added qtile and i3 configs (curently essentially defaults) and updated x related things

.config/i3/config

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+# This file has been auto-generated by i3-config-wizard(1).
+# It will not be overwritten, so edit it as you like.
+#
+# Should you change your keyboard layout some time, delete
+# this file and re-run i3-config-wizard(1).
+#
+
+# i3 config file (v4)
+#
+# Please see https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html for a complete reference!
+
+set $mod Mod4
+
+# Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font
+# is used in the bar {} block below.
+font "xft:Fira Code:antialias=true:hinting=true"
+
+# This font is widely installed, provides lots of unicode glyphs, right-to-left
+# text rendering and scalability on retina/hidpi displays (thanks to pango).
+#font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 8
+
+# Start XDG autostart .desktop files using dex. See also
+# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_Autostart
+exec --no-startup-id dex --autostart --environment i3
+
+# The combination of xss-lock, nm-applet and pactl is a popular choice, so
+# they are included here as an example. Modify as you see fit.
+
+# xss-lock grabs a logind suspend inhibit lock and will use i3lock to lock the
+# screen before suspend. Use loginctl lock-session to lock your screen.
+exec --no-startup-id xss-lock --transfer-sleep-lock -- i3lock --nofork
+
+# NetworkManager is the most popular way to manage wireless networks on Linux,
+# and nm-applet is a desktop environment-independent system tray GUI for it.
+exec --no-startup-id nm-applet
+
+# Use pactl to adjust volume in PulseAudio.
+set $refresh_i3status killall -SIGUSR1 i3status
+bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +10% && $refresh_i3status
+bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -10% && $refresh_i3status
+bindsym XF86AudioMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle && $refresh_i3status
+bindsym XF86AudioMicMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ toggle && $refresh_i3status
+
+# Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position
+floating_modifier $mod
+
+# start a terminal
+bindsym $mod+Shift+Return exec alacritty
+
+# kill focused window
+bindsym $mod+Shift+j kill
+
+# start dmenu (a program launcher)
+bindsym $mod+a exec --no-startup-id "dmenu_run -bw 3 -c -l 15 -h 26"
+# A more modern dmenu replacement is rofi:
+# bindcode $mod+40 exec "rofi -modi drun,run -show drun"
+# There also is i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications shipping a
+# .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that installed.
+# bindcode $mod+40 exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop
+
+# change focus
+bindsym $mod+h focus left
+bindsym $mod+t focus down
+bindsym $mod+n focus up
+bindsym $mod+s focus right
+
+# alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:
+bindsym $mod+Left focus left
+bindsym $mod+Down focus down
+bindsym $mod+Up focus up
+bindsym $mod+Right focus right
+
+# move focused window
+bindsym $mod+Shift+h move left
+bindsym $mod+Shift+t move down
+bindsym $mod+Shift+n move up
+bindsym $mod+Shift+s move right
+
+# alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:
+bindsym $mod+Shift+Left move left
+bindsym $mod+Shift+Down move down
+bindsym $mod+Shift+Up move up
+bindsym $mod+Shift+Right move right
+
+# split in horizontal orientation
+bindsym $mod+d split h
+
+# split in vertical orientation
+bindsym $mod+k split v
+
+# enter fullscreen mode for the focused container
+bindsym $mod+u fullscreen toggle
+
+# change container layout (stacked, tabbed, toggle split)
+bindsym $mod+apostrophe layout stacking
+bindsym $mod+comma layout tabbed
+bindsym $mod+period layout toggle split
+
+# toggle tiling / floating
+bindsym $mod+Shift+space floating toggle
+
+# change focus between tiling / floating windows
+bindsym $mod+space focus mode_toggle
+
+# focus the parent container
+bindsym $mod+Return focus parent
+
+# focus the child container
+#bindsym $mod+d focus child
+
+# Define names for default workspaces for which we configure key bindings later on.
+# We use variables to avoid repeating the names in multiple places.
+set $ws1 "1"
+set $ws2 "2"
+set $ws3 "3"
+set $ws4 "4"
+set $ws5 "5"
+set $ws6 "6"
+set $ws7 "7"
+set $ws8 "8"
+set $ws9 "9"
+set $ws10 "10"
+
+# switch to workspace
+bindsym $mod+1 workspace number $ws1
+bindsym $mod+2 workspace number $ws2
+bindsym $mod+3 workspace number $ws3
+bindsym $mod+4 workspace number $ws4
+bindsym $mod+5 workspace number $ws5
+bindsym $mod+6 workspace number $ws6
+bindsym $mod+7 workspace number $ws7
+bindsym $mod+8 workspace number $ws8
+bindsym $mod+9 workspace number $ws9
+bindsym $mod+0 workspace number $ws10
+
+# move focused container to workspace
+bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace number $ws1
+bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace number $ws2
+bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace number $ws3
+bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace number $ws4
+bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace number $ws5
+bindsym $mod+Shift+6 move container to workspace number $ws6
+bindsym $mod+Shift+7 move container to workspace number $ws7
+bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace number $ws8
+bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace number $ws9
+bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace number $ws10
+
+# reload the configuration file
+bindsym $mod+Shift+comma reload
+# restart i3 inplace (preserves your layout/session, can be used to upgrade i3)
+bindsym $mod+Shift+apostrophe restart
+# exit i3 (logs you out of your X session)
+bindsym $mod+Shift+period exec "i3-nagbar -t warning -m 'You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit i3? This will end your X session.' -B 'Yes, exit i3' 'i3-msg exit'"
+
+# resize window (you can also use the mouse for that)
+mode "resize" {
+        # These bindings trigger as soon as you enter the resize mode
+
+        # Pressing left will shrink the window’s width.
+        # Pressing right will grow the window’s width.
+        # Pressing up will shrink the window’s height.
+        # Pressing down will grow the window’s height.
+        bindsym h resize shrink width 10 px or 10 ppt
+        bindsym t resize grow height 10 px or 10 ppt
+        bindsym n resize shrink height 10 px or 10 ppt
+        bindsym s resize grow width 10 px or 10 ppt
+
+        # same bindings, but for the arrow keys
+        bindsym Left resize shrink width 10 px or 10 ppt
+        bindsym Down resize grow height 10 px or 10 ppt
+        bindsym Up resize shrink height 10 px or 10 ppt
+        bindsym Right resize grow width 10 px or 10 ppt
+
+        # back to normal: Enter or Escape or $mod+r
+        bindsym Return mode "default"
+        bindsym Escape mode "default"
+        bindsym $mod+p mode "default"
+}
+
+bindsym $mod+p mode "resize"
+
+# Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status
+# finds out, if available)
+bar {
+        status_command i3status
+}
+
+gaps inner 8
+gaps outer 8

