Wmii matrix theme

Question

Due to popular request I will explain how I set up my matrix wmii desktop theme. I'm using wmii-hg from aur.
Why you should use this theme:
- Your friends will think you are a l33t h4x0r
- Green is easy on the eye when using your computer in a room with all the lights off
- If you are a fan of the matrix you will love this
Screenshot:
Programs used in screenshot:
urxvt (terminal)
thunar (file manager)
cmatrix (matrix code emulator)
weechat (irc client)
htop (process viewer)
archey (system information)
vim (editor)
Note that I didnt have a vim color scheme in this screenshot but If you cant live without syntax highlighting then I recommend using the elflord colorscheme.
Type this command in to vim or add it to your ~/.vimrc.
:colorscheme elflord
Theme information:
Font: Terminus
Icon theme: Any Color You Like 0.8 (#00CC00)
GTK theme: Terminus
How to set up icon theme
1. Download the icon theme here.
2. Run the file script.sh in your terminal
3. Enter this 6 digit hex number when it prompts for what color to use:
#00CC00
4. Move the folder ACYL_Icon_Theme_0.8 to /usr/share/icons as root:
5. Add this to your ~/.gtkrc-2.0. If the file doesnt exist then create it.
gtk-icon-theme-name="ACYL_Icon_Theme_0.8"
How to set up GTK theme
1. Download the GTK theme here
2. Extract and move to /usr/share/themes as root.
3. Add this to your ~/.gtkrc-2.0.
gtk-theme-name="terminus"
How to set up GTK font
1. Install the font package
$ pacman -S terminus-font
2. Add this to your ~/.gtkrc-2.0
gtk-font-name="Terminus 9"
Config files:
~/.Xdefaults
! urxvt ---------------------------------------------------------------------
URxvt.buffered: true
URxvt.background: black
URxvt.foreground: #00cc00
URxvt.cursorColor: #00ff00
URxvt.underlineColor: green
#URxvt.font: xft:profont:pixelsize=11:antialias=false
URxvt.font: xft:Terminus:pixelsize=12:antialias=false
URxvt.saveLines: 1024
URxvt.scrollTtyKeypress: true
URxvt.scrollWithBuffer: false
URxvt.scrollBar: false
URxvt.perl-ext: default,matcher
URxvt.urlLauncher: /usr/bin/firefox
URxvt.matcher.button: 1
#URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed
! transparency ---------------------------------------------------------------
!URxvt*inheritPixmap: true
!URxvt*tintColor: black
!URxvt*shading: 40
! terminal colors ------------------------------------------------------------
! matrix colorscheme by zowki
*foreground: #000000
*background: #00cc00
! Normal
! color0 black
! color1 red
! color2 green
! color3 yellow
! color4 blue
! color5 purple
! color6 cyan
! color7 white
*color0: #000000
*color1: #55ff55
*color2: #00cc00
*color3: #00cc00
*color4: #005500
*color5: #55ff55
*color6: #00cc00
*color7: #00cc00
! Light
! color8 black
! color9 red
! color10 green
! color11 yellow
! color12 blue
! color13 purple
! color14 cyan
! color15 white
*color8: #000000
*color9: #55ff55
*color10: #55ff55
*color11: #55ff55
*color12: #005500
*color13: #55ff55
*color14: #55ff55
*color15: #00cc00
~/.wmii-3.5/wmiirc
#!/bin/sh -f
# Configure wmii
# Configuration Variables
MODKEY=Mod1
UP=k
DOWN=j
LEFT=h
RIGHT=l
# Colors tuples: "<text> <background> <border>"
WMII_NORMCOLORS='#00cc00 #000000 #00cc00'
WMII_FOCUSCOLORS='#000000 #00cc00 #00cc00'
WMII_BACKGROUND='#000000'
WMII_FONT='cure'
set -- $(echo $WMII_NORMCOLORS $WMII_FOCUSCOLORS)
WMII_MENU="dmenu -b -fn '$WMII_FONT' -nf '$1' -nb '$2' -sf '$4' -sb '$5'"
WMII_9MENU="wmii9menu -font '$WMII_FONT' -nf '$1' -nb '$2' -sf '$4' -sb '$5' -br '$6'"
WMII_TERM="urxvt"
# Column Rules
wmiir write /colrules <<!
