dwm help

[finzxz]

So I just installed DWM and I'm using xinitrc and config.def.h files I found around the web.

I have a list of things that aren't working and that I'd like fixed so I'd appreciate any help I get.

here is a screen cap of my desktop
http://ompldr.org/vNWpqYQ


things i'd liked to work:
-Make feh remember my desktop background so I don't have to change it each time I log in
-have a clock in the panel at the bottom
-customize the GTX2 theme colours. i'm using LXAppearance and it doesn't have the option to change window colours.
-change the way DWM tiles windows. right now it tiles the main window horizontally across the screen, i'd rather it tiled it vertically.
-conky doesn't start on start up, pretty much nothing does.

here are my config files.
xinitrc

#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc

setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp &
eval `cat /home/fin/.fehbg` &
numlockx &
xscreensaver -no-splash &

# Dzen & conky
(sleep 15s && conky | dzen2 -x '500' -e '' -fg '#dcdcdc' -bg '#3f3f3f' -w '650' -ta r -fn '-*-terminus-*-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*' -p ) &

# Start dwm
exec ck-launch-session.conkyrc

background no
out_to_console yes
update_interval 2
total_run_times 0
use_spacer none
double_buffer yes
TEXT
${if_existing /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/present}^fg(#999999)BAT^fg()${battery_percent}%${e lse}AC${endif} * CPU ${cpu cpu1}% RAM ${memperc}% * / ${fs_used_perc /}% /home ${fs_used_perc /home}% * PKG ${execpi 900 ~/Scripts/pacman-up.pl} * ${if_existing /proc/net/route ra0}Down ${downspeedf ra0}K/s Up ${upspeedf ra0}K/s ${else} ${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0} Down ${downspeedf ra0}K/s Up ${upspeedf ra0}K/s${endif} ${endif}* ${time %I:%M%P}config.def.h

/* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */

/* appearance */
static const char font[] = "-*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";
static const char normbordercolor[] = "#cccccc";
static const char normbgcolor[] = "#cccccc";
static const char normfgcolor[] = "#000000";
static const char selbordercolor[] = "#0066ff";
static const char selbgcolor[] = "#0066ff";
static const char selfgcolor[] = "#ffffff";
static const unsigned int borderpx = 1; /* border pixel of windows */
static const unsigned int snap = 32; /* snap pixel */
static const Bool showbar = True; /* False means no bar */
static const Bool topbar = True; /* False means bottom bar */

/* tagging */
static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };

static const Rule rules[] = {
/* class instance title tags mask isfloating monitor */
{ "Gimp", NULL, NULL, 0, True, -1 },
{ "Firefox", NULL, NULL, 1 << 8, False, -1 },
};

/* layout(s) */
static const float mfact = 0.55; /* factor of master area size [0.05..0.95] */
static const Bool resizehints = True; /* True means respect size hints in tiled resizals */

static const Layout layouts[] = {
/* symbol arrange function */
{ "[]=", tile }, /* first entry is default */
{ "><>", NULL }, /* no layout function means floating behavior */
{ "[M]", monocle },
};

/* key definitions */
#define MODKEY Mod1Mask
#define TAGKEYS(KEY,TAG) \
{ MODKEY, KEY, view, {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
{ MODKEY|ControlMask, KEY, toggleview, {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, KEY, tag, {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
{ MODKEY|ControlMask|ShiftMask, KEY, toggletag, {.ui = 1 << TAG} },

/* helper for spawning shell commands in the pre dwm-5.0 fashion */
#define SHCMD(cmd) { .v = (const char*[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL } }

/* commands */
static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-fn", font, "-nb", normbgcolor, "-nf", normfgcolor, "-sb", selbgcolor, "-sf", selfgcolor, NULL };
static const char *termcmd[] = { "uxterm", NULL };

static Key keys[] = {
{ MODKEY, XK_F10, spawn, {.v = volupcmd } },
{ MODKEY, XK_F11, spawn, {.v = voldowncmd } },
{ MODKEY, XK_F12, spawn, {.v = mutecmd } },
{ MODKEY, XK_m, spawn, {.v = dmenucmd } },
{ MODKEY, XK_Return, spawn, "exec gnome-terminal" }, \
{ MODKEY, XK_f, spawn, "exec firefox" }, \
{ MODKEY, XK_p, spawn, "exe=`dmenu_path | dmenu` && exec &exe" }, \
{ MODKEY, XK_b, togglebar, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_j, focusstack, {.i = +1 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_k, focusstack, {.i = -1 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_h, setmfact, {.f = -0.05} },
{ MODKEY, XK_l, setmfact, {.f = +0.05} },
{ MODKEY, XK_Return, zoom, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_Tab, view, {0} },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_c, killclient, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_t, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[0]} },
{ MODKEY, XK_f, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[1]} },
{ MODKEY, XK_q, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[2]} },
{ MODKEY, XK_e, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[3]} },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_d, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[4]} },
{ MODKEY, XK_space, setlayout, {0} },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_space, togglefloating, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_0, view, {.ui = ~0 } },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_0, tag, {.ui = ~0 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_comma, focusmon, {.i = -1 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_period, focusmon, {.i = +1 } },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_comma, tagmon, {.i = -1 } },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_period, tagmon, {.i = +1 } },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_q, quit, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_Down, spawn, {.v = mpcpause } },
{ MODKEY, XK_Up, spawn, {.v = mpcplay } },
{ MODKEY, XK_Right, spawn, {.v = mpcnext } },
{ MODKEY, XK_Left, spawn, {.v = mpcprev } },
{ MODKEY|ControlMask, XK_j, pushdown, {0} },
{ MODKEY|ControlMask, XK_k, pushup, {0} },
TAGKEYS( XK_1, 0)
TAGKEYS( XK_2, 1)
TAGKEYS( XK_3, 2)
TAGKEYS( XK_4, 3)
};

/* button definitions */
/* click can be ClkLtSymbol, ClkStatusText, ClkWinTitle, ClkClientWin, or ClkRootWin */
static Button buttons[] = {
/* click event mask button function argument */
{ ClkLtSymbol, 0, Button1, setlayout, {0} },
{ ClkLtSymbol, 0, Button3, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[2]} },
{ ClkWinTitle, 0, Button2, zoom, {0} },
{ ClkStatusText, 0, Button2, spawn, {.v = termcmd } },
{ ClkClientWin, MODKEY, Button1, movemouse, {0} },
{ ClkClientWin, MODKEY, Button2, togglefloating, {0} },
{ ClkClientWin, MODKEY, Button3, resizemouse, {0} },
{ ClkTagBar, 0, Button1, view, {0} },
{ ClkTagBar, 0, Button3, toggleview, {0} },
{ ClkTagBar, MODKEY, Button1, tag, {0} },
{ ClkTagBar, MODKEY, Button3, toggletag, {0} },
};
.fehbg

feh --bg-scale '/home/fin/Pictures/dark_striped.png'i appreciate any help i get. i'm pretty sure most of my files need a huge over haul.

[AllRadioisDead]

Most of your questions can be answered here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dwm
For additional tiling modes, check the patches available at http://dwm.suckless.org
Also, for your wallpaper issue I would recommend using Nitrogen instead (It's available in the Repo's) because I believe feh has been abandoned since 2006.
Simply add Nitrogen to your startup script:


nitrogen -r
It should restore the background you set in your last session.

[UnsafeData]

I'm bumping this thread since dwm has changed. The Arch wiki mentions that 'horizontal' is the default, so I don't know what else to do to get this to be vertical. :neutral:

Anyone have any ideas?