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bspwm + eww + polybar

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Info

|Distro|Arch| |:---:|:---:| |WM|BSPWM| |Bar|Polybar| |Menu|Rofi| |Compositor|Ibhagwan-Picom| |Terminal|Alacritty-Kitty| |Widgets|ElKowars wacky widgets | |Music/Player|mpd-ncmpcpp| |File Manager|Thunar|

<table align="center"> <tr> <th align="center"> <sup><sub>:warning: WARNING :warning:</sub></sup> </th> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">
 THIS DOTFILES ARE CONFIGURED AT 1920x1080 WITH 96 DPI! 1 MONITOR
 SOME STUFF MIGHT BREAK ON LOWER OR HIGHER
 RESOLUTIONS OR YOU HAVE TO PLAY WITH IT.
 
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Very useful keybindigs to know...

  • <code>alt + F1</code> For HotKeys
  • <code>alt + @space</code> Apps Menu.
  • <code>super + h </code> Hides bar
  • <code>Print</code> Takes screenshot.
  • <code>super + Return</code> Open a terminal.
  • <code>super + shift + Return</code> Open a floating terminal.
  • <code>super + c</code> Kill a window/process.
  • <code>shift + alt + w</code> Changes randomly wallpaper.
  • <code>ctrl + shift + r</code> Restart bspwm.

And more.. You need to look sxhkdrc file for more.

📦 Setup (Isn't Full Installation. Be careful about it.)

This is step-by-step how to install these bspwm dotfiles. Just R.T.F.M.

💾 Installation:

The installer only works for ARCH Linux, and based distros.

<b>Open a terminal in HOME</b>

  • Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/S4NKALP/bspwm.git 
cd bspwm

  • Install needed dependencies
./install (if it show error give permission by chmod +x install

  • After installing copy all files to respective location

  • If config didn't work then just give executive permission to all

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You will need to install a few fonts.

  • Cartograph CF: here

  • JetBrainsMono NF: here

  • Font Awesome: here

  • Comic Mono : here

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Once finished copying the files, you might want to finalize the changes to your system.

 # Rebuilds the font cache
 $ fc-cache -fv
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Lastly, log out from your current desktop session and log in into bspwm.

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Miscellaneous.

  • Elkowar's Wacky Widgets

    If you're NOT using a monitor with a 1280x1080 resolution, you might want to change the x and y values of the widgets on the config.

  • Theme <kbd>Suggested</kbd>

    Nordic Master here & another

  • Icon Theme <kbd>Suggested</kbd>

    Nordzy Icon this

  • Make Yourself window rule in bspwm

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Lastly, log out from your current desktop session and log in into bspwm.

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Some tips

  • If u dont want to use the random wallpapers comment line 150 from /home/YourUser/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc file.

Troubleshooting

  • Weather module is showing wrong values

You need to edit ~/.config/eww/scripts/weather_info & in slidebar/scripts/Weather change the name of your city, you can get it from openweathermap

Acknowledgements.

  • Thanks to

<details> <summary><b>Screenshots</b></summary>

Desktop

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/S4NKALP/dotfile/main/assets/desktop.png" width="600"/>

Polybar

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/S4NKALP/dotfile/main/assets/bar.png" width="800"/>

Old Polybar

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/S4NKALP/dotfile/main/assets/old_bar.png" width="800"/>

Info-Panel

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/S4NKALP/dotfile/main/assets/info-panel.png" width="600"/>

Side-Bar

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/S4NKALP/dotfile/main/assets/sidebar.png" width="600"/>

MusicPlayer

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/S4NKALP/dotfile/main/assets/musicplayer.png" width="600"/>

FireFox

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/S4NKALP/dotfile/main/assets/firefox.png" width="600"/>

Old

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/S4NKALP/dotfile/main/assets/old.wpeg" width="600"/> </details>

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