Cleaning up Niri config (too many comments); also adding kdl support in Emacs.

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Derek Taylor
2026-01-17 20:05:40 -06:00
parent 4daede968a
commit 573f47e207
3 changed files with 7 additions and 228 deletions

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@@ -533,6 +533,7 @@
(use-package dart-mode)
(use-package haskell-mode)
(use-package kdl-mode)
(use-package lua-mode)
(use-package php-mode)

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@@ -722,6 +722,7 @@ Emacs has built-in programming language modes for Lisp, Scheme, DSSSL, Ada, ASM,
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(use-package dart-mode)
(use-package haskell-mode)
(use-package kdl-mode)
(use-package lua-mode)
(use-package php-mode)

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@@ -11,25 +11,11 @@ include "monitors.kdl"
input {
keyboard {
xkb {
// You can set rules, model, layout, variant and options.
// For more information, see xkeyboard-config(7).
// For example:
// layout "us,ru"
// options "grp:win_space_toggle,compose:ralt,ctrl:nocaps"
// If this section is empty, niri will fetch xkb settings
// from org.freedesktop.locale1. You can control these using
// localectl set-x11-keymap.
}
// Enable numlock on startup, omitting this setting disables it.
numlock
}
// Next sections include libinput settings.
// Omitting settings disables them, or leaves them at their default values.
// All commented-out settings here are examples, not defaults.
touchpad {
// off
tap
@@ -71,42 +57,7 @@ input {
focus-follows-mouse max-scroll-amount="0%"
}
// You can configure outputs by their name, which you can find
// by running `niri msg outputs` while inside a niri instance.
// The built-in laptop monitor is usually called "eDP-1".
// Find more information on the wiki:
// https://yalter.github.io/niri/Configuration:-Outputs
// Remember to uncomment the node by removing "/-"!
/-output "eDP-1" {
// Uncomment this line to disable this output.
// off
// Resolution and, optionally, refresh rate of the output.
// The format is "<width>x<height>" or "<width>x<height>@<refresh rate>".
// If the refresh rate is omitted, niri will pick the highest refresh rate
// for the resolution.
// If the mode is omitted altogether or is invalid, niri will pick one automatically.
// Run `niri msg outputs` while inside a niri instance to list all outputs and their modes.
mode "1920x1080@120.030"
// You can use integer or fractional scale, for example use 1.5 for 150% scale.
scale 2
// Transform allows to rotate the output counter-clockwise, valid values are:
// normal, 90, 180, 270, flipped, flipped-90, flipped-180 and flipped-270.
transform "normal"
// Position of the output in the global coordinate space.
// This affects directional monitor actions like "focus-monitor-left", and cursor movement.
// The cursor can only move between directly adjacent outputs.
// Output scale and rotation has to be taken into account for positioning:
// outputs are sized in logical, or scaled, pixels.
// For example, a 3840×2160 output with scale 2.0 will have a logical size of 1920×1080,
// so to put another output directly adjacent to it on the right, set its x to 1920.
// If the position is unset or results in an overlap, the output is instead placed
// automatically.
position x=1280 y=0
}
// Adding this in case it helps for Java programs
environment {
DISPLAY ":1"
// # Optional: You may also need to add the following for some specific issues
@@ -130,17 +81,8 @@ gestures {
// Find more information on the wiki:
// https://yalter.github.io/niri/Configuration:-Layout
layout {
// Set gaps around windows in logical pixels.
gaps 14
// When to center a column when changing focus, options are:
// - "never", default behavior, focusing an off-screen column will keep at the left
// or right edge of the screen.
// - "always", the focused column will always be centered.
// - "on-overflow", focusing a column will center it if it doesn't fit
// together with the previously focused column.
center-focused-column "never"
// You can customize the widths that "switch-preset-column-width" (Mod+R) toggles between.
preset-column-widths {
// Proportion sets the width as a fraction of the output width, taking gaps into account.
@@ -149,65 +91,20 @@ layout {
proportion 0.33333
proportion 0.5
proportion 0.66667
// Fixed sets the width in logical pixels exactly.
// fixed 1920
}
// You can also customize the heights that "switch-preset-window-height" (Mod+Shift+R) toggles between.
// preset-window-heights { }
// You can change the default width of the new windows.
default-column-width { proportion 0.5; }
// If you leave the brackets empty, the windows themselves will decide their initial width.
// default-column-width {}
// By default focus ring and border are rendered as a solid background rectangle
// behind windows. That is, they will show up through semitransparent windows.
// This is because windows using client-side decorations can have an arbitrary shape.
//
// If you don't like that, you should uncomment `prefer-no-csd` below.
// Niri will draw focus ring and border *around* windows that agree to omit their
// client-side decorations.
//
// Alternatively, you can override it with a window rule called
// `draw-border-with-background`.
// You can change how the focus ring looks.
focus-ring {
// Uncomment this line to disable the focus ring.
// off
// How many logical pixels the ring extends out from the windows.
width 3
// Colors can be set in a variety of ways:
// - CSS named colors: "red"
// - RGB hex: "#rgb", "#rgba", "#rrggbb", "#rrggbbaa"
// - CSS-like notation: "rgb(255, 127, 0)", rgba(), hsl() and a few others.
