# i3-EndeavourOS
## joekamprad: setup for i3 under [EndeavourOS](https://endeavouros.com)

# Tutorial for i3-wm settings:
* background handled by [nitrogen](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/nitrogen)
* gtk3 theme handled by [lxappearance-gtk3](https://wiki.lxde.org/de/LXAppearance)
* Filebrowser = [Thunar](https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/start)
* default Terminal-Emulator = [xfce4-terminal](https://docs.xfce.org/apps/terminal/start)
* Text-Editor = [xed](https://github.com/linuxmint/xed)

# Main shortcuts:
[mod] key is set to the winkey (or should i call it linkey?)

![alt text](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/endeavouros-team/screenshots/master/linkey.png "modkey")

* [mod]+**enter** = open terminal (xfce4-terminal)
* [mod]+**w** =  open Browser (firefox)
* [mod]+**n** =  open Filebrowser (thunar)
* **F9** =  app menu (rofi)
* **$mod+c** =  close focused app [kill]
* **Print**-key = screenshot (scrot)

# default i3-wm keycodes: 
https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_default_keybindings

# Tiling:
is set to default for i3wm and can be changed to: 
* stacking:
Only the focused window in the container is displayed. You get a list of windows at the top of the container.

* tabbed:
so each new window will open fullscreen as a tab, you can change between window-tabs with mouse or shortcut:
[mod]+**Left** focus left (left arrow key)
[mod]+**Right** focus right (right arrow key)

# i3blocks:
![alt text](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/endeavouros-team/screenshots/master/i3-block.png "i3blocks")
* pulseaudio (mousewheel volume level, rightclick open pulseaudio control)
* weather (openweather you need to get city code and apikey first [adding it to ~/.config/i3/scripts/openweather.sh])
get your api key here: https://openweathermap.org/appid and City code: https://openweathermap.org/find?q= (search your city     and take the city code from the url in your browser [7 numbers at the end of the url])
* tray-icons (showing network-manager and update-icon)
* logout button (poweroff, logout, suspending, hibernate e.t.c.)

# panel bar (i3-blocks):
![alt text](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/endeavouros-team/screenshots/master/i3-block-bar-tutorial-tp.png "bar legende")
* CONFIG FILE = ~/.config/i3/i3blocks.conf
# Logout Menu:
![alt text](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/endeavouros-team/i3-fresh/master/images/2020-11-29_23-17_1.png "logout-menu")
* CONFIG FILE = ~/.config/i3/i3blocks.conf
# application menu (rofi):
![alt text](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/endeavouros-team/i3-fresh/master/images/2020-11-29_23-18.png "application-menu")
* color scheme = ~/.Xresources

# Notifications are done with dunst:
![alt text](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/endeavouros-team/screenshots/master/dunst-i3-enOS.png "dunst-notification")
* CONFIG FILE = ~/.config/dunst/dunstrc

# autostart application like they would do on a full DE with dex
https://github.com/jceb/dex

![alt text](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/endeavouros-team/screenshots/master/i3-desktop.png "i3-running")

login to i3.

# If you need to change something to fit your needs start at the full wiki at EndeavourOS wiki page:

https://endeavouros.com/docs/window-tiling-managers/i3-wm/

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# Tutorial to install EndeavourOS-i3 setup from scratch 
**for later installs, if you have installed another DE on initial install from the ISO**

1. get the dot files
2. copy files to the right directories (.config of your user):
3. copy scripts inside ~/.config/i3/scripts must be executable ! [chmod +x] them please ;)
4. install needed packages

`git clone https://github.com/endeavouros-team/i3-EndeavourOS.git`

`cd i3-EndeavourOS`

`cp -R .config/* ~/.config/`

`chmod -R +x ~/.config/i3/scripts` (make scripts executable)

# install needed apps and programms for i3wm:

`sudo pacman -S --needed - < packages-repository.txt`