suckless-tools

Tweaks and patches for a variety of suckless utilities.

tools

• dwm
• dwmblocks (not official suckless tool. useful for dwm.)
• dmenu
• slock

patches

dwm:

• fonts, uses ubuntu mono nerd font. installable from aur: nerd-fonts-ubuntu-mono
• matches arc-dark gtk theme
• super modkey
• gaps when there are multiple windows on screen

dwmblocks:

• changes that thing up at the top panel that says "dwm-6.2"
• adds panel for kernel version, pacman+aur updates (requires pacman-contrib and checkupdates+aur, installable from aur), memory usage, and date/time

dmenu:

• font change, uses ubuntu mono nerd font. installable from aur: nerd-fonts-ubuntu-mono
• color changes, integrates with arc-dark gtk theme
• shows # of programs under search/# of total programs
• fuzzy highlighting
• mouse support -- you can click on selections

slock:

• message appears in slock. uses some random font, no need for installation
• blurs screen, uses as background

installation

all of these programs are installed by navigating to the directory, and executing make install as root.