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# Swayr & Swayrbar |
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[](https://builds.sr.ht/~tsdh/swayr?) |
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[](https://crates.io/crates/swayr) |
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[](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html) |
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[](https://deps.rs/repo/sourcehut/~tsdh/swayr) |
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[](https://hitsofcode.com/sourcehut/~tsdh/swayr/view?branch=main) |
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## Table of Contents |
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* [Swayr](#swayr) |
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* [Swayrbar](#swayrbar) |
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* [Questions and patches](#questions-and-patches) |
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* [Bugs](#bugs) |
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* [Build status](#build-status) |
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* [License](#license) |
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## <a id="swayr">Swayr, a window-switcher & more for [sway](https://swaywm.org/)</a> |
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Swayr consists of a demon, and a client. The demon `swayrd` records |
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window/workspace creations, deletions, and focus changes using sway's JSON IPC |
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interface. The client `swayr` offers subcommands, see `swayr --help`, and |
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sends them to the demon which executes them. |
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### Swayr commands |
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The `swayr` binary provides many subcommands of different categories. |
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#### Non-menu switchers |
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Those are just commands that toggle between windows without spawning the menu |
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program. |
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* `switch-to-urgent-or-lru-window` switches to the next window with urgency |
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hint (if any) or to the last recently used window. |
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* `switch-to-app-or-urgent-or-lru-window` switches to a specific window matched |
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by application ID or window class unless it's already focused. In that case, |
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it acts just like `switch-to-urgent-or-lru-window`. For example, you can |
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provide "firefox" as argument to this command to have a convenient firefox |
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<-> last-recently-used window toggle. |
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* `switch-to-mark-or-urgent-or-lru-window` switches to a specific window |
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matched by mark (`con_mark`) unless it's already focused. In that case, it |
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acts just like `switch-to-urgent-or-lru-window`. For example, you can assign |
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a "browser" mark to your browser window (using a standard sway `for_window` |
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rule). Then you can provide "browser" as argument to this command to have a |
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convenient browser <-> last-recently-used window toggle. |
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#### Menu switchers |
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Those spawn a menu program where you can select a window (or workspace, or |
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output, etc.) and act on that. |
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* `switch-window` displays all windows in the order urgent first, then |
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last-recently-used, focused last and focuses the selected. |
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* `switch-workspace` displays all workspaces in LRU order and switches to the |
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selected one. |
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* `switch-output` shows all outputs in the menu and focuses the selected one. |
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* `switch-workspace-or-window` displays all workspaces and their windows and |
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switches to the selected workspace or window. |
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* `switch-workspace-container-or-window` shows workspaces, containers, and |
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their windows in the menu program and switches to the selected one. |
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* `switch-to` shows outputs, workspaces, containers, and their windows in the |
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menu program and switches to the selected one. |
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* `quit-window` displays all windows and quits the selected one. An optional |
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`--kill` / `-k` flag may be specified in which case the window's process will |
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be killed using `kill -9 <pid>` rather than only sending a `kill` IPC message |
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to sway. |
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* `quit-workspace-or-window` displays all workspaces and their windows and |
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allows to quit either the selected workspace (all its windows) or the |
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selected window. |
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* `quit-workspace-container-or-window` shows workspaces, containers, and their |
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windows and quits all windows of the selected workspace/container or the |
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selected window. |
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* `move-focused-to-workspace` moves the currently focused window or container |
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to another workspace selected with the menu program. Non-matching input of |
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the form `#w:<workspace>` where the hash and `w:` shortcut are optional can |
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be used to move it to a new workspace. |
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* `move-focused-to` moves the currently focused container or window to the |
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selected output, workspace, container, window. Non-matching input is handled |
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like with `move-focused-to-workspace`. |
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* `swap-focused-with` swaps the currently focused window or container with the |
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one selected from the menu program. |
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##### Menu shortcuts for non-matching input |
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All menu switching commands (`switch-window`, `switch-workspace`, and |
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`switch-workspace-or-window`) now handle non-matching input instead of doing |
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nothing. The input should start with any number of `#` (in order to be able to |
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force a non-match), a shortcut followed by a colon, and some string as required |
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by the shortcut. The following shortcuts are supported. |
