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README.md

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Eww

Elkowars Wacky Widgets is a standalone widget system made in Rust that allows you to implement your own, custom widgets in any window manager.

Documentation and instructions on how to install can be found here.

Dharmx also wrote a nice, beginner friendly introductory guide for eww here.

Check out another cool project by me

I'm currently busy working yolk, which is a dotfile management solution that supports a unique spin on templating: templating without template files.

To find out more, check out the website and documentation!

Examples

(Note that some of these still make use of the old configuration syntax.)

Rxyhn-rice

eww-top-bar

Activate Linux

Contribewwting

If you want to contribute anything, like adding new widgets, features, or subcommands (including sample configs), you should definitely do so.

Steps

  1. Fork this repository
  2. Install dependencies
  3. Smash your head against the keyboard from frustration (coding is hard)
  4. Write down your changes in CHANGELOG.md
  5. Open a pull request once you're finished

Widget

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Widget

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