arch-desktop/todo.md

todo

Transitioning to Sway/Wayland for desktop environment.

Expect iterative changes over the following months while fine-tuning happens on real hardware.

sway

Going directly to hardware trials because virtualbox support requires too much undesirable configuration:

• Verify usespace systemd sway-session launch works as intended
  • does sway config loading from non-existing directory crash?
• Check all userspace service status to see if anything failed (eg. missing package(s) etc...)
• Verify whether ~/.config/libfm is valid, and it's not ~/.config/libfm-gtk3?
• Verify whether we can remove pash script in favor of hand-rolled commands
  • delete commented commands using old scripts
• Verify whether playerctl can replace mpv-control; does it work when on another workspace?
  • see if there is an option for inactive windows
  • delete commented commands using old scripts
• Try hidpi setting (output * scale 2)
  • Do all my key applications recognize it?
    • pcmanfm
    • mpv (???)
    • firefox
      • does firefox look like absolute dogshit?
• Triple check client menu like my super+tab hotkey that let's you see a list of installed applications
  • I don't need this, but other users might...
• Experiment with left/right alignment keys like I had on my other desktop; and resize support
  • While I don't necessarily need complex splitting, I can at least try it and get some hotkeys setup for it
• Experiment with Scratchpad and a hotkye to establish a persistent terminal
  • It might be as simple as using a hotkey to send and retrieve from Scratchpad, which extends to all apps?
  • perhaps we can name the scratchpad to allow us to "reserve" one for a script to utilize...
• Configure waybar
  • Improve visual aesthetic?
  • Eliminate unused or undesired information; battery on desktop?
  • Auto-hide it?
• add message to waybar and pactl for battery and volume control warnings
• Investigate wofi theming (Supposedly supports css, but can we import GTk theme?)
• research firefox auto-configuration or copying configuration files (eg. if plain text can add to dot-files):
  • https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customizing-firefox-using-autoconfig
  • verify if it remembers workspaces when re-opened
• install cmst from aur and try it out as an option for wifi support; if good add to my installation by default
  • https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cmst/
• Multi-Monitor configuration/hotkeys
  • supposedly each monitor is treated as a separate workspace, so this might work well
    • https://www.reddit.com/r/swaywm/comments/gr7yvt/assigning_workspaces_to_specific_outputs/
    • https://fedoramagazine.org/how-to-setup-multiple-monitors-in-sway/
    • https://www.reddit.com/r/swaywm/comments/ftuiqa/is_it_possible_to_set_my_starting_workspace/
• test/fix multimedia keys for volume change support (may require actual hardware; would also consider popup icons?)
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/swaywm/comments/bwwxg0/xf86_audio_keys/
• Run every single game in my library; make sure everything works
• Verify whether we should keep pash or the simpler commands work?
• Verify whether adaptive_sync on my DisplayPort monitor works!
• Verify whether this is needed
• Firefox Test for video, mic, and screen sharing