AwesomeWM Dotfiles

Welcome to my AwesomeWM configuration files!

so yeah now i'm using awesomewm, looks like i'll be use this wm forever.

Because only this wm can satisfy me.

Fyi, I use night colorscheme, and it's so beautiful.

These dotfiles are made with love, for sure.

Here are some details about my setup:

Programs	Using
WM	awesome-git
OS	arch linux
Terminal	alacritty
Shell	zsh
Editor	neovim / vscode
Compositor	picom
Launcher	rofi

S E T U P

1. Install dependencies and enable services

   • Dependencies

     • Arch Linux (and all Arch-based distributions)

       Assuming your AUR helper is yay

       yay -S awesome-git picom-ibhagwan-git alacritty rofi todo-bin acpi acpid \
       wireless_tools jq inotify-tools polkit-gnome xdotool xclip maim \
       brightnessctl alsa-utils alsa-tools pulseaudio lm_sensors \
       mpd mpc mpdris2 ncmpcpp playerctl --needed 
       

   • Services

     # For automatically launching mpd on login
     systemctl --user enable mpd.service
     systemctl --user start mpd.service
     # For charger plug/unplug events (if you have a battery)
     sudo systemctl enable acpid.service
     sudo systemctl start acpid.service
     

2. Install needed fonts

   You will need to install a few fonts (mainly icon fonts) in order for text and icons to be rendered properly.

   Necessary fonts:

   • Iosevka - here
   • Icomoon - here
   • Material - here

   Once you download them and unpack them, place them into ~/.fonts or ~/.local/share/fonts.

3. Install my AwesomeWM configuration files

   Clone this repository

   git clone https://github.com/rxyhn/AwesomeWM-Dotfiles.git
   cd AwesomeWM-Dotfiles
   

   Copy config and binaries files

    cp -r ./config/* ~/.config/
    cp -r ./bin/* ~/.local/bin/
    cp -r ./misc/. ~/
   

4. Configure stuff

   The relevant files are inside your ~/.config/awesome directory.

   • User preferences and default applications

     In rc.lua there is a Default Applications section where user preferences and default applications are defined. You should change those to your liking.

     Note: For the weather widgets to work, you will also need to create an account on openweathermap, get your key, look for your city ID, and set openweathermap_key and openweathermap_city_id accordingly.

5. Lastly, log out from your current desktop session and log in into AwesomeWM.

F E A T U R E S

These are the features included in my AwesomeWM setups!

• Aesthetic Dashboard ngl.
• Notification Center
• Control Panel
• ToDo Reminder
• Battery Indicator
• PopUp Notifications
• Applications Launcher
• Custom mouse-friendly ncmpcpp UI with album art ofc.
• Word Clock Lockscreen with PAM Integration
• Some Tooltip Widget
• Hardware Monitor
• Beautiful colorscheme ikr, named night and created by ner0z

K E Y B I N D S

I use super AKA Windows key as my main modifier. also with alt, shift, and ctrl

Keyboard

Keybind	Action
super + enter	Spawn terminal
super + w	Spawn web browser
super + x	Spawn color picker
super + f	Spawn file manager
super + d	Launch applications launcher
super + shift + d	Toggle dashboard
super + q	Close client
super + ctrl + l	Toggle lock screen
super + [1-0]	View tag AKA change workspace (for you i3/bsp folks)
super + shift + [1-0]	Move focused client to tag
super + space	Select next layout
super + s	Set tiling layout
super + shift + s	Set floating layout
super + c	Center floating client
super + [arrow keys]	Change focus by direction
super + shift + f	Toggle fullscreen
super + m	Toggle maximize
super + n	Minimize
ctrl + shift + n	Restore minimized
alt + tab	Window switcher

Mouse on the desktop

Mousebind	Action
left click	Dismiss all notifications
right click	App drawer
middle click	Toggle Dashboard
scroll up/down	Cycle through tags

... And many many more! for more information, you can check awesome/configuration/keys.lua

Acknowledgements

• Credits

  • ner0z

• Special thanks to

  • ChocolateBread799
  • JavaCafe01