New DOCS (HyPRLand)

Currently using this theme (HyDE): https://github.com/HyDE-Project/HyDE

There are some tweaks that I did with keybindings and maybe something else as well in /.config/hypr

Welcome to my setup!

Hi! I have configured the code for Arch on a HiDPI display. You can configure it according to your needs.

X not Wayland

I chose X because I found it easy to configure with Nvidia drivers.

Window Manger

Ly

I have used Ly window manager. It is a lightweight window manager with console UI. You can install it using from the repo.

After installing Ly, enable it using systemctl.

sudo systemctl enable ly.service

I am using Ly only for login. I am using I3 tiling window manager for general purpose after login.

I3

The setup for I3 is pretty simple. Install i3-wm package from the repo and copy the files configuration files to .config/i3/config. To use my I3 configuration, you will need following programs or modules.

• JetBrainsMono Nerd Font
• Brightnessctl to change brightness of the screen
• Alacritty terminal emulator
• Rofi for dialogs and menus
• Polybar for status bar.
• playerctl to control media buttons if you have one.
• xsecurelock to lock the screen
• xss-lock to control screen locks
• clipmenu to maintain a clipboard history

Enable Tap to Click on Touchpad

As described in the Arch Wiki, I had to use libinput. X already has libinput by default. So, I installed xf86-input-libinput and xorg-xinput.

After installing, restart the device.

Then type this in the terminal.

xinput list

It will print a list of devices like this.

Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ SYNA2BA6:00 06CB:CEC0 Mouse             	id=10	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ SYNA2BA6:00 06CB:CEC0 Touchpad          	id=11	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ GXTP7936:00 27C6:0123                   	id=12	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                   	id=3	[master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard             	id=5	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=6	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=7	[slave  keyboard (3)]

The ID of touch pad is 11. To view, the props type:

xinput list-props 11

It will output something like this:

Device 'SYNA2BA6:00 06CB:CEC0 Touchpad':
	Device Enabled (171):	1
	Coordinate Transformation Matrix (173):	1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
	libinput Tapping Enabled (327):	0
	libinput Tapping Enabled Default (328):	0
	libinput Tapping Drag Enabled (329):	1

Here, the Tapping is disabled as it is set to 0.

To enable tapping, type:

xinput set-prop 11 327 1

Note: Make sure you do this everytime you start the X server or put it somewhere in the window manager config. I have put it in i3 config.

Audio Setup

I setup my Sound System as described in the Arch Wiki. I installed PulseAudio sound server and other extra pulseaudio modules like pulseaudio-alsa and pulseaudio-bluetooth.

Microphone setup

It is the same as audio setup. For a GUI based interface, I installed PulseAudio Volume Control.

Bluetooth Setup

Follow the Arch Wiki. I installed bluez and bluez-utils packages. For GUI, I installed blueman.

Notification Setup

Install dunst package. The configuration for dunst is in .config/dunst/dunstrc

Charging Notification

Open the script in .local/bin/chargingnotify. Change the parameters accordingly. The DBUS_SESSION_ADDRESS might be different.

To get the battery levels, you might have to change the device name. For me, its BAT0. Check using the following command:

ls -a /sys/class/power_supply

Check the script and after it works properly, you have to setup udev rules.

In /etc/udev/rules.d/charging.rules, put the following code.

# Rule for when switching to battery
ACTION=="change", SUBSYSTEM=="power_supply", ATTR{type}=="Mains", ATTR{online}=="0", ENV{DISPLAY}=":0", ENV{XAUTHORITY}="/home/iambee/.Xauthority" RUN+="/usr/bin/su iambee -c '/home/iambee/.local/bin/chargingnotify 0'"

# Rule for when switching to AC
ACTION=="change", SUBSYSTEM=="power_supply", ATTR{type}=="Mains", ATTR{online}=="1", ENV{DISPLAY}=":0", ENV{XAUTHORITY}="/home/iambee/.Xauthority" RUN+="/usr/bin/su iambee -c '/home/iambee/.local/bin/chargingnotify 1'"

Reload udev rule using:

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

Remember to change the attributes and values based on your device. The attributes might be different. To check the attributes for a device use the following

sudo udevadm info -a /sys/class/power_supply/ADP0

Low Battery and Full Battery Notification

The script for battery notification is in .local/bin/batterynotify. Then, you have to make systemctl services and timers. They are available in ~/.config/systemd/user/. After putting the services and timers in place, load and start it.