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- `w:<workspace>`: Switches to a possibly non-existing workspace. |
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`<workspace>` must be a digit, a name or `<digit>:<name>`. The |
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`<digit>:<name>` format is explained in `man 5 sway`. If that format is |
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given, `swayr` will create the workspace using `workspace number |
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<digit>:<name>`. If just a digit or name is given, the `number` argument is |
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not used. |
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- `s:<cmd>`: Executes the sway command `<cmd>` using `swaymsg`. |
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- Any other input is assumed to be a workspace name and thus handled as |
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`w:<input>` would do. |
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#### Cycling commands |
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Those commands cycle through (a subset of windows) in last-recently-used order. |
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* `next-window (all-workspaces|current-workspace)` & `prev-window |
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(all-workspaces|current-workspace)` focus the next/previous window in |
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depth-first iteration order of the tree. The argument `all-workspaces` or |
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`current-workspace` define if all windows of all workspaces or only those of |
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the current workspace are considered. |
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* `next-tiled-window` & `prev-tiled-window` do the same as `next-window` & |
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`prev-window` but switch only between windows contained in a tiled container. |
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* `next-tabbed-or-stacked-window` & `prev-tabbed-or-stacked-window` do the same |
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as `next-window` & `prev-window` but switch only between windows contained in |
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a tabbed or stacked container. |
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* `next-floating-window` & `prev-floating-window` do the same as `next-window` |
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& `prev-window` but switch only between floating windows. |
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* `next-window-of-same-layout` & `prev-window-of-same-layout` is like |
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`next-floating-window` / `prev-floating-window` if the current window is |
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floating, it is like `next-tabbed-or-stacked-window` / |
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`prev-tabbed-or-stacked-window` if the current window is in a tabbed or |
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stacked container, it is like `next-tiled-window` / `prev-tiled-window` if |
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the current windows is in a tiled container, and is like `next-window` / |
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`prev-window` otherwise. |
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#### Layout modification commands |
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These commands change the layout of the current workspace. |
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* `tile-workspace exclude-floating|include-floating` tiles all windows on the |
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current workspace (excluding or including floating ones). That's done by |
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moving all windows away to some special workspace, setting the current |
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workspace to `splith` layout, and then moving the windows back. If the |
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`auto_tile` feature is used, see the Configuration section below, it'll |
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change from splitting horizontally to vertically during re-insertion. |
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* `shuffle-tile-workspace exclude-floating|include-floating` shuffles & tiles |
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all windows on the current workspace. The shuffle part means that (a) the |
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windows are shuffled before re-insertion, and (b) a randomly chosen already |
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re-inserted window is focused before re-inserting another window. So while |
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`tile-workspace` on a typical horizontally oriented screen and 5 windows will |
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usually result in a layout with one window on the left and all four others |
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tiled vertially on the right, `shuffle-tile-workspace` in combination with |
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`auto_tile` usually results in a more balanced layout, i.e., 2 windows tiled |
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vertically on the right and the other 4 tiled vertially on the left. If you |
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have less than a handful of windows, just repeat `shuffle-tile-workspace` a |
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few times until happenstance creates the layout you wanted. |
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* `tab-workspace exclude-floating|include-floating` puts all windows of the |
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current workspace into a tabbed container. |
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* `toggle-tab-shuffle-tile-workspace exclude-floating|include-floating` toggles |
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between a tabbed and tiled layout, i.e., it calls `shuffle-tile-workspace` if |
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it is currently tabbed, and calls `shuffle-tile-workspace` if it is currently |
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tiled. |
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#### Miscellaneous commands |
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* `configure-outputs` lets you repeatedly issue output configuration commands |
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until you abort the menu program. |
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* `execute-swaymsg-command` displays most swaymsg which don't require |
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additional input and executes the selected one. That's handy especially for |
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less often used commands not bound to a key. Non-matching input will be |
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executed executed as-is with `swaymsg`. |
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* `execute-swayr-command` displays all commands above and executes the selected |
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one. (This is useful for accessing swayr commands which are not bound to a |
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key.) |
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### Screenshots |
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### Installation |
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Some distros have packaged swayr so that you can install it using your distro's |
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package manager. Alternatively, it's easy to build and install it yourself |
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using `cargo`. |
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#### Distro packages |
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The following GNU/Linux and BSD distros package swayr. Thanks a lot to the |
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respective package maintainers! Refer to the [repology |
