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To use fonts like Inconsolata you’ll need to build a patched version of dmenu.
- Download the source code and the patch.
- Open up a terminal, cd to the directory containing both the source code and the patch.
- Run the following commands to apply the patch: tar zxvf dmenu-4.5.tar.gz cd dmenu-4.5 mv ../dmenu-4.5-xft.diff .
How do I start WM i3?
If it didn’t exist, simply put exec i3 in there. If it exists, check the bottom for some exec call, comment it out and put exec i3 instead. Once the file is saved, run startx from the TTY. This will start an X server, read the file and then start i3.
How to configure dmenu to launch an application?
A more elegant solution would be to replace the dmenu_run script with the i3-dmenu-desktop script. i3-dmenu-desktop is an i3 specific script that creates a menu based on the available .desktop files on your system. It is thus mainly targeted towards graphical programs, which actually makes more sense for an application menu and looks better.
How do I change the configuration of i3?
To change the configuration of i3, copy /etc/i3/config to ~/.i3/config (or ~/.config/i3/config if you like the XDG directory scheme) and edit it with a text editor. On first start (and on all following starts, unless you have a configuration file), i3 will offer you to create a configuration file.
dmenu is a fast and lightweight dynamic menu for X. It reads arbitrary text from stdin, and creates a menu with one item for each line.
What are the steps in the i3 user guide?
Don’t focus window upon opening 4.15. Variables 4.16. X resources 4.17. Automatically putting clients on specific workspaces 4.18. Automatically starting applications on i3 startup 4.19. Automatically putting workspaces on specific screens 4.20. Changing colors 4.21. Interprocess communication 4.22. Focus follows mouse 4.23. Mouse warping 4.24.