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Helix Text Editor: Opening through Thunar file manager

2025-11-14T00:00:00+00:00

While I am still using the Micro text editor, I have also been testing out the Helix editor</a> as an easier introduction (for me) to vim and Neovim.

Note:
You can use any terminal with helix. I'm using kitty so be aware that some of the guidance below relates to kitty. I am on Sway and Hyprland. </blockquote>
As with the Micro text editor a couple of problems I came across were:

Right-clicking in the file manager Thunar to open a file in the Helix editor, I would get an error message "Unable to find terminal required for application".</li>
Copying text from Helix into another application.</li> </ol>
SOLUTION 1: Opening a file from Thunar into Helix</a></h3>

Find where helix is installed with this command:
sudo find /usr -type f -name hx 2>/dev/null </code></pre> For me the file location was at /usr/lib/helix/hx</code> </li>Edit the system-wide desktop entry using the text editor of your choice, e.g. nano sudo nano /usr/share/applications/helix.desktop </code></pre> Within the file find the line that starts Exec=</code> and edit it so that it now contains the following: Exec=kitty -e /usr/lib/helix/hx %F </code></pre> </li> </ul> Note: You mat need to change /usr/lib/helix/hx</code> depending on the file location of helix." </blockquote> When you have saved the file (ctrl+O and ctrl+x to exit) you can then update the desktop database: sudo update-desktop-database /usr/share/applications </code></pre> If you then reload thunar and then right-click a file → Open With → Helix, kitty should open correctly and run /usr/lib/helix/hx. SOLUTION 2: Copying a piece of text from Helix into another application</a></h3> As I am using Sway and Hyprland you need to ensure that wl-clipboard is installed: sudo pacman -S wl-clipboard` </code></pre> </li> </ul> The copy and paste function should now be working in Helix!

