https://github.com/j-waters/dynbsp

Enhances BSPWM by dynamically adding, removing and renaming desktops
https://github.com/j-waters/dynbsp

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Enhances BSPWM by dynamically adding, removing and renaming desktops

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/j-waters/dynbsp
• Owner: j-waters
• Created: 2020-11-17T15:05:27.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-08-21T17:44:41.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-13T08:40:56.435Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: bspwm, linux, linux-desktop
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 28.3 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# dynbsp

dynbsp is a companion for [bspwm](https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm) that can

dynamically add, rename and remove desktops, amongst other things

## Installation

### pip

```shell script

pip install dynbsp

```

### Arch

```shell script

yay -S dynbsp-git

```

## Usage

```

Usage: dynbsp [OPTIONS] [COMMAND] [ARGS]...

Options:

  --profile  profile application

  --help     Show this message and exit.

Commands:

  multimonitor      Call when a monitor is removed. Any desktops on the

                    old monitor will be moved to a different one

  new-desktop       Create a new 'misc' desktop

  pip               Toggle a node in and out of 'picture in picture' mode

  start             Start dynbsp (default)

```

## Configuration

```yaml

# ~/.config/dynbsp/config.yaml

# Configure the home desktop. Applications launched on this desktop

# will be moved to their own new 'misc' desktop unless whitelisted

home:

  name: ""

  applications:

    - class: conky

    - class: calculator

# The name of 'misc' desktops

misc: "•"

# A list of desktops, with the applications that should be put on them

# If two desktops have the same name, and extra_name is defined, the desktops

# will be renamed to '{name} {extra_name}'

desktops:

  - name: ""

    order: 220

    applications:

      - class: Chromium

  - name: ""

    extra_name: pycharm

    order: 320

    applications:

      - class: jetbrains-pycharm

  - name: ""

    extra_name: webstorm

    order: 310

    applications:

      - class: jetbrains-webstorm

```

Config will automatically be re-loaded