freebsd dwl wayland tiling window manager install

freebsd dwl wayland tiling window manager install with patches in a separate git branch.


the reason why you need to build dwl on freebsd rather than using the port or packages
is because the dwl package lets you set an variable called DWL_HOME_CONFIG that points to a dwl config.h file
which is used to customize dwl

the problem is that a lot of the dwl patches like movestack have changes in other files like dwl.c
and since the dwl package only uses the config.h file most of the patches wont work with the dwl package or port

in this video i cover install dwl on freebsd 14,
setting the scroll speed, setting up your keyboard with xkb settings

applying the patches and dwl changes in a separate git branch allows you to easily merge your changes
when update dwl by running git pull

changing the modkey, setting your terminal and application launcher,
settings for firefox and opening videos with mpv on an external mointor and installing the movestack patch

dwl install notes

dwl-start script

freebsd dotfiles

dwl-freebsd

thanks to charlie on the freebsd forum for the tips on changing the Makefile and using gmake to build dwl
 
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