From 1ac16dac6f0533380912cd16daee82561f8025b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: javalsai Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 12:45:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] more: readme :o --- README.md | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f858786..4bfe526 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Lidm is a really light display manager made in C, highly customizable and held together by hopes and prayers šŸ™ ![demo image](assets/lidm.png) -> this is shown as in a terminal emulator, actual linux console doesn't support as much color and decorations +> *this is shown as in a terminal emulator, actual linux console doesn't support as much color and decorations* ## Features * Builds fast af @@ -21,10 +21,17 @@ Lidm is a really light display manager made in C, highly customizable and held t * UTF characters, I'm using `strlen()` and treating characters as per byte basis, UTF-8 chars might work or not > [!CAUTION] -> (they should add `> [!DISCLAIMER]` fr) I wrote this readme with the same quality as the code, behing this keyboard there's half a brainrotcell left writing what it remembers of this program, so don't take this to seriously, I'm typing as I think without filter lol, but the program works, or should. Also, about any "TODO" in this readme (or the code), I didn't forget finishing it, I actually don't care +> (they should add `> [!DISCLAIMER]` fr) I wrote this readme with the same quality as the code, behing this keyboard there's half a brainrotcell left writing what it remembers of this program, so don't take this to seriously, I'm typing as I think without filter lol, but the program works, or should. Also, about any "TODO" in this readme (or the code), I didn't forget finishing it, I actually don't care. And, references to ~~code~~ **anything** are likely to be outdated, check the commit history to know what I was refering to exactly if you care. + +# Ideology +We all know that the most important thing in a project is the ideology of the author and the movements he wants to support, so [**#stopchatcontrol**](https://stopchatcontrol.eu). + +[ ![stopchatcontrol](https://stopchatcontrol.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1-1-1024x1024.png) ](https://stopchatcontrol.eu) # Backstory -I went into summer travel to visit family with an old laptop that barely supports x86_64, and ly recently added some avx2 instructions I think (I just get invalid op codes), manually building (any previous commit too) didn't work because of something in the `build.zig` file, so out of boredom I decided to craft up my own simple display manager on the only language this thing can handle, āœØCāœØ (I hate this and reserve the right for the rust rewrite, actually solid). I spedrun it, basically did in in 3 days while touching *some* grass (:o), and I'm bad af in C, so this is spaghetti code on another level. I think it doesn't do almost nothing unsafe, I mean, I didn't check allocations and it's capable of reallocating memory until your username uses all memory and crashes the system due to a off by 1 error, but pretty consistent otherwise (probably). +I went into summer travel to visit family with an old laptop that barely supports x86_64, and ly recently added some avx2 instructions I think (I just get invalid op codes), manually building (any previous commit too) didn't work because of something in the `build.zig` file, so out of boredom I decided to craft up my own simple display manager on the only language this thing can handle, āœØCāœØ (I hate this and reserve the right for the rust rewrite, actually solid). + +I spedrun it, basically did in in 3 days on the same couch on [unhelty back positions (even worse)](https://i.redd.it/4bkje8amisu61.png) while touching *some* grass (:o), and I'm bad af in C, so this is spaghetti code on **another** level. I think it doesn't do almost anything unