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progandy c4bbd0d3c6 Meson: Fix SYSCONFDIR definition.
SYSCONFDIR was set to the wrong path if prefix is not '/usr' and
sysconfdir is an absolute path. Use join_paths() to fix it.

Also remove the special case for prefix '/usr'. In that case Meson
already sets sysconfdir to the absolute path '/etc', so just using
join_paths() will return the correct value.

    join_paths('/usr/local', 'etc') => '/usr/local/etc'
    join_paths('/usr/local', '/etc') => '/etc'
    join_paths('/usr', '/etc') => '/etc'
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client Change _XOPEN_SOURCE defines to _POSIX_C_SOURCE 2018-09-03 09:08:49 +02:00
common Merge pull request #3083 from c-edw/feature/StripWorkspaceName 2018-11-19 17:56:18 +01:00
completions document swaymessage type for get_seats 2018-11-04 22:49:44 +01:00
contrib A script to make inactive windows transparent 2018-10-20 21:58:00 +03:00
include Merge pull request #3083 from c-edw/feature/StripWorkspaceName 2018-11-19 17:56:18 +01:00
protocols Update for swaywm/wlroots#1243 2018-09-14 19:21:44 +02:00
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sway Merge pull request #3158 from emersion/get-outputs-focused 2018-11-22 09:16:14 +01:00
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swaybg Sway clients: Exit gracefully when compositor is unavailable 2018-10-15 21:57:59 +10:00
swayidle fix typo in swayidle(1) 2018-11-21 23:13:23 +01:00
swaylock reordered swaylock manpage 2018-10-27 15:25:10 +02:00
swaymsg IPC: Send keyboard layout info in IPC_GET_INPUTS 2018-11-12 22:00:22 +05:30
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sway

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"SirCmpwn's Wayland compositor" is a work in progress 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 **
  • pam (optional: PAM support for swaylock)
  • scdoc (optional: man pages) *
  • git *

*Compile-time dep

**optional: required for swaybg and swaylock

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).