💻 Dynamic Window Manager (DWM)

• Fonts

  • static const char *fonts[] = "hack:size=10";

  • static const char dmenufont[] = "hack:size=10";

• default terminal

  • static const char *termcmd[] = { "terminal-name", NULL };

• Fix window gaps

  • -- static cont int resizehints = 1;

  • ++ static cont int resizehints = 0;

• cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common ~/.xinitrc

  Recommended

• cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc

  Not recommended

• Add to ~/.xinitrc

  while true
  while true; do
      xsetroot -name " CentOS 8.1 | $USER@$HOSTNAME | $(hostname -I| awk '{print $1}') | $(date "+%F %R") "
      sleep 1m
  done &
  

  Status line output = CentOS 8.1 | chris@c1n1 | [IP ADDRESS] | 2023-02-05 18:28 (See below for date scripting)

• Add to ~/.xinitrc

• feh --bg-scale ~/Pictures/backgrounds/789948.jpg

• feh --bg-scale ~/Pictures/backgrounds/789948.jpg

  Twice because that was the only way it would work for sone reason

• Add to ~/.xinitrc

• exec dwm

• Save layout from arandr

• cat that layout to whatever dwm autostart script

• nixCraft: How To Format Date For Display or Use In a Shell Script