devlog #3 - wow! visuals!

how many times can i call conn.send_request() in one program??

config file

i made a struct called Config which the wm owns, and it has values like border width, color, and keybinds. eventually it will read from a config.toml file but for now it’s all hard coded in the source code.

window borders

windows now have borders with color and width deriving from the Config (meaning they’ll be configurable through a config file at some point!). also, the currently focused window has a different border color (also configurable!)

modular keybinds

instead of hard-coding keybinds, i gave Config a child called Keybinds, which are hard coded in the source code… but eventually they’ll be part of the config file. when each keybind is called, it calls an Action which is linked to a function call in the wm. later there’ll be plenty of actions for anything you can think of, but for now theres only FocusNext which… focuses the next window!

next steps

• config.toml loading
• better tiling (again)
• gaps
• EWMH compliance