// Color of the ring on the active monitor.
active-color "#7fc8ff"
// Color of the ring on inactive monitors.
//
// The focus ring only draws around the active window, so the only place
// where you can see its inactive-color is on other monitors.
inactive-color "#282c34"
// You can also use gradients. They take precedence over solid colors.
// Gradients are rendered the same as CSS linear-gradient(angle, from, to).
// The angle is the same as in linear-gradient, and is optional,
// defaulting to 180 (top-to-bottom gradient).
// You can use any CSS linear-gradient tool on the web to set these up.
// Changing the color space is also supported, check the wiki for more info.
//
// active-gradient from="#80c8ff" to="#c7ff7f" angle=45
// You can also color the gradient relative to the entire view
// of the workspace, rather than relative to just the window itself.
// To do that, set relative-to="workspace-view".
//
// inactive-gradient from="#505050" to="#808080" angle=45 relative-to="workspace-view"
}
@@ -216,56 +113,14 @@ layout {
// The settings are the same as for the focus ring.
// If you enable the border, you probably want to disable the focus ring.
off
width 3
active-color "#ffc87f"
inactive-color "#282c34"
// Color of the border around windows that request your attention.
urgent-color "#9b0000"
// Gradients can use a few different interpolation color spaces.
// For example, this is a pastel rainbow gradient via in="oklch longer hue".
//
// active-gradient from="#e5989b" to="#ffb4a2" angle=45 relative-to="workspace-view" in="oklch longer hue"
// inactive-gradient from="#505050" to="#808080" angle=45 relative-to="workspace-view"
}
// You can enable drop shadows for windows.
shadow {
// Uncomment the next line to enable shadows.
on
// By default, the shadow draws only around its window, and not behind it.
// Uncomment this setting to make the shadow draw behind its window.
//
// Note that niri has no way of knowing about the CSD window corner
// radius. It has to assume that windows have square corners, leading to
// shadow artifacts inside the CSD rounded corners. This setting fixes
// those artifacts.
//
// However, instead you may want to set prefer-no-csd and/or
// geometry-corner-radius. Then, niri will know the corner radius and
// draw the shadow correctly, without having to draw it behind the
// window. These will also remove client-side shadows if the window
// draws any.
//
// draw-behind-window true
// You can change how shadows look. The values below are in logical
// pixels and match the CSS box-shadow properties.
// Softness controls the shadow blur radius.
softness 30
// Spread expands the shadow.
spread 5
// Offset moves the shadow relative to the window.
offset x=0 y=5
// You can also change the shadow color and opacity.
color "#0007"
}
@@ -283,43 +138,25 @@ layout {
}
// Add lines like this to spawn processes at startup.
// Note that running niri as a session supports xdg-desktop-autostart,
// which may be more convenient to use.
// See the binds section below for more spawn examples.
//spawn-at-startup "kanshi"
spawn-at-startup "swayidle" "-w" \
"timeout" "600" "niri msg action power-off-monitors"
spawn-at-startup "xwayland-satellite"
spawn-at-startup "waypaper" "--backend" "swaybg" "--restore"
//spawn-at-startup "waybar"
spawn-sh-at-startup "dms run"
spawn-at-startup "/usr/bin/emacs" "--daemon"
spawn-at-startup "nextcloud"
// To run a shell command (with variables, pipes, etc.), use spawn-sh-at-startup:
// spawn-sh-at-startup "qs -c ~/source/qs/MyAwesomeShell"
hotkey-overlay {
// Uncomment this line to disable the "Important Hotkeys" pop-up at startup.
skip-at-startup
}
// Uncomment this line to ask the clients to omit their client-side decorations if possible.
// If the client will specifically ask for CSD, the request will be honored.
// Additionally, clients will be informed that they are tiled, removing some client-side rounded corners.
// This option will also fix border/focus ring drawing behind some semitransparent windows.
// After enabling or disabling this, you need to restart the apps for this to take effect.
prefer-no-csd
// You can change the path where screenshots are saved.
// A ~ at the front will be expanded to the home directory.
// The path is formatted with strftime(3) to give you the screenshot date and time.
screenshot-path "~/Screenshots/scrot-%Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S.png"
// You can also set this to null to disable saving screenshots to disk.
// screenshot-path null
// Animation settings.
// The wiki explains how to configure individual animations:
// https://yalter.github.io/niri/Configuration:-Animations
@@ -332,20 +169,6 @@ animations {
}
// Window rules let you adjust behavior for individual windows.
// Find more information on the wiki:
// https://yalter.github.io/niri/Configuration:-Window-Rules
// Work around WezTerm's initial configure bug
// by setting an empty default-column-width.
window-rule {
// This regular expression is intentionally made as specific as possible,
// since this is the default config, and we want no false positives.
// You can get away with just app-id="wezterm" if you want.
match app-id=r#"^org\.wezfurlong\.wezterm$"#
default-column-width {}
}
// Open the Firefox picture-in-picture player as floating by default.
window-rule {
// This app-id regular expression will work for both:
// - host Firefox (app-id is "firefox")
@@ -364,41 +187,14 @@ window-rule {
open-floating true
}
// Example: block out two password managers from screen capture.
