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# Wayland desktop environment
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Contains:
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[riverwm](https://github.com/riverwm/river)
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[waybar](https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar)
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mako -- notification daemon
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font settings
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kanshi -- display output setup
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The thoughts below are overhauled and fairly old - they are still based on my first days and weeks on wayland.
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Takeaway is this: I love the river wm, waybar is unexciting but does what it's supposed to and the wayland environment is totally worth it.
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---
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My first foray into wayland is based on river,
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a tiling window manager somewhat based on bspwm.
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This is only a very work-in-progress README file.
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Since wayland handles key presses and so on completely differently
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from X,
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I can't for example use sxhkd anymore which is a shame.
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On the other hand, there is an amazing key *re* binding tool
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(which also works under X I've now found out)
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`keyd` which takes care of some X functionality (xcape) at a lower level.
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I have not found a good replacement for `clutter`
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(which automatically hides your mouse cursor after inactivity)
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which is independent from the window manager.
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I believe `swaywm` would include similar functionality, but `river` does not.
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## River
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River is set up to come close to my old i3 setup.
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Of course, some mappings are different
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(especially those for movement between windows),
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but overall the keys map to the old ones.
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Since the window manager now also takes over the task of compositor
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and does not pass through all keys to all programs,
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it takes over the role of `sxhkd` as well and summons other programs.
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I am not entirely sure how I feel about this bundling of tasks into one application,
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but so far it works.
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Since river is also, mimicking bspwm, using an executable file
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(any executable file)
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as its configuration file it is also reasonable that the setup can be tamed and refactored better than a single i3 configuration file.
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## Waybar
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Waybar replaces the old [polybar](https://gitlab.com/marty-oehme/dotfiles/-/tree/89d1402b3e711c4aa473386e47e84f3593e5ae56/polybar) setup.
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It displays the first 10 tags on its left,
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with tags highlighted that are either occupied by windows or currently in focus.
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In the center it displays a clock which can be clicked to open a simple calendar.
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To the right is where most of the info modules are:
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If there are upcoming events listed for the khal application, it will display a calendar module here.
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If music is playing through an mpris-compatible player, its status is shown here.
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If a connection through wireguard or over a vpn tunnel is established, it is shown here.
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Then, from left to right, audio, brightness, wifi, cpu, ram, temperature, and battery information are displayed.
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Some displays have alternative display states, with for example the battery showing remaining time and ram information showing used and total available.
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Clicking on:
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* audio opens pulsemixer
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* network opens nmtui
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* cpu opens top (or glances on right-click)
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* temperature shows sensors
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## keyd
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keyd is set up within `/etc/` and not in the dotfiles themselves.
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If using the included `./install.sh` file, there is an option to also set up files outside the home directory, including keyd options.
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It is configured through `/etc/keyd/default.cfg`.
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Currently, it takes care of mapping `capslock` to both control and escape (depending on if its used alone or with other keys),
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as well as adding some German characters that I am otherwise missing on my en_US keyboard.
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Lastly, it allows easy clipboard pasting with the `insert` key.
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## Swaybg
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`swaybg` is used to set the wallpaper from the river configuration file.
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## Missing
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things not yet set up:
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* [-] modes: media, academia (worth?)
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* [ ] display current desktop mode in status bar
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