ferDev27's custom build of DWM

Contents

• Youtube showcase
• Patches included
• Extra features
• Future plans
• Dependencies
• Additional software
• Installation

Showcase

Suckless dwm

Patches

• alwayscenter
• attachbottom
• autostart(.local/share/dwm/autostart.sh)
• centeredmaster
• cursorwarp
• cyclelayouts
• grid
• movestack
• pertag
• rainbowtags
• status2d
• Systray
• statuspadding
• swallow
• titlecolor
• underlinetags
• uselessgap
• windowmap

Extra

• Monocle layout doesn't stack the windows.
• Customizable systray iconsize.
• Fix transparent borders when using a compositor like picom.
• Added dynamic layout symbol highlighting.
• Occupied tags match it's own color, box indicator removed.
• Fix gaps not displaying correctly.
• Tags highlight only when windows are open on them.

Future

Future plans and patches I would like to implement

• Keep it up to date with the latest dwm commits

Dependencies

If you use different software feel free to tweak the config.h file. Assuming a base install of Arch linux:

• First we will need some basic things:

sudo pacman -S base-devel xorg-server xorg-xinit libx11 libxinerama libxft webkit2gtk

Terminal:

• st

• Alacritty

sudo pacman -S alacritty

Menu:

• dmenu

File Manager:

• ranger

sudo pacman -S ranger

Internet browser:

sudo pacman -S qutebrowser
sudo pacman -S firefox

Screen and Audio:

• brightnessctl
• pulseaudio pamixer

sudo pacman -S brightnessctl pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa pamixer

Screenshots:

• scrot

sudo pacman -S scrot

Healthy Eyes

sudo pacman -S redshift 

Font:

• Ubuntu Mono Nerd Font

sudo pacman -S ttf-ubuntu-mono-nerd ttf-jetbrains-mono-nerd 

• Emoji font

sudo pacman -S noto-fonts-emoji

Status bar:

• dwmblocks

Notifications

• If you want notifications, you will need:

sudo pacman -S libnotify notification-daemon

sudo pacman -S dunst

• In the case of Tiling Window Managers, create this file:

sudo touch /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Notifications.service

And paste these:

[D-BUS Service]
Name=org.freedesktop.Notifications
Exec=/usr/lib/notification-daemon-1.0/notification-daemon

Check the Arch wiki for details

Additional software

Software that I use alongside the WM:

Compositor:

• picom

sudo pacman -S picom

Media:

• feh

sudo pacman -S feh

• lock screen

sudo pacman -S xautolock

• ffmpeg

sudo pacman -S ffmpeg

• sxiv

sudo pacman -S sxiv

• mpv

sudo pacman -S mpv

PDF Reader:

• zathura

sudo pacman -S zathura zathura-ps zathura-pdf-poppler 

Clipboard:

sudo pacman -S xclip 

Other:

• wmname

sudo pacman -S wmname pacman-contrib

• Xbanish

yay -S xbanish

Optional:

• Better formatting output:
  

sudo pacman -S jq tidy

• CLI picker and image processing

sudo pacman -S gpick imagemagick

Installation

I highly recommend placing the dwm folder into your .config folder and clone the repo

cd $HOME/.config
git clone https://github.com/ferDev27/dwm.git

I provide a simple install script for dwm, dmenu and dwmblocks

cd dwm/scripts 
./installScript