.config/qtile/config.py

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+# Copyright (c) 2010 Aldo Cortesi
+# Copyright (c) 2010, 2014 dequis
+# Copyright (c) 2012 Randall Ma
+# Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Tycho Andersen
+# Copyright (c) 2012 Craig Barnes
+# Copyright (c) 2013 horsik
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Tao Sauvage
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+
+from typing import List  # noqa: F401
+
+from libqtile import bar, layout, widget
+from libqtile.config import Click, Drag, Group, Key, Match, Screen
+from libqtile.lazy import lazy
+from libqtile.utils import guess_terminal
+
+mod = "mod4"
+terminal = guess_terminal()
+
+keys = [
+    # Switch between windows
+    Key([mod], "h", lazy.layout.left(), desc="Move focus to left"),
+    Key([mod], "l", lazy.layout.right(), desc="Move focus to right"),
+    Key([mod], "j", lazy.layout.down(), desc="Move focus down"),
+    Key([mod], "k", lazy.layout.up(), desc="Move focus up"),
+    Key([mod], "space", lazy.layout.next(),
+        desc="Move window focus to other window"),
+
+    # Move windows between left/right columns or move up/down in current stack.
+    # Moving out of range in Columns layout will create new column.
+    Key([mod, "shift"], "h", lazy.layout.shuffle_left(),
+        desc="Move window to the left"),
+    Key([mod, "shift"], "l", lazy.layout.shuffle_right(),
+        desc="Move window to the right"),
+    Key([mod, "shift"], "j", lazy.layout.shuffle_down(),
+        desc="Move window down"),
+    Key([mod, "shift"], "k", lazy.layout.shuffle_up(), desc="Move window up"),
+
+    # Grow windows. If current window is on the edge of screen and direction
+    # will be to screen edge - window would shrink.
+    Key([mod, "control"], "h", lazy.layout.grow_left(),
+        desc="Grow window to the left"),
+    Key([mod, "control"], "l", lazy.layout.grow_right(),
+        desc="Grow window to the right"),
+    Key([mod, "control"], "j", lazy.layout.grow_down(),
+        desc="Grow window down"),
+    Key([mod, "control"], "k", lazy.layout.grow_up(), desc="Grow window up"),
+    Key([mod], "n", lazy.layout.normalize(), desc="Reset all window sizes"),
+
+    # Toggle between split and unsplit sides of stack.
+    # Split = all windows displayed
+    # Unsplit = 1 window displayed, like Max layout, but still with
+    # multiple stack panes
+    Key([mod, "shift"], "Return", lazy.layout.toggle_split(),
+        desc="Toggle between split and unsplit sides of stack"),
+    Key([mod], "Return", lazy.spawn(terminal), desc="Launch terminal"),
+
+    # Toggle between different layouts as defined below
+    Key([mod], "Tab", lazy.next_layout(), desc="Toggle between layouts"),
+    Key([mod], "w", lazy.window.kill(), desc="Kill focused window"),
+
+    Key([mod, "control"], "r", lazy.restart(), desc="Restart Qtile"),
+    Key([mod, "control"], "q", lazy.shutdown(), desc="Shutdown Qtile"),
+    Key([mod], "r", lazy.spawncmd(),
+        desc="Spawn a command using a prompt widget"),
+]
+
+groups = [Group(i) for i in "123456789"]
+
+for i in groups:
+    keys.extend([
+        # mod1 + letter of group = switch to group
+        Key([mod], i.name, lazy.group[i.name].toscreen(),
+            desc="Switch to group {}".format(i.name)),
+
+        # mod1 + shift + letter of group = switch to & move focused window to group
+        Key([mod, "shift"], i.name, lazy.window.togroup(i.name, switch_group=True),
+            desc="Switch to & move focused window to group {}".format(i.name)),
+        # Or, use below if you prefer not to switch to that group.
