12/05/2023-Updated: I have written a script for autoconfiguration. Uploaded to dot files below.

This is a record of some fixes for some bugs that I encounter, dot files, and the packages that I am using.

Dot files could be found in https://github.com/zayn7lie/dot-files

# Install

Easy to install: $ sudo pacman -S hyprland

# Config

# Basic

# IO

• Disable Mouse Acceleration: add force_no_accel = true to input{} in ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf
• Authorization: polkit-gnome, then add exec-once = /usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 to ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf
• Desktop Manager (Could this be called Desktop?): sddm, then $ sudo systemctl enable sddm

# System

• linux-flowx13 specific kernel for ROG Flow X13
• SWAPFILE creation: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Swap#Swap_file
• rog-control-center
• wlogoutAUR: logout menu
• btop: resource monitor
• ntp: time synchronization
• firefox: browser
  • betterfox

# Appearance

• Theme Control: qt5ct qt6ct xfce4-settings

  • Set /etc/environment: QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct

• Screen Lock: swaylock-effect, then bind hotkey using bind = $mainMod, L, exec, swaylock # lock the screen: swaylock-effect in ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf

  • Swaylock-effect configuration: ~/.config/swaylock/config

• background/Wallpaper: swaybg, then add exec-once = swaybg -m fill -i ?{~/Pictures/Wallpapers/ArchLinux.png} to ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf (?{} is the path to your background picture)

• Topbar: waybar, then add exec-once = waybar to ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf

  • waybar configuration file: ~/.config/waybar/config

• Fonts: ttf-ubuntu-font-family, ttf-fira-code, noto-fonts noto-fonts-cjk noto-fonts-emoji, ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols-mono

• Icons: papirus-icon-theme

• Terminal: kitty

  • ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf
    • font_family Fira Code
    • scrollback_lines 8192
    • foreground green
    • background_opacity 0.7
  • BUG: Not display properly while using SSH: Add [ "$TERM" = "xterm-kitty" ] && alias ssh="kitty +kitten ssh" to ~/.bashrc

# Media

# Image

• Screenshot: AURgrimblast-git, then bind hotkey: bind = $mainMod SHIFT, S, exec, env XDG_SCREENSHOTS_DIR=$HOME/Pictures/Screenshot grimblast copysave area in ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf
  • Copy2Clipboard: wl-clipboard
• Edit: krita(hand draw friendly) inkscape(vectorize image friendly, especially for researcher who need .svg image) gimp(editor friendly)
• view: nsxiv
• Preview: tumbler ffmpegthumbnailer

# Audio

• Basis: pipewire-pulse pipewire-alsa pipewire-jack pipewire alsa-utils

• Music Player: audacious

• Music editing: audacity

• Noise suppression: noise-suppression-for-voice:

  • ~/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/99-input-denoising.conf, then $ systemctl restart --user pipewire.service:

    context.modules = [
    {   name = libpipewire-module-filter-chain
        args = {
            node.description =  "Noise Canceling source"
            media.name =  "Noise Canceling source"
            filter.graph = {
                nodes = [
                    {
                        type = ladspa
                        name = rnnoise
                        plugin = /usr/lib/ladspa/librnnoise_ladspa.so
                        label = noise_suppressor_mono
                        control = {
                            "VAD Threshold (%)" = 50.0
                            "VAD Grace Period (ms)" = 200
                            "Retroactive VAD Grace (ms)" = 0
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
            capture.props = {
                node.name =  "capture.rnnoise_source"
                node.passive = true
                audio.rate = 48000
            }
            playback.props = {
                node.name =  "rnnoise_source"
                media.class = Audio/Source
                audio.rate = 48000
            }
        }
    }
    ]
    

• Bluetooth: bluez bluez-utils blueman, then add blueman-applet to config

# Video

• Editor: blender

# Work

# Input

• Method: fcitx5

  • Basis: fcitx5-im fcitx5-chinese-addons

  • GUI: fcitx5-nord

  • /etc/environment:

    GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
    QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
    XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx
    SDL_IM_MODULE=fcitx
    

# Writing

• Code: code
  • GitHub Login: install gnome-keyring, /usr/share/applications/code-oss.desktop: Exec=/usr/bin/code-oss --unity-launch --password-store="gnome" %F
• Paper: zoteroAUR
  • Better BibTeX for ZoteroOth
    • Google Style Cite Key: Citation Key Formula: auth.lower + year + shorttitle(1).lower
    • Fields to omit from export: month, abstract, langid, file
• Blog: hugo
• Dictionary: goldendict-ng-gitAUR
• PDF Notation: mupdf (tesseract-data-eng) xournalpp

# Social

• Email: thunderbird # evolution evolution-on
  • Provider for Google Calendar
• Chat: telegram-desktop discord
• Meeting: zoomAUR
• Discord: webcordAUR

# Game

• Steam: steam

  • enable multilib: /etc/pacman.conf - [multilib] - uncomment Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, then refresh: $ sudo pacman -Syy

• osu-lazerAUR

• prismlauncherAUR