed.

Enable:

cd conf-enabled
ln -s ../conf-available/autolayout.conf

Other configs

• autostart.conf -- start applications on the startup
• idle.conf -- swayidle settings
• wallpapers.conf -- wallpapers configuration. Keybing to setup random wallpaper is: $mod+Shift+w
• layout.conf -- keyboard layout configuration

Themes

I always use Solarized themes.

Dark colors

cd conf-enabled
ln -s ../conf-available/colors-dark.conf
ln -s ../conf-available/mako-dark.conf
ln -s ../conf-available/termninal-dark.conf
cd ../waybar-enabled
ln -s ../waybar-available/style-dark.css style.css

Light colors

cd conf-enabled
ln -s ../conf-available/colors-light.conf
ln -s ../conf-available/mako-light.conf
ln -s ../conf-available/termninal-light.conf
cd ../waybar-enabled
ln -s ../waybar-available/style-light.css style.css

Keybindigns

$mod is a Super(with windows logo) key.

• Kill focused window: $mod+q
• Launch a terminal: $mod+Return
• Rofi launcher: $mod+d
• Emacsclient: $mod+a
• Copy password with the pm: $mod+p
• Lock screen with the swaylock: $mod+l
• Resize: $mod+r
• Make a screenshot(you need the grim and slurp): $mod+c
• Move window to the scratchpad: $mod+Shift+minus
• Show scratchpad: $mod+minus
• Show modeline for monitors configuration: $mod+x

For a theme switching you need a wal

• Switch to light theme: $mod+Ctrl+Shift+l

• Switch to dark theme: $mod+Ctrl+Shift+d

• Reload config: $mod+Shift+c

• Shutdown a session: $mod+Shift+e