+        # # mod1 + shift + letter of group = move focused window to group
+        # Key([mod, "shift"], i.name, lazy.window.togroup(i.name),
+        #     desc="move focused window to group {}".format(i.name)),
+    ])
+
+layouts = [
+    layout.Columns(border_focus_stack=['#d75f5f', '#8f3d3d'], border_width=4),
+    layout.Max(),
+    # Try more layouts by unleashing below layouts.
+    # layout.Stack(num_stacks=2),
+    # layout.Bsp(),
+    layout.Matrix(),
+    # layout.MonadTall(),
+    # layout.MonadWide(),
+    # layout.RatioTile(),
+    layout.Tile(),
+    # layout.TreeTab(),
+    layout.VerticalTile(),
+    layout.Zoomy(),
+]
+
+widget_defaults = dict(
+    font='sans',
+    fontsize=12,
+    padding=3,
+)
+extension_defaults = widget_defaults.copy()
+
+screens = [
+    Screen(
+        bottom=bar.Bar(
+            [
+                widget.CurrentLayout(),
+                widget.GroupBox(),
+                widget.Prompt(),
+                widget.WindowName(),
+                widget.Chord(
+                    chords_colors={
+                        'launch': ("#ff0000", "#ffffff"),
+                    },
+                    name_transform=lambda name: name.upper(),
+                ),
+                widget.TextBox("default config", name="default"),
+                widget.TextBox("Press <M-r> to spawn", foreground="#d75f5f"),
+                widget.Systray(),
+                widget.Clock(format='%Y-%m-%d %a %I:%M %p'),
+                widget.QuickExit(),
+            ],
+            24,
+        ),
+    ),
+]
+
+# Drag floating layouts.
+mouse = [
+    Drag([mod], "Button1", lazy.window.set_position_floating(),
+         start=lazy.window.get_position()),
+    Drag([mod], "Button3", lazy.window.set_size_floating(),
+         start=lazy.window.get_size()),
+    Click([mod], "Button2", lazy.window.bring_to_front())
+]
+
+dgroups_key_binder = None
+dgroups_app_rules = []  # type: List
+follow_mouse_focus = True
+bring_front_click = False
+cursor_warp = False
+floating_layout = layout.Floating(float_rules=[
+    # Run the utility of `xprop` to see the wm class and name of an X client.
+    *layout.Floating.default_float_rules,
+    Match(wm_class='confirmreset'),  # gitk
+    Match(wm_class='makebranch'),  # gitk
+    Match(wm_class='maketag'),  # gitk
+    Match(wm_class='ssh-askpass'),  # ssh-askpass
+    Match(title='branchdialog'),  # gitk
+    Match(title='pinentry'),  # GPG key password entry
+])
+auto_fullscreen = True
+focus_on_window_activation = "smart"
+reconfigure_screens = True
+
+# If things like steam games want to auto-minimize themselves when losing
+# focus, should we respect this or not?
+auto_minimize = True
+
+# XXX: Gasp! We're lying here. In fact, nobody really uses or cares about this
+# string besides java UI toolkits; you can see several discussions on the
+# mailing lists, GitHub issues, and other WM documentation that suggest setting
+# this string if your java app doesn't work correctly. We may as well just lie
+# and say that we're a working one by default.
+#
+# We choose LG3D to maximize irony: it is a 3D non-reparenting WM written in
+# java that happens to be on java's whitelist.
+wmname = "LG3D"

.xinitrc

@@ -48,6 +48,6 @@ if [ "$HOST" == "archmetabox" ] ; then
 fi
 
 # start my trusty window manager
-exec xmonad --recompile
+#exec xmonad --recompile
-exec xmonad --replace
+#exec xmonad --replace
 

.xprofile

@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr
 /home/solomon/.screenlayout/normal.sh
 
 # start wm
-xmonad --recompile
+#xmonad --recompile
-xmonad --replace
+#xmonad --replace