elbachir-one / dwl

This is my fork for DWL, the Wayland compositor.

dwl - dwm for Wayland

This is My Fork of DWL The Wayland Compoistor With Patches

There are a few dependencies that DWL needs in order to run on your system.

Void Linux

sudo xbps-install -S wlroots wlroots-devel wayland-protocols wbg wlr-randr xdg-desktop-portal-wlr

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S wlroots wayland-protocols wbg wlr-randr xdg-desktop-portal-wlr

The background image is set with wbg.

If you have numerous screens, you can configure them using wlr-randr.

Patches

• Allways Center
• Attach Bottom
• Auto Start
• Per Tag
• Restart dwl
• Swallow
• Vanity gaps

Installing DWL

In order to install dwl on your system.

1- clone the repo git clone https://github.com/elbachir-one/dwl.

2- cd in to the cloned repo cd dwl/ .

3- run make .

4- run sudo make clean install .

After that, you can reboot your system by typing dwl in the tty.

NOTE: Since DWL doesn't include a bar by default, you'll need to pick one you like and set it up on your own. One more thing: you need to install a terminal emulator and a program launcher, such as bmenu or dmenu for Wayland, which is the one I use.

Installing Dmenu-Wayland

Install dependencies: meson and ninja

git clone https://github.com/nyyManni/dmenu-wayland.git
cd dmenu-wayland
mkdir build && meson build
ninja -C build
sudo ninja -C build install

Keybindings

Modkey = Alt |

Modkey + p -> to launch dmenu-wayland |

Modkey + Shift + Return -> start the terminal (alacritty) |

Modkey + Shift + q -> restart dwl |

Modkey + Shift + c -> close programes |

NOTE: Feel free to change this configuration however you want.

Thank You