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X11
X111 is a graphical display manager.
Setup
Install the required software on your system before loading the module. Installing X111 without any install recommends may not include all of the packages you need on your system. Make sure you don't need any GNOME software utilities before using this example.
RUN apt install -y xserver-xorg-core \ --no-install-recommends \ --no-install-suggests
Displays
Setup autorandr
2 with pre-configured profiles for screen size and display output.
RUN apt install autorandr -y
Screen locking
If you want to be able to lock and unlock your screen when you're away from your machine, install xss-lock
3. By default, it will show a blue screen, turning red if you input your password incorrectly, and returning to your previous screen when successful.
RUN apt install -y xss-lock slock
Desktop compositor
Desktop notifications
Make sure dbus
5 is installed to receive desktop notifications, it's an IPC system used by lots of utilities.
RUN apt install -y dbus
Config
My workflow includes launching Emacs under X111 without the use of a display manager, controlling everything within Emacs, while still providing the functionality of a desktop environment.
compton & xss-lock -- slock & exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session emacs -mm --debug-init
Create symbolic link
By default xinit
1 will read the configuration file at $HOME/.xinitrc
. Override this location with a link to the custom configuration.
(dotfiles/symlink "~/.emacs.d/config/xinitrc" "~/.xinitrc")
Desktop environment
Use the desktop-environment
6 package to automatically bind well-known programs for controlling the volume, brightness, media playback, and many other XF86 functionality bindings.
(use-package desktop-environment :after exwm :custom (desktop-environment-brightness-small-increment "2%+") (desktop-environment-brightness-small-decrement "2%-") (desktop-environment-brightness-normal-decrement "5%-") (desktop-environment-brightness-normal-decrement "5%-") (desktop-environment-volume-small-increment "2%+") (desktop-environment-volume-small-decrement "2%-") (desktop-environment-volume-normal-increment "5%+") (desktop-environment-volume-normal-decrement "5%-") :config (desktop-environment-mode))
Swapping CAPS and CTRL
Use Xmodmap
7 to swap CapsLock and Ctrl to keep common bindings on the home row.
clear lock clear control keycode 66 = Control_L add control = Control_L add Lock = Control_R
Override the configuration file.
(dotfiles/symlink "~/.emacs.d/config/xmodmap" "~/.Xmodmap")
Frame transparency
Emacs supports frame transparency when running under the X Window System1.
(defun dotfiles/toggle-transparency () (interactive) (let ((alpha (frame-parameter nil 'alpha))) (set-frame-parameter nil 'alpha (if (eql (cond ((numberp alpha) alpha) ((numberp (cdr alpha)) (cdr alpha)) ((numberp (cadr alpha)) (cadr alpha))) 100) '(85 . 80) '(100 . 100)))))
Enable frame transparency by default.
(set-frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'alpha '(85 . 80)) (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(alpha . (85 . 80)))
Shortcuts
Toggle frame transparency with SPC t r
.
(dotfiles/leader "tr" '(dotfiles/toggle-transparency :which-key "Transparency"))