Minor edits.

.config/awesome/README.org

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ local modkey1      = "Control"
 local browser           = "firefox"
 local editor            = os.getenv("EDITOR") or "vim"
 local editorgui         = "geany"
-local filemanager       = "thunar"
+local filemanager       = "pcmanfm"
 local mailclient        = "geary"
 local mediaplayer       = "vlc"
 local scrlocker         = "slimlock"

.config/picom/picom.conf

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ mark-ovredir-focused = true;
 detect-client-opacity = true;
 unredir-if-possible = true;
 refresh-rate = 0;
-vsync = "false";
+vsync = false;
 dbe = false;
 focus-exclude = [ "class_g = 'Cairo-clock'" ];
 detect-transient = true;

.doom.d/config.el

@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
 
 (require 'exwm)
 (require 'exwm-config)
+(exwm-config-default)
 (require 'exwm-systemtray)
 (exwm-systemtray-enable)
 (require 'exwm-randr)
@@ -214,6 +215,23 @@
                                ([?\s-m] . exwm-layout-toggle-mode-line)
                                ([f11] . exwm-layout-toggle-fullscreen)))
 
+(defun dt/exwm-start-picom ()
+  (interactive)
+  (start-process-shell-command "picom" nil "picom"))
+
+(defun dt/exwm-start-nm-applet ()
+  (interactive)
+  (start-process-shell-command "nm-applet" nil "nm-applet"))
+
+(defun dt/exwm-start-volume-icon ()
+  (interactive)
+  (start-process-shell-command "volume-icon" nil "volume-icon"))
+
+(after! exwm-config
+  (dt/exwm-start-picom)
+  (dt/exwm-start-nm-applet)
+  (dt/exwm-start-volume-icon))
+
 (setq doom-font (font-spec :family "SauceCodePro Nerd Font Mono" :size 15)
       doom-variable-pitch-font (font-spec :family "Ubuntu" :size 15)
       doom-big-font (font-spec :family "SauceCodePro Nerd Font Mono" :size 24))
@@ -346,6 +364,26 @@
              "DONE(d)"           ; Task has been completed
              "CANCELLED(c)" )))) ; Task has been cancelled
 
+(defun dt/org-babel-tangle-async (file)
+  "Invoke `org-babel-tangle-file' asynchronously."
+  (message "Tangling %s..." (buffer-file-name))
+  (async-start
+   (let ((args (list file)))
+  `(lambda ()
+        (require 'org)
+        ;;(load "~/.emacs.d/init.el")
+        (let ((start-time (current-time)))
+          (apply #'org-babel-tangle-file ',args)
+          (format "%.2f" (float-time (time-since start-time))))))
+   (let ((message-string (format "Tangling %S completed after " file)))
+     `(lambda (tangle-time)
+        (message (concat ,message-string
+                         (format "%s seconds" tangle-time)))))))
+
+(defun dt/org-babel-tangle-current-buffer-async ()
+  "Tangle current buffer asynchronously."
+  (dt/org-babel-tangle-async (buffer-file-name)))
+
 (map! :leader
       :desc "Copy to register"
       "r c" #'copy-to-register

.doom.d/config.org

@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ Emacs can be your window manager.  You need to install the exwm package (make su
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (require 'exwm)
 (require 'exwm-config)
+(exwm-config-default)
 (require 'exwm-systemtray)
 (exwm-systemtray-enable)
 (require 'exwm-randr)
@@ -357,6 +358,27 @@ Emacs can be your window manager.  You need to install the exwm package (make su
                                ([f11] . exwm-layout-toggle-fullscreen)))
 #+end_src
 
