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[szorfein]

Hi, i come back to spectrwm after several years :)

but when i try to launch it on gentoo, i get theses errors:

spectrwm: Welcome to spectrwm V3.1.0 Build: 3.1.0
spectrwm: ignoring region 1366x768+0+37 - not within screen boundaries (1366x768)
which: no exec in (/home/izsha/node_modules/cordova/bin:/home/izsha/bin:/usr/lib64/node_modules:/home/izsha/AndroidStudioProjects/Android-meteor/tools:/home/izsha/AndroidStudioProjects/Android-meteor/platform-tools:/opt/oracle-jdk-bin-1.8.0.112:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/7.1.0:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/home/izsha/.gems/bin)
spectrwm: Unable to load charset(s):
spectrwm: ISO8859-1
spectrwm: ISO8859-1
spectrwm: ISO8859-2
spectrwm: ISO8859-3
spectrwm: ISO8859-4
spectrwm: ISO8859-5
spectrwm: KOI8-R
spectrwm: ISO8859-7
spectrwm: ISO8859-9
spectrwm: ISO8859-13
spectrwm: ISO8859-14
spectrwm: ISO8859-15
spectrwm: JISX0208.1983-0
spectrwm: KSC5601.1987-0
spectrwm: GB2312.1980-0
spectrwm: JISX0201.1976-0
spectrwm: ISO10646-1

And minimal ~/.spectrwm.conf, i improved it when i could start:

bar_enabled		= 0
region		= screen[1]:1366x768+0+37
modkey = Mod4
keyboard_mapping = ~/.config/spectrwm/spectrwm_fr.conf
program[lock]		= i3lock
program[term]		= termite
program[menu]		= exec /usr/bin/rofi -show run

thx

[LordReg]

Hi szorfein,
The default XLFD bar_font has been problematic for some users recently. Try changing bar_font to an Xft font. e.g.:
bar_font = Terminus:pixelsize=14:antialias=true

For a display resolution of 1366x768 where you want to reserve 37px on top, region should be:
region = screen[1]:1366x731+0+37

You don't need exec when defining a spawn program:
program[menu] = /usr/bin/rofi -show run

[szorfein]

good, it works ! i did well to post an issue.

Just have to set polybar and i've gone :), thx !

[MarcusE1W]

Hi
I have a very simular looking problem, however the solution described above by @LordReg does not seem to work for me.

I have this .spectrwm (for testing) as suggested. (The original does not work neither)

bar_enabled	= 0
bar_font		= Terminus:pixelsize=14:antialias=true

The font Terminus is installed.
I have also found a hint in the Archlinux wiki that the font has been renamed to xos4 Terminus.
So I tried with bar_font = xos4 Terminus:pixelsize=14:antialias=true as well.

Is there any setup that definately should work (on Archlinux) that I can test?

@szorfein What have you put exactly into your .spectrwm to solve this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. (Currently I have to use i3 and I am not a fan ;-)

[LordReg]

Is there any setup that definately should work (on Archlinux) that I can test?

For Arch Linux, this works for me:
bar_font = xos4 Terminus:pixelsize=14:antialias=true

Just make sure it is ~/.spectrwm.conf you are editing.

[szorfein]

i post the config file to my repo.
Terminus has work but i've change with iosevka,
to find the good name, you have fc-list : $ fc-list | grep -i terminus, try with other font, it should work :)

[MarcusE1W]

Hi both.
Thanks for the quick answer. I can confirm it works now for me.
Having a working example really helped.
I have updated the Wiki install section for Archlinux with this hint.