Micro Text Editor: Opening Micro through Thunar file manager 2025-05-30T00:00:00+00:00 Using the Micro text editor has been a joy, but it does require sorting a few things to make it comfortable to use. A problem I came across was in the file manager Thunar when I right-clicked on a file to open it in the Micro editor, I would get an error message "Unable to find terminal required for application". This is a simple problem to correct. In a terminal open the following file: sudo micro /usr/share/applications/micro.desktop </code></pre> Change the line that reads Exec = micro %F </blockquote> to Exec = foot micro %F </blockquote> If you use a different terminal, e.g. kitty/alacritty, then replace foot with your terminal. Next, go to the line that reads Terminal = true </blockquote> and change it to Terminal = false </blockquote> The final file should look as follows: Changing the SDDM Display Manager (non-KDE) 2025-05-29T00:00:00+00:00 While I do not use the KDE desktop I do like its display manager, SDDM. The default SDDM theme is not, in my opinion, very visually appealing (see image below) but it can be changed. This post looks at how we can change the theme and then edit it to our liking. I am currently using Arch but there will be similarities with other Linux Distribution such as Fedora and Debian. Installing the SDDM Display Manager</a></h1> In Arch, if you install and enable the sddm display manager (see terminal commands below) it will look similar to the screenshot above. The Fedora sddm display manager</a> will look slightly different. sudo pacman -S sddm sudo systemctl enable sddm.service </code></pre> Install an SDDM Theme</a></h1> I have found the sddm corners theme</a> easy to install (in a non-KDE environment) and also easy to edit. Instructions for installation can be found on their site</a>. The theme can be found in Arch's AUR. To install: # Install dependencies paru -Syu sddm qt5-graphicaleffects qt5-svg qt5-quickcontrols2 # Install corners theme paru -S sddm-theme-corners-git # Makes it the default theme. echo "[Theme] Current=corners" | sudo tee /etc/sddm.conf # Enable sddm service if this has not already been done above. Use -f if needed. sudo systemctl enable sddm.service </code></pre> SDDM with the new theme applied: Making Changes to the Corners Theme</a></h1> With the new theme installed we can easily tweak it. The theme is located in /usr/share/sddm/themes/corners/</code> Changes that I have made: replaced the background image, located in /usr/share/sddm/themes/corners/bacgrounds</code></li> widening the vertical gap between the date and time which seemed too close to me</li> removing the user picture</li> changing the look of the login details in the bottom right</li> </ul> The result: To achieve the above you need to open the configuration file for the corners theme. I use micro as my editor but you may be using nano or vim. sudo micro /usr/share/sddm/themes/corners/theme.conf </code></pre> The contents of the original file: 1 ## Please see https://github.com/aczw/sddm-theme-corners/blob/main/CONFIG.md for 2 ## more information about these options. Happy configuring! 3 4 [General] 5 6 # BgSource: string. Path to an image, used as the wallpaper. Can be placed 7 # in the `backgrounds/` folder for convenience (see below!) 8 # 9 # FontFamily: string. Name of the font family. You can find this with 10 # something like `fontconfig`, for example. 11 # 12 # FontSize: number. This value is used for everything *except* the date/time. 13 # 14 # Padding: number. How far away things should be from the edge of your screen. 15 # 16 # Radius: number. Corner radius for UI. Set to 0 to disable rounded corners. 17 # 18 # Scale: number. Adjusts the size of UI elements. Can be anything, but I 19 # would stick between 1 and 2 (e.g. 1.5). 20 21 BgSource="backgrounds/glacier.png" 22 FontFamily="Atkinson Hyperlegible" 23 FontSize=9 24 Padding=50 25 Radius=10 26 Scale=1 27 28 # UserPictureEnabled: boolean. By default the user picture is shown. Set to false 29 # if you don't have/want a user picture, or you don't use the 30 # user selection functionality. 31 # 32 # UserBorderWidth: number. Width of the border around your picture. Set to 33 # 0 to remove. 34 # 35 # UserBorderColor: color. Border color around your picture. Useless if border 36 # width is 0. 37 # 38 # UserColor: color. Background color of the default, blank avatar. Only 39 # visible if you don't have your own picture. 40 41 UserPictureEnabled=true 42 UserBorderWidth=5 43 UserBorderColor="#b4befe" 44 UserColor="#cdd6f4" 45 46 # InputColor: color. Background color of the input fields. 47 # 48 # InputTextColor: color. Color of text you enter in the fields. 49 # 50 # InputBorderWidth: number. Width of the border around the active field. Set 51 # to 0 to remove. 52 # 53 # InputBorderColor: color. Border color of active field. Useless if border 54 # width is 0. 55 # 56 # UserPlaceholderText: string. Placeholder text shown when user field is empty. 57 # 58 # PassPlaceholderText: string. Placeholder text shown when user field is empty. 59 # 60 # HidePassword: boolean. Whether to replace your entered password with dots. 61 62 InputColor="#1e1e2e" 63 InputTextColor="#cdd6f4" 64 InputBorderWidth=4 65 InputBorderColor="#b4befe" 66 UserPlaceholderText="user" 67 PassPlaceholderText="password" 68 HidePassword=true 69 70 # LoginButtonTextColor: color. Text color on the login button. 71 # 72 # LoginButtonText: string. Text displayed on the button. 73 # 74 # LoginButtonColor: color. Background color of the button. 75 76 LoginButtonTextColor="#1e1e2e" 77 LoginButtonText="Login" 78 LoginButtonColor="#b4befe" 79 80 # PopupColor: color. Background color of popup window. 81 # 82 # PopupActiveColor: color. Color around the currently selected entry. 83 # 84 # PopupActiveTextColor: color. Text color of the currently selected entry. 