/.*/ -> 58+42
# Tagging Rules
wmiir write /tagrules <<!
/XMMS.*/ -> ~
/MPlayer.*/ -> ~
/.*/ -> sel
/.*/ -> 1
# Status Bar Info
status() {
echo -n $(acpi -b | sed 's/.*, \{0,2\}\([0-9]\{1,3\}%\),.*/Bat: \1 | /') '|' $(uptime |
sed 's/.*://; s/,//g') '|' $(date)
# Event processing
# Processed later by `wmiiloop' and evaled.
# Duplicate the eval line and replace 'eval' with 'echo' for details.
eventstuff() {
cat <<'!'
# Events
Event Start
case "$1" in
wmiirc)
exit;
esac
Event Key
fn=$(echo "$@" | sed 's/[^a-zA-Z_0-9]/_/g')
Key_$fn "$@"
Event CreateTag
echo "$WMII_NORMCOLORS" "$@" | wmiir create "/lbar/$@"
Event DestroyTag
wmiir remove "/lbar/$@"
Event FocusTag
wmiir xwrite "/lbar/$@" "$WMII_FOCUSCOLORS" "$@"
Event UnfocusTag
wmiir xwrite "/lbar/$@" "$WMII_NORMCOLORS" "$@"
Event UrgentTag
shift
wmiir xwrite "/lbar/$@" "*$@"
Event NotUrgentTag
shift
wmiir xwrite "/lbar/$@" "$@"
Event LeftBarClick
shift
wmiir xwrite /ctl view "$@"
# Actions
Action quit
wmiir xwrite /ctl quit
Action exec
wmiir xwrite /ctl exec "$@"
Action rehash
proglist $PATH >$progsfile
Action status
set +xv
if wmiir remove /rbar/status 2>/dev/null; then
sleep 2
fi
echo "$WMII_NORMCOLORS" | wmiir create /rbar/status
while status | wmiir write /rbar/status; do
sleep 1
done
Event ClientMouseDown
client=$1; button=$2
case "$button" in
3)
do=$(eval $WMII_9MENU -initial "${menulast:-SomeRandomName}" Nop Delete Fullscreen)
case "$do" in
Delete)
wmiir xwrite /client/$client/ctl kill;;
Fullscreen)
wmiir xwrite /client/$client/ctl Fullscreen on;;
esac
menulast=${do:-"$menulast"}
esac
# Key Bindings
Key $MODKEY-Control-t
case $(wmiir read /keys | wc -l | tr -d ' \t\n') in
0|1)
echo -n $Keys | tr ' ' '\012' | wmiir write /keys
wmiir xwrite /ctl grabmod $MODKEY;;
wmiir xwrite /keys $MODKEY-Control-t
wmiir xwrite /ctl grabmod Mod3;;
esac
Key $MODKEY-space
wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl select toggle
Key $MODKEY-d
wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl colmode sel default
Key $MODKEY-s
wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl colmode sel stack
Key $MODKEY-m
wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl colmode sel max
Key $MODKEY-a
Action $(actionlist | eval $WMII_MENU) &
Key $MODKEY-p
sh -c "$(eval $WMII_MENU <$progsfile)" &
Key $MODKEY-t
wmiir xwrite /ctl "view $(tagsmenu)" &
Key $MODKEY-Return
eval $WMII_TERM &
Key $MODKEY-Shift-space
wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel toggle
Key $MODKEY-f
wmiir xwrite /client/sel/ctl Fullscreen toggle
Key $MODKEY-Shift-c
wmiir xwrite /client/sel/ctl kill
Key $MODKEY-Shift-t
wmiir xwrite "/client/$(wmiir read /client/sel/ctl)/tags" "$(tagsmenu)" &
Key $MODKEY-$LEFT
wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl select left
Key $MODKEY-$RIGHT
wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl select right
Key $MODKEY-$DOWN
wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl select down
Key $MODKEY-$UP
wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl select up
Key $MODKEY-Shift-$LEFT
wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel left
Key $MODKEY-Shift-$RIGHT
wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel right
Key $MODKEY-Shift-$DOWN
wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel down
Key $MODKEY-Shift-$UP
wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel up
for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do
cat <<!
