bspwm.elf64

Warning: These are my personal configurations. You may need to edit these files to fit your own preferences and setup.

What is bspwm

BSPWM is a tiling window manager that arranges windows in a non-overlapping pattern. It is very easy to configure. but bspwm doesn’t handle any keyboard or pointer inputs a third party program (e.g. sxhkd) is needed in order to translate keyboard and pointer events to bspc invocations.

How to install bspwm

Start by installing bspwm using your package manager. on Debian-based systems like Ubuntu, you can use

sudo apt install bspwm sxhkd polybar alacritty picom

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -Sy bspwm sxhkd polybar alacritty picom

Void Linux

sudo xbps-install bspwm sxhkd polybar alacritty picom

Configuration Files

If you want to use my configuration, which includes bspwm and other configuration files. Navigate to your home directory and execute

git clone https://github.com/covencm/dots

Moving Configuration Files

Once cloned, first go into the cloned repository and locate the bspwm, polybar, and other configuration files within the dotfiles repository. Then, move these files to a directory named ~/.config/ .

to move all the configuration files at once, execute this command:

mv ~/dots/* ~/.config/

Permissions

Make these files executable

chmod +x /home/(your user name here)/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc

chmod +x /home/(your user name)/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc

Starting Bspwm

To start bspwm, you need to set it as your default window manager.

If you are using a Login Manager, you might need to select bspwm on your login screen.

If not, create or edit the xinitrc file and include the following line

exec bspwm

That’s it!