neodotfiles/README.md

My custom suckless based desktop focused on absolute productivity and workflow control.

Key Features

dwm features

• A bunch of extra layouts
  • Default ones:
    • master & stack.
    • floating.
    • monocle
  • Added ones:
    • dwindle.
    • spiral.
    • centered master (also known as three column).
    • centered floating master (master window floating at the center of the screen, stack on the back).
    • grid.
• Keychord based keybindings: Just like emacs, you can have chained keybindings, which exponentially extends the amount of keybindings you can have.
• Scratchpad support: Convenient scratchpad functionality for storing and retrieving frequently used applications.
• Tag based workflow
  • Each tag (also called workspaces) is meant to have it's purpose, this is achieved with an extensive set of window rules:
    • Tag 1: Coding
    • Tag 2: Testing
    • Tag 3: Web browsing
    • Tag 4: Chatting
    • Tag 5: Audio tools
    • Tag 6: Video tools
    • Tag 7: Graphic tools
    • Tag 8: Office & Document tools
    • Tag 9: Gaming

Other suckless utilities included

• dmenu: the best run launcher. This build includes some very useful scripts for things like wifi, bluetooth and wallpaper configuration, drive mounting, etc.
• herbe & tiramisu: a minimal and fast notification daemon (tiramisu is the daemon, herbe is the notification window).
• st: the fastest terminal emulator ever, siduck's build.
• slock: simple and efficient lock screen with fingerprint reader support.
• dwbmlocks: what enables you to customize dwm's status area in the bar. This build includes some cool & customizable status scripts.

Installation & How To Modify

Make sure to have these dependencies installed in your system:

• Build dependencies

libX11-devel
libXft-devel
libXrender-devel
libXinerama-devel
libXrandr-devel
libXext-devel
imlib2-devel
harfbuzz-devel
fontconfig-devel
gd-devel
pam-devel
libnotify
xinit
make
gcc
vala

• Runtime dependencies

fd
feh
xdpyinfo
xdotool
ffmpeg
maim
slop
udisks2
bluez-utils
j4-dmenu-desktop
NetworkManager
power-profiles-daemon

After installing them with your package manager of choice, you can do the following to get the source code and start to modify it to your liking.

# Clone this repository
$ git clone https://github.com/d4r1us-drk/neodotfiles.git

# Go into the repository
$ cd neodotfiles

# Select which project to compile & install (dwm in this case)
$ cd source/dwm

# To install
$ sudo make install && make clean

This repository is not a tutorial on how to modify or configure dwm or any of the included suckless tools, you obviusly don't need to learn C to do this, with this build you can start with an usable base and you wont even need to patch anything. If you want to add a patch though, you will need to do this manually, because most patching utilities like patch and git apply will fail due to how much of the code base I modified myself.

To configure my build, the only file you really need to modify is the config.h file in each tool, which has everything commented and explained. Of course this being my build, it is already configured for my needs.

Patch list for dwm

These are the patches I applied to this dwm build (some of them I modified):

• adjacenttag
• alpha
• alwayscenter
• attachbottom
• autostart
• barpadding
• centeredmaster
• clientindicators
• combo
• cyclelayouts
• fibonacci
• focusmaster-return
• fullscreen
• gridmode
• keychord
• movestack
• pertag
• restartsig
• rmaster
• scratchpads
• statuspadding
• sticky
• stickyindicator
• tag-preview
• tapresize
• truecenteredtitle
• warp
• winicon

Credits

• dwm and the suckless tools available here are made by the suckless guys at https://suckless.org.
• herbe is made by dudik and available here.
• tiramisu is made by Sweets and available here.
• dwmblocks is made by torrinfail and available here

License

This project is licenced under the MIT License