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Revision as of 04:01, 4 December 2017
Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor. It's a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager.
Prerequisites
- Run setup-udev to install and configure udev
- Install graphics drivers appropriate for your hardware
- Add yourself to the input and video groups
- Reboot
Installation
# apk add sway sway-doc # apk add \ # Install optional dependencies: xorg-server-xwayland \ # strongly reccommended for compatability reasons rxvt-unicode \ # default terminal emulator dmenu \ # default application launcher imagemagick \ # for taking screenshots ffmpeg # for recording video from the screen
Note: you may be required to install sway from Edge.
Running Sway
Simply run `sway` from your nearest TTY's Linux console.
Configuration and Usage
An example config is provided at /etc/sway/config
. Copy it to ~/.config/sway/config
and read through it to learn the default keybindings.
For additional information, start at man 5 sway
and read the upstream FAQ.