Hi, I’m new to NixOS and want to use herbstluftwm with its configFile option.
It doesn’t seem to run the config script at all, but rather some default autostart script.
As an indication I’ve set the window_border_active_color to red.
In terminal I can just type
herbstclient set window_border_active_color red
and it works just fine.
But I can’t get it to work at startup. The border stays green.
#configuration.nix
{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
{
imports = [ <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/virtualbox-demo.nix> ];
# Let demo build as a trusted user.
nix.trustedUsers = [ "demo" ];
# Mount a VirtualBox shared folder.
# This is configurable in the VirtualBox menu at
# Machine / Settings / Shared Folders.
# fileSystems."/mnt" = {
# fsType = "vboxsf";
# device = "nameofdevicetomount";
# options = [ "rw" ];
# };
# By default, the NixOS VirtualBox demo image includes SDDM and Plasma.
# If you prefer another desktop manager or display manager, you may want
# to disable the default.
services.xserver = {
desktopManager.plasma5.enable = lib.mkForce false;
enable = true;
windowManager.herbstluftwm = {
enable = true;
configFile = pkgs.writeText "autostart" ''
#!${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash
hc() {
${pkgs.herbstluftwm}/bin/herbstclient "$@"
}
hc emit_hook reload
xsetroot -solid '#5A8E3A'
# remove all existing keybindings
hc keyunbind --all
# keybindings
# if you have a super key you will be much happier with Mod set to Mod4
Mod=Mod1 # Use alt as the main modifier
#Mod=Mod4 # Use the super key as the main modifier
hc keybind $Mod-Shift-q quit
hc keybind $Mod-Shift-r reload
hc keybind $Mod-Shift-c close
hc keybind $Mod-Return spawn ''${TERMINAL:-xterm} # use your $TERMINAL with xterm as fallback
# basic movement
# focusing clients
hc keybind $Mod-Left focus left
hc keybind $Mod-Down focus down
hc keybind $Mod-Up focus up
hc keybind $Mod-Right focus right
hc keybind $Mod-h focus left
hc keybind $Mod-j focus down
hc keybind $Mod-k focus up
hc keybind $Mod-l focus right
# moving clients
hc keybind $Mod-Shift-Left shift left
hc keybind $Mod-Shift-Down shift down
hc keybind $Mod-Shift-Up shift up
hc keybind $Mod-Shift-Right shift right
hc keybind $Mod-Shift-h shift left
hc keybind $Mod-Shift-j shift down
hc keybind $Mod-Shift-k shift up
hc keybind $Mod-Shift-l shift right
# splitting frames
# create an empty frame at the specified direction
hc keybind $Mod-u split bottom 0.5
hc keybind $Mod-o split right 0.5
# let the current frame explode into subframes
hc keybind $Mod-Control-space split explode
# resizing frames
resizestep=0.05
hc keybind $Mod-Control-h resize left +$resizestep
hc keybind $Mod-Control-j resize down +$resizestep
hc keybind $Mod-Control-k resize up +$resizestep
hc keybind $Mod-Control-l resize right +$resizestep
hc keybind $Mod-Control-Left resize left +$resizestep
hc keybind $Mod-Control-Down resize down +$resizestep
hc keybind $Mod-Control-Up resize up +$resizestep
hc keybind $Mod-Control-Right resize right +$resizestep
# tags
tag_names=( {1..9} )
tag_keys=( {1..9} 0 )
hc rename default "''${tag_names[0]}" || true
for i in ''${!tag_names[@]} ; do
hc add "''${tag_names[$i]}"
key="''${tag_keys[$i]}"
if ! [ -z "$key" ] ; then
hc keybind "$Mod-$key" use_index "$i"
hc keybind "$Mod-Shift-$key" move_index "$i"
