#!/usr/bin/env zsh ## Helper functions: # This simple function saves a lot of keystrokes when editing this # configuration. Instead of typing "herbstluftwm" everywhere, I can # just type "hc". This is part of the default configuration. function hc() { herbstclient "$@"; } # This function picks a random wallpaper from a list collection. function random-wallpaper() { find ~/pictures/wallpapers -type f \ -wholename '*/3840x1080/*' -o -wholename '*/patterns/*' \ | shuf -n 1 } # This function adds an attribute to a herbstluftwm tag that tells it # which monitor it should appear on, in case I care. Usually I want # Emacs and my terminal to always appear on my primary monitor, and # Conkeror/Firefox on my secondary, I don't like it when they get # switched. function lock-tag-to-monitor() { herbstclient chain \ , new_attr string tags.by-name."$1".my-monitor \ , set_attr tags.by-name."$1".my-monitor "$2" } ## Reload hook: # According to the herbstluftwm man page this hook is emitted so that # daemons will know to quit and it should be emitted first thing. hc emit_hook reload ## Background image: # Set a random image as the desktop wallpaper. feh --bg-tile "$(random-wallpaper)" ## Keybindings: # Remove all existing keybindings so that when herbstluftwm is # restarted, no keybindings get accidentally left active if they've # been removed. hc keyunbind --all # Use the super key as the main modifier, Alt (Mod1) is used by too # many other applications (Emacs and Zsh for example) to really be # useful. Mod=Mod4 # These are dangerous keybindings, they could be very annoying if # they're accidentally pressed, so using Shift here to make it a # little less easy to do this is a good idea. hc keybind $Mod-Shift-q quit hc keybind $Mod-Shift-r reload # Usually I close the applications I use through a menu or keybinding # inside the application, but not all applications offer # this. Sometimes need to tell the window manager to do so. hc keybind $Mod-k close # Normally I try to have frames set-up the way I like them # programmatically, not manually, but sometimes I need to do it # manually anyway and remove them afterwards. hc keybind $Mod-Shift-k remove # These are my most-used programs, having specific keybindings for # them is a big productivity boost. hc keybind $Mod-Return spawn urxvt hc keybind $Mod-c spawn hlwm-run-or-raise URxvt urxvt hc keybind $Mod-b spawn hlwm-run-or-raise Conkeror conkeror hc keybind $Mod-t spawn hlwm-run-or-raise Emacs \ emacsclient --create-frame --alternate-editor='' # Since I use the colemak keyboard layout, hjkl doesn't make much # sense. I use neio instead since that is almost in the same place # (though one place to the right). I try to use my run-or-raise script # as much as I can, and have the layouts set-up correctly already, but # sometimes I still need to move around, resize and move clients. resizestep=0.05 hc keybind $Mod-n focus left hc keybind $Mod-e focus down hc keybind $Mod-i focus up hc keybind $Mod-o focus right hc keybind $Mod-Shift-n shift left hc keybind $Mod-Shift-e shift down hc keybind $Mod-Shift-i shift up hc keybind $Mod-Shift-o shift right hc keybind $Mod-Control-n resize left +$resizestep hc keybind $Mod-Control-e resize down +$resizestep hc keybind $Mod-Control-i resize up +$resizestep hc keybind $Mod-Control-o resize right +$resizestep # I usually try to have my layouts set-up programmatically, but this # isn't always possible or practical. hc keybind $Mod-s split bottom 0.5 hc keybind $Mod-Shift-s split right 0.5 # Switching tags by number (key) isn't always practical, sometimes # switching to next/previous tag is easiest. hc keybind $Mod-period use_index +1 --skip-visible hc keybind $Mod-comma use_index -1 --skip-visible # Games and sometimes other applications don't always like being # forced into a strangely sized box, floating mode helps. hc keybind $Mod-s floating toggle # Playing games in fullscreen mode can end badly by having the game # spread across both monitors. Also watching a twitch stream with lots # of text is best in fullscreen. hc keybind $Mod-f fullscreen toggle hc keybind $Mod-p pseudotile toggle # The following cycles through the available layouts within a frame, but skips # layouts, if the layout change wouldn't affect the actual window positions. # I.e. if there are two windows within a frame, the grid layout is skipped. hc keybind $Mod-space \ or , and . compare tags.focus.curframe_wcount = 2 \ . cycle_layout +1 vertical horizontal max vertical grid \ , cycle_layout +1 # mouse hc mouseunbind --all hc mousebind $Mod-Button1 move hc mousebind $Mod-Button2 zoom hc mousebind $Mod-Button3 resize # focus hc keybind $Mod-BackSpace cycle_monitor hc keybind $Mod-Tab cycle_all +1 hc keybind $Mod-Shift-Tab cycle_all -1 # Use u because i is already used by by navigation commands. hc keybind $Mod-u jumpto urgent ## Tags: tag_names=( dev web {3..10} ) tag_indexes=( {1..${#tag_names}} ) tag_keys=( bracketleft braceleft braceright parenleft equal asterisk parenright plus bracketright exclam ) hc rename default "${tag_names[1]}" || true for i in $tag_indexes; do hc add "${tag_names[$i]}" key="${tag_keys[$i]}" if ! [ -z "$key" ] ; then # ZSH array indexes start at 1, herbstluftwm tag indexes start # at zero, so subtract one to match them. j=$(( $i - 1 )) # first check if the tag is locked to some monitor. # if so, first focus the monitor hc keybind "$Mod-$key" chain \ , silent substitute M tags."$j".my-monitor focus_monitor M \ , use_index "$j" hc keybind "$Mod-Shift-$key" move_index "$j" fi done # theme hc attr theme.tiling.reset 1 hc attr theme.floating.reset 1 hc set frame_border_active_color '#222222' hc set frame_border_normal_color '#101010' hc set frame_bg_normal_color '#565656' hc set frame_bg_active_color '#345F0C' hc set frame_border_width 1 hc set always_show_frame 1 hc set frame_bg_transparent 1 hc set frame_transparent_width 5 hc set frame_gap 4 hc attr theme.active.color '#9fbc00' hc attr theme.normal.color '#454545' hc attr theme.urgent.color orange hc attr theme.inner_width 1 hc attr theme.inner_color black hc attr theme.border_width 3 hc attr theme.floating.border_width 4 hc attr theme.floating.outer_width 1 hc attr theme.floating.outer_color black hc attr theme.active.inner_color '#3E4A00' hc attr theme.active.outer_color '#3E4A00' hc attr theme.background_color '#141414' hc set window_gap 0 hc set frame_padding 0 hc set smart_window_surroundings 0 hc set smart_frame_surroundings 1 hc set mouse_recenter_gap 0 # rules hc unrule -F #hc rule class=XTerm tag=3 # move all xterms to tag 3 hc rule focus=on # normally focus new clients #hc rule focus=off # normally do not focus new clients # give focus to most common terminals #hc rule class~'(.*[Rr]xvt.*|.*[Tt]erm|Konsole)' focus=on hc rule windowtype~'_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_(DIALOG|UTILITY|SPLASH)' pseudotile=on hc rule windowtype='_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG' focus=on hc rule windowtype~'_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_(NOTIFICATION|DOCK|DESKTOP)' manage=off # unlock, just to be sure hc unlock herbstclient set tree_style '╾│ ├└╼─┐' ## Monitors # I have two monitors, each with a resolution of 1920x1080. hc set_monitors 1920x1080+0+0 1920x1080+1920+0