yo-dwm/README.md

Anas Elgarhy's dwm

My fork from dwm 🍴, with a lot of beautiful patches 🥰

Applayed patches:

• alwayscenter
• cool autostart
• fullscreen
• gridmode
• keychord
• movestack
• pertag
• systray
• sticky
• noborder
• fibonacci layouts
• centeredmaster

Keys

Keys	Function
modkey + shift + d	Open dmenu (launcher)
modkey + shift + ctrl + d	Open rofi launcher (small size)
modkey + enter	Launche the main terminal (alacritty by default)
modkey + t -> a	Launche the alacritty terminal
modkey + t -> shift + a	Launche the alacritty terminal with tmux
modkey + t -> k	Launche the kitty terminal
modkey + t -> shift + k	Launche the kitty terminal with tmux
modkey + shift + f -> g	Launche the GUI file manger (pcmanfm by default)
modkey + shift + f -> f	Launche rofi file file browser (small size)
modkey + shift + f -> r	Launche ranger in the main terminal
modkey + w -> g	Launche google chrome browser
modkey + w -> t	Launche tor browser
modkey + c -> d	Launche discord
modkey + c -> o	Launche obsidian
modkey + a -> j	Launche jetbrains-toolbox
modkey + a -> n	Launche NeoVim in the main terminal
modkey + a -> v	Launche Vim in the main terminal
modkey + a -> e	Launche emacs
modkey + p -> b	Launche the background manger (nitrogen by default)
modkey + p -> n	Lanuche the network manager (nm-connection-editor)
modkey + e	Launche rofi emoji selector
modkey + f	Toggle full screen mode
modkey + b	Toggle the status bar (hide/show)
modkey + j	Change the focus to privus window in the stack
modkey + k	Change the focus to the next window in the stack
modkey + i	Change the stack layout to virtecal
modkey + d	Change the stack layout to horizontal
modkey + h	Decrease the focus window size
modkey + l	Increase the focus window size
modkey + Tab	Toggle between the curent tag and the privus tag
modkey + shift + j	Move the focus window down in the stack
modkey + shift + k	Move the focus window up in the stack
modkey + q -> q	Quit from the focus window (kill it)
modkey + s -> t	Use the tile layout
modkey + s -> f	Use the float layout
modkey + s -> m	Use the monocle layout
modkey + s -> g	Use the grid layout
modkey + s -> r	Use the spial layout (part from fibonacci layouts)
modkey + s -> shift + r	Use the dwindle layout (part from fibonacci layouts)
modkey + s -> c	Use the centerd master layout
modkey + s -> shift + s	Use the centerd floating master layout
modkey + s -> space	Toggle between current layout and tile layout
modkey + shift + s	Toggle sticky mode
modkey + alt + f	Toggle floating window
modkey + m -> c	Launche the cmus player
modkey + m -> v	Launche vlc video player
modkey + m -> shift + v	Lanuche nvlc in the main terminal
modkey + 0	View all tags
modkey + shift + 0	Mirror the current tag in all tags
modkey + comma (,)	-
modkey + period (.)	-
modkey + shift + comma (,)	-
modkey + shift + period (.)	-
modkey + (1..9)	Navigate between tags
modkey + shift + (1..9)	Move the focus window to specific tag
modkey + control + (1..9)	-
modkey + shift + ctrl + (1..9)	Mirror the current tag in specific tag
superkey + space	Change the keyboard layout (ar, en)
PrtSc	Take a screenshot using default screenshot tool (spectacle)
modkey + shift + x	Lock the screen (using betterlockscreen)
modkey + shift + alt + q	Kill dwm

modkey = win key or super key

Dependencies (apps)

• google-chrome-stable the main web browser
• alacritty the main terminal
• spectacle the main screenshot tool
• pcmanfm the GUI file manger
• rofi
• dmenu
• libxinerama-dev**
• tmux*
• tor-browser
• discord
• libxft-bgra for color emojies support
• jetbrains-toolbox
• nvim*
• vim*
• xbacklight for control in the screen brightness
• pamixer for control in the audio level
• playerctl for control in the media
• pactl for control in the mic
• betterlockscreen for lock screen
• setxkbmap for switch between keyboard layouts, like (ar, en)
• slstatus the status bar
• network-manager-applet
• picom compositor , for transparency
• nitrogen for set the wallpaper
• copyq clipboard manager
• obsidian

**: build dependencie.

Install

• Manual:
  1. Run this command to install all avilable dependencies in standerd arch repostory bash sudo pacman -S google-chrome libxft-bgra rofi dmenu tmux tor-browser discord neovim jetbrains-toolbox vim pamixer playerctl betterlockscreen pcmanfm spectacle alacritty picom nitrogen libxinerama network-manager-applet copyq obsidian
  2. Install yay if you not installed it.
  3. Run this command to install all avilable dependencies in the AUR repostory yay -S xkblayout
  4. Clone this repostory git clone https://github.com/anas-elgarhy/dwm-anas.git
  5. Go to the source directory cd dwm-anas/src
  6. Build and install sudo make install clean
  7. Enjoy 😉

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