White version with several usability improvements

3 files changed, 130 insertions, 113 deletions

diff --git a/compton.conf b/compton.conf
index 242f000..756ccbd 100644
--- a/compton.conf
+++ b/compton.conf
@@ -1,91 +1,64 @@
+backend = "xrender";
+#backend = "glx";
+paint-on-overlay = true;
+glx-no-stencil = true;
+# glx-no-rebind-pixmap = true; # does not work! definitelly!
+# vsync = "opengl-swc";
+vsync = "drm";
+# vsync-use-glfinish = true
+
+# These are important. The first one enables the opengl backend. The last one is the vsync method. Depending on the driver you might need to use a different method.
+# The other options are smaller performance tweaks that work well in most cases.
+# You can find the rest of the options here: https://github.com/chjj/compton/wiki/perf-guide, and here: https://github.com/chjj/compton/wiki/vsync-guide
+
+
 # Shadow
-shadow = true;                  # Enabled client-side shadows on windows.
-no-dock-shadow = true;          # Avoid drawing shadows on dock/panel windows.
-no-dnd-shadow = true;           # Don't draw shadows on DND windows.
-clear-shadow = true;            # Zero the part of the shadow's mask behind the
-                                # window. Fix some weirdness with ARGB windows.
+#shadow = true;                 # Enabled client-side shadows on windows.
+shadow = false;                 # Enabled client-side shadows on windows.
+#no-dock-shadow = true;         # Avoid drawing shadows on dock/panel windows.
+#no-dnd-shadow = true;          # Don't draw shadows on DND windows.
+# clear-shadow = true;          # Zero the part of the shadow's mask behind the window (experimental).
 shadow-radius = 7;              # The blur radius for shadows. (default 12)
 shadow-offset-x = -7;           # The left offset for shadows. (default -15)
 shadow-offset-y = -7;           # The top offset for shadows. (default -15)
-shadow-opacity = 0.7;           # The translucency for shadows. (default .75)
-# shadow-red = 0.0;             # Red color value of shadow. (0.0 - 1.0, defaults to 0)
-# shadow-green = 0.0;           # Green color value of shadow. (0.0 - 1.0, defaults to 0)
-# shadow-blue = 0.0;            # Blue color value of shadow. (0.0 - 1.0, defaults to 0)
-shadow-exclude = [ "n:e:Notification" ];        # Exclude conditions for shadows.
-# shadow-exclude = "n:e:Notification";
-shadow-ignore-shaped = true;    # Avoid drawing shadow on all shaped windows
-                                # (see also: --detect-rounded-corners)
+shadow-exclude = [
+ "! name~=''",
+ "n:e:Notification",
+ "n:e:Plank",
+ "n:e:Docky",
+ "g:e:Synapse",
+ "g:e:Kupfer",
+ "g:e:Conky",
+ "n:w:*Firefox*",
+ "n:w:*Chrome*",
+ "n:w:*Chromium*",
+ "class_g ?= 'Notify-osd'",
+ "class_g ?= 'Cairo-dock'",
+ "class_g ?= 'Xfce4-notifyd'",
+ "class_g ?= 'Xfce4-power-manager'",
+ "x = 0 && y = 0 && override_redirect = true"
+];
 
-# Opacity
-menu-opacity = 0.9;                     # The opacity for menus. (default 1.0)
-inactive-opacity = 0.9;                 # Default opacity of inactive windows. (0.0 - 1.0)
-# active-opacity = 0.8;                 # Default opacity for active windows. (0.0 - 1.0)
-# frame-opacity = 0.8;                  # Opacity of window titlebars and borders. (0.1 - 1.0)
-# inactive-opacity-override = true;     # Let inactive opacity set by 'inactive-opacity' overrides
-                                        # value of _NET_WM_OPACITY. Bad choice.
-alpha-step = 0.06;                      # XRender backend: Step size for alpha pictures. Increasing
-                                        # it may result in less X resource usage,
-                                        # Yet fading may look bad.
-# inactive-dim = 0.2;                   # Dim inactive windows. (0.0 - 1.0)
-# inactive-dim-fixed = true;            # Do not let dimness adjust based on window opacity.
-# blur-background = true;               # Blur background of transparent windows.
-                                        # Bad performance with X Render backend.
-                                        # GLX backend is preferred.
-# blur-background-frame = true;         # Blur background of opaque windows with transparent
-                                        # frames as well.
-blur-background-fixed = false;          # Do not let blur radius adjust based on window opacity.
-blur-background-exclude = [ "window_type = 'dock'", "window_type = 'desktop'" ];
-                                        # Exclude conditions for background blur.
+# The shadow exclude options are helpful if you have shadows enabled. Due to the way compton draws its shadows, certain applications will have visual glitches
+# (most applications are fine, only apps that do weird things with xshapes or argb are affected).
+# This list includes all the affected apps I found in my testing. The "! name~=''" part excludes shadows on any "Unknown" windows, this prevents a visual glitch with the XFWM alt tab switcher.
 
