documentation/docs/void-desktop-setup/Window-manager.-.md
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Window manager

There are many different window managers and desktop environments which can provide a decent experience. Wayfire is a functional, relatively lightweight and good looking wayland window manager and will be used for this install.

To install a barebones Wayfire use:

# xbps-install -Sy wayfire

To be able to configure Wayfire and have a gtk theme install:

# xbps-install -Sy wf-shell wcm dconf-editor plata-theme papirus-icon-theme

Wayfire can be configured by editing .config/wayfire.ini.

$ cp {config-files-repo}/wayfire/wayfire.ini .config/

To use the gtk theme. Configure it with dconf-editor under org.gnome.desktop.interface.gtk-theme and for icons under org.gnome.desktop.interface.icon-theme. If these directories do not exist, than that possibly means that a gtk application has not yet ran on the system.

A custom bash script may be created in /usr/local/bin. That exports all the essential environment variables for the session.

# cp -r {config-files-repo}/wayfire/wayfire-run /usr/local/bin/