simoxdcs / dwm

Build Instruction

Before install you need mkdir /home/YOURUSERNAME/.local/share/dwm

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/dwm

and put the script there. So it's necessary to change the HOMEDIR variable in the Makefile.

And the script's keyboard shortcut is also hardcoded. Changed the variable listed below to successfully execute the script.

static const char *powercmd[] = { "/home/YOURUSERNAME/.local/share/dwm/power", NULL };
static const char *chwpcmd[] = { "/home/YOURUSERNAME/.local/share/dwm/chwp", NULL };
static const char *volupcmd[] = { "/home/YOURUSERNAME/.local/share/dwm/dwm-volume-ctl", "up", NULL };
static const char *voldowncmd[] = { "/home/YOURUSERNAME/.local/share/dwm/dwm-volume-ctl", "down", NULL };

I want to use the getenv("HOME") funtion provided in the stdlib.h. But the config header file only accept static const value, so you can only replace the name manually.

Quicker reload

If you are using xinitrc to run dwm, use this while loop to run your dwm:

while : ; do
    dwm && break || continue
    # sleep 5
done

Use pkill dwm to kill the current dwm instance, it will exit 1 that break the before if statement and continue the while loop. It will exit 0 if you close the dwm manually.

It is recommended to add a sleep after the loop, this can help prevent the dwm launch too fast. It is useful when your dwm exit with error like segment fault.