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| author | Philip Wittamore <philip@wittamore.com> | 2026-07-12 11:08:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Philip Wittamore <philip@wittamore.com> | 2026-07-12 11:08:50 +0200 |
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diff --git a/articles/2025/Naked-DWM.html b/articles/2025/Naked-DWM.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..bb64c73 --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2025/Naked-DWM.html @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +<!doctype html> +<html lang="EN"> + <head> + <meta charset="utf-8"> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css"> + <title>Naked DWM</title> + </head> + <body> + <header> + <h1>Bloggings</h1> + <a href="/index.php">Back</a> + + </header> + +<main> +<article> +<h2>Naked DWM</h2> +<h3>2025-05-01</h3> +<h4>Zero dwm patches...</h4> +<p>Inspiration from <a href="https://youtu.be/O5VVdFWJcak">Bread on Penguins</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8_d2rnwQdo&t=1206s">BugsWriter</a></p> +<p><img src="/images/blog/pywal16-screenshot.png"></p> +<p>I've been messing with DWM patches but I went back to naked DWM. +The only caveat is a couple of lines of code in <b>dwm/config.h</b> to integrate Pywal16, +that allows me to have a colour theme that matches whatever wallpaper I'm using.</p> +<p>It's possible to patch DWM with the Xresources patch but patches are version dependant and can be a pain. +I prefer simple and maintainable.</p> +<p>Install <a href="https://github.com/eylles/pywal16">pywal16</a></p> +<pre> +yay -S python-pywal16 +</pre> +<h4>Modify dwm/config.h</h4> +<p>In <b>dwm/config.h</b> I removed the default colour settings:</p> +<pre> +static const char col_gray1[] = "#222222"; +static const char col_gray2[] = "#444444"; +static const char col_gray3[] = "#bbbbbb"; +static const char col_gray4[] = "#eeeeee"; +static const char col_cyan[] = "#005577"; +static const char *colors[][3] = { + /* fg bg border */ + [SchemeNorm] = { col_gray3, col_gray1, col_gray2 }, + [SchemeSel] = { col_gray4, col_cyan, col_cyan }, +}; +</pre> +<p>and replaced them with this line:</p> +<pre> +/* Pywal16 */ +#include "/home/philip/.cache/wal/colors-wal-dwm.h" +</pre> +<h4>xinitrc</h4> +<p>In my .xinitrc I have <b>wal -Rq</b> which recalls the last wallpaper setting.</p> +<h4>Chooser script</h4> +<p>This script chooses the wallpaper then recompiles dwm and dmenu.</p> +<pre> +#!/usr/bin/env bash +# Choose a wallpaper +# requires nsxiv, pywal16 +# ~/.local/bin is in PATH + +FOLDER=~/Pictures/wallpaper +# thumbnail display of images +CHOICE=$(nsxiv -otb $FOLDER/*) + +wal -i $CHOICE + +# Post process + +# DWM +cd ~/.local/src/dwm +make clean ; make +rm -f ~/.local/bin/dwm +cp dwm ~/.local/bin + +# DWMMENU +rm -f ~/.local/dmenu* +cd ~/.local/src/dmenu +make clean ; make +cp {dmenu,dmenu_run,dmenu_path} ~/.local/bin +</pre> +</article> +</main> +<footer> + +<p> </p> + +<p>ยง</p> + </footer> +</body> +</html> + + + + + + + + + + + |