Welcome to my AwesomeWM configuration files!
so yeah now i'm using awesomewm, looks like i'll be use this wm forever.
Because only this wm can satisfy me.
Fyi, I use night colorscheme, and it's so beautiful.
These dotfiles are made with love, for sure.
Here are some details about my setup:
Programs | Using |
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WM | awesome-git |
OS | arch linux |
Terminal | alacritty |
Shell | zsh |
Editor | neovim / vscode |
Compositor | picom |
Launcher | rofi |
S E T U P
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Install dependencies and enable services
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Dependencies
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Arch Linux (and all Arch-based distributions)
Assuming your AUR helper is
yay
yay -S awesome-git picom-ibhagwan-git alacritty rofi todo-bin acpi acpid \ wireless_tools jq inotify-tools polkit-gnome xdotool xclip maim \ brightnessctl alsa-utils alsa-tools pulseaudio lm_sensors \ mpd mpc mpdris2 ncmpcpp playerctl --needed
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Services
# For automatically launching mpd on login systemctl --user enable mpd.service systemctl --user start mpd.service # For charger plug/unplug events (if you have a battery) sudo systemctl enable acpid.service sudo systemctl start acpid.service
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Install needed fonts
You will need to install a few fonts (mainly icon fonts) in order for text and icons to be rendered properly.
Necessary fonts:
Once you download them and unpack them, place them into
~/.fonts
or~/.local/share/fonts
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Install my AwesomeWM configuration files
Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/rxyhn/AwesomeWM-Dotfiles.git cd AwesomeWM-Dotfiles
Copy config and binaries files
cp -r ./config/* ~/.config/ cp -r ./bin/* ~/.local/bin/ cp -r ./misc/. ~/
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Configure stuff
The relevant files are inside your
~/.config/awesome
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User preferences and default applications
In
rc.lua
there is a Default Applications section where user preferences and default applications are defined. You should change those to your liking.Note: For the weather widgets to work, you will also need to create an account on openweathermap, get your key, look for your city ID, and set
openweathermap_key
andopenweathermap_city_id
accordingly.
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Lastly, log out from your current desktop session and log in into AwesomeWM.
F E A T U R E S
These are the features included in my AwesomeWM setups!
- Aesthetic
Dashboard
ngl. - Notification Center
- Control Panel
- ToDo Reminder
- Battery Indicator
- PopUp Notifications
- Applications Launcher
- Custom mouse-friendly
ncmpcpp
UI with album art ofc. - Word Clock Lockscreen with PAM Integration
- Some Tooltip Widget
- Hardware Monitor
- Beautiful
colorscheme
ikr, namednight
and created by ner0z
K E Y B I N D S
I use super AKA Windows key as my main modifier. also with alt, shift, and ctrl
Keyboard
Keybind | Action |
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super + enter | Spawn terminal |
super + w | Spawn web browser |
super + x | Spawn color picker |
super + f | Spawn file manager |
super + d | Launch applications launcher |
super + shift + d | Toggle dashboard |
super + q | Close client |
super + ctrl + l | Toggle lock screen |
super + [1-0] | View tag AKA change workspace (for you i3/bsp folks) |
super + shift + [1-0] | Move focused client to tag |
super + space | Select next layout |
super + s | Set tiling layout |
super + shift + s | Set floating layout |
super + c | Center floating client |
super + [arrow keys] | Change focus by direction |
super + shift + f | Toggle fullscreen |
super + m | Toggle maximize |
super + n | Minimize |
ctrl + shift + n | Restore minimized |
alt + tab | Window switcher |
Mouse on the desktop
Mousebind | Action |
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left click |
Dismiss all notifications |
right click |
App drawer |
middle click |
Toggle Dashboard |
scroll up/down |
Cycle through tags |
... And many many more! for more information, you can check awesome/configuration/keys.lua
Acknowledgements
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Credits
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Special thanks to