85 # Mainly provided for potential contrast issues. 86 87 PopupColor="#b4befe" 88 PopupActiveColor="#1e1e2e" 89 PopupActiveTextColor="#cdd6f4" 90 91 # SessionButtonColor: color. Session button background color. 92 # 93 # SessionIconColor: color. Color of the icon inside the session button. 94 # 95 # PowerButtonColor: color. Power button background color. 96 # 97 # PowerIconColor: color. Color of the icon inside the power button. 98 99 SessionButtonColor="#b4befe" 100 SessionIconColor="#1e1e2e" 101 PowerButtonColor="#b4befe" 102 PowerIconColor="#1e1e2e" 103 104 # DateTimeSpacing: number. Spacing between the date and time. 105 # 106 # Date/TimeColor: color. Date/time text color. 107 # 108 # Date/TimeSize: number. Font size for the date/time. 109 # 110 # Date/TimeIsBold: boolean. Whether date/time text should be bolded. 111 # 112 # Date/TimeOpacity: number. Date/time text opacity. 113 # 114 # Date/TimeFormat: string. Change the format of how the date and time is displayed. 115 # Note that they use different formats. 116 117 DateTimeSpacing=-20 118 119 DateColor="#cdd6f4" 120 DateSize=36 121 DateIsBold=false 122 DateOpacity=1.0 123 DateFormat="dddd, MMMM d" 124 125 TimeColor="#cdd6f4" 126 TimeSize=48 127 TimeIsBold=true 128 TimeOpacity=1.0 129 TimeFormat="hh:mm AP" </code></pre> The changes I then made to the above config file: line 21 BgSource="backgrounds/light-blue-layers.jpg" #changed the background line 41 UserPictureEnabled=false #removes the login image/picture line 62 InputColor="#b4befe" line 63 InputTextColor="#4c4f69" line 64 InputBorderWidth=0 #changed from 4 to 0 line 76 LoginButtonTextColor="#4c4f69" line 78 LoginButtonColor="#eff1f5" line 117 DateTimeSpacing=10 #changed from -20 to 10 to improve space between date & time </code></pre> However, I might, in the near future, change the color of the date and time to improve the contrast with the background. The white text does not really work on the light background. Below is the full config file for the updated theme: ## Please see https://github.com/aczw/sddm-theme-corners/blob/main/CONFIG.md for ## more information about these options. Happy configuring! [General] # BgSource: string. Path to an image, used as the wallpaper. Can be placed # in the `backgrounds/` folder for convenience (see below!) # # FontFamily: string. Name of the font family. You can find this with # something like `fontconfig`, for example. # # FontSize: number. This value is used for everything *except* the date/time. # # Padding: number. How far away things should be from the edge of your screen. # # Radius: number. Corner radius for UI. Set to 0 to disable rounded corners. # # Scale: number. Adjusts the size of UI elements. Can be anything, but I # would stick between 1 and 2 (e.g. 1.5). BgSource="backgrounds/light-blue-layers.jpg" FontFamily="Atkinson Hyperlegible" FontSize=9 Padding=50 Radius=10 Scale=1 # UserPictureEnabled: boolean. By default the user picture is shown. Set to false # if you don't have/want a user picture, or you don't use the # user selection functionality. # # UserBorderWidth: number. Width of the border around your picture. Set to # 0 to remove. # # UserBorderColor: color. Border color around your picture. Useless if border # width is 0. # # UserColor: color. Background color of the default, blank avatar. Only # visible if you don't have your own picture. UserPictureEnabled=false UserBorderWidth=5 UserBorderColor="#b4befe" UserColor="#cdd6f4" # InputColor: color. Background color of the input fields. # # InputTextColor: color. Color of text you enter in the fields. # # InputBorderWidth: number. Width of the border around the active field. Set # to 0 to remove. # # InputBorderColor: color. Border color of active field. Useless if border # width is 0. # # UserPlaceholderText: string. Placeholder text shown when user field is empty. # # PassPlaceholderText: string. Placeholder text shown when user field is empty. # # HidePassword: boolean. Whether to replace your entered password with dots. InputColor="#b4befe" InputTextColor="#4c4f69" InputBorderWidth=0 InputBorderColor="#b4befe" UserPlaceholderText="user" PassPlaceholderText="password" HidePassword=true # LoginButtonTextColor: color. Text color on the login button. # # LoginButtonText: string. Text displayed on the button. # # LoginButtonColor: color. Background color of the button. LoginButtonTextColor="#4c4f69" LoginButtonText="Login" LoginButtonColor="#eff1f5" # PopupColor: color. Background color of popup window. # # PopupActiveColor: color. Color around the currently selected entry. # # PopupActiveTextColor: color. Text color of the currently selected entry. # Mainly provided for potential contrast issues. PopupColor="#b4befe" PopupActiveColor="#1e1e2e" PopupActiveTextColor="#cdd6f4" # SessionButtonColor: color. Session button background color. # # SessionIconColor: color. Color of the icon inside the session button. # # PowerButtonColor: color. Power button background color. # # PowerIconColor: color. Color of the icon inside the power button. SessionButtonColor="#b4befe" SessionIconColor="#1e1e2e" PowerButtonColor="#b4befe" PowerIconColor="#1e1e2e" # DateTimeSpacing: number. Spacing between the date and time. # # Date/TimeColor: color. Date/time text color. # # Date/TimeSize: number. Font size for the date/time. # # Date/TimeIsBold: boolean. Whether date/time text should be bolded. # # Date/TimeOpacity: number. Date/time text opacity. # # Date/TimeFormat: string. Change the format of how the date and time is displayed. # Note that they use different formats. DateTimeSpacing=10 DateColor="#cdd6f4" DateSize=36 DateIsBold=false DateOpacity=1.0 DateFormat="dddd, MMMM d" TimeColor="#cdd6f4" TimeSize=48 TimeIsBold=true TimeOpacity=1.0 TimeFormat="hh:mm AP" </code></pre> Micro Text Editor - Copy and Paste Functionality in Wayland 2025-05-27T00:00:00+00:00 I am not a