literate-dotfiles/bspwm.org

#+TITLE: BSPWM
:DRAWER:
#+STARTUP: overview

#+LANGUAGE: en
#+EMAIL: dehaeze.thomas@gmail.com
#+AUTHOR: Dehaeze Thomas

#+HTML_LINK_HOME: ./index.html
#+HTML_LINK_UP: ./index.html

#+HTML_HEAD: <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./css/htmlize.css"/>
#+HTML_HEAD: <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./css/readtheorg.css"/>
#+HTML_HEAD: <script type="text/javascript" src="./js/jquery.min.js"></script>
#+HTML_HEAD: <script type="text/javascript" src="./js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
#+HTML_HEAD: <script type="text/javascript" src="./js/jquery.stickytableheaders.min.js"></script>
#+HTML_HEAD: <script type="text/javascript" src="./js/readtheorg.js"></script>

#+PROPERTY: header-args:bash  :comments both
#+PROPERTY: header-args:bash+ :mkdirp yes
#+PROPERTY: header-args:bash+ :shebang "#!/bin/sh"
#+PROPERTY: header-args:bash+ :tangle ~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc
:END:

* List Desktops
#+begin_src bash
  bspc monitor -d code web mail misc figs
#+end_src

* Basic Config
#+begin_src bash
  bspc config border_width         1
  bspc config window_gap           8
  bspc config top_padding         27 # top_padding I set equal to polybar's height

  bspc config split_ratio          0.52
  bspc config borderless_monocle   true
  bspc config gapless_monocle      true

  bspc config focus_follows_pointer       true
#+end_src

* Colors
#+begin_src bash
  bspc config normal_border_color \#32302f
  bspc config focused_border_color \#bdae93
#+end_src

* Rules
Use =xprop= to obtain information about the window.

#+begin_src bash
  # If refreshing bspwm, remove all previous rules to prevent doubling up.
  bspc rule -r "*"

  bspc rule --add qutebrowser desktop='web' follow=on state=tiled
  bspc rule --add Emacs desktop='code' follow=on state=tiled

  bspc rule --add Zathura state=tiled

  bspc rule --add Pavucontrol state=floating
  bspc rule --add Blueman-manager state=floating
#+end_src

* Run Polybar and SXHKD
#+begin_src bash
  $HOME/.config/polybar/scripts/launch.sh
  sxhkd -m 1 -c ~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc.bspwm &
#+end_src