[dwm] Fake Useless gaps with compton ;)

Unread post by **stark** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 4:57 pm

This not a config per se but Window Managers that can set the window borders properly can have transparent window borders via compton ( dwm, swm, xmonad and few more can do this and i3 is not one of them ).

For transparent window borders, start compton with compton -e 0.1 ( 0.1 for the highest level of transparency and 1.0 being fully opaque ).

Now for the Useless gaps in dwm set the size of window borders to your preferences and voila!

Example:

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static const unsigned int borderpx  = 10;

Shitty.webm or it didn't happen.

Unread post by **Dr_Chroot** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 6:05 pm

Fantastic; I have been wondering how to integrate compton better on swm. Thanks stark!

Unread post by **wuxmedia** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 7:18 pm

cool, not my cup of tea.
But nice find.

Unread post by **stark** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 9:24 am

@Dr You're Welcome :)

@wux I'm not used to useless gaps either but it feels nice though.

Unread post by **zharper** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 10:49 pm

Good idea! Will try it out.

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