 # Fading
-fading = true;                  # Fade windows during opacity changes.
-# fade-delta = 30;              # The time between steps in a fade in milliseconds. (default 10).
-fade-in-step = 0.03;            # Opacity change between steps while fading in. (default 0.028).
-fade-out-step = 0.03;           # Opacity change between steps while fading out. (default 0.03).
-# no-fading-openclose = true;   # Avoid fade windows in/out when opening/closing.
-fade-exclude = [ ];             # Exclude conditions for fading.
-
-# Other
-backend = "xrender"             # Backend to use: "xrender" or "glx". GLX backend is typically
-                                # much faster but depends on a sane driver.
-mark-wmwin-focused = true;      # Try to detect WM windows and mark them as active.
-mark-ovredir-focused = true;    # Mark all non-WM but override-redirect windows active (e.g. menus).
-use-ewmh-active-win = false;    # Use EWMH _NET_WM_ACTIVE_WINDOW to determine which window is focused
-                                # instead of using FocusIn/Out events. Usually more reliable but
-                                # depends on a EWMH-compliant WM.
-detect-rounded-corners = true;  # Detect rounded corners and treat them as rectangular when --shadow-ignore-shaped is on.
-detect-client-opacity = true;   # Detect _NET_WM_OPACITY on client windows, useful for window
-                                # managers not passing _NET_WM_OPACITY of client windows to frame
-                                # windows.
-refresh-rate = 0;               # For --sw-opti: Specify refresh rate of the screen. 0 for auto.
-vsync = "none";                 # "none", "drm", "opengl", "opengl-oml", "opengl-swc", "opengl-mswc"
-                                # See man page for more details.
-dbe = false;                    # Enable DBE painting mode. Rarely needed.
-paint-on-overlay = true;        # Painting on X Composite overlay window. Recommended.
-sw-opti = false;                # Limit compton to repaint at most once every 1 / refresh_rate.
-                                # Incompatible with certain VSync methods.
-unredir-if-possible = false;    # Unredirect all windows if a full-screen opaque window is
-                                # detected, to maximize performance for full-screen windows.
-focus-exclude = [ ];            # A list of conditions of windows that should always be considered
-                                # focused.
-detect-transient = true;        # Use WM_TRANSIENT_FOR to group windows, and consider windows in
-                                # the same group focused at the same time.
-detect-client-leader = true;    # Use WM_CLIENT_LEADER to group windows.
-invert-color-include = [ ];     # Conditions for windows to be painted with inverted color.
+# fading = true; # Fade windows during opacity changes.
+fade-delta = 8; # The time between steps in a fade in milliseconds. (default 10).
+fade-in-step = 0.03; # Opacity change between steps while fading in. (default 0.028).
+fade-out-step = 0.03; # Opacity change between steps while fading out. (default 0.03).
+#no-fading-openclose = true; # Fade windows in/out when opening/closing
 
-# GLX backend                   # GLX backend fine-tune options. See man page for more info.
-# glx-no-stencil = true;        # Recommended.
-glx-copy-from-front = false;    # Useful with --glx-swap-method,
-# glx-use-copysubbuffermesa = true; # Recommended if it works. Breaks VSync.
-# glx-no-rebind-pixmap = true;  # Recommended if it works.
-glx-swap-method = "undefined";  # See man page.
+detect-client-opacity = true; # This prevents opacity being ignored for some apps. For example without this enabled my xfce4-notifyd is 100% opacity no matter what.
 
