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1 .de LI 2 .LIST 3 .SHIFT_LIST 10p 4 .. 5 .PARA_SPACE 1m 6 .TITLE "\s+(10System Guide\s0" 7 .AUTHOR "\s+5cbh\s0" 8 .DOCTYPE DEFAULT 9 .COPYSTYLE FINAL 10 .PRINTSTYLE TYPESET 11 .PT_SIZE 12 12 .START 13 Pressing \f(CWs\fP will fit it to window width (\f(CWa\fP to revert). 14 \f(CWK\fP and \f(CWJ\fP zoom in and out. 15 \f(CWSuper+f\fP to toggle fullscreen. 16 \f(CWq\fP to quit. 17 (These are general binds set for \fBzathura\fP, the pdf reader.) 18 .LI 19 .ITEM 20 \f(CWMod+F1\fP will show this document at any time. 21 .ITEM 22 By \f(CWMod\fP, I mean the Super Key, usually known as "the Windows Key." 23 .LIST OFF 24 .PP 25 FAQs are at the end of this document. 26 .HEADING 1 "Welcome!" 27 .HEADING 2 "Basic goals and principles" 28 .LI 29 .ITEM 30 \fBNaturalness\fP \(en 31 Remove the border between mind and matter: 32 everything important should be as few keypresses as possible away from you, 33 and you shouldn't have to think about what you're doing. 34 Immersion. 35 .ITEM 36 \fBEconomy\fP \(en 37 Programs should be simple and light on system resources and highly extensible. 38 Because of this, many are terminal or small ncurses programs that have all the magic inside of them. 39 .ITEM 40 \fBKeyboard/vim-centrality\fP \(en 41 All terminal programs (and other programs) use vim keys when possible. 42 Your hands never need leave the home row or thereabout. 43 .ITEM 44 \fBDecentralization\fP \(en 45 This system is a web of small, modifiable, and replaceable programs that users can easily customize. 46 .LIST OFF 47 .HEADING 2 "General keyboard changes" 48 .LI 49 .ITEM 50 Capslock is a useless key in high quality space. 51 It's now remapped. 52 If you press it alone, it will function as escape, making vimcraft much more natural, 53 but you can also hold it down and it will act as another Windows/super/mod key. 54 .ITEM 55 The menu button (usually between the right Alt and Ctrl) is an alternative Super/Mod button. 56 .LIST OFF 57 .PP 58 If you'd like to change any of these keyboard changes, you need only open and change the \f(CWremaps\fP script. 59 Actually, this should go without saying, but \fIeverything\fP here can easily be changed. 60 Below in this document, there is information about where to change programs/components. 61 .HEADING 2 "The Status Bar" 62 .PP 63 To the left, you'll see the numbers of your current workspace/tag(s). 64 On the right, you'll see various system status notifiers. 65 .HEADING 1 "Key Bindings" 66 .PP 67 The window manager dwm abstractly orders all of your windows into a stack from most important to least based on when you last manipulated it. 68 dwm is an easy to use window manager, but you should understand that it makes use of that stack layout. 69 If you're not familiar, I recommend you press \f(CWMod+Shift+E\fP and select the "dwm" option to watch my brief tutorial (note that the bindings I discuss in the video are the default dwm binds, which are different (inferior) to those here). 70 .PP 71 Notice also the case sensitivity of the shortcuts\c 72 .FOOTNOTE 73 To type capital letters, hold down the \f(CWShift\fP key\(emthat might sound like an obvious and condescending thing to tell you, but there have literally been multiple people (Boomers) who have emailed me asking how to type a capital letter since caps lock isn't enabled. 