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable --now alert-battery.timer

# Optionally check that the timer is active
systemctl --user list-timers

Screen Lock and Lid Close

I have used xsecurelock for screen locking. I have made a systemd service to lock before the lid closes. However, it should also be done by xss-lock as already coded in i3 config.

I have added the following code in /usr/lib/systemd/system-sleep/xsecurelock and marked the file as executable. This will ensure that it will lock before suspend/hibernate. The process is described in Github link: xsecurelock

#!/bin/bash
if [[ "$1" = "post" ]] ; then
  pkill -x -USR2 xsecurelock
fi
exit 0

For automatic locking, I used xss-lock and added the following code to i3 config.

exec --no-startup-id xset s 300 5
exec --no-startup-id xss-lock -n /usr/lib/xsecurelock/dimmer -l -- xsecurelock

Note: Make sure to disable secure boot on windows if dual boot. It caused problem during shutdown and recovery from suspend.

Taking Screenshot

I used maim for screenshot. The screenshot script is written in .local/bin/screenshot. The keybindings are available in the i3 config file.

Vim and NeoVim

Neovim

Plugin Manager: lazy.nvim

Package to Install:

• unzip
• nodejs
• npm
• python-pip
• lua
• luarocks
• stylua, Lua Code formatter
• eslint, linter for JS
• flake8, linter for python
• cpplint, static code checker for C++
• black, python code formatter
• ripgrep
• tree-sitter.

There may be other requirements. Just install them if any error pops up

Plugins:

• lazy.nvim for plugin management
• mason.nvim for managing LSP servers
• mason-lspconfig.nvim For mason.nvim and lspconfig
• nvim-lspconfig LSP
• nvim-treesitter Tree Sitter and Highlighting
• telescope.nvim fuzzy finder
• dashboard-nvim Dashboard
• nvim-lualine Status Bar
• nvim-colorizer Colors display for color code
• twilight.nvim Dim inactive part of code
• nvim-bufdel Deleting buffers
• catpuccin Theme
• bufferline.nvim For buffer tabs
• cmp-buffer For buffer autocompletions
• nvim-cmp Nvim Auto Completion
• cmp-path Path Auto Completions
• cmp-cmdline Command Line Auto Completions
• cmp-nvim-lua Lua Auto Completions
• cmp-nvim-lsp LSP Auto Completions
• LuaSnip Snippet Engine
• friendly-snippets Bunch of snippets
• comment.nvim Commenting
• gitsigns.nvim Git Decoration
• indent-blankline.nvim Indentation
• none-ls.nvim Code Formatting
• null-ls.nvim Code Formatting
• nvim-autopairs AutoPairing
• nvim-tree.lua File Explorer
• nvim-ts-context-commentstring Comment based on cursor location
• nvim-web-devicons For Icons
• plenary.nvim Lua Functions Library
• telescope.nvim Fuzzy Finder
• telescope-media-files.nvim Preview Media Files in Neovim
• toggleterm.nvim Terminal Integration
• which-key.nvim Key Binding Help
• trouble.nvim Diagnostics
• cinnamon.nvim For scrolling effect
• project.nvim Project Management
• compiler.nvim Code Runner

Common Applications

• GIMP for Image Editing
• Feh for image view.
• Thunar for file manager.
• Neovim for code editor
• Picom for background blur and opacity.
• Firefox Browser

Some Issues

• Firefox cannot save files

Change ownership of the directory. It might be set to root. Change ownership using chown to current user