nb: I’ve moved to nixOS now and have been updating this repo with my dotfiles. If you’re keen to see the configuration.nix go here.
Here is what ‘my’ Sway looks like:
I received a test laptop from our work supplier. It’s a Lenovo ThinkPad P16s. Initial boot had some issues with the laptop lid and resume (i.e. when I closed the lid the laptop screen would turn off but not wake up after suspend resumed)
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version
If the response is less than 1.30/1.10 then I recommend upgrading.
The fix for this was to update the BIOS. Lenovo released a new version on 22nd December 2022 which addressed this issue and some others for Linux.
A weird thing happened with Chrome when I installed it, is that I could not use file browser (Nautilus) to ‘save as’ on images for example. I had to go to the chrome://flags/ and search Ozone and change the platform to Wayland. Firefox however operated as expected.
Some things I personally need in a desktop experience:
- Monitor management
- Bluetooth and audio input/output management
- Ability to logically navigate windows with keybindings
- Lock screen and normal idle/suspend behaviour must be present
- Screenshot (grim) and edit (swappy/slurp)
Updated: 16/03/23 - it’s been a while since I did anything on here.
- Added script to symbolically link folders back to the repo folder (it can be used without editing)
- Some more CSS adjustments, kinda moved away from the initial waybar layout and included a wallpaper I preferred
- [TODO] More to come on this…
I’ve been using Doom Emacs recently and got inspiration from a built in theme ‘doom-shades-of-purple’. I’ve tried to link the colour and theme to all the features added below. This is very much WIP and I will continue as I test the device.
Fuzzel does what it needs to do and is styled like the rest of the theme using the colors of shades-of-purple. Fuzzel seems really easy to configure.
Mako is an alternative to Dunst/Rofication. I use Dunst in my Regolith set up which works really well. Mako is just as cusomisable. I amended my config file to include all the parameters from the man page so I can build it out in time. Keen to explore the menu option.
- added battery notification for low and critical:
"states": {
"warning": 15,
"critical": 5
}
Grim and Slurp/Swappy
I use screengrab and area grabs a lot. Some I just need to go straight to clipboard and others I want to add context with an editor.
Added many Regolith keybindings and some more nice to haves - like switch to window resize (mod+r) and arrows for resize plus hold shift for a bigger jump.
input "1267:12811:ELAN0683:00_04F3:320B_Touchpad" {
accel_profile "adaptive"
pointer_accel 0.80
}
bindgesture swipe:right workspace prev
bindgesture swipe:left workspace next
bindgesture swipe:up exec $termWas keen to add some config to the touchpad of the Thinkpad. Amended sensitivity using adaptive and accel value. The bindgesture is a new feature in Sway apparently.
- Swipe right/left: Workspace switch
- Swipe up: launch terminal
Styled a bit, but more a WIP. Note: Gave up on swaylock-effects as I found it was crashing if I plugged external monitors in whilst locked. This didn’t seem like a great idea so I’ve now changed back to the swaylock in installed with dnf.
Waybar is a really cool, sway specific equivalent to something like Polybar. I really like Waybar and using CSS to style it. This is different to Polybar which feels it has a higher entry level for tweaking.
I amended the theme to remove the Fedora logo on the splash screen (spinner theme) in favour of the Sway logo:
note: You will need to check the current theme and replace anything after themes below.
sudo mv /usr/share/plymouth/themes/theme/currentlogo.png /usr/share/themes/theme/currentlogo.png.bac sudo cp /path/to/logo.png /usr/share/plymouth/themes/theme/nameofcurrentlogo.png # Then refresh the theme: plymouth-set-default-theme -R theme