74 .FOOTNOTE OFF 75 , Be sure you play around with these. Be flexible with the basic commands and the system will grow on you quick. 76 .LI 77 .ITEM 78 \f(CWMod+Enter\fP \(en Spawn terminal (the default terminal is \f(CWst\fP; run \f(CWman st\fP for more.) 79 .ITEM 80 \f(CWMod+q\fP \(en Close window 81 .ITEM 82 \f(CWMod+d\fP \(en dmenu (For running commands or programs without shortcuts) 83 .ITEM 84 \f(CWMod+j/k\fP \(en Cycle thru windows by their stack order 85 .ITEM 86 \f(CWMod+Space\fP \(en Make selected window the master (or switch master with 2nd) 87 .ITEM 88 \f(CWMod+h/l\fP \(en Change width of master window 89 .ITEM 90 \f(CWMod+z/Z\fP \(en Increase/decrease gaps 91 .ITEM 92 \f(CWMod+D\fP \(en Toggle gaps 93 .ITEM 94 \f(CWMod+Shift+Space\fP \(en Make a window float (move and resize with \f(CWMod+\fPleft/right click). 95 .ITEM 96 \f(CWMod+b\fP \(en Toggle status bar 97 .LIST OFF 98 .HEADING 2 "Window layouts" 99 .LI 100 .ITEM 101 \f(CWMod+t\fP \(en Tiling mode (active by default) 102 .ITEM 103 \f(CWMod+T\fP \(en Bottom stack mode (just like tiling, but master is on top) 104 .ITEM 105 \f(CWMod+f\fP \(en Fullscreen mode 106 .ITEM 107 \f(CWMod+F\fP \(en Floating (AKA normie) mode 108 .ITEM 109 \f(CWMod+y\fP \(en Fibbonacci spiral mode 110 .ITEM 111 \f(CWMod+Y\fP \(en Dwindle mode (similar to Fibonacci) 112 .ITEM 113 \f(CWMod+u\fP \(en Master on left, other windows in monocle mode 114 .ITEM 115 \f(CWMod+U\fP \(en Monocle mode (all windows fullscreen and cycle through) 116 .ITEM 117 \f(CWMod+i\fP \(en Center the master window 118 .ITEM 119 \f(CWMod+I\fP \(en Center and float the master window 120 .ITEM 121 \f(CWMod+o/O\fP \(en Increase/decrease the number of master windows 122 .LIST OFF 123 .HEADING 2 "Basic Programs" 124 .LI 125 .ITEM 126 \f(CWMod+r\fP \(en lf (file browser/manager) 127 .ITEM 128 \f(CWMod+e\fP \(en neomutt (email) \(en Must be first configured by running \f(CWmw add\fP. 129 .ITEM 130 \f(CWMod+m\fP \(en ncmpcpp (music player) 131 .ITEM 132 \f(CWMod+w\fP \(en Web browser (Chrome) 133 .ITEM 134 \f(CWMod+n\fP \(en newsboat (RSS feed reader) 135 .ITEM 136 \f(CWMod+a\fP \(en pulsemixer (audio system control) 137 .ITEM 138 \f(CWMod+v\fP \(en vimwiki (for notes) 139 .ITEM 140 \f(CWMod+Shift+Enter\fP \(en Show/hide dropdown terminal 141 .LIST OFF 142 .HEADING 2 "System" 143 .LI 144 .ITEM 145 \f(CWMod+BackSpace\fP \(enChoose to lock screen, logout, shutdown, reboot, etc. 146 .ITEM 147 \f(CWMod+V\fP \(en Toggle xcompmgr (to remove transparency and window effects) 148 .ITEM 149 \f(CWMod+F1\fP \(en Show this document 150 .ITEM 151 \f(CWMod+F3\fP \(en Select screen/display to use 152 .ITEM 153 \f(CWMod+F5\fP \(en Update dwm's colorscheme if you have changed Xresources 154 .ITEM 155 \f(CWMod+F6\fP \(en Transmission torrent client (not installed by default) 156 .ITEM 157 \f(CWMod+F7\fP \(en Toggle on/off transmission client via dmenu 158 .ITEM 159 \f(CWMod+F8\fP \(en Check mail, if mutt-wizard is configured. (Run \f(CWmw add\fP to set up.) 160 .ITEM 161 \f(CWMod+F9\fP \(en Mount a USB drive/hard drive or Android 162 .ITEM 163 \f(CWMod+F10\fP \(en Unmount a non-essential drive or Android 164 .ITEM 165 \f(CWMod+`\fP \(en Select an emoji to copy to clipboard 166 .ITEM 167 \f(CWMod+Insert\fP \(en Show contents of clipboard/primary selection 168 .LIST OFF 169 .HEADING 2 "Audio" 170 .PP 171 I use ncmpcpp as a music player, which is a front end for mpd. 172 .LI 173 .ITEM 174 \f(CWMod+m\fP \(en ncmpcpp, the music player 175 .ITEM 176 \f(CWMod+.