developer or system administrator and have never really come to terms with the editors vim or neovim. They are undoubtably configurable and efficient, but I do not use them enough to get to that "efficient" level. I am sure they would be great if you were using frequently, day in day out. Nano is the go-to for many when they need to edit something quickly. The problem for me is that I have struggled to remember the shortcuts as they do not always seem logical, e.g. Ctrl+K to cut, Ctrl+U to paste. Having looked around for a while I've moved towards using micro</a> as a text editor. For me it has the right level of functionality and the shortcuts are more familiar to me, e.g. CTRL+s to save, CTRL+c to copy, CTRL+v to paste. You can even easily choose different themes. While I have enjoyed using and learning micro, the biggest surprise I have had with the editor is that I was unable to copy text from micro into another external application. Apparently micro has its own internal clipboard for copying and pasting, which cannot be used outside the editor. I am currently using the Hyprland and Sway, which are window managers that use Wayland as a compositor. To get the copy & paste function to work, you will need to install an external clipboard manager, i.e. wl-clipboard</a>. To do this on Arch: sudo pacman -S wl-clipboard </code></pre> With wl-clipboard installed some changes need to be made to the settings in micro. Using a text editor such as micro (!!) you can open and then edit the settings file. To open the file: micro .config/micro/settings.json </code></pre> Within the opened file, add between the { } brackets the following: { "clipboard": "external" } </code></pre> My full settings file looks as follows: { "colorscheme": "catppuccin-latte", "clipboard": "external", "softwrap": true } </code></pre> The only difference from the previous is that there is a comma at the end of the line, since it is not the end of the settings. Fedora: Minimal Cinnamon Desktop Install 2024-10-04T00:00:00+00:00 Fedora offers a specific spin for Cinnamon Desktop</a> but if you are looking for a more minimal install which doesn't include, for example, dnfdragora, LibrOffice, HexChat, Pidgin, Thunderbird, Transmission, Rhythmbox, XawTV Television Viewer, etc., then this post might be of interest. A Minimal Install</a></h1> To make a minimal Fedora install you will need to download the iso from the Fedora Everything page</a>. The Fedora installer takes you through the installation process in clear steps. Importantly, when you get to the page/step shown below ensure that you only select *Minimal Install. With the installation complete, reboot and login with your username and password. To install the basic Cinnamon desktop you need to install the following: sudo dnf install cinnamon* @base-x </code></pre> You will also want to install some essentials, e.g. sudo dnf install nemo-fileroller gnome-terminal firefox </code></pre> Display Manager</a></h1> The display manager or login manager is where you input your username and password to get to your desktop. The display manager I use is sddm</a>, which is the default for KDE. The Cinnamon default is slick-greeter</a>. Installing and enable either option is shown below. For sddm, sudo dnf install sddm </code></pre> or for slick-greeter sudo dnf install lightdm slick-greeter </code></pre> Enabling the Display Manager</a></h2> You will need to enable your chosen display manager. For sddm: systemctl enable sddm systemctl set-default graphical.target </code></pre> Not the most attractive display manager!! However, the layout/look can be improved and may be the content for a future post. To enable slick greeter systemctl enable lightdm systemctl set-default graphical.target </code></pre> You can now reboot into your display manager and login to your desktop. To do this, reboot </code></pre> Connecting to Wi-Fi</a></h1> If you are installing the desktop onto a laptop then you might also need to connect to Wi-Fi. In a terminal, sudo dnf install NetworkManager-wifi iwl* </code></pre> You may need to reboot for the changes to take effect. Moving to Debian Unstable 2024-08-05T00:00:00+00:00 Debian is often chosen for its stability and for a system that just works. However, that stability often means that packages can become out of date. Moving to the unstable branch might be an option. Debian Unstable will provide you with newer packages, but there are inherent risks of breakages, since the packages have not been fully tested. If you do move to Unstable, it's probably best not to do it on a critical machine where you need guaranteed stability. With that said, the steps to move from Debian Stable to Unstable: Using an editor such as nano, micro or vim open the Apt Sources file. Apt downloads packages from one or more software repositories (sources) and installs them onto your computer. sudo micro /etc/apt/sources.list </code></pre> </li> In the sources.list</code> there needs to be only two entries (see screenshot below): deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free-firmware deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free-firmware </code></pre> The other entries/sources can be commented out using the #</code> at the beginning of the line. This will stop them from running. You can also delete the unneeded sources if desired. </li> Next, to update the sources list run sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade </code></pre> This may take some time. </li> </ol> In order to make your life easier in the Unstable version, install the apt-listbugs and apt-listchanges packages so that you are notified of grave bugs or important changes when you install new packages or during an upgrade. ^{1</a>} sudo apt update && sudo apt install apt-listbugs apt-listchanges </code></pre> </div> Sources: 1</a>: Debian Best Practices for Sid/Unstable