HPR3274: My Custom dwm Setup

• Intro - video on yt, audio on hpr https://youtu.be/EMFMyxYch14
• Who am I? arfab, clearnitesky, trumpetplanet
• my email has changed since my first hpr episode - thanks lavabit!
• You can now use hello@richcolq.xyz
• My previous episode was 0618

1. Story of ricing my own desktop:
   • Always been into customising look/feel, never satisfied
   • Found Luke Smith and liked i3, made own version.
   • Pandemic hits! Started learning Python, JavaScript but had no real use for them...
   • Made a website (inspired by disconnecting from social media)
   • check out richcolq.xyz and github.com/clearnitesky
2. What programs am I using?
   • dwm (obviously)
   • dmenu
   • st
   • surf / brave
   • sxhkd - various short cuts sorted by purpose
   • dunst
   • sxiv/feh
   • zathura
   • my status stuff using dwmstat script
   • a look in ~/.local/bin
   • I recently learned about awk and rewrote all icon scripts which is what inspired me to record this episode.
3. What next?
   • Is it necessary to patch dwm? Probably not.
     I've come to believe that the real value in these experiments has come from my custom status scripts and keyboard shortcuts - not from patching new features into dwm. It does what I need it to (manage windows!)
4. Thanks for watching!

Comments

More Information...