+Below, I define a few functions that are really just some programs that I want to autostart when logging in to EXWM.  Note that I don't execute these until after EXWM has started.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(defun dt/exwm-start-picom ()
+  (interactive)
+  (start-process-shell-command "picom" nil "picom"))
+
+(defun dt/exwm-start-nm-applet ()
+  (interactive)
+  (start-process-shell-command "nm-applet" nil "nm-applet"))
+
+(defun dt/exwm-start-volume-icon ()
+  (interactive)
+  (start-process-shell-command "volume-icon" nil "volume-icon"))
+
+(after! exwm-config
+  (dt/exwm-start-picom)
+  (dt/exwm-start-nm-applet)
+  (dt/exwm-start-volume-icon))
+#+end_src
+
 * FONTS
 Settings related to fonts within Doom Emacs:
 + 'doom-font' -- standard monospace font that is used for most things in Emacs.
@@ -570,6 +592,31 @@ Note that I wrapped most of this in (after! org).  Without this, my settings mig
              "|"                 ; The pipe necessary to separate "active" states and "inactive" states
              "DONE(d)"           ; Task has been completed
              "CANCELLED(c)" )))) ; Task has been cancelled
+
+#+END_SRC
+
+I was tired of having to run org-babel-tangle after saving my literate dotfiles.  So the following function runs org-babel-tangle upon saving any org-mode buffer.  This is asynchronous meaning that it dispatches the tangle function to a subprocess, so that the main Emacs is not blocked while it runs.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+(defun dt/org-babel-tangle-async (file)
+  "Invoke `org-babel-tangle-file' asynchronously."
+  (message "Tangling %s..." (buffer-file-name))
+  (async-start
+   (let ((args (list file)))
+  `(lambda ()
+        (require 'org)
+        ;;(load "~/.emacs.d/init.el")
+        (let ((start-time (current-time)))
+          (apply #'org-babel-tangle-file ',args)
+          (format "%.2f" (float-time (time-since start-time))))))
+   (let ((message-string (format "Tangling %S completed after " file)))
+     `(lambda (tangle-time)
+        (message (concat ,message-string
+                         (format "%s seconds" tangle-time)))))))
+
+(defun dt/org-babel-tangle-current-buffer-async ()
+  "Tangle current buffer asynchronously."
+  (dt/org-babel-tangle-async (buffer-file-name)))
 #+END_SRC
 
 * REGISTERS

.doom.d/packages.el

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 ;; ...Or *all* packages (NOT RECOMMENDED; will likely break things)
 ;(unpin! t)
 (package! all-the-icons-dired)
+(package! async)
 (package! dired-open)
 (package! dmenu)
 (package! elfeed)

.local/bin/memory

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #! /bin/bash 
 
 mem="$(free -h | awk '/^Mem:/ {print $3 "/" $2}')"
-echo -e "$mem "
+echo -e "$mem RAM "

.local/bin/pacupdate

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 cupd=$(checkupdates | wc -l)
-echo "$cupd available "
+echo "$cupd updates "

.local/bin/volume

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash 
 
 vol="$(amixer get Master | tail -n1 | sed -r 's/.*\[(.*)%\].*/\1/')"
-echo "${vol}% "
+echo "${vol}% volume "

dwmblocks/blocks.h

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 //Modify this file to change what commands output to your statusbar, and recompile using the make command.
 static const Block blocks[] = {
 	/*Icon*/	/*Command*/	 	/*Update Interval*/	/*Update Signal*/
-    {" Kernel: ", "/home/dt/.local/bin/kernel",		    360,		        2},
+    {" 🐧 ", "/home/dt/.local/bin/kernel",		    360,		        2},
 
-	{" Uptime: ", "/home/dt/.local/bin/upt",		        60,		            2},
+	{" 🔺 ", "/home/dt/.local/bin/upt",		        60,		            2},
 
-	{" Updates: ", "/home/dt/.local/bin/pacupdate",		360,		        9},
+	{" 📦 ", "/home/dt/.local/bin/pacupdate",		360,		        9},
 	
-	{" Mem: ", "/home/dt/.local/bin/memory",	        6,		            1},
+	{" 💻 ", "/home/dt/.local/bin/memory",	        6,		            1},
 
-	{" Vol: ", "/home/dt/.local/bin/volume",			2,		            10},
+	{" 🔊 ", "/home/dt/.local/bin/volume",			2,		            10},
 
-	{" Time: ", "/home/dt/.local/bin/clock",			5,		            0},
+	{" 🕑 ", "/home/dt/.local/bin/clock",			5,		            0},
 };
 
 //sets delimeter between status commands. NULL character ('\0') means no delimeter.