Users</a> Mango dotfiles 2024-01-20T00:00:00+00:00 i3 Window Manager - Spiral Tiling 2023-09-22T00:00:00+00:00 i3 is a great tiling window manager which automatically places your windows in vertical columns. However, it is fairly straight foward to move to a spiral layout. The default tiling for i3 looks like: My prefered tiling is a spiral layout as shown below. To achieve this spiral tiling, Piotr Miller has created a fantastic script which can be found on his GitHub page</a>. It is worth reading through the GitHub page before proceeding. However, the process for installing autotiling script on Fedora is as follows: To meet the requirements for installing the script you will need to install pip</code>, which is a package manager for the Python coding language, and 13ipc</code>, which is a Python library for controlling the window manage (i3). In a terminal: sudo dnf install python3-pip pip install i3ipc </code></pre> </li> Next, locate the file main.py</code> in the GitHub page. If you navigate to View code near the top of the GitHub page and then find the folder autotiling. In the autotiling folder, open the main.py</code> file and copy the contents into a new file. The new file has to be created called autotiling</code>. For me, I created the new file in Downloads since we're going to move it shortly. Having created the file but before moving it, we need to make the file executable: chmod +x ~/Downloads/autotiling </code></pre> </li> We can now move the file we have created to our bin folder located at /bin/ sudo mv ~/Downloads/autotiling /bin/ </code></pre> </li> To ensure that autotiling starts when i3 loads, we need to add the following script to our config</code> file which is located in ~/.config/i3/</code>. # autotiling script exec_always --no-startup-id autotiling </code></pre> </li> You will need to log out and then login for the changes to take effect. </li> </ol> Debian - Help, I’m not in the sudoers file!! 2023-09-16T00:00:00+00:00 What do you do if you get the message "Username is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported." It may be that having installed a new Debian desktop (in my case XFCE4) and you try to update (i.e. "$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade") you end up with the following error message: The message is just a warning on your local machine. It shows that you attempted to gain root access and were not an authorised user. To add yourself to the sudoers file you will firstly need, through your terminal, to login as root, i.e. $ su </code></pre> In the same terminal you now need to open the sudoers file in order to edit it. I am opening the sudoers file using nano: $ nano /etc/sudoers </code></pre> Scroll down to this entry, #User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL </code></pre> You then want to add an additional line (i.e. david ALL=(ALL) ALL</code>) to provide yourself with sudo privileges. Your user name will obviously be different from mine but the entry should look something like this, You can then save (CTRL+O) and exit (CTRL+X). Close your terminal and re-open. If you now try to update with "$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade" you should find that your password is now accepted and updates will progress as normal. Changing Display Manager from LightDM to Slick Greeter 2022-04-16T00:00:00+00:00 Display managers provide you with a graphical login for your Linux distrbution. Below is an example of the LightDM</a> display manager which is on my current Arch install: An alternative display manager is slick-greeter</a> which uses LightDM but is Linux Mint’s</a> Cinnamon desktop own version. There are some, including me, that believe it is a more attractive display manager than the default LightDM display manager. Installing Slick-greeter</a></h2> To install slick-greeter on Arch via your terminal: $ sudo pacman -S lightdm-slick-greeter </code></pre> Changing the Default Greeter Session</a></h2> Once you have installed slick-greeter you need to change the default greeter session, which is LightDM. In your terminal: $ sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf </code></pre> Once opened, scroll down to the line [Seat:*]. About sixteen lines below this you will see a line which looks like: greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeter </code></pre> The line needs to be changed to: greeter-session=lightdm-slick-greeter </code></pre> Save the file with the modification you have made using Ctrl+O. To exit nano use Ctrl+X. Next, as root open nano again $ sudo nano /etc/lightdm/slick-greeter.conf </code></pre> The file will not exist, so nano will create it. You can then add the following lines (source: https://github.com/linuxmint/slick-greeter) to slick-greeter.conf. # LightDM GTK+ Configuration # Available configuration options listed below. # # activate-numlock=Whether to activate numlock. This features requires the installation of numlockx. (true or false) # background=Background file to use, either an image path or a color (e.g. #772953) # background-color=Background color (e.g. #772953), set before wallpaper is seen # draw-user-backgrounds=Whether to draw user backgrounds (true or false) # draw-grid=Whether to draw an overlay grid (true or false) # show-hostname=Whether to show the hostname in the menubar (true or false) # show-power=Whether to show the power indicator in the menubar (true or false) # show-a11y=Whether to show the accessibility options in the menubar (true or false) # show-keyboard=Whether to show the keyboard indicator in the menubar (true or false) # show-clock=Whether to show the clock in the menubar (true or false) # show-quit=Whether to show the quit menu in the menubar (true or false) # logo=Logo file to use # other-monitors-logo=Logo file to use for other monitors # theme-name=GTK+ theme to use # icon-theme-name=Icon