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site](https://repology.org/project/swayr/versions) for details. |
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[](https://repology.org/project/swayr/versions) |
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[](https://repology.org/project/swayr/versions) |
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#### Building with cargo |
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You'll need to install the current stable rust toolchain using the one-liner |
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shown at the [official rust installation |
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page](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install). |
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Then you can install swayr like so: |
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```sh |
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cargo install swayr |
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``` |
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For getting updates easily, I recommend the cargo `install-update` plugin. |
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```sh |
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# Install it once. |
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cargo install install-update |
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# Then you can update all installed rust binary crates including swayr using: |
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cargo install-update --all |
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# If you only want to update swayr, you can do so using: |
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cargo install-update -- swayr |
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``` |
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### Usage |
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You need to start the swayr demon `swayrd` in your sway config |
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(`~/.config/sway/config`) like so: |
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``` |
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exec env RUST_BACKTRACE=1 RUST_LOG=swayr=debug swayrd > /tmp/swayrd.log 2>&1 |
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``` |
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The setting of `RUST_BACKTRACE=1`, `RUST_LOG=swayr=debug` and the redirection |
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of the output to some logfile is optional but helps a lot when something |
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doesn't work. Especially, if you encounter a crash in certain situations and |
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you want to report a bug, it would be utmost helpful if you could reproduce the |
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issue with backtrace and logging at the `debug` level and attach that to your |
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bug report. Valid log levels in the order from logging more to logging less |
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are: `trace`, `debug`, `info`, `warn`, `error`, `off`. |
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Next to starting the demon, you want to bind swayr commands to some keys like |
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so: |
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``` |
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bindsym $mod+Space exec env RUST_BACKTRACE=1 \ |
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swayr switch-window >> /tmp/swayr.log 2>&1 |
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bindsym $mod+Delete exec env RUST_BACKTRACE=1 \ |
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swayr quit-window >> /tmp/swayr.log 2>&1 |
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bindsym $mod+Tab exec env RUST_BACKTRACE=1 \ |
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swayr switch-to-urgent-or-lru-window >> /tmp/swayr.log 2>&1 |
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bindsym $mod+Next exec env RUST_BACKTRACE=1 \ |
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swayr next-window all-workspaces >> /tmp/swayr.log 2>&2 |
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bindsym $mod+Prior exec env RUST_BACKTRACE=1 \ |
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swayr prev-window all-workspaces >> /tmp/swayr.log 2>&2 |
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bindsym $mod+Shift+Space exec env RUST_BACKTRACE=1 \ |
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swayr switch-workspace-or-window >> /tmp/swayr.log 2>&1 |
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bindsym $mod+c exec env RUST_BACKTRACE=1 \ |
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swayr execute-swaymsg-command >> /tmp/swayr.log 2>&1 |
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bindsym $mod+Shift+c exec env RUST_BACKTRACE=1 \ |
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swayr execute-swayr-command >> /tmp/swayr.log 2>&1 |
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``` |
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Of course, configure the keys to your liking. Again, enabling rust backtraces |
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and logging are optional. |
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### Configuration |
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Swayr can be configured using the `~/.config/swayr/config.toml` or |
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`/etc/xdg/swayr/config.toml` config file. |
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If no config files exists, a simple default configuration will be created on the |
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first invocation for use with the [wofi](https://todo.sr.ht/~scoopta/wofi) |
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menu program. |
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It should be easy to adapt that default config for usage with other menu |
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programs such as [dmenu](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/), |
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[bemenu](https://github.com/Cloudef/bemenu), |
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[rofi](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi), a script spawning a terminal with |
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[fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf), or whatever. The only requirement is |
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that the launcher needs to be able to read the items to choose from from stdin |
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and spit out the selected item to stdout. |
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The default config looks like this: |
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```toml |
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[menu] |
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executable = 'wofi' |
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args = [ |
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'--show=dmenu', |
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'--allow-markup', |
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'--allow-images', |
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'--insensitive', |
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'--cache-file=/dev/null', |
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'--parse-search', |
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'--height=40%', |
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'--prompt={prompt}', |
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] |
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[format] |
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output_format = '{indent}<b>Output {name}</b> <span alpha=\"20000\">({id})</span>' |
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workspace_format = '{indent}<b>Workspace {name} [{layout}]</b> <span alpha="20000">({id})</span>' |
