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Brian Ashworth 00cffb8e20 commands/bar: fix mode and hidden_state at runtime
For compatibility with i3, `bar mode` and `bar hidden_state` do not
require bar-ids (in the normal location) at runtime since they follow
the alternative syntax: `bar mode|hidden_state <option> [<bar-id>]`

This removes the incorrect error that the bar-id is missing for those
two bar subcommands
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.builds ci: enable all features 2019-04-25 10:00:55 -06:00
assets Recompressed PNG files 2017-01-05 21:49:28 -05:00
client swaybg: split into standalone project 2019-04-25 18:44:28 +03:00
common swaybg: split into standalone project 2019-04-25 18:44:28 +03:00
completions Add missing swaymsg completions 2019-03-08 15:28:35 -05:00
contrib A script to make inactive windows transparent 2018-10-20 21:58:00 +03:00
include input/keyboard: attempt default keymap on failure 2019-05-14 08:23:26 -06:00
protocols Implement pointer-constraints-unstable-v1 2019-01-30 19:53:59 +01:00
security.d delete references to swaygrab 2018-07-30 16:24:46 +01:00
sway commands/bar: fix mode and hidden_state at runtime 2019-05-22 22:33:10 +03:00
swaybar swaybar: add multiseat support 2019-04-24 07:16:37 -06:00
swaymsg swaymsg: fix quiet error reporting 2019-05-03 11:09:49 -06:00
swaynag swaybg: split into standalone project 2019-04-25 18:44:28 +03:00
.clang-format Update .clang-format - not entirely usable yet 2017-01-10 23:30:34 -05:00
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.gitignore Allocate minimum size necessary in pango text functions. (#3473) 2019-01-20 15:03:30 +01:00
config.in Make comment casing consistient 2019-05-21 08:12:49 -06:00
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meson.build Bump required wlroots version 2019-05-03 13:10:53 -04:00
meson_options.txt Set version in project file 2019-02-05 14:32:05 +01:00
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sway

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sway is an i3-compatible Wayland compositor. Read the FAQ. Join the IRC channel (#sway on irc.freenode.net).

If you'd like to support sway development, please contribute to SirCmpwn's Patreon page.

Release Signatures

Releases are signed with B22DA89A and published on GitHub.

Installation

From Packages

Sway is available in many distributions. Try installing the "sway" package for yours. If it's not available, check out this wiki page for information on installation for your distributions.

If you're interested in packaging sway for your distribution, stop by the IRC channel or shoot an email to sir@cmpwn.com for advice.

Compiling from Source

Install dependencies:

  • meson *
  • wlroots
  • wayland
  • wayland-protocols *
  • pcre
  • json-c
  • pango
  • cairo
  • gdk-pixbuf2 (optional: system tray)
  • scdoc (optional: man pages) *
  • git *

*Compile-time dep

Run these commands:

meson build
ninja -C build
sudo ninja -C build install

On systems without logind, you need to suid the sway binary:

sudo chmod a+s /usr/local/bin/sway

Sway will drop root permissions shortly after startup.

Configuration

If you already use i3, then copy your i3 config to ~/.config/sway/config and it'll work out of the box. Otherwise, copy the sample configuration file to ~/.config/sway/config. It is usually located at /etc/sway/config. Run man 5 sway for information on the configuration.

Running

Run sway from a TTY. Some display managers may work but are not supported by sway (gdm is known to work fairly well).