\fP \(en Next track 177 .ITEM 178 \f(CWMod+,\fP \(en Previous track 179 .ITEM 180 \f(CWMod+<\fP \(en Restart track 181 .ITEM 182 \f(CWMod+>\fP \(en Toggle playlist looping 183 .ITEM 184 \f(CWMod+p\fP \(en Pause 185 .ITEM 186 \f(CWMod+M\fP \(en Mute all audio 187 .ITEM 188 \f(CWMod+-\fP \(en Decrease volume (holding shift increases amount) 189 .ITEM 190 \f(CWMod++\fP \(en Increase volume (holding shift increases amount) 191 .ITEM 192 \f(CWMod+[\fP \(en Back 10 seconds (holding shift increases amount) 193 .ITEM 194 \f(CWMod+]\fP \(en Forward 10 seconds (holding shift increases amount) 195 .ITEM 196 \f(CWMod+a\fP \(en pulsemixer (general volume sink/source control) 197 .LIST OFF 198 .HEADING 2 "Tags/Workspaces" 199 .PP 200 There are nine tags, active tags are highlighted in the top left. 201 .LI 202 .ITEM 203 \f(CWMod+(Number)\fP \(en Go to that number tag 204 .ITEM 205 \f(CWMod+Shift+(Number)\fP \(en Send window to that tag 206 .ITEM 207 \f(CWMod+Tab\fP \(en Go to previous tag (may also use \f(CW\\\fP for Tab) 208 .ITEM 209 \f(CWMod+g\fP \(en Go to left tag 210 .ITEM 211 \f(CWMod+;\fP \(en Go to right tag 212 .ITEM 213 \f(CWMod+Left\fP \(en Move to workspace to the left 214 .ITEM 215 \f(CWMod+Right\fP \(en Move to workspace to the right 216 .LIST OFF 217 .HEADING 2 "Recording" 218 .PP 219 I use maim and ffmpeg to make different recordings of the desktop and audio. 220 All of these recording shortcuts will output into \f(CW~\fP, and will not overwrite 221 previous recordings as their names are based on their exact times. 222 .LI 223 .ITEM 224 \f(CWPrintScreen\fP \(en Take a screenshot 225 .ITEM 226 \f(CWShift+PrintScreen\fP \(en Select area to screenshot 227 .ITEM 228 \f(CWMod+PrintScreen\fP \(en Opens dmenu menu to select kind of audio/video recording 229 .ITEM 230 \f(CWMod+Delete\fP \(en Kills any recording started in the above way. 231 .ITEM 232 \f(CWMod+Shift+c\fP \(en Toggles a webcam in the bottom right for screencasting. 233 .ITEM 234 \f(CWMod+ScrollLock\fP \(en Toggle screenkey (if installed) to show keypresses 235 .LIST OFF 236 .HEADING 2 "Other buttons" 237 .PP 238 I've mapped those extra buttons that some keyboards have (play and pause 239 buttons, screen brightness, email, web browsing buttons, etc.) to what you 240 would expect. 241 .HEADING 1 "Configuration" 242 .PP 243 Dotfiles/settings files are located in \f(CW~/.config/\fP, note that dotfiles to programs not included in LARBS are there as well by requests of users. I do not necessarily maintain all these dotfiles, but they remain as legacy. 244 .PP 245 Suckless programs, dwm (the window manager), st (the terminal) and dmenu among others do not have traditional config files, but have their source code location in \f(CW~/.local/src/\fP. 246 There you can modify their \f(CWconfig.h\fP files, then \f(CWsudo make install\fP to reinstall. 247 (You'll have to restart the program to see its effects obviously.) 248 .HEADING 1 "Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)" 249 .HEADING 2 "My keyboard isn't working as expected!" 250 .PP 251 As mentioned above, LARBS makes some keyboard changes with the \f(CWremaps\fP script. 