chadwm (Initial look)

• NOTE: This is vanilla dwm bar (status2d patch for setting colors) not dwmblocks or polybar.

Tag preview (while hovering tag icon)

Requirements

• dash (shell)
• imlib2
• xsetroot package ( status2d uses this to add colors on dwmbar)
• JetbrainsMono Nerd Font (or any nerd font) and Material design icon font

Setup

git clone https://github.com/siduck/chadwm --depth 1
mv chadwm ~/.config
cd ~/.config/chadwm/chadwm
sudo make install

• copy the stuff from fonts folder to your ~/.local/share/fonts
• autostart script in the scripts dir is just an example one so it must be adjusted for your liking!

Run chadwm

Run the autostart file from .xinitrc

(.xinitrc file)

#!/bin/sh

exec ~/.config/chadwm/scripts/./autostart

OR

Create a desktop entry

touch /usr/share/xsessions/chadwm.desktop  

[Desktop Entry]
Name=chadwm
Comment=dwm made beautiful 
Exec= ~/.config/chadwm/scripts/./autostart 
Type=Application 

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Recompile

• You need to recompile dwm after every change you make in its src code

cd ~/.config/chadwm/chadwm
rm config.h
sudo make install

Change themes

• Bar : in bar.sh and config.def.h
• eww : in eww.scss
• rofi : in config.rasi

Credits

• HUGE THANKS to eProTaLT83. I wanted certain features in dwm like tabbar in monocle , tagpreview etc and he implemented my ideas and created patches for me! I cant even count the number of times he has helped me :v
• @fitrh helped with colorful tag patch
• 6gk, eww's pure posix fetch functions taken from here

Patches

• barpadding
• bottomstack
• cfacts
• dragmfact
• dragcfact (took from bakkeby's build)
• fibonacii
• gaplessgrid
• horizgrid
• movestack
• vanity gaps
• colorful tags
• statuspadding
• status2d
• underline tags
• notitle