surface-dotfiles

These dotfiles are for configuring a BSPWM desktop environment for a Surface Pro running Linux.

Dependencies

bspwm polybar rofi picom dunst i3lock vim ranger alacritty

Usage

• Startup applications are configured in .config/bspwm/start-apps.sh. Different polybars and wallpapers can be configured here.
• Keyboard shortcuts are configured in .config/bspwm/sxhkd/sxhkdrc. The scripts for the launcher and powermenu are mapped to super + @space and super + alt + q respectively
• Themes, fonts, icons should be copied to /usr/share/themes, /usr/share/fonts, /usr/share/icons respectively and can be configured in ~/.config/gtk-3.0

☰ Bug fix notes

Bug	Fix
High DPI / scaling bug	cp .xinitrc ~ && cp .Xresources ~ for proper DPI scaling. Add export GDK_SCALE=2 and export GDK_DPI_SCALE=0.5 to your ~/.profile to fix ui scaling in BSPWM
Touchpad configuration	sudo cp 40-libinput.conf /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d to enable tap click, natural scrolling, and increased cursor speed
Intellij infinite loading	Add export _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1 to your ~/.profile

☰ Blue theme (default)

Credits to VaughnValle for the design

☰ Monochrome theme

How to configure

• In your ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml, change colors: *blue to colors: *monochrome to change your Alacritty terminal colour scheme
• In ~/.config/bspwm/start-apps, change the wallpaper and polybar to "monochrome"

☰ Hollow Knight browser tab

How to configure

Install Night Tab and load the data in nightTab.json