# -*- mode: org; -*- #+TITLE: {{{hl}}} configuration file #+AUTHOR: Marius Peter #+DATE: <2021-08-01 Sun> #+PROPERTY: header-args :tangle "~/.config/herbstluftwm/autostart" #+PROPERTY: header-args+ :shebang "#!/usr/bin/env bash" #+SETUPFILE: ~/.emacs.d/templates/documents/gnu-default.setup #+INCLUDE: ~/.emacs.d/templates/documents/default-title.org #+MACRO: hl Herbstluftwm * Introduction This is my literate configuration for {{{hl}}}. It is a manual tiling window manager and has the particularity of being configured via the ~herbstclient~ program. #+begin_center \Huge\textbf{Herbstluft}\\ \normalsize\textit{autumn air} #+end_center * Early setup ** Compositor #+BEGIN_SRC shell killall picom picom & #+END_SRC ** Definitions We begin by defining a shorthand name for the ~herbstclient~ program: #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc() { herbstclient "$@" } #+END_SRC Choice of Modkey. Mod1 is Alt, Mod4 is Super. #+BEGIN_SRC shell Mod=Mod4 #+END_SRC ** ~Plank~ dock #+BEGIN_SRC shell killall plank plank & #+END_SRC ** TODO Basic We make {{{hl}}} execute code associated with the ~reload~ hook. #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc emit_hook reload #+END_SRC We set the color of the default window bar. #+BEGIN_SRC shell xsetroot -solid '#5A8E3A' #+END_SRC * Keybindings We remove all existing keybindings. #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc keyunbind --all #+END_SRC ** Open programs interactively #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc keybind $Mod-d spawn dmenu_run #+END_SRC ** Basic interaction with {{{hl}}} #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc keybind $Mod-Shift-q quit hc keybind $Mod-Shift-r reload hc keybind $Mod-Shift-c close #+END_SRC ** Spawn a terminal We use our $TERMINAL with ~xfce4-terminal~ as fallback. #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc keybind $Mod-Return spawn "${TERMINAL:-xfce4-terminal}" #+END_SRC ** Movement Basic movement in tiling and floating mode focusing clients. #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc keybind $Mod-Left focus left hc keybind $Mod-Down focus down hc keybind $Mod-Up focus up hc keybind $Mod-Right focus right hc keybind $Mod-h focus left hc keybind $Mod-j focus down hc keybind $Mod-k focus up hc keybind $Mod-l focus right #+END_SRC Moving clients in tiling and floating mode. #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc keybind $Mod-Shift-Left shift left hc keybind $Mod-Shift-Down shift down hc keybind $Mod-Shift-Up shift up hc keybind $Mod-Shift-Right shift right hc keybind $Mod-Shift-h shift left hc keybind $Mod-Shift-j shift down hc keybind $Mod-Shift-k shift up hc keybind $Mod-Shift-l shift right #+END_SRC ** Splitting frames Create an empty frame at the specified direction. #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc keybind $Mod-u split bottom 0.5 hc keybind $Mod-o split left 0.5 #+END_SRC We let the current frame explode into subframes. #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc keybind $Mod-Control-space split explode #+END_SRC ** Resizing frames and clients Resizing frames and floating clients. #+BEGIN_SRC shell resizestep=0.02 hc keybind $Mod-Control-h resize left +$resizestep hc keybind $Mod-Control-j resize down +$resizestep hc keybind $Mod-Control-k resize up +$resizestep hc keybind $Mod-Control-l resize right +$resizestep hc keybind $Mod-Control-Left resize left +$resizestep hc keybind $Mod-Control-Down resize down +$resizestep hc keybind $Mod-Control-Up resize up +$resizestep hc keybind $Mod-Control-Right resize right +$resizestep #+END_SRC ** Tags *** Basic definitions #+BEGIN_SRC shell tag_names=( {1..9} ) tag_keys=( {1..9} 0 ) hc rename default "${tag_names[0]}" || true for i in "${!tag_names[@]}" ; do hc add "${tag_names[$i]}" key="${tag_keys[$i]}" if ! [ -z "$key" ] ; then hc keybind "$Mod-$key" use_index "$i" hc keybind "$Mod-Shift-$key" move_index "$i" fi done #+END_SRC *** Cycle tags #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc keybind $Mod-period use_index +1 --skip-visible hc keybind $Mod-comma use_index -1 --skip-visible #+END_SRC *** Layouting #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc keybind $Mod-r remove hc keybind $Mod-s floating toggle # Schwebend = floating! hc keybind $Mod-f fullscreen toggle hc keybind $Mod-Shift-f set_attr clients.focus.floating toggle hc keybind $Mod-Shift-m set_attr clients.focus.minimized true hc keybind $Mod-Control-m jumpto last-minimized hc keybind $Mod-p pseudotile toggle #+END_SRC The following cycles through the available layouts within a frame, but skips layouts, if the layout change wouldn't affect the actual window positions. I.e. if there are two windows within a frame, the grid layout is skipped. #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc keybind $Mod-space \ or , and . compare tags.focus.curframe_wcount = 2 \ . cycle_layout +1 vertical horizontal max vertical grid \ , cycle_layout +1 #+END_SRC *** Mouse