theme to use # font-name=Font to use # xft-antialias=Whether to antialias Xft fonts (true or false) # xft-dpi=Resolution for Xft in dots per inch # xft-hintstyle=What degree of hinting to use (hintnone/hintslight/hintmedium/hintfull) # xft-rgba=Type of subpixel antialiasing (none/rgb/bgr/vrgb/vbgr) # onscreen-keyboard=Whether to enable the onscreen keyboard (true or false) # high-contrast=Whether to use a high contrast theme (true or false) # screen-reader=Whether to enable the screen reader (true or false) # play-ready-sound=A sound file to play when the greeter is ready # hidden-users=List of usernames that are hidden until a special key combination is hit # group-filter=List of groups that users must be part of to be shown (empty list shows all users) # enable-hidpi=Whether to enable HiDPI support (on/off/auto) # only-on-monitor=Sets the monitor on which to show the login window, -1 means "follow the mouse" # stretch-background-across-monitors=Whether to stretch the background across multiple monitors (false by default) # clock-format=What clock format to use (e.g., %H:%M or %l:%M %p) [Greeter] draw-grid=false background=/usr/share/backgrounds/archlinux.png </code></pre> The #'s mean that the options are not being used but can become active by uncommenting. See the last two lines as an example. Change the "background=" to whatever background file you desire. Save the file as before with Ctrl+O and then Ctrl+X. The Result!!</a></h2> After restarting your computer the new login screen looks as follows: Resizing Images with ImageMagick 2022-04-16T00:00:00+00:00 ImageMagick is free and open-source software which allows you to use the command line to convert and modify images in many formats including GIF, JPEG, and PNG. Using the terminal to manipulate images is, on the whole, straightforward and can save a lot of time. In Fedora you will first need to install ImageMagick: $ sudo dnf install ImageMagick </code></pre> In Ubuntu the commands are: $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt upgrade $ sudo apt install imagemagick </code></pre> In Arch: $ sudo pacman -S imagemagick </code></pre> There are a range of different activities you can do using ImageMagick. Below are two commands which I use regularly. Converting an Image to a Different Format You may have, for example, an image which you want to convert from a png to jpg format. To do this make sure you are in the directory where your file is. If the picture is in the folder Pictures then in your terminal type, cd Pictures</code>. Once in the correct folder type into the terminal: $ convert forest.png forest.jpg </code></pre> Resizing an Image The convert command can also be used to quickly resize an image. I often use this to resize images for my screen size or my blog. The following command gets ImageMagick to resize an image to 1366 pixels in width and 768 pixels in height: convert forest.jpg -resize 1366x768 forest.jpg </code></pre> To find out the other things you can do with the package visit the ImageMagicks github page</a>. Useful bspwm Shorcuts 2021-07-17T00:00:00+00:00 bspwm</a> is a tiling window manager along the lines of qtile</a> and i3</a>. The window manager, bspwm, does not handle any keyboard inputs and a third party program, sxhkd</a>, is needed in order to translate keyboard events to navigate around bspwm. Most of my keyboard shortcuts are the default from 'sxhkd'. However, there are a few additions which have made navigation much easier for me. 1. Rotate an application around the current desktop</a></h2> super + shift + {p,o} bspc node @/ -C {forward,backward} </code></pre> The keys 'p' and 'o' can be changed for whatever you prefer - they just work for me! If you use 'super + shift + p' this will move your windows in a clockwise direction around the desktop. 2. Expand/contract a window by moving one of its side outward/inward</a></h2> There is a command in 'sxhkd' which allows you to expand and contract a window but, for me, it feels cumbersome and counter-intuitive. The original sxhkd keyboard shortcuts are: # expand a window by moving one of its side outward super + alt + {h,j,k,l} bspc node -z {left -20 0,bottom 0 20,top 0 -20,right 20 0} # contract a window by moving one of its side inward super + alt + shift + {h,j,k,l} bspc node -z {right -20 0,top 0 20,bottom 0 -20,left 20 0} </code></pre> For me a simpler method is as follows: alt {Left,Down,Up,Right} STEP=20; SELECTION={1,2,3,4}; \ bspc node -z $(echo "left -$STEP 0,bottom 0 $STEP,top 0 -$STEP,right $STEP 0" | cut -d',' -f$SELECTION) || \ bspc node -z $(echo "right -$STEP 0,top 0 $STEP,bottom 0 -$STEP,left $STEP 0" | cut -d',' -f$SELECTION) </code></pre> 3. Focus the next/previous desktop in the current monitor</a></h2> This one took me a while to find but one which I really wanted. It allows you to rotate through your desktops - in my case I have 5. The shortcut makes it a breeze to move through them, either backwards or forwards: super + bracket{left,right} bspc desktop -f {prev,next}.local </code></pre> If needed, my configuration file can be found on my GitLab</a> page. Peek in Fedora 2021-01-21T00:00:00+00:00 Peek</a> is an open source screen recorder for producing gif's. Peek has an easy to use interface. Once installed you open the app, position the see through frame over the part of the screen you want to record, and then press the record button...an example... When you have finished recording you press 'stop' and finally give the .gif file a name. The current Peek version: Installing Peek To install Peek on Fedora open a terminal and type: $ sudo dnf install Peek </code></pre> When opening Peek for the first time you may get the following error message: If this happens you may need to install ffmpeg, which processes video and audio files: $ sudo dnf install ffmpeg </code></pre> Opening the app should now work.

