General aesthetic changes

.config/dunst/dunstrc

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [global]
-    font = Liberation Sans 9 
+	font = JetBrains Mono 11 
     # allow a small subset of html markup:
     # <b>bold</b>
     # <i>italic</i>
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@
     # right side of the screen.  Y is measured from the top and down respectevly.
     # The width can be negative. In this case the actual width is the
     # screen width minus the width defined in within the geometry option.
-    geometry = "300x5-30-30"
+    geometry = "300-30+30"
 
     # The transparency of the window. range: [0; 100]
     # This option will only work if a compositing windowmanager is present (e.g. xcompmgr, compiz, etc..)
-    transparency = 25
+    transparency = 0
 
     # Don't remove messages, if the user is idle (no mouse or keyboard input)
     # for longer than idle_threshold seconds.
@@ -147,12 +147,12 @@
 [urgency_low]
     # IMPORTANT: colors have to be defined in quotation marks.
     # Otherwise the '#' and following  would be interpreted as a comment.
-    background = "#222222"
+    background = "#000000"
     foreground = "#dddddd"
     timeout = 10
 
 [urgency_normal]
-    background = "#222222"
+    background = "#000000"
     foreground = "#ffffff"
     timeout = 10
 

.config/dunst/dunstrcb

@@ -1,185 +0,0 @@
-[global]
-    font = Liberation Sans 9
-
-    # allow a small subset of html markup:
-    # <b>bold</b>
-    # <i>italic</i>
-    # <s>strikethrough<s/>
-    # <u>underline</u>
-    #
-    # for a complete reference see http://developer.gnome.org/pango/stable/PangoMarkupFormat.html
-    # If markup is not allowed, those tags will be stripped out of the message.  allow_markup = yes
-
-    # The format of the message. Possible variables are:
-    #   %a  appname
-    #   %s  summary
-    #   %b  body
-    #   %i  iconname (including its path)
-    #   %I  iconname (without its path)
-    #   %p  progress value if set ([  0%] to [100%]) or nothing
-    # Markup is allowed
-    format = "<b>%a:</b> %s\n%b"
-
-    # Sort messages by urgency
-    sort = yes
-
-    # Show how many messages are currently hidden (because of geometry)
-    indicate_hidden = yes
-
-    # alignment of message text.
-    # Possible values are "left", "center" and "right"
-    alignment = left
-
-    # The frequency with wich text that is longer than the notification
-    # window allows bounces back and forth.
-    # This option conflicts with 'word_wrap'.
-    # Set to 0 to disable
-    bounce_freq = 0
-
-    # show age of message if message is older than show_age_threshold seconds.
-    # set to -1 to disable
-    show_age_threshold = 60
-
-    # split notifications into multiple lines if they don't fit into geometry
-    word_wrap = yes
-
-    # ignore newlines '\n' in notifications
-    ignore_newline = no
-
-
-    # the geometry of the window
-    # geometry [{width}]x{height}][+/-{x}+/-{y}]
-    # The geometry of the message window.
-    # The height is measured in number of notifications everything else in pixels. If the width
-    # is omitted but the height is given ("-geometry x2"), the message window
-    # expands over the whole screen (dmenu-like). If width is 0,
-    # the window expands to the longest message displayed.
-    # A positive x is measured from the left, a negative from the
-    # right side of the screen.  Y is measured from the top and down respectevly.
-    # The width can be negative. In this case the actual width is the
-    # screen width minus the width defined in within the geometry option.
-    geometry = "300x5-30+30"
-
-    # The transparency of the window. range: [0; 100]
-    # This option will only work if a compositing windowmanager is present (e.g. xcompmgr, compiz, etc..)
-    transparency = 0
-
-    # Don't remove messages, if the user is idle (no mouse or keyboard input)
-    # for longer than idle_threshold seconds.
-    # Set to 0 to disable.
-    idle_threshold = 120
-
-    # Which monitor should the notifications be displayed on.
-    monitor = 0
-
-    # Display notification on focused monitor. Possible modes are:
-    # mouse: follow mouse pointer
-    # keyboard: follow window with keyboard focus
-    # none: don't follow anything
-    #
-    # "keyboard" needs a windowmanager that exports the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW property.
-    # This should be the case for almost all modern windowmanagers.
-    #
-    # If this option is set to mouse or keyboard, the monitor option will be
-    # ignored.
-    follow = keyboard
-
-    # should a notification popped up from history be sticky or
-    # timeout as if it would normally do.
-    sticky_history = yes
-
-    # The height of a single line. If the height is smaller than the font height,
-    # it will get raised to the font height.
-    # This adds empty space above and under the text.
-    line_height = 0
-
-    # Draw a line of 'separatpr_height' pixel height between two notifications.
-    # Set to 0 to disable
-    separator_height = 2
-
-    # padding between text and separator
-    padding = 8
-
-    # horizontal padding
-    horizontal_padding = 8
-
-    # Define a color for the separator.
-    # possible values are:
-    #  * auto: dunst tries to find a color fitting to the background
-    #  * foreground: use the same color as the foreground
-    #  * frame: use the same color as the frame.
-    #  * anything else will be interpreted as a X color
-    separator_color = frame
-
-    # print a notification on startup
-    # This is mainly for error detection, since dbus (re-)starts dunst
-    # automatically after a crash.
-    startup_notification = true
-
-    # dmenu path
-    dmenu = /usr/bin/dmenu -p dunst:
-
-    # browser for opening urls in context menu
-    browser = /usr/bin/firefox -new-tab
-
-[frame]
-    width = 1
-    color = "#b0a485"
-
-[shortcuts]
-    # shortcuts are specified as [modifier+][modifier+]...key
-    # available modifiers are 'ctrl', 'mod1' (the alt-key), 'mod2', 'mod3'
-    # and 'mod4' (windows-key)
-    # xev might be helpful to find names for keys
-
-    # close notification
-    close = mod4+m
-
-    # close all notifications
-    close_all = mod4+shift+m
-
-    # redisplay last message(s)
-    history = mod4+n
-
-    # context menu
-    context = mod4+shift+i
-
-[urgency_low]
-    # IMPORTANT: colors have to be defined in quotation marks.
-    # Otherwise the '#' and following  would be interpreted as a comment.
-    background = "#282828"
-    foreground = "#b0a485"
-    timeout = 10
-
-[urgency_normal]
-    background = "#282828"
-    foreground = "#ebdbb2"
-    timeout = 10
-
-[urgency_critical]
-    background = "#000000"
-    foreground = "#ff0000"
-    timeout = 0
-
-
-# Every section that isn't one of the above is interpreted as a rules
-# to override settings for certain messages.
-# Messages can be matched by 'appname', 'summary', 'body' or 'icon'
-# and you can override the 'timeout', 'urgency', 'foreground', 'background'
-# and 'format'.
-# Shell-like globbing will get expanded.
-#
-# SCRIPTING
-# you can specify a script that gets run when the rule matches by setting
-# the 'script' option.
-# The script will be called as follows:
-# script appname summary body icon urgency
-# where urgency can be "LOW", "NORMAL" or "CRITICAL".
-#
-# NOTE: if you don't want a notification to be displayed, set the format to ""
-# NOTE: It might be helpful to run dunst -print in a terminal in order to find
-# fitting options for rules.
-
-[play_sound]
-    summary = "*"
-    script = /home/dogeystamp/dox/scr/notification-sound.sh