Key $MODKEY-$i
wmiir xwrite /ctl view "$i"
Key $MODKEY-Shift-$i
wmiir xwrite /client/sel/tags "$i"
done
# WM Configuration
wmiir write /ctl << EOF
font $WMII_FONT
focuscolors $WMII_FOCUSCOLORS
normcolors $WMII_NORMCOLORS
grabmod $MODKEY
border 1
EOF
export WMII_MENU WMII_9MENU WMII_FONT WMII_TERM
export WMII_FOCUSCOLORS WMII_SELCOLORS WMII_NORMCOLORS
# Feed events to `wmiiloop' for processing
eval "$(eventstuff | sed 's/^[ ]//' | { . wmiiloop; })"
echo "$Keys" | tr ' ' '\n' | wmiir write /keys
# Functions
Action() {
action=$1; shift
if [ -n "$action" ]; then
Action_$action "$@" \
|| conf_which $action "$@"
fi
proglist() {
paths=$(echo "$@" | sed 'y/:/ /')
ls -lL $paths 2>/dev/null \
| awk '$1 ~ /^[^d].*x/ && NF > 2 { print $NF }' \
| sort | uniq
# Misc
progsfile="$WMII_NS_DIR/.proglist"
Action status &
proglist $PATH >$progsfile &
xsetroot -solid "$WMII_BACKGROUND" &
# Setup Tag Bar
seltag="$(wmiir read /tag/sel/ctl 2>/dev/null)"
wmiir ls /lbar |
while read bar; do
wmiir remove "/lbar/$bar"
done
wmiir ls /tag | sed -e 's|/||; /^sel$/d' |
while read tag; do
if [ "X$tag" = "X$seltag" ]; then
echo "$WMII_FOCUSCOLORS" "$tag" | wmiir create "/lbar/$tag"
else
echo "$WMII_NORMCOLORS" "$tag" | wmiir create "/lbar/$tag"
fi
done
# More functions
tagsmenu() {
wmiir ls /tag | sed 's|/||; /^sel$/d' | eval $WMII_MENU
actionlist() {
{ proglist $WMII_CONFPATH
echo -n $Actions | tr ' ' '\012'
} | sort | uniq
conf_which() {
which=$(which which)
prog=$(PATH="$WMII_CONFPATH" $which $1); shift
[ -n "$prog" ] && $prog "$@"
# Stop any running instances of wmiirc
echo Start wmiirc | wmiir write /event || exit 1
wmiir read /event |
while read event; do
set -- $event
event=$1; shift
Event_$event $@
done 2>/dev/null
~/.zshrc (just the prompt)
PROMPT=$'%B[%b%n@%m%B]%b[%b%~%B]
%B╼%b '
Enjoy!
Last edited by zowki (2010-05-06 16:29:27)

Answer 1

vampt3k wrote:
SWEET!!! Thanks.
I want to my friends to think I'm a 1337 h4x0r as well (except I like blue better )
One question, I'm using GNOME. Does wmii go on top of Gnome? Because I notice in your "archey" it says:
"Desktop Environment: None Found"
What does that mean? You are not using a desktop environment?
Thanks. I'm in the process of removing of reformatting my laptop  wit Arch Linux and I want it to look exactly like this ... except blue
If you like it blue, you may just try exchanging the G and B in the RGB color hex in all the colors from zowki's theme, e.g. #xxyyzz ==> #xxzzyy; in theory, this way you make a righteous blue version from the original green
To do that, try something like this:
sed -i 's/\(#[0-9a-f]\{2\}\)\([0-9a-f]\{2\}\)\([0-9a-f]\{2\}\)/\1\3\2/ig' <file>
@zowki, how crazy! Why not make a PKGBUILD/tarball out of it ? jk
Last edited by lolilolicon (2010-02-21 09:08:36)