customize i3

[KiaraGrouwstra]

• https://nixos.org/nixos/packages.html#i3+gaps
• https://github.com/Airblader/i3blocks-gaps
• https://build.i3wm.org/docs/i3-dmenu-desktop.html - how did my classmate get a vertical version of this?
• nitrogen/feh for wallpapers: https://www.reddit.com/r/i3wm/comments/a33ggb/wallpaper_slideshow_with_feh_not_working/ -- got exec --no-startup-id feh --randomize --bg-scale $DIR/* but guess I'll have to maintain that $DIR
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Disable_touchpad_while_typing - their synclient complains Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?
• https://www.reddit.com/r/i3wm/comments/a4f00m/sharing_my_i3_volume_layout_loader_and_i3blocks/ -- not on NixOS, maybe Arch
• set PrintScreen to e.g. spectacle
• battery notifications:
  • https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1730/warning-popup-when-battery-very-low.1.html
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/i3wm/comments/acjxhh/battery_notifications_with_i3_and_polybar/
  • https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=138755
• kde-connect:
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/290jgn/kdeconnect_without_kde/ - suggests exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/kdeconnectd yet I don't have kdeconnectd? maybe a NixOS thing?
  • https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/476723/pairing-kde-connect-with-phone-on-i3wm
• [ ] switch to Wayland / Sway
  • [ ] fix xrander to flip second screen
  • [ ] figure out nVidia incompatibility over nVidia's lack of GBM support - out of the Wayland tiling compositors there is apparently no nVidia support in any other than Gnome/KDE, which includes sway, way-cooler, waymonad or velox. wayland also lacks Vulkan support. discussion. hm. I guess if Wayland's main advantage is security then maybe I should just stop caring until support improves.

[KiaraGrouwstra]

built though untested.

[KiaraGrouwstra]

blocks now shows:

• IP (v6)
• HDD space?
• wifi signal
• ?
• ?
• ?
• datetime
• icons

[KiaraGrouwstra]

honestly, PaperWM for Gnome seems like a nice alternative to all of this.