.config/ncmpcpp/config

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ default_place_to_search_in = "database"
 visualizer_fifo_path = "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
 visualizer_output_name = "my_fifo"
 visualizer_sync_interval = "10"
-visualizer_color = 15, 52, 51, 50, 49, 48
+visualizer_color = white
 #visualizer_type = "wave" (spectrum/wave)
 visualizer_type = "wave_filled" (spectrum/wave)
 visualizer_in_stereo = "yes"

.config/picom/picom.conf

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-shadow = true;
+shadow = false;
 shadow-radius = 10;
 shadow-offset-x = -7;
 shadow-offset-y = -7;
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ inactive-opacity-override = false;
 
 blur-background-exclude = [ "class_g = 'Clock'" ];
 fading = true;
-fade-in-step = 0.10;
+fade-in-step = 0.30;
 fade-out-step = 0.15;
 fade-exclude = [];
 backend = "xrender";

.config/zathura/zathurarc

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 set selection-clipboard clipboard
-set recolor-darkcolor "#CCCCCC"
+set recolor-darkcolor "#ffffff"
-set default-bg "#333333"
+set default-bg "#000000"
-set recolor-lightcolor "#333333"
+set recolor-lightcolor "#000000"
 set recolor true

README.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ You should install [my dwm](https://github.com/dogeystamp/dwm), [dmenu](https://
 ### Note
 
 The xinitrc provides changes I like, such as swapping escape and caps lock, which you should remove if you don't need.
+Also, the aesthetic is very minimal, so consider adding a wallpaper, configuring picom to use blur, and add transparency to your applications if you desire.
 
 **Desktop Preview**
 ![preview](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DogeyStamp/dots/main/preview.png)
-![preview](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DogeyStamp/dots/main/preview2.png)