[OC] sxw - Simple X Widgets

liquidcat@lemmy.ml to Unixporn@lemmy.ml – 219 points –

This is a collection simple, lightweight widgets made for dwm. See the Github repo.

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I like it, but now I'm a little sad that I just switched to Wayland

huh, does this not work on wayland

Not since it depends on X. I don't use xwayland but I'm guessing that could work, just with more overhead.

why more overhead?

I haven't really looked at the details, but there might actually not be much overhead from the protocol itself. It does amount to running an X server beside Wayland though, I believe.

Everything seem to be neat but there is just one thing i couldnt bare with, please place play buttons icon just a bit right, i am sure it is in the center but since the left part is bigger it may seem better if it is near to right

Couldn't you fork the project and add an option to display icons centered in regards to their center of mass?

Yeah, but that was a suggestion for the OP, i dont like widgets indeed

Are the program starters on your first workspace? Or do you launch apps through something like dmenu? Where is the Jupiter descending feed coming from?

I use dmenu to launch programs. The Jupiter feed is coming from a local file, which contains rising and setting times for a few planets for the next year.

I will try it out tomorrow, thanks!

is the volume knob stereo friendly too