SOLUTION 2: Copying a piece of text from Helix into another application</a></h3>

As I am using Sway and Hyprland you need to ensure that wl-clipboard is installed:</p>
sudo pacman -S wl-clipboard` </code></pre> </li> </ul> The copy and paste function should now be working in Helix!</p>

Connecting to Wi-Fi</a></h1>
If you are installing the desktop onto a laptop then you might also need to connect to Wi-Fi. In a terminal,</p>
`sudo dnf install NetworkManager-wifi iwl* </code></pre> You may need to reboot for the changes to take effect.</p>`

The Result!!</a></h2>
After restarting your computer the new login screen looks as follows:</p>
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dajhub

Hyprland dotfiles

Helix Text Editor: Opening through Thunar file manager

Micro Text Editor: Opening Micro through Thunar file manager

Changing the SDDM Display Manager (non-KDE)

Micro Text Editor - Copy and Paste Functionality in Wayland

Fedora: Minimal Cinnamon Desktop Install

Moving to Debian Unstable

Mango dotfiles

i3 Window Manager - Spiral Tiling

Debian - Help, I’m not in the sudoers file!!

Changing Display Manager from LightDM to Slick Greeter

Resizing Images with ImageMagick

Useful bspwm Shorcuts

Peek in Fedora

dajhub

Hyprland dotfiles

Helix Text Editor: Opening through Thunar file manager

SOLUTION 1: Opening a file from Thunar into Helix</a></h3> Find where helix is installed with this command:</p>

Micro Text Editor: Opening Micro through Thunar file manager

Changing the SDDM Display Manager (non-KDE)

Micro Text Editor - Copy and Paste Functionality in Wayland

Fedora: Minimal Cinnamon Desktop Install

Moving to Debian Unstable

Mango dotfiles

i3 Window Manager - Spiral Tiling

Debian - Help, I’m not in the sudoers file!!

Changing Display Manager from LightDM to Slick Greeter

Resizing Images with ImageMagick

Useful bspwm Shorcuts

Peek in Fedora