My dwm config

This is a modification of DistroTube's dwm config.

Since DistroTube introduced me to dwm through his gitlab and his videos, I thought using his config would be a good starting point for learning and using dwm. A lot of the info on this README is just copied from his README because I didn't change a whole lot.

Patches

• alpha (for transparency)
• attachaside (new clients appear in the stack rather than as the master)
• cyclelayouts (cycles through the available layouts)
• gridmode (adding a grid layout)
• restartsig (allows dwm to be restarted with a keybinding)
• rotatestack (moves a window through the stack, in either direction)
• statuspadding (horizontal and vertical padding in the status bar are now configurable options)
• uselessgap (adding gaps when more than one window)

Dependencies

• libxft
• ttf-hack
• ttf-joypixels
• st
• dmenu
• tabbed

Also, you will need to add the following from the AUR:

• nerd-fonts-complete (optional)
• https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libxft-bgra/ (needed for colored fonts and emojis)

Also, if you are building this on an Ubuntu-based system, you need to install libx11-dev and xorg-dev.

Installing

git clone https://github.com/Zaedus/dwm.git
cd dwm
sudo make clean install

Using

Scripts

My dwm config relies on a few scripts. All of these scripts should be places in ~/.dwm/

autostart.sh

This is what is run when dwm starts. I run dwmblocks, a compositer (picom), and set my background (nitrogen).

dwmblocks &
picom &
nitrogen --restore &

dmenu scripts

These scripts were from DistroTube's Repo. I put them in the ~/.dmscripts/ directory.

Keybindings

The MODKEY is set to the Super/Windows key. Anything in parentheses is the default I've set it to, but it is always changeable.

Keybinding	Action
MODKEY + RETURN	opens selected terminal (st)
MODKEY + SPACE	opens selected run launcher (dmenu)
MODKEY + q	closes window with focus
MODKEY + SHIFT + r	restarts dwm
MODKEY + SHIFT + q	quits dwm
MODKEY + 1-9	switch focus to workspaces 1-9
MODKEY + SHIFT + 1-9	send focused window to workspaces 1-9
MODKEY + Left	select the next window in the stack
MODKEY + Right	select the previous window in the stack
MODKEY + SHIFT + Left	rotate the windows forward in the stack
MODKEY + SHIFT + Right	rotate the windows backward in the stack
MODKEY + UP	expand the size of the secondary windows
MODKEY + DOWN	shrinks the size of the secondary windows
MODKEY + .	switches focus next monitors
MODKEY + ,	switches focus to prev monitors

Other Cool Stuff

• dwmblocks
• st

OR if you're feeling extra ₘᵢₙᵢₘₐₗ

• dwmblocks-minimal

AND now for a limited time of 10^23 years, you can get the

• EPIC Firefox theme
• Thats it I guess (◔_◔)