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container_format = '{indent}<b>Container [{layout}]</b> on workspace {workspace_name} <i>{marks}</i> <span alpha="20000">({id})</span>' |
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window_format = 'img:{app_icon}:text:{indent}<i>{app_name}</i> — {urgency_start}<b>“{title}”</b>{urgency_end} on workspace {workspace_name} <i>{marks}</i> <span alpha="20000">({id})</span>' |
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indent = ' ' |
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urgency_start = '<span background="darkred" foreground="yellow">' |
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urgency_end = '</span>' |
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html_escape = true |
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icon_dirs = [ |
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'/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps', |
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'/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps', |
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'/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps', |
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'/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/64x64/apps', |
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'/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/48x48/apps', |
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'/usr/share/pixmaps', |
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] |
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[layout] |
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auto_tile = false |
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auto_tile_min_window_width_per_output_width = [ |
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[1024, 500], |
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[1280, 600], |
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[1400, 680], |
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[1440, 700], |
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[1600, 780], |
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[1920, 920], |
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[2560, 1000], |
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[3440, 1000], |
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[4096, 1200], |
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] |
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``` |
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In the following, all sections are explained. |
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#### The menu section |
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In the `[menu]` section, you can specify the menu program using the |
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`executable` name or full path and the `args` (flags and options) it should get |
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passed. If some argument contains the placeholder `{prompt}`, it is replaced |
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with a prompt such as "Switch to window" depending on context. |
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#### The format section |
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In the `[format]` section, format strings are specified defining how selection |
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choices are to be layed out. `wofi` supports [pango |
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markup](https://docs.gtk.org/Pango/pango_markup.html) which makes it possible |
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to style the text using HTML and CSS. The following formats are supported |
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right now. |
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* `output_format` defines how outputs (monitors) are displayed in the menu |
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program, `workspace_format` defines how workspaces are displayed, |
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`container_format` defines how non-workspace containers are displayed, and |
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`window_format` defines how application windows are displayed. |
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* In these formats, the following placeholders can be used: |
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* `{name}` gets replaced by the output name, the workspace number or name or |
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a window's title. The placeholder `{title}` is an obsolete synonym which |
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will be removed in a later version. |
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* `{layout}` shows the workspace or container's layout. |
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* `{id}` gets replaced by the sway-internal con id. |
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* `{indent}` gets replaced with N times the new `format.indent` value where N |
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is the depth in the shown menu input. |
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* `{app_name}` gets replaced with a window's application name. |
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* `{marks}` shows a comma-separated list of the container's or window's |
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marks. |
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* `{app_icon}` shows the application's icon (a path to a PNG or SVG file). |
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* `{workspace_name}` gets replaced with the name or number of the workspace |
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the container or window belongs to. |
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* The placeholders `{urgency_start}` and `{urgency_end}` get replaced by the |
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empty string if the window has no urgency flag and with the values of the |
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same-named formats if the window has the urgency flag set. That makes it |
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possible to highlight urgent windows as shown in the default config. |
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* `indent` is a string which is repeatedly inserted at the `{indent}` |
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placeholder in formats. |
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* `html_escape` defines if the strings replacing the placeholders above (except |
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for `{urgency_start}` and `{urgency_end}`) should be HTML-escaped. |
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* `urgency_start` is a string which replaces the `{urgency_start}` placeholder |
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in `window_format`. |
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* `urgency_end` is a string which replaces the `{urgency_end}` placeholder in |
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`window_format`. |
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* `icon_dirs` is a vector of directories in which to look for application icons |
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in order to compute the `{app_icon}` replacement. |
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* `fallback_icon` is a path to some PNG/SVG icon which will be used as |
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`{app_icon}` if no application-specific icon can be determined. |
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All the placeholders except `{app_icon}`, `{indent}`, `{urgency_start}`, and |
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`{urgency_end}` may optionally provide a format string as specified by |
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[Rust's std::fmt](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/fmt/). The syntax is |
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`{<placeholder>:<fmt_str><clipped_str>}`. For example, `{app_name:{:>10.10}}` |
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would mean that the application name is printed with exactly 10 characters. If |
