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Sway-WM Setup and Theme for EndeavourOS

Sway EndeavourOS Community Edition

To Install manually

git clone https://github.com/EndeavourOS-Community-Editions/sway.git

cd sway

bash sway-install.sh

Contained In The Script

cp -R .config/* ~/.config/

cp .profile ~/.profile

cp .gtkrc-2.0 ~/.gtkrc-2.0

chmod -R +x ~/.config/sway/scripts

chmod -R +x ~/.config/waybar/scripts

sudo pacman -Syu --needed --noconfirm - < packages-repository.txt

dbus-launch dconf load / < xed.dconf

Lightdm Setup is Commented by Default

sudo cp lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf /etc/lightdm/

systemctl enable lightdm

systemctl start lightdm

Post install

  • Keyboard layout in: ~/.config/sway/config.d/input

  • Screen settings in: ~/.config/sway/config.d/output

  • Keybings Cheatsheet: press keyboard icon in waybar

  • If your experiencing issus with your cursor - edit file ~/.profile and comment out export WLR_NO_HARDWARE_CURSORS=1

Get involved at our forum:

https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/sway-edition-general-conversation

Tutorial for sway-wm settings:

  • Background handled by swaybg
  • Gtk3 theme handled by lxappearance
  • Filebrowser = Thunar
  • Default Terminal-Emulator = XFCE4-Terminal and/or Termite
  • Text-Editor = xed/nano
  • Bar = Waybar
  • Sound = Pulseaudio

Main shortcuts: ~/.config/sway/cheatsheet

[mod] key is set to the winkey (or should i call it linkey?)

  • [mod]+Return = open floating terminal (XFCE4-Terminal)
  • [mod]+(Shift)+Return = open fixed terminal (Termite)
  • [mod]+o = open Browser (firefox)
  • [mod]+n = open File Manager (thunar)
  • [mod]+d = app menu (wofi)
  • [mod]+q = close focused app [kill]
  • (Shift)+(Print-Key) = screenshot/bring up screenshot menu
  • [mod]+(Shift)+e = power-menu
  • [mod]+r = resize mode
  • [mod]+(Shift)+(Space) = float window
    • {HOLD DOWN} [mod] = drag floating window
  • [mod]+(Arrow Keys) = switch focus respectively
  • [mod]+(Shift)+(Minus) = send to scratchpad
  • [mod]+(Minus) = cycle through scratchpad

Tiling:

Is set to default for swaywm and can be changed to:

  • stacking: Only the focused window in the container is displayed. You get a list of windows at the top of the container.
    • [mod]+s (Vertical List)
    • [mod]+w (Horizontal List)
      • navigate lists with [mod]+(Arrow Keys)
    • [mod]+e = to go back to tiling

sway wofi

Waybar : waybar

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