fi
done
# cycle through tags
hc keybind $Mod-period use_index +1 --skip-visible
hc keybind $Mod-comma use_index -1 --skip-visible
# layouting
hc keybind $Mod-r remove
hc keybind $Mod-s floating toggle
hc keybind $Mod-f fullscreen toggle
hc keybind $Mod-p pseudotile toggle
# The following cycles through the available layouts within a frame, but skips
# layouts, if the layout change wouldn't affect the actual window positions.
# I.e. if there are two windows within a frame, the grid layout is skipped.
hc keybind $Mod-space \
or , and . compare tags.focus.curframe_wcount = 2 \
. cycle_layout +1 vertical horizontal max vertical grid \
, cycle_layout +1
# mouse
hc mouseunbind --all
hc mousebind $Mod-Button1 move
hc mousebind $Mod-Button2 zoom
hc mousebind $Mod-Button3 resize
# focus
hc keybind $Mod-BackSpace cycle_monitor
hc keybind $Mod-Tab cycle_all +1
hc keybind $Mod-Shift-Tab cycle_all -1
hc keybind $Mod-c cycle
hc keybind $Mod-i jumpto urgent
# theme
hc attr theme.tiling.reset 1
hc attr theme.floating.reset 1
hc set frame_border_active_color red
hc set frame_border_normal_color yellow
hc set frame_bg_normal_color '#565656'
hc set frame_bg_active_color '#345F0C'
hc set frame_border_width 1
hc set always_show_frame 1
hc set frame_bg_transparent 1
hc set frame_transparent_width 5
hc set frame_gap 4
hc attr theme.active.color '#9fbc00'
hc attr theme.normal.color '#454545'
hc attr theme.urgent.color orange
hc attr theme.inner_width 1
hc attr theme.inner_color black
hc attr theme.border_width 3
hc attr theme.floating.border_width 4
hc attr theme.floating.outer_width 1
hc attr theme.floating.outer_color black
hc attr theme.active.inner_color '#3E4A00'
hc attr theme.active.outer_color '#3E4A00'
hc attr theme.background_color '#141414'
hc set window_gap 0
hc set frame_padding 0
hc set smart_window_surroundings 0
hc set smart_frame_surroundings 1
hc set mouse_recenter_gap 0
hc set window_border_active_color red
# rules
hc unrule -F
#hc rule class=XTerm tag=3 # move all xterms to tag 3
hc rule focus=on # normally focus new clients
#hc rule focus=off # normally do not focus new clients
# give focus to most common terminals
#hc rule class~'(.*[Rr]xvt.*|.*[Tt]erm|Konsole)' focus=on
hc rule windowtype~'_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_(DIALOG|UTILITY|SPLASH)' pseudotile=on
hc rule windowtype='_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG' focus=on
hc rule windowtype~'_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_(NOTIFICATION|DOCK|DESKTOP)' manage=off
hc set tree_style '╾│ ├└╼─┐'
# unlock, just to be sure
hc unlock
# do multi monitor setup here, e.g.:
# hc set_monitors 1280x1024+0+0 1280x1024+1280+0
# or simply:
# hc detect_monitors
# find the panel
panel=${pkgs.herbstluftwm}/etc/xdg/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
[ -x "$panel" ] || panel=${pkgs.herbstluftwm}/etc/xdg/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
for monitor in $(herbstclient list_monitors | cut -d: -f1) ; do
# start it on each monitor
"$panel" $monitor &
done
'';
};
displayManager = {
sddm.enable = lib.mkForce false;
auto.enable = true;
auto.user = "demo";
defaultSession = "none+herbstluftwm";
};
};
environment.sessionVariables.TERMINAL = [ "xterm" ];
# Set your time zone.
time.timeZone = "Europe/Berlin";
services.xserver.layout = "de";
console.keyMap = "de";
i18n.defaultLocale = "de_DE.UTF-8";
console.font = "ter-i32b";
console.packages = [ pkgs.terminus_font ];
# List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
# \$ nix search wget
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
wget
vim
home-manager
git
];
fonts.fonts = with pkgs; [
source-code-pro
];
# Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
# services.openssh.enable = true;
networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
users.users.demo.extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" ];
}
I also use home-manager, if there is an easier solution that way.