252 These settings may override your preferred settings, so you should open this file and comment out troublesome lines if you have issues. 253 .HEADING 2 "My audio isn't working!" 254 .PP 255 On fresh install, the Linux audio system often mutes outputs. 256 You may also need to set your preferred default output sink which you can do by the command line, or by selecting one with \f(CWpulsemixer\fP (\f(CWmod+a\fP). 257 .HEADING 2 "How do I copy and paste?" 258 .PP 259 Copying and pasting is always program-specific on any system. 260 In most graphical programs, copy and paste will be the same as they are on Windows: \f(CWctrl-c\fP and \f(CWctrl-v\fP. 261 In the Linux terminal, those binds have other more important purposes, so you can run \f(CWman st\fP to see how to copy and paste in my terminal build. 262 .PP 263 Additionally, I've set vim to use the clipboard as the default buffer, which means when you yank or delete something in vim, it will be in your system clipboard as well, so you can \f(CWctrl-v\fP it into your browser instance, etc. You can also paste material copied from other programs into vim with the typical vim bindings. 264 .HEADING 2 "How do I change the background/wallpaper?" 265 .PP 266 The system will always read the file \f(CW~/.config/wall.png\fP as the wallpaper. 267 The script \f(CWsetbg\fP, if run on an image will set it as the persistent background. 268 When using the file manager, you can simply hover over an image name and type \f(CWbg\fP and this will run \f(CWsetbg\fP. 269 .HEADING 2 "How I change the colorscheme?" 270 .PP 271 LARBS no longer deploys Xresource by default, but check \f(CW~/.config/Xresources\fP for a list of color schemes you can activate or add your own. When you save the file, vim will automatically update the colorscheme. If you'd like these colors activated by default on login, there is a line in \f(CW~/.config/xprofile\fP you can uncomment to allow that. 272 .PP 273 Or, if you want to use \f(CWwal\fP to automatically generate colorschemes from your wallpapers, just install it and \f(CWsetbg\fP will automatically detect and run it on startup and wallpaper change. 274 .HEADING 2 "How do I set up my email?" 275 .PP 276 LARBS comes with mutt-wizard, which gives the ability to receive and send all your email and keep an offline store of it all in your terminal, without the need for browser. 277 You can add email accounts by running \f(CWmw add\fP. 278 .PP 279 Once you have successfully added your email address(es), you can open your mail with \f(CWneomutt\fP which is also bound to \f(CWMod+e\fP. 280 You can sync your mail by pressing \f(CWMod+F8\fP and you can set a cronjob to sync mail every several minutes by running \f(CWmw cron\fP. 281 .PP 282 You may also want to install \f(CWpam-gnupg-git\fP, which can be set up to automatically unlock your GPG key on login, which will allow you avoid having put in a password to sync and send, all while keeping your password safe and encypted on your machine. 283 .HEADING 2 "How do I set up my music?" 284 .PP 285 By default, mpd, the music daemon assumes that \f(CW~/Music\fP is your music directory. 286 This can be changed in \f(CW~/.config/mpd/mpd.conf\fP. 287 When you add music to your music folder, you may have to run \f(CWmpc up\fP in the terminal to update the database. 288 mpd is controlled by ncmpcpp, which is accessible by \f(CWMod+m\fP.