This daemon dynamically renames BSPWMs desktops based on what programs are open within them.
(The demo GIF shows Polybar with NerdFont icons being used as the window names)
The program opens a connection to BSPWMs UNIX socket, which is also how bspc communicates with it.
Via this socket, bddi listenes for node events like opening, closing or moving a window.
When recieved, the nodes open on the desktop associated with the event will be requested, parsed and
based on this a dynamic name will be generated and set.
Using an Icon font for the names is recommended.
There's also a Python version available in the python branch if you feel more comfortable with running that.
It has the same featureset, only that you can configure it directly within the python file.
I wanted to exercise my C skills a little, thus the rewrite published here.
- make - For compilation with make
- gcc - For compilation with make
- json-c - For parsing the desktop info returned by BSPWM
- (optional) A Nerd Fonts capable font
Installing can be done with the provided makefile as follows:
make
make installThis will create a configuration file under ~/.config/bddi and copy the executable to /usr/bin
The program will look in $HOME/.config/bddi for a file called icons.list.
This file may hold one definition per line of the format:
WM_CLASS NAMEWM_CLASS is a X11 property associated with each open window.
All windows of a certain program usually hold the same WM_CLASS, so they can be identified.
To find the WM_CLASS of a program you can use the xprop utility.
The NAME part can be any string. It's recommended to use icons from an icon font here.
This is a hobby project and thus comes with absolutely NO WARRANTY.
I do not in any way claim this program to be free from catastrophic bugs or complete.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
If you do find errors, please do open an Issue. I am interested in learning how to do things better.
- btops - A more fully featured program providing utility functions for BSPWM. Written in Go.