 # Window type settings
 wintypes:
 {
-  tooltip = { fade = true; shadow = false; opacity = 0.75; focus = true; };
-  # fade: Fade the particular type of windows.
-  # shadow: Give those windows shadow
-  # opacity: Default opacity for the type of windows.
-  # focus: Whether to always consider windows of this type focused.
+  tooltip = { fade = true; shadow = true; };
 };
+
+#opacity-rule = ["90:class_g = 'URxvt'", "90:class_g = ''"   ];
+
+
+# opacity-rule = ["90:class_g = 'xfce4-terminal'", "90:class_g = 'Xfce4-terminal'", "90:class_g = 'termite'", "90:class_g = 'i3bar'", "90:class_g = 'i3-frame'"   ];
diff --git a/config b/config
index 0a3cbde..67b177b 100644
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ set $mod Mod4
 # This font is widely installed, provides lots of unicode glyphs, right-to-left
 # text rendering and scalability on retina/hidpi displays (thanks to pango).
 # font pango:Neris SemiBold 10
-font pango:Source Code Pro Bold 11
+font pango:Source Code Pro SemiBold 11
+# font pango:Liberation Sans Mono Bold 11
 # font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 12
 
 # Before i3 v4.8, we used to recommend this one as the default:
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ floating_modifier $mod
 bindsym $mod+Return exec xfce4-appfinder
 bindsym Mod1+F2     exec --no-startup-id rofi -show run -bg #222222 -fg #888888 -hlbg #285577 -hlfg #ffffff
 bindsym $mod+t      exec xfce4-terminal
+# bindsym $mod+t      exec termite
+# bindsym $mod+t      exec urxvt
 bindsym $mod+e      exec thunar
 
 # kill focused window
@@ -58,6 +61,8 @@ bindsym $mod+Down focus down   ; exec pkill -SIGRTMIN+11 i3blocks
 bindsym $mod+Up focus up       ; exec pkill -SIGRTMIN+11 i3blocks
 bindsym $mod+Right focus right ; exec pkill -SIGRTMIN+11 i3blocks
 
+bindsym Mod1+Tab focus right
+bindsym Mod1+Shift+Tab focus left
 
 
 # alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:
@@ -104,8 +109,8 @@ bindsym $mod+5 workspace 5
 bindsym $mod+6 workspace 6
 bindsym $mod+7 workspace 7
 bindsym $mod+8 workspace 8
-bindsym $mod+9 workspace 9
-bindsym $mod+0 workspace 10
+bindsym $mod+9 workspace music
+bindsym $mod+0 workspace background
 
 # move focused container to workspace
 bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace 1
@@ -116,8 +121,20 @@ bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace 5
 bindsym $mod+Shift+6 move container to workspace 6
 bindsym $mod+Shift+7 move container to workspace 7
 bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace 8
-bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace 9
-bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace 10
+bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace music
+bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace background
+
+workspace 1 output VGA1
+workspace 2 output VGA1
+workspace 3 output VGA1
+workspace 4 output VGA1
+workspace 5 output VGA1
+workspace 6 output HDMI1
+workspace 7 output HDMI1
+workspace 8 output HDMI1
+workspace "music" output HDMI1
+workspace "background" output HDMI1
+
 
 # reload the configuration file
 bindsym $mod+Shift+c reload
@@ -130,17 +147,20 @@ bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec "i3-nagbar -t warning -m 'You pressed the exit shortcu
 bindsym $mod+m move scratchpad
 bindsym $mod+Shift+m scratchpad show ; resize set 1920 920 ; move position center
 
-for_window [class="^.*"] border normal 4
+for_window [class="^.*"] border normal 2
 for_window [title="^.*Thunderbird"] border pixel 0
+for_window [title="^.*Chromium"] border pixel 0
+# for_window [title="^.*\|"] border pixel 4
 for_window [title="^HexChat.*"] border pixel 0
 for_window [title="^.*"] exec pkill -SIGRTMIN+11 i3blocks
 for_window [title="^.*"] exec pkill -SIGRTMIN+11 i3blocks
 for_window [title="cairo-dock"] floating enable ; border none
 for_window[class="Plank"] floating enable,move absolute center
 
-
-
-smart_borders on
+for_window [class=".*"] title_format "┋ %title"
+# for_window [con_id="__focused__"] title_format "<u>%title</u>"
+# hide_edge_borders both
+# smart_borders on
 # gaps inner 5
 # gaps outer 5
 
@@ -152,16 +172,30 @@ bar {
         status_command i3status --config ~/.config/i3/i3status.conf
         # status_command i3blocks
         colors {
-        background #2a3448
-        statusline #ffffff
+          # background #2a3448
+          # statusline #ffffff
+          background #ffffff
+          statusline #000000
+          focused_workspace  #ffffff #ffffff #000000
+          active_workspace   #ffffff #ffffff #888888
+          inactive_workspace #ffffff #ffffff #888888
+          urgent_workspace   #2f343a #900000 #ffffff
+          binding_mode       #2f343a #900000 #ffffff
         }
         # tray_output VGA1
-        # tray_padding 4
-        # font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 12
-        # separator_symbol "┋"
+        # output HDMI1
+        # tray_output HDMI1
+        tray_padding 2
+        #font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 11
+        #font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 11
+        #font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1
+        # font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono, Icons 8
+        # font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono, Awesome 8
+        separator_symbol "┋"
         position bottom
         # output VGA1
         binding_mode_indicator yes
+        # strip_workspace_numbers yes
 }
 