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it's shorter, it will be right-aligned (the `>`) and padded with spaces, if |
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it's longer, it'll be cut after the 10th character. Another example, |
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`{app_name:{:.10}...}` would mean that the application name is truncated at 10 |
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characters. If it's shorter, it will be printed as-is (no padding), if it's |
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longer, it'll be cut after the 10th character and the last 3 characters of that |
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substring will be replaced with `...` (`<clipped_str>`). |
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It is crucial that during selection (using wofi or some other menu program) |
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each window has a different display string. Therefore, it is highly |
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recommended to include the `{id}` placeholder at least in `container_format` |
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and `window_format`. Otherwise, e.g., two vertical splits on the same |
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workspace or two terminals (of the same terminal app) with the same working |
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directory (and therefore, the same title) wouldn't be distinguishable. |
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**Hint for wofi**: `wofi` supports icons with the syntax |
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`'img:<image-file>:text:<text>'`, so a suitable `window_format` with |
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application icon should start with `img:{app_icon}:text:`. |
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**Hint for rofi**: `rofi` supports icons with the syntax |
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`"<text>\u0000icon\u00001f<image-file>"`, so a suitable `window_format` with |
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application icon should end with `"\u0000icon\u001f<image-file>"`. Also note |
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that you must enclose your `window_format` value with double-quotes and not |
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with single-quotes. Singe-quote strings are literal strings in |
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[TOML](https://toml.io/en/v1.0.0#string) where no escape-sequences are |
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processed whereas for double-quoted strings (so-called basic strings) |
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escape-sequences are processed. `rofi` requires a null character and a |
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PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR for image sequences. |
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#### The layout section |
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In the `[layout]` section, you can enable auto-tiling by setting `auto_tile` to |
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`true` (the default is `false`). The option |
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`auto_tile_min_window_width_per_output_width` defines the minimum width in |
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pixels which your windows should have per output width. For example, the |
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example setting above says that on an output which is 1600 pixels wide, each |
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window should have at least a width of 780 pixels, thus there may be at most |
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two side-by-side windows (Caution, include your borders and gaps in your |
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calculation!). There will be no auto-tiling doesn't include your output's |
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exact width. |
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If `auto_tile` is enabled, swayr will automatically split either vertically or |
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horizontally according to this algorithm: |
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- For all outputs: |
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+ For all (nested) containers on that output (except the scratchpad): |
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- For all child windows of that container: |
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+ If the container is split horizontally and creating another window |
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would make the current child window smaller than the minimum width, |
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execute `split vertical` (the `swaymsg` command over IPC) on the child. |
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+ Else if the container is split vertically and now there is enough space |
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so that creating another window would still leave the current child |
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window above or equal to the minimum width, call `split horizontal` on |
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the child. |
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+ Otherwise, do nothing for this container. This means that stacked or |
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tabbed containers will never be affected by auto-tiling. |
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There is one caveat: it would be nice to also trigger auto-tiling when windows |
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or containers are resized but unfortunately, resizing doesn't issue any events |
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over IPC. Therefore, auto-tiling is triggered by new-window events, |
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close-events, move-events, floating-events, and also focus-events. The latter |
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are a workaround and wouldn't be required if there were resize-events. |
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### Version Changes |
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Since version 0.8.0, I've started writing a [NEWS](swayr/NEWS.md) file listing the |
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news, and changes to `swayr` commands or configuration options. If something |
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doesn't seem to work as expected after an update, please consult this file to |
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check if there has been some (possibly incompatible) change requiring an update |
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of your config. |
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## <a id="swayrbar">Swayrbar</a> |
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TODO: Write docs! |
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## <a id="questions-and-patches">Questions & Patches</a> |
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For asking questions, sending feedback, or patches, refer to [my public inbox |
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(mailinglist)](https://lists.sr.ht/~tsdh/public-inbox). Please mention the |
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project you are referring to in the subject. |
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## <a id="bugs">Bugs</a> |
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Bugs and requests can be reported [here](https://todo.sr.ht/~tsdh/swayr). |
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## <a id="build-status">Build status</a> |
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[](https://builds.sr.ht/~tsdh/swayr?) |
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## <a id="license">License</a> |
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Swayr & Swarybar are licensed under the |
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[GPLv3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html) (or later).
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