i3wm-conky-config's Introduction

i3wm with conky status bar

i3wm and conky setting/configurations files. Based on This and I made some modifications and add other things to make it enhanced.

The workspace bar:

The status bar:

To view the screenshot of whole screen, scroll down...

Setup

Install the necessary packages:
- conky
- dmenu
- feh
- terminator
- xcompmgr
- scrot and ksnapshot
- alsa-utils
- networkmanager、nm-connection-editor nm-applet
Clone the repo into ~/.config/i3

git clone https://github.com/tonyho/i3wm-conky-config.git ~/.config/i3

cd ~/.config/i3
Install the font i3status-conky/fontawesome-webfont.ttf
Get the window list jumper script

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minos-org/minos-desktop-tools/master/tools/dmenu-i3-window-jumper
Give the executable permission for files

cd ~/.config/i3

chmod +x dmenu-i3-window-jumper wallpaper.sh i3status-conky/i3status.sh
Setup the wallpaper and lock picture

cp wallpaper -r ~/Pictures

cp wallpaper/lock/lock.jpg ~/Pictures/

The basic key bindings is following:

Also we can use the Mod+p to jump to the opened window by searching its title

TeamViewer: Move it to a worksapce(Mod + Shift + N) and make it fullscreen(Mod + f)
ScreenShot: Use the ksnapshot launched by DMemu(Mod + d)
Picture Edit: Use the shutter or GIMP
Lock or quit: Mod + Shift + q, then press the corresponding key
File Explorer: Mod + e, or launch the nautilus --no-desktop . in terminal
Switch to terminal(Ctrl + Alt + F1~F6) to close the application:

When an application overlay the i3 worksapce and can't switch to other workspace, and cannot close that application
It takes a little time to be effect when update the conky status bar configuration