dots

The dotfiles for my work laptop and personal desktop. There are slight differences between the two machines so this git repository has two branches for both machines. The goal is to have a functional system with 500 or less packages installed.

Installing

The core of the dependencies are listed in the ~/.config/pgklist/pacman-xxx.lst and ~/.config/pkglist/yay-xxx.lst files. The contents of these files will be installed via a script so you can edit those files and add or remove dependencies you want. A couple of dependencies are not listed because they need to be cloned from a personal git repository.

Core

To get started you have to clone this repository and install all the packages from various systems (pacman, AUR, npm, ruby). This can be done by executing the following commands:

 $ git clone https://github.com/SCThijsse/dots.git
 $ shopt -s dotglob     # Enables to move dotfiles
 $ mv dots/* ./
 $ ./.local/scripts/arr # Installs pacman packages, AUR packages, nvm, npm &
                        # node, global npm packages, ruby gems when given the
                        # options.

Suckless

The following suckless tools are used. dmenu, dwm, slock, slstatus, st, surf, sxiv & tabbed You can install them via pacman or clone the patched versions as instructed. If you are using the patched versions the third step is optional if there is no patches folder in the root of the project folder.

 $ git clone https://github.com/SCThijsse/<suckless-util>.git
 $ cd <suckless-util>/ &&
 $ find patches/ -type f -print0 | sort -z | xargs -n 1 -0 patch -Np1 -i
 $ sudo make install

Others

tmux

Install tmux via:

 $ git clone https://github.com/SCThijsse/.tmux.git
 $ mv .tmux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tmux

Backing up dependencies

There is a script located in ~/.local/scripts called arb this script outputs all the installed packages from pacman, the AUR, npm, and ruby gems to separate *.lst files. These files are used by the arr script in the same directory.

WMs

This repository has configurations for various WMs. Mainly:

• dwm - dynamic tiling WM for X11
• i3 - manual tiling WM for X11
• openbox - floating WM for X11
• spectrwm - dynamic WM for X11
• sway - manual tiling WM for Wayland

X11

Programs used with X11:

• dmenu (https://github.com/SCThijsse/dmenu)
• dunst
• feh
• scrot
• xclip
• xautolock
• xorg-server
• xorg-xbacklight
• xorg-xinit

Wayland

Programs used with Wayland:

• brightnessctl (AUR)
• dmenu (https://github.com/SCThijsse/dmenu)
• grim
• mako
• slurp-git (AUR)
• wl-clipboard-git (AUR)

dwm

Supported natively.

• dwm - https://github.com/SCThijsse/dwm
• slock - https://github.com/SCThijsse/slock
• slstatus - https://github.com/SCThijsse/slstatus

sway & i3

Trying to maintain it because the configuration of sway and i3 look familiar. So it will be used as a fallback WM. Although you might run into some issues.

sway:

• i3blocks
• sway-git (AUR)
• swaydb-git (AUR)
• swayidle-git (AUR)
• swaylock-blur-git (AUR)
• swaylock-git (AUR)
• wlroots-git (AUR)

i3:

• i3-gaps
• i3lock-color-git (AUR)
• i3lock-fancy-rapid-git (AUR)
• perl-anyevent-i3

spectrwm

Tried it, liked it, but it is preforming to slow on the work laptop. Regions has not been configured yet. The configuration in in the 'feat/spectrwm' branch.

• spectrwm

openbox

Not supported anymore, you will certainly run into some problems when using openbox.

Used in configuration files:

• cbatticon
• lxappearance
• lxappearance-obconf
• lxsession
• network-manager-applet
• obconf
• obmenu
• pnmixer (AUR)
• slim (not configured)
• tint2

Applications used with openbox:

• atom-editor-bin
• evince
• file-roller
• galculator
• krita
• gvfs
• gvfs-mtp
• libreoffice-fresh
• thunar
• thunar-archive-plugin
• viewnior

Known Issues

This will be a list of known issues with this setup. These issues may be fixed by the relevant software or may be not fixed at all. I have decided to live with theses issues, but for your convenience a possible fix is also listed if available.

• [M] IntelliJ has a couple of issues with sway; the diff window shows up blank, but after dragging the window the content will appear. The other issue is with the search file (Double shift) popup, it pops up for a second, but immediately disappears again.
• [L] The image previews in ranger with st disappear when switching the focus to another window.
• [L] The font displays "tofu" blocks in the Atom popup windows. This is an issue with the Terminus font. (Would be fixed by using another font, or a patched version of the Terminus font.)

TODO

A list of things I still want to fix but have not looked into yet. Or somethings I still want to dive into.

• [L] Append layout for sway (swaywm/sway#3022)

License

MIT License