Adrian's dotfiles

This is the repository for my dotfiles for Sway, forked from Flipe Facundes.

Dependencies

Important

This dotfile has configuration specific to SwayFX, if you're using Sway, please comment out the configuration section used by SwayFX.

The dotfiles configuration references a lot of packages that may not be installed on your system:

swayfx swayidle swaybg waybar rofi wlrctl cliphist lights ly kwalletd6 rofi-power-menu grim wl-clipboard xorg-xprop libpulse dunst rofi-pulse-select soteria keepmenu python-pykeepass ydotool

Dependency table

Name	Reason
swayfx	Window manager ¯_(ツ)_/¯
swayidle	Puts your computer to sleep after certain amount of time.
swaybg	Wallpaper util
waybar	Status bar
rofi	Application/power menu, also used for switching audio in/outputs and accessing KeePass DBs.
wlrctl	Moving the cursor with keyboard keybinds.
cliphist	Waybar's "[Clipboard]" button uses to show clipboard history.
lights	Backlight control
ly	Login screen
kwalletd6	Keyring
rofi-power-menu	Power options provider for Rofi
grim	Used to select screen sections for screenshots, only needed for selection screenshot.
wl-clipboard	Provides control over Wayland clipboard.
xorg-xprop	Used to set XWayland display scale.
libpulse
dunst	Delivers notifications, some apps (Electron-based) will hang when you receive a notification if it's not present.
rofi-pulse-select	Provides audio in/output for Rofi.
soteria	Polkit, asks for elevation when needed. Akin to Windows' ACL.
keepmenu	KeePass provider for Rofi
python-pykeepass	Dependency of KeepMenu
ydotool	KeepMenu uses this to type passwords.

SwayWM

Changing language

This is not a tutorial on changing your system language, this will only change the language of the configuration strings.

In .config/sway/config replace XX from the line import strings_XX to a language code matching a language file in that same directory.

Autostart applications

Edit .config/sway/startup and add exec yourapplication.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Default modifiers

• Mod is Super by default.
• Menu is the context menu button, generally only present in full-size keyboards.

Window management

• Mod+Shift+[Arrow Keys] Move windows
• Mod+Shift+Q Close window
• Ctrl+Alt+Esc Kill window
• Mod+Tab Toggle floating window for selection
• Alt+Tab Toggle focus between floating and tiling windows
• Mod+Shift+C Move window to center
• Mod+F Toggle fullscreen mode
• Mod+S Layout toggle split
• Mod+W Layout toggle tabbed
• Mod+A Layout toggle stacked
• Mod+Shift+[Arrow Keys] Move window to workspace In .config/sway/config replace XX from the line import strings_XX to a language code matching a language file in that same directory.

Resize mode

• Mod+R Enter resize mode
• Esc/Return Exit resize mode
• [Arrow Keys] Resize window

Window Navigation

• Mod+[Arrow Keys] Navigate through windows
• Mod+[Number Keys] Navigate through workspaces
• Mod+D Go back and forth on workspaces

Cursor navigation

• Mod+Equal/Mod+Next Right mouse button click
• Mod+Minus/Mod+KP_7 Left mouse button click
• Mod+Ctrl+[Arrow Keys] Move cursor

Media

• XF86AudioRaiseVolume (volume up button) raises volume
• XF86AudioLowerVolume (volume down button) lowers volume
• XF86AudioMute (mute button) mutes the volume
• Mod+P Opens volume control (pavucontrol)
• XF86MonBrightnessUp (brightness up button) raises brightness
• XF86MonBrightnessDown (brightness down button) lowers brightness
• XF86ScreenSaver (screen saver button) set brightness to 0
• Alt+Space Pause media playback

Applications

• Mod+Space Application launcher (Rofi)
• Mod+Enter Terminal (Kitty)
• Mod+Esc Task manager (HTOP)
• Ctrl+Mod+F Web browser (Floorp)
• Mod+E File explorer (xdg-open)
• Print Select screen area to save to clipboard
• Ctrl+Print Saves a full screenshot to clipboard
• Ctrl+Shift+Print Saves a full screenshot to ${HOME}/Pictures/Capture/${date + "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"} - Capture.png)
• Ctrl+Alt+R OBS Studio

KeePass

• Menu Access loaded KeePass DB (if not loaded it will prompt for the DB directory, use the shortcut below to open the default DB)
• Mod+Menu Load and open default DB (defined in the config)

System

• Ctrl+L Lock with swaylock
• Ctrl+Shift+L Power options (Rofi)
• Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Delete Power off
• Mod+U System update (pacman -Syu)
• Mod+Ctrl+R Reload Sway
• Mod+Shift+E Exit Sway
• Ctrl+Mod+Q Kill Sway
• Alt+Apostrophe Change audio output (sink)
• Alt+Shift+Apostrophe Change audio input (source)

ly display manager

You can also replace your display manager with ly, a TUI display manager. The config file in .config/ly/ will not work, you have to copy it to /etc/ly/config.ini after installing the package ly and enabling the systemd service (also, disable your current DM).