#!/bin/bash # dwm config install, healing and the patch applications. # # Sourced by setup_dwm.sh; split out to keep it under the 250-line cap. # Sourced rather than run, so it inherits the caller's strict mode and # the helper functions and variables defined above the source line. # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 3. Install our versioned config.h onto the fresh upstream clone. dwm.c stays # pristine here — movestack()/togglefullscr() are defined inside config.h, so # only the two intentional behaviour changes below patch dwm.c. # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- install_config() { log "Installing config.h from the repo (${REPO_DWM_DIR}/config.h)…" cp -- "${REPO_DWM_DIR}/config.h" "$SRC_DIR/config.h" } # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 3b. Auto-merge bleeding-edge config churn. When upstream adds a new config # knob (e.g. `refreshrate`), dwm.c starts referencing a symbol our # hand-written config.h doesn't define, breaking the build. To keep # "always latest master" sustainable, copy across any scalar knob that the # current dwm.c needs but our config.h lacks, using upstream's default. # Only single-line scalars referenced by dwm.c are merged (arrays we own # and unused symbols are left alone), so our customisations always win. # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- heal_config() { local defh="$SRC_DIR/config.def.h" cfgh="$SRC_DIR/config.h" dwmc="$SRC_DIR/dwm.c" [[ -f "$defh" && -f "$dwmc" ]] || return 0 local line name added=0 while IFS= read -r line; do name="$(sed -nE 's/^.*[^A-Za-z0-9_]([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)[[:space:]]*=.*/\1/p' <<<"$line")" [[ -n "$name" ]] || continue grep -qw "$name" "$cfgh" && continue # we already define it — keep ours grep -qw "$name" "$dwmc" || continue # dwm.c doesn't need it — skip printf '%s\n' "$line" >>"$cfgh" warn "config.h: auto-merged new upstream knob '$name' (bleeding-edge churn)" added=1 done < <(grep -E '^[[:space:]]*static[[:space:]]+const[[:space:]]+[^={]*=[^;{]*;' "$defh") ((added)) && log "Merged upstream config symbol(s) into config.h for this build." return 0 } # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 3c. Focus-on-click: stop the pointer from changing focus / switching monitors. # dwm defaults to focus-follows-mouse — and worse, crossing the screen # boundary over EMPTY space (motionnotify) switches the active monitor, which # yanks focus away from a fullscreen game on the other screen (no window edge # to stop the pointer). We rewrite enternotify + motionnotify to no-ops so # focus only changes on a CLICK or via the Mod+,/. (Mod+Ctrl+arrows) keys. # Applied as an idempotent source rewrite after each reset so it survives the # bleeding-edge `git pull`. perl -0777 slurps the file so the multi-line # function bodies match at once (.*? stops at the first column-0 `}`, i.e. the # function's own closing brace — nested if-block braces are tab-indented). # The dwm/patches/focus-on-click.patch file is the human-readable equivalent. # If upstream refactors these handlers the rewrite no-ops and we warn loudly # rather than silently dropping the behaviour. # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- apply_focusonclick() { local src="$SRC_DIR/dwm.c" [[ -f "$src" ]] || return 0 perl -0777 -i -pe ' s!\nenternotify\(XEvent \*e\)\n\{.*?\n\}\n!\nenternotify(XEvent *e)\n{\n\t/* focusonclick: pointer never changes focus; use a click or Mod+keys. */\n\t(void)e;\n}\n!s; s!\nmotionnotify\(XEvent \*e\)\n\{.*?\n\}\n!\nmotionnotify(XEvent *e)\n{\n\t/* focusonclick: keep the active monitor fixed when crossing screens. */\n\t(void)e;\n}\n!s; ' "$src" # Verify both rewrites landed; warn (never abort) if upstream changed shape. local ok=1 grep -q 'focusonclick: pointer never changes focus' "$src" || ok=0 grep -q 'focusonclick: keep the active monitor fixed' "$src" || ok=0 if ((ok)); then log "Applied focus-on-click (pointer no longer changes focus or switches monitors)." else warn "focus-on-click rewrite did NOT match upstream dwm.c — pointer focus unchanged." warn "enternotify/motionnotify were likely refactored upstream; update dwm/patches." fi return 0 } # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 3d. Auto pointer-confinement on fullscreen. dwm has no pointer barriers, so on # a dual-monitor setup the cursor slides off a fullscreen game onto the other # screen (there is no window edge to stop it). We hook setfullscreen() to # start the `pointer-confine` helper (XFixes barriers) when a window goes # fullscreen and stop it when fullscreen ends; unmanage() also stops it so a # game that closes WHILE fullscreen can never leave the cursor trapped. The # hook is a quick `if (system(...)) {}` — the `if` consumes system()'s result # so -Wall stays warning-free; the trailing `&` returns to dwm immediately. # Reapplied after each reset (idempotent via git) and self-verifying; the # dwm/patches/fullscreen-pointer-confine.patch file mirrors it for reading. # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- apply_fullscreen_confine_hook() { local src="$SRC_DIR/dwm.c" [[ -f "$src" ]] || return 0 perl -0777 -i -pe ' s!(\n\t\tc->isfullscreen = 1;\n)!$1\t\tif (system("pconfine-auto on &")) {}\n!; s!(\n\t\tc->isfullscreen = 0;\n)!$1\t\tif (system("pconfine-auto off &")) {}\n!; s!