literate-dotfiles/bspwm.org

BSPWM

• List Desktops
• Basic Config
• Colors
• Rules
• Run Polybar and SXHKD

List Desktops

  bspc monitor -d code web mail misc figs

Basic Config

  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

Colors

  bspc config normal_border_color \#32302f
  bspc config focused_border_color \#bdae93

Rules

Use xprop to obtain information about the window.

  # 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

Run Polybar and SXHKD

  polybar top >>/tmp/polybar.log 2>&1 &
  sxhkd -m 1 -c ~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc.bspwm &