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EndeavourOS Community Edition setup for sway

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but still working..

Sway-WM Setup and Theme for EndeavourOS

Sway EndeavourOS Community Edition

Maintenance

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

SDDM is the default display manager

systemctl enable sddm.service

systemctl start sddm.service

Post install

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

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

  • Keybindings Cheatsheet: press keyboard icon in waybar

  • If your experiencing issues 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/LINKEY

  • MOD+Return = open floating terminal (XFCE4-Terminal)
  • MOD+O = open Browser (firefox)
  • MOD+N = open File Manager (thunar)
  • MOD+D= app menu (wofi)
  • MOD+Q = close focused app [kill]
  • Shift+PrtSc = screenshot/bring up screenshot menu
  • MOD+SHIFT+E = power-menu
  • MOD+R = resize mode
  • MOD+SHIFT+SPACE = float window
    • MOD+HOLD DOWN = drag floating window
  • MOD+↑ ↓ → ← = 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+↑ ↓ → ←
    • MOD+E = Back to tiling

sway wofi

Waybar : waybar