bindings #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc mouseunbind --all hc mousebind $Mod-Button1 move hc mousebind $Mod-Button2 zoom hc mousebind $Mod-Button3 resize #+END_SRC *** Cycle the active screens #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc keybind $Mod-Tab cycle_all +1 hc keybind $Mod-Shift-Tab cycle_all -1 #+END_SRC This is a ``shorter'' shortcut. #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc keybind $Mod-c cycle_all +1 #+END_SRC *** Jump to to next urgent program Super useful when getting prompted for permissions in a browser on a different tag! #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc keybind $Mod-i jumpto urgent #+END_SRC * Theme ** Basic #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc attr theme.tiling.reset 1 hc attr theme.floating.reset 1 #+END_SRC ** Frames #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc set frame_border_active_color '#222222cc' hc set frame_border_normal_color '#101010cc' hc set frame_bg_normal_color '#565656aa' hc set frame_bg_active_color '#345F0Caa' hc set frame_border_width 1 hc set always_show_frame on hc set frame_bg_transparent on hc set frame_transparent_width 3 #+END_SRC We have a grand total of 4 pixels dedicated to the frame borders, per frame---so six pixels wasted at most. ** Gap between frames We set no gap between frames and other frames/monitors. #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc set frame_gap 0 #+END_SRC ** Windows *** Basic #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc attr theme.title_height 24 hc attr theme.title_font 'Hack:pixelsize=20' # example using Xft # hc attr theme.title_font '-*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*' hc attr theme.padding_top 10 # space below the title's baseline (i.e. text depth) hc attr theme.active.color '#345F0Cef' hc attr theme.title_color '#ffffff' hc attr theme.normal.color '#323232dd' hc attr theme.urgent.color '#7811A1dd' hc attr theme.normal.title_color '#898989' hc attr theme.inner_width 1 hc attr theme.inner_color black hc attr theme.border_width 1 hc attr theme.floating.border_width 12 hc attr theme.floating.outer_width 1 hc attr theme.floating.outer_color black hc attr theme.active.inner_color '#789161' hc attr theme.urgent.inner_color '#9A65B0' hc attr theme.normal.inner_color '#606060' #+END_SRC Copy ~inner_color~ to ~outer_color~. #+BEGIN_SRC shell for state in active urgent normal ; do hc substitute C theme.${state}.inner_color \ attr theme.${state}.outer_color C done hc attr theme.active.outer_width 1 hc attr theme.background_color '#141414' #+END_SRC *** Appearance Gap between windows, tiled in a frame. #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc set window_gap 32 #+END_SRC We could reserve extra room on the edges common to all the tiled windows. (Despite being a frame parameter, it really applies to the sum total of tiled windows in a given frame, so it belongs to this section). #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc set frame_padding 0 #+END_SRC If only one frame exists on a given monitor, no border gap is added to the unique frame. But since we set the frame gap to 0, this has no effect. #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc set smart_frame_surroundings off #+END_SRC If only one window exists in a given frame, the border gap between the window and the frame may be omitted. #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc set smart_window_surroundings off #+END_SRC #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc set mouse_recenter_gap 0 #+END_SRC ** Rules First, we cancel all previously bound rules. #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc unrule -F #hc rule class=XTerm tag=3 # move all xterms to tag 3 hc rule focus=on # normally focus new clients hc rule floatplacement=smart #hc rule focus=off # normally do not focus new clients # give focus to most common terminals #hc rule class~'(.*[Rr]xvt.*|.*[Tt]erm|Konsole)' focus=on hc rule windowtype~'_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_(DIALOG|UTILITY|SPLASH)' floating=on hc rule windowtype='_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG' focus=on hc rule windowtype~'_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_(NOTIFICATION|DOCK|DESKTOP)' manage=off hc set tree_style '╾│ ├└╼─┐' #+END_SRC ** Unlock monitors #+BEGIN_SRC shell hc unlock #+END_SRC ** Multi-monitor setup #+BEGIN_SRC shell # do multi monitor setup here, e.g.: # hc set_monitors 1280x1024+0+0 1280x1024+1280+0 # or simply: # hc detect_monitors #+END_SRC ** Panel So nice ** TODO Vanilla shell panel # Add panel in here, literally #+BEGIN_SRC shell #+END_SRC #+BEGIN_SRC shell panel=~/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh [ -x "$panel" ] || panel=/etc/xdg/herbstluftwm/panel.sh for monitor in $(hc list_monitors | cut -d: -f1) ; do # start it on each monitor "$panel" "$monitor" & done #+END_SRC ** COMMENT Xmobar #+BEGIN_SRC shell killall xmobar # xmobar & #+END_SRC