(\nunmanage\(Client \*c, int destroyed\)\n\{\n\tMonitor \*m = c->mon;\n\tXWindowChanges wc;\n)!$1\tif (c->isfullscreen) { if (system("pconfine-auto off &")) {} }\n!; ' "$src" # Expect: 1 "on", 2 "off" (setfullscreen-leave + unmanage). Warn if not. # `|| true`: grep -c exits 1 when the count is zero, and the caller runs # under `set -e`. Without this the function aborts HERE on a refactored # upstream -- i.e. exactly when the warning below is the thing we need. local on off on=$(grep -c 'pconfine-auto on' "$src" || true) off=$(grep -c 'pconfine-auto off' "$src" || true) if [[ "$on" == 1 && "$off" == 2 ]]; then log "Applied auto pointer-confinement hook (locks the cursor to a fullscreen window's screen)." else warn "pointer-confine hook only partially applied (on=$on off=$off, expected 1/2)." warn "setfullscreen/unmanage were likely refactored upstream; update dwm/patches." fi return 0 } # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 4. Build & install (PREFIX defaults to /usr/local). # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- build_install() { log "Compiling dwm…" make -C "$SRC_DIR" clean >/dev/null make -C "$SRC_DIR" 2>&1 | tail -15 log "Installing dwm (sudo make install)…" sudo make -C "$SRC_DIR" install 2>&1 | tail -8 } # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 4b. Build & install the pointer-confine helper (XFixes barriers) from the # versioned dwm/pointer-confine.c. Standalone C so it stays out of dwm.c; # dwm only spawns it via the setfullscreen() hook. If the X dev headers are # missing it fails soft: warn and skip, leaving the rest of dwm fully working # (fullscreen just won't auto-lock the cursor). # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- build_pointer_confine() { log "Compiling pointer-confine from the repo (${REPO_DWM_DIR}/pointer-confine.c)…" local bin bin="$(mktemp)" if cc -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -O2 "${REPO_DWM_DIR}/pointer-confine.c" -o "$bin" \ -lX11 -lXfixes -lXinerama 2>/tmp/pointer-confine-build.log; then sudo install -m 755 "$bin" "$BIN_CONFINE" log "Installed $BIN_CONFINE." else warn "pointer-confine failed to compile — fullscreen cursor-lock disabled (dwm itself is fine):" sed 's/^/ /' /tmp/pointer-confine-build.log >&2 || true fi rm -f "$bin" } # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 5. Install the helper scripts (from the repo) and register the lightdm # xsession. The scripts are the versioned files in dwm/bin/; we just place # them on PATH with the right mode. # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- write_session_files() { log "Installing helper scripts from the repo and the lightdm xsession entry…" sudo install -m 755 "${REPO_DWM_DIR}/bin/dwm-session" "$BIN_SESSION" sudo install -m 755 "${REPO_DWM_DIR}/bin/dwmstatus" "$BIN_STATUS" sudo install -m 755 "${REPO_DWM_DIR}/bin/dwm-rebuild" "$BIN_REBUILD" sudo install -m 755 "${REPO_DWM_DIR}/bin/switch-wm" "$BIN_SWITCH" sudo install -m 755 "${REPO_DWM_DIR}/bin/pconfine-auto" "$BIN_CONFINE_AUTO" # --- xsession entry for lightdm (absolute Exec path) -------------------- sudo tee "$XSESSION" >/dev/null <<'DESKTOP_EOF' [Desktop Entry] Name=dwm (i3-like) Comment=dynamic window manager, compiled from source Exec=/usr/local/bin/dwm-session TryExec=/usr/local/bin/dwm Type=Application DesktopNames=dwm DESKTOP_EOF } # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 6. Verify the build links and the session is registered. # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- verify() { log "Verifying install…" local ver ver="$(dwm -v 2>&1)" || true # dwm -v prints version then exit(1) log "dwm version: ${ver:-}" command -v dwm >/dev/null && log "dwm binary: $(command -v dwm)" [[ -f "$XSESSION" ]] && log "xsession registered: $XSESSION" } print_summary() { cat < boot dwm switch-wm i3 -> boot i3 switch-wm -> show then reboot. Recovery if dwm misbehaves: TTY (Ctrl+Alt+F3) -> 'switch-wm i3' -> reboot. Key bindings (Mod = Super): Mod+Return terminator Mod+d dmenu Mod+j / Mod+k focus next / prev Mod+Shift+j/k move in stack Mod+h / Mod+l shrink / grow master Mod+i/Shift+i +/- master count Mod+1..0 view tag 1..10 Mod+Shift+1..0 send to tag Mod+f fullscreen Mod+Shift+space toggle floating Mod+t / Mod+w tiling / monocle Mod+Shift+Return promote to master Mod+Shift+q kill window Mod+Shift+e exit dwm Mod+m mic mute Mod+Shift+r recompile (dwm-rebuild) Two monitors (no i3-style per-output workspaces — see config.h note): Mod+, / Mod+. focus the other screen (or Mod+Ctrl+Left/Right) Mod+Shift+, / Mod+Shift+. throw window there (or Mod+Ctrl+Shift+L/R) Focus-on-click is ON: the pointer no longer steals focus or switches monitors when it crosses screens. Focus changes on click/keys. Fullscreen cursor-lock is ON: when a window goes fullscreen (games), the cursor is trapped on that screen (XFixes barriers) and released when fullscreen ends. Stuck barrier? Mod+Shift+p force-releases it. Status bar (clock, temps, load, RAM, volume) needs xsetroot: sudo pacman -S xorg-xsetroot # then log out / back in Preview it now without the bar: dwmstatus once Customise (permanent): edit files in linux_configuration/dwm/ then re-run this script. Quick experiment: edit ~/.local/src/dwm/config.h + run 'dwm-rebuild' (re-running setup_dwm.sh overwrites it from the repo). SUMMARY }