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Just a question: #138

Closed LeftoverChineseFood closed 3 years ago

LeftoverChineseFood commented 3 years ago

In the default config file, rc.lua, there is a section that goes like this:

    -- >> Default applications <<
    -- Check apps.lua for more
    terminal = "kitty -1",
    floating_terminal = "kitty -1",
    browser = "firefox",
    file_manager = "kitty -1 --class files -e ranger",
    editor = "kitty -1 --class editor -e vim",
    email_client = "kitty -1 --class email -e neomutt",
    music_client = "kitty -o font_size=12 --class music -e ncmpcpp",

this is more of a question i had than anything else: 1.) What is kitty? It's just a terminal, right? 2.) why are you using things like editor = "kitty -1 --class editor -e vim", instead of just editor="vim" 3.) Is there a reason your formatted it that way? Because it's not working when i tried to switch my apps. 4.) How important is it that it's set up like that, because none of my buttons are working. 5.) I don't have kitty installed. I have terminator with fish shell. How do I properly set up my apps?

PedramNavid commented 3 years ago

not elena but ..

1) Kitty is a terminal, like urxvt or alacritty 2) You can set the class name of the terminal to reference using rules https://github.com/elenapan/dotfiles/blob/e952184146525f8d75ccfccb187938de1efafc54/config/awesome/rc.lua#L908 3) Do you have kitty installed? 4) if your bbuttons arent working it could be a bigger issue with your config. Do you have the git version of awesome installed? 5) install kitty or update references to kitty to the termianl of your choice.

LeftoverChineseFood commented 3 years ago

no, I don't have Kitty. I use Terminator.

Do i still need the -1 and -e in these lines? What do they do? Do they work with Terminator? I deleted them from my version. https://github.com/elenapan/dotfiles/blob/e952184146525f8d75ccfccb187938de1efafc54/config/awesome/rc.lua#L83

I have Git version of Awesome. Is it really just as simple as replacing the word "kitty" with "terminator"? are rules or classes important for this to work?

also, my fonts are installed but the wrong font is displayed. Did i do something wrong? It seems the system is using the default sans font. The default is still set to the original system default for some reason.

LeftoverChineseFood commented 3 years ago

Okay I fixed the buttons.

however, I still don’t like the which buttons are in the app drawer. How do I change that?

LeftoverChineseFood commented 3 years ago

imma just close this, is figured out.

Now i just have a bug with the fonts