dotfiles-swayfx

Warning

These dotfiles are now abandoned as I have now moved from swayfx to Hyprland, these are just as a backup, in case I rm -rf my .config dir.

Dotfiles for my sway workflow

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How to install ?

There's a few steps involved in the installation process:

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/the-fuckin-nobody/dotfiles-swayfx ~/
   

2. Install the following packages from the arch repo: (Assuming, you are using Arch Linux)

   • foot (An awesome terminal emulator by dnkl that supports rendering images using sixel)
   • waybar (A heavily customizable status bar for wayland)
   • fish (A smart and user-friendly command line shell for Linux, macOS, and the rest of the family.)
   • starship (The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell! )
   • neovim (Hyperextensible Vim-based text editor configurable through lua.)
   • dunst (A highly customizable yet lighweight notification daemon.)
   • kvantum (Useful for styling qt applications.)
   • qt5ct (Applying themes for qt5 applications.)
   • qt6ct (Applying themes for qt6 applications.)
   • swayimg (A lightweight image viewer for wayland.)
   • jq (A Command-line JSON processor)
   • slurp (Select a region in a Wayland Compositor)
   • pacman-contrib (Contributed scripts and tools for pacman systems.)
   • ttf-iosevkaterm-nerd
   • ttf-fantasque-nerd
   • wl-clipboard (Provides commands like wl-copy and wl-paste)
   • rofi-emoji (Emoji selection via rofi)
   • dolphin (A super extensible and powerful file manager by KDE)
   • ark (File archiver by KDE)
   • [****]

   Alternatively you can use the following command to install all of the above packages:

   sudo pacman -Syyu foot waybar fish starship neovim dunst kvantum qt5ct qt6ct swayimg slurp pacman-contrib jq ttf-iosevkaterm-nerd ttf-fantasque-nerd rofi-emoji wl-clipboard dolhin
   

3. Install the following packages from the AUR, manually or from your favourite AUR helper like paru:

   • swayfx-git (Sway, but with eye candy!)
   • hyprpicker-git (A color picker utility for Hyprland and other wlroots based compositors.)
   • rofi-lbonn-wayland-git (A Rofi fork with native wayland support.)
   • swaylock-effects-imporved-git (A fancier screen locker for Wayland.)
   • wayshot (A Screenshot utility for wl-roots based compositors written in Rust.)
   • sddm-git (A QML based display manager for X11 and Wayland.)
   • ttf-apple-emoji (Apple Color Emoji's)

   If you are using paru, you can run the following command in your terminal to install all of the above packages:

   paru -Syyu swayfx-git swaylock-effects-improved-git rofi-lbonn-wayland-git hyprpicker-git wayshot sddm-git ttf-apple-emoji
   

4. Now copy all the files in the config folder to the ~/.config/folder:

   cd ~/dotfiles-swayfx/
   cp -r * ~/.config/
   

   Note: Be sure to create a backup of the following folders in your config file before running the above command:

   nvim
   foot
   dunst
   rofi
   Kvantum
   sway
   swaylock
   zathura
   

5. Copy all the files in the bin folder to the ~/.local/bin/ folder:

   mkdir -p ~/.local/bin/
   cd ~/dotfiles-swayfx/
   cp -r bin/* ~/.local/bin 
   

6. Copy all the files in the share folder to the ~/.local/share/ folder:

   mkdir -p ~/.local/share/themes/
   mkdir -p ~/.local/share/icons/
   mkdir -p ~/.local/share/wallpapers/
   cd ~/dotfiles-swayfx/
   cp -r share/icons/* ~/.local/share/icons/
   cp -r share/themes/* ~/.local/share/themes/
   cp -r share/wallpapers/* ~/.local/share/wallpapers
   

7. Install the sddm theme:

   cd ~/dotfiles-swayfx/
   sudo cp -r sddm/kanagawa /usr/share/sddm/themes/
   sudo cp sddm/sddm.conf /etc/
   

8. Copy the environment file to the /etc folder:

   cd ~/dotfiles-swayfx
   sudo cp environment /etc/environment
   

Keymaps

+ SUPER+SHIFT+R -> reload sway
+ SUPER+SHIFT+E -> exit sway
+ SUPER+q -> close/kill the current window
+ SUPER+f -> fullscreen the current window
+ SUPER+[1-8] -> switch to workspaces[1-8]
+ SUPER+SHIFT+[1-8] -> move current window to workspaces[1-8]
+ SUPER+SHIFT

Note:

• The themes for QT applications won't apply by themselves, Following are the steps to do so:
  • Open qt5ct/qt6ct from terminal or rofi
  • Change the style to Kvantum
  • Change the font if you want to
  • Open kvantummanager, then apply the Kanagawa theme from the dropdown menu
  • Close all the QT apps and reopen them

I have just included a single wallpaper here, to keep the size of the repo as minimal as possible. So if you need more wallpapers, check out this repository

The setup must now be completed! Just give your system a reboot :-)

I cannot gaurantee if it'll work perfectly for you. So feel free to raise issue if you encounter one, I'll be more than happy to help!