// (This example rule is commented out with a "/-" in front.)
/-window-rule {
match app-id=r#"^org\.keepassxc\.KeePassXC$"#
match app-id=r#"^org\.gnome\.World\.Secrets$"#
block-out-from "screen-capture"
// Use this instead if you want them visible on third-party screenshot tools.
// block-out-from "screencast"
}
// Example: enable rounded corners for all windows.
// (This example rule is commented out with a "/-" in front.)
window-rule {
geometry-corner-radius 6
clip-to-geometry true
}
binds {
// Keys consist of modifiers separated by + signs, followed by an XKB key name
// in the end. To find an XKB name for a particular key, you may use a program
// like wev.
//
// "Mod" is a special modifier equal to Super when running on a TTY, and to Alt
// when running as a winit window.
//
// Most actions that you can bind here can also be invoked programmatically with
// `niri msg action do-something`.
// Mod-Shift-/, which is usually the same as Mod-?,
// shows a list of important hotkeys.
Mod+Shift+Slash hotkey-overlay-title="Show important bindings" { show-hotkey-overlay; }
// Suggested binds for running programs: terminal, app launcher, screen locker.
// Mod+Shift+Return hotkey-overlay-title="Run an Application: fuzzel" { spawn "fuzzel" "-f" "Ubuntu:weight=regular:size=12" "-w" "60" "-x" "14" "-y" "14" "-b" "#282c34ff" "-t" "#abb2bfff" "-m" "#51afefff" "-s" "#1c1f24ff" "-S" "#abb2bfff" "-M" "#51afefff" "-C" "#51afefff" "-p" "RUN:"; }
Mod+Return hotkey-overlay-title="Open terminal: alacritty" { spawn "alacritty"; }
Mod+Shift+Return hotkey-overlay-title="Run launcher: rofi" { spawn "rofi" "-show" "drun" "-show-icons"; }
@@ -408,15 +204,7 @@ binds {
Mod+Shift+P hotkey-overlay-title="Password menu" { spawn "rofi-pass-wl"; }
Mod+Shift+Q hotkey-overlay-title="Quit out of niri" { quit; }
// Use spawn-sh to run a shell command. Do this if you need pipes, multiple commands, etc.
// Note: the entire command goes as a single argument. It's passed verbatim to `sh -c`.
// For example, this is a standard bind to toggle the screen reader (orca).
// Mod+Alt+S allow-when-locked=true hotkey-overlay-title=null { spawn-sh "pkill orca || exec orca"; }
// Example volume keys mappings for PipeWire & WirePlumber.
// The allow-when-locked=true property makes them work even when the session is locked.
// Using spawn-sh allows to pass multiple arguments together with the command.
// "-l 1.0" limits the volume to 100%.
XF86AudioRaiseVolume allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 0.1+ -l 1.0"; }
XF86AudioLowerVolume allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 0.1-"; }
XF86AudioMute allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "wpctl set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ toggle"; }
@@ -430,16 +218,13 @@ binds {
XF86AudioNext allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "playerctl next"; }
// Example brightness key mappings for brightnessctl.
// You can use regular spawn with multiple arguments too (to avoid going through "sh"),
// but you need to manually put each argument in separate "" quotes.
XF86MonBrightnessUp allow-when-locked=true { spawn "brightnessctl" "--class=backlight" "set" "+10%"; }
XF86MonBrightnessDown allow-when-locked=true { spawn "brightnessctl" "--class=backlight" "set" "10%-"; }
// Open/close the Overview: a zoomed-out view of workspaces and windows.
// You can also move the mouse into the top-left hot corner,
// or do a four-finger swipe up on a touchpad.
Mod+O repeat=false hotkey-overlay-title="Toggle overview" { toggle-overview; }
// Close window with focus
Mod+Shift+C repeat=false hotkey-overlay-title="Close window" { close-window; }
// Move focus right, down, up, left
@@ -486,11 +271,6 @@ binds {
Mod+Ctrl+I { move-workspace-up; }
// You can bind mouse wheel scroll ticks using the following syntax.
// These binds will change direction based on the natural-scroll setting.
//
// To avoid scrolling through workspaces really fast, you can use
// the cooldown-ms property. The bind will be rate-limited to this value.
// You can set a cooldown on any bind, but it's most useful for the wheel.
Mod+WheelScrollDown cooldown-ms=150 { focus-workspace-down; }
Mod+WheelScrollUp cooldown-ms=150 { focus-workspace-up; }
Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollDown cooldown-ms=150 { move-column-to-workspace-down; }
@@ -513,9 +293,6 @@ binds {
// "best effort". Trying to refer to a workspace index bigger than
// the current workspace count will instead refer to the bottommost
// (empty) workspace.
//
// For example, with 2 workspaces + 1 empty, indices 3, 4, 5 and so on
// will all refer to the 3rd workspace.
Mod+1 { focus-workspace 1; }
Mod+2 { focus-workspace 2; }
Mod+3 { focus-workspace 3; }