Other [Solved] Mango question about config

[anund]

I have mango running on 15.1-BETA1

cp /usr/local/etc/mango/config.conf.sample ~/.config/mango/config.conf

The bindings for exit and foot are:

bind=SUPER,m,quit
bind=ALT,Return,spawn,foot

SUPER-m quits mango but Alt-Return does nothing

which foot
/usr/local/bin/foot

I switched the bindings to
bind=SUPER,m,spawn,foot
bind=Alt,Return,quit

Now Alt-Return quits mango and Super-m does nothing, which at least shows that config file is being used.

What could be causing this?

 

[nxjoseph@]

Are you normally able to run foot? Maybe you're missing fonts so that the program doesn't even launch.

 

[anund]

That was it. Installed urwfonts. Thanks!

 

[nxjoseph@]

You're welcome! Been there, too.

I think installing any font would be sufficient, too. There are tools like fc-list(1) and fc-match(1) that can be useful for debugging font issues.

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You can actually edit the post title to add a green, solved tag instead of Other as it's solved now

 

[Extevent]

nxjoseph@ first time I hear about this compositor, is it just tiling?

 

[scottro]

Extevent it tiles, but it has an interesting effect when windows open. I can't describe it well. I was able to fix mine so that it's more or less working like dwm. I think it's a nice window manager for those who like ricing, which I know almost nothing about.
Here's a video

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGc08hhtX6o


If you put up with the 1st 20 seconds or so, by the time it's gotten to 50 seconds or so, it shows what I'm talking about, the appearance as you open a window. Hope this helps a bit. I didn't watch past 50 seconds.

Unlike i3 or sway, if you open a terminal then two more terminals it gives one large one on the left, then the next two each take up half the height of the terminal each. Similar, as I said, to dwm. (i3 and Sway, if you just open three terminals, each one takes the who height of the screen, unless you choose otherwise.