enable i3; switch desko to i3

helpers/gui/i3.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  environment.pathsToLink = [ "/libexec" ];  # patch for i3blocks to work
+  services.xserver.enable = true;
+  services.xserver.displayManager.defaultSession = "none+i3";
+  services.xserver.windowManager.i3 = {
+    enable = true;
+    extraPackages = with pkgs; [
+      dmenu
+      i3status
+      i3lock
+      i3blocks
+    ];
+  };
+}
+

helpers/home-manager-gen-colin.nix

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
   };
 
   # obtain these by running `dconf dump /` after manually customizing gnome
-  dconf.settings = lib.mkIf (gui == "gnome" || gui == "phosh") ({
+  dconf.settings = lib.mkIf (gui == "gnome") {
     gnome = {
       # control alt-tab behavior
       "org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings" = {
@@ -128,17 +128,49 @@
         automount-open = false;
       };
     };
-    phosh = {
-      # phosh handles scaling via /etc/phosh/phoc.ini
-      # "org/gnome/desktop/interface" = {
-      #   # text-scaling-factor = 1.5;
-      #   scaling-factor = 1.5;
-      # };
-      # "org/gnome/mutter" = {
-      #   experimental-features [ "scale-monitor-framebuffer" ];
-      # };
+  };
+
+  # taken from https://github.com/srid/nix-config/blob/705a70c094da53aa50cf560179b973529617eb31/nix/home/i3.nix
+  xsession.windowManager.i3 = lib.mkIf (gui == "i3") (
+  let
+    mod = "Mod4";
+  in {
+    enable = true;
+    config = {
+      modifier = mod;
+
+      # fonts = ["DejaVu Sans Mono, FontAwesome 6"];
+
+      keybindings = lib.mkOptionDefault {
+        "${mod}+p" = "exec ${pkgs.dmenu}/bin/dmenu_run";
+        "${mod}+x" = "exec sh -c '${pkgs.maim}/bin/maim -s | xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png'";
+        "${mod}+Shift+x" = "exec sh -c '${pkgs.i3lock}/bin/i3lock -c 222222 & sleep 5 && xset dpms force of'";
+
+        # Focus
+        "${mod}+j" = "focus left";
+        "${mod}+k" = "focus down";
+        "${mod}+l" = "focus up";
+        "${mod}+semicolon" = "focus right";
+
+        # Move
+        "${mod}+Shift+j" = "move left";
+        "${mod}+Shift+k" = "move down";
+        "${mod}+Shift+l" = "move up";
+        "${mod}+Shift+semicolon" = "move right";
+
+        # multi monitor setup
+        # "${mod}+m" = "move workspace to output DP-2";
+        # "${mod}+Shift+m" = "move workspace to output DP-5";
+      };
+
+      # bars = [
+      #   {
+      #     position = "bottom";
+      #     statusCommand = "${pkgs.i3status-rust}/bin/i3status-rs ${./i3status-rust.toml}";
+      #   }
+      # ];
     };
-  }).${gui};
+  });
 
   programs.firefox = lib.mkIf (gui != null) {
     enable = true;

machines/desko/default.nix

@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@
   imports = [
     ./../../helpers/universal
     ./../../helpers/hardware-x86_64.nix
-    ./../../helpers/gui/gnome.nix
+    # ./../../helpers/gui/gnome.nix
+    ./../../helpers/gui/i3.nix
     ./fs.nix
   ];
 
   home-manager.users.colin = import ./../../helpers/home-manager-gen-colin.nix {
     inherit pkgs lib;
     system = "x86_64-linux";
-    gui = "gnome";
+    # gui = "gnome";
+    gui = "i3";
     extraPackages = [
       pkgs.electrum
     ];