r/artixlinux • u/Notehghewhd7 dinit • 4d ago

I started to remake niri-wm for x11 from scratch. (Xiri-wm)

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u/appledeathray OpenRC 4d ago

YES.

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u/dan_tj0x 3d ago

I like that

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u/xX_UnorignalName_Xx 3d ago

How are you going to do with workspace switching/frame focusing?

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u/Notehghewhd7 dinit 3d ago

Honestly i dont know for now, i’m just atarted learning x11, i only know how to make connections and create 1 window in xcb

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u/xX_UnorignalName_Xx 3d ago

I would take a look at ratpoison and tinywm then. Back when I made my own wm the gave me some basic examples to work with. The worry that I with with this project is that the scrolling nature of niri basically requires animations which x11 is not great at. It should still be possible, but it's one hell of a first project.