GW2: Desktop

Xorg

In make.conf : VIDEO_CARDS='intel' INPUT_DEVICES='libinput'

Emerge xorg-server (of i965 drivers) and all the deps.

And emerge xsetroot, xmodmap, xrandr, setxkbmap, inconsolata, source-han-sans.

Before xmodmap keys, xmodmap -pke > default to save up the default mapping.

Screensaver

Emerge x11-libs/libXScrnSaver first

Build this simple C applet as, say, xidle:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<X11/extensions/scrnsaver.h>
int main() {
    XScreenSaverInfo *info = XScreenSaverAllocInfo();
    Display *dpy = XOpenDisplay(0);
    if(!info || !dpy ||
    !XScreenSaverQueryInfo(dpy, RootWindow(dpy,DefaultScreen(dpy)), info)) return -1;
    printf("%ld", info->idle / 1000); // sec
    XFree(info);
    XCloseDisplay(dpy);
    return 0;
}

Suckless family

Clone the source codes and well patch/test before commiting final full patches into /etc/portage/patches. Patch is good enough, no much need for savedconfig.

• common: font, font size, xinerama USE
• dwm: the "meta" key, pertag
• st: colorscheme, zoom, scroll

If pixelsize=14 invalid in st's font setting, try size=14

For intuitive usage intro on dwm, read http://ratfactor.com/slackware/dwm/ and http://ratfactor.com/slackware/dwm2

To make st look (un)fancy, go to https://ciembor.github.io/4bit

Gtk+ w/o dbus

• Follow this simple instruction: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1103236.html
• Atoms in /etc/portage/profile/package.provided are considered as already installed, so as to suppress emerge from installing them.
• The line numbers in the diff patch might vary with different versions, so generate one from a real diff call.
• After putting everything in place, go to the ebuild repo and run ebuild <P>.ebuild prepare to see if the patch works!!
• Sometimes patches don't work due to an erroneous umask...
• A better patch is to add the accessibility USE

Firefox

Global scaling by layout.css.devPixelsPerPx in about:config.

To get audio with PulseAudio, check pacmd's sinks.

Wine

symlink fonts under .wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts and improve font by regedit following archwiki

winetricks : install (3) DLL files of rich*

citrix

export ICAROOT=/opt/Citrix/ICAClient

cd $icaclient

./wfica -file /path/to/foo.ica

IME fcitx 4

Emerge fcitx-libpinyin, and configure.

Custom configuration can be done by editing files under $HOME/.config/fcitx. For instance, to enable pinyin IME (or any other IME), modify EnabledIMList in $HOME/.config/fcitx/profile.

Copy the codes that import the dbus-launch xinitrc.d script ( eval "$(dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-x11)" ) from /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc to $HOME/.xinitrc, if userland .xinitrc is used by startx.

Key remapping by xmodmap may be overwritten by fcitx, as said in the official wiki. There is also a github issue related to it. To solve it, write xmodmap rules in $HOME/.Xmodmap and fcitx will load them at startup.

IME fcitx 5

fcitx:5, fcitx-rime:5, fcitx-qt:5, fcitx-gtk:5, (fcitx-configtool:5)

run fcitx5 as daemon or fcitx-configtool trigger

CONF_DIR: .config/ibus/rime OR .local/share/fcitx5/rime

• default.custom.yaml : main, patch
• wongdean/rime-settings
• rime_deployer --build CONF_DIR /usr/share/rime-data CONF_DIR/build