dwmblocks-async
An efficient, lean, and asynchronous status feed generator for dwm. (by UtkarshVerma)
libxft-bgra
A patched version of libxft that allows for colored emojis to be rendered in Suckless software (dmenu/st/whatever). (by uditkarode)
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| dwmblocks-async | libxft-bgra | |
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| 8 | 11 | |
| 204 | 65 | |
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| 6.0 | 0.0 | |
| 5 days ago | about 2 years ago | |
| C | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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dwmblocks-async
Posts with mentions or reviews of dwmblocks-async.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-13.
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How to make dwmblocks update when i press volume key or brightness keys.
Depends. There are several dwmblocks implementations floating around. I use https://github.com/UtkarshVerma/dwmblocks-async and it has a signal per block that can be sent with pkill to rerun the script.
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Xfce is undefeatable
Maybe some day I'll finish configuring dwm/dwl and dwmblocks/somebar+someblocks and use it, but even then XFCE will always be my fallback.
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dwmblocks doesn't show up anywhere
Ah yes, correct. The dwmblocks-async author says statuscmd is needed on https://github.com/UtkarshVerma/dwmblocks-async for clickable blocks. I did pull that in a while ago into my dwm code, but forgot that it's only needed there for clicking. Good call!
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Which patch to use for dwmblocks?
I recommend you to use this version of dwmblocks: https://github.com/UtkarshVerma/dwmblocks-async
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xsetroot status with different refresh rates
https://github.com/UtkarshVerma/dwmblocks-async is very nice.
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dwmblocks dwm heavy lag
currently i use dwmblocks-async with this configuration:
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dwmblocks-async: An asynchronous, clickable statusbar for dwm
As these were not hindrances to my work, I've had these on the back burner for quite some time, until today when I humbly present to you dwmblocks-async. It fixes the above-mentioned issues by doing the following:
libxft-bgra
Posts with mentions or reviews of libxft-bgra.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-19.
- dwm crashes rendering 🟢 symbol
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dwm keeps crashing when opening some websites or when executing some commands
The workaround before the libXft upstream was corrected was to install (or manually patch the fixes from) libXft-bgra.
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Xorg terminates immediately after the startx loaded dwm
I've attempted to patch libXft with libxft-bgra -> https://github.com/uditkarode/libxft-bgra I've executed the make install portion, how can I now replace the libXft with the libXft-bgra? When I try to: xbps-remove libXft I get: libXft-2.3.4_1 in transaction breaks installed pkg \libXft-devel-2.3.4_1 ~... pango-xft ~...sxiv-26_1` and many other dependencies. When I add them to my xbps-remove command, eventually even xorg would need to be removed.
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Problems with glyph rendering in st
Your crashes might be due to a problem in libxft, there is a patched version that manages to render the emojis correctly.
- libXft-bgra and xbps updates
- DWM How do you use colored emojis slstatus
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How do I set an emoji font for dwm window titles?
use this
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Some glyphs/icons not displaying on st
not really sure but maybe something to do with https://github.com/uditkarode/libxft-bgra
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Ubuntudebian Icons In Dwm Status Bar And Dmenu
git clone https://github.com/uditkarode/libxft-bgra cd libxft-bgra sh autogen.sh --sysconfdir=/etc --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
Did you get this working? I've installed the Noto Color Emoji, removed the lines that avoid dmenu to crash, cloned the repo https://github.com/uditkarode/libxft-bgra , compiled it, but still not working.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing dwmblocks-async and libxft-bgra you can also consider the following projects:
dwmblocks - Modular status bar for dwm written in c.
dwm - LEV Linux's window manager (a fork of dwm)
dwm-flexipatch - A dwm build with preprocessor directives to decide which patches to include during build time
dwmblocks - My status bar: my build of the modular dwmblocks
xbps - The X Binary Package System (XBPS)
modwm - MODWM - Modular Dynamic Window Manager
nerd-fonts - Iconic font aggregator, collection, & patcher. 3,600+ icons, 50+ patched fonts: Hack, Source Code Pro, more. Glyph collections: Font Awesome, Material Design Icons, Octicons, & more
GUIDE_how-to-install-dwm-in-qubesos - [Guide] How to install suckless' dwm in QubesOS
st-flexipatch - An st build with preprocessor directives to decide which patches to include during build time
dwm-vanitygaps - My dwm vanitygaps build (incl. individual patches)
st - build of the suckless simple terminal with patches for alpha, font2, copyurl, openclipboard, invert, appsync, xresources, scrollback, w3m, keyboard select, boxdraw
dwmblocks-async vs dwmblocks
libxft-bgra vs dwm
dwmblocks-async vs dwm-flexipatch
libxft-bgra vs dwm-flexipatch
dwmblocks-async vs dwmblocks
libxft-bgra vs xbps
dwmblocks-async vs modwm
libxft-bgra vs nerd-fonts
dwmblocks-async vs GUIDE_how-to-install-dwm-in-qubesos
libxft-bgra vs st-flexipatch
dwmblocks-async vs dwm-vanitygaps
libxft-bgra vs st