 
@@ -169,13 +203,12 @@ bar {
 # client.unfocused   #000000   #061229  #ffffff  #ff0000  #000000
 #colors:                border  backgr. text    indicator
 
-client.focused          #2a3448 #5299bf #2a3448 #f0a000
-client.focused_inactive #061229 #061229 #ffffff #ffffff
-client.unfocused        #061229 #061229 #5299bf #ffffff
+client.focused          #ffffff #ffffff #000000 #000000
+client.focused_inactive #ffffff #ffffff #888888 #ffffff
+client.unfocused        #ffffff #ffffff #888888 #ffffff
 client.urgent           #2a3448 #900000 #5299bf #ffffff
 client.background       #000000 #000000 #000000 #ffffff
 
-# hide_edge_borders both
 
 bindsym $mod+F2 exec i3-input -F 'rename workspace to "%s"' -P 'New name: '
 bindsym Control+Mod1+Left workspace prev_on_output
@@ -222,16 +255,16 @@ mode "resize" {
         # Pressing right will grow the window’s width.
         # Pressing up will shrink the window’s height.
         # Pressing down will grow the window’s height.
-        bindsym $mod+h resize shrink width 10 px or 10 ppt
-        bindsym $mod+j resize grow height 10 px or 10 ppt
-        bindsym $mod+k resize shrink height 10 px or 10 ppt
-        bindsym $mod+l resize grow width 10 px or 10 ppt
+        bindsym $mod+h resize shrink width 1 px or 1 ppt
+        bindsym $mod+j resize grow height 4 px or 4 ppt
+        bindsym $mod+k resize shrink height 4 px or 4 ppt
+        bindsym $mod+l resize grow width 1 px or 1 ppt
 
         # same bindings, but for the arrow keys
-        bindsym Left resize shrink width 10 px or 10 ppt
-        bindsym Down resize grow height 10 px or 10 ppt
-        bindsym Up resize shrink height 10 px or 10 ppt
-        bindsym Right resize grow width 10 px or 10 ppt
+        bindsym Left resize shrink width 1 px or 1 ppt
+        bindsym Up resize grow height 4 px or 4 ppt
+        bindsym Down resize shrink height 4 px or 4 ppt
+        bindsym Right resize grow width 1 px or 1 ppt
 
         # back to normal: Enter or Escape
         bindsym Return mode "default"
@@ -242,13 +275,22 @@ mode "resize" {
 
 
 
-exec --no-startup-id dbus-launch gnome-settings-daemon
-exec --no-startup-id dbus-launch nm-applet
-exec --no-startup-id dbus-launch nextcloud
+assign [class="^Thunderbird$"] → background
 
 exec --no-startup-id setxkbmap -option caps:escape
 exec --no-startup-id xset r rate 330 40
 
+exec --no-startup-id dbus-launch gnome-settings-daemon
+exec --no-startup-id dbus-launch nm-applet
+
+# exec xrandr --output HDMI1 --fb 3270x1080 --scale 1.05468x1.05468
+# exec xrandr --output HDMI1 --fb 3270x1080 --right-of VGA1 --panning 1350x1080+1920+0 --scale 1.05468x1.05468
+exec /usr/bin/xrandr-reset.sh
+
 # start compositor...
-exec --no-startup-id compton -bc
-exec --no-startup-id nitrogen --restore
+exec --no-startup-id dbus-launch nitrogen --restore
+exec --no-startup-id dbus-launch compton -b --config /home/max/.config/i3/compton.conf
+exec --no-startup-id dbus-launch setsid udiskie -2 -s
+exec --no-startup-id dbus-launch nextcloud
+
+
diff --git a/i3status.conf b/i3status.conf
index fd093ed..0f8fd6f 100644
--- a/i3status.conf
+++ b/i3status.conf
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 
 general {
         colors = true
-        color_good = "#88ff88"
-        color_bad = "#880000"
-        interval = 5
+        #color_good = "#88ff88"
+        #color_bad = "#880000"
+        color_good = "#00aa00"
+        color_bad = "#aa0000"
+        interval = 1
         output_format = i3bar
 }
 
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ run_watch VPN {
 }
 
 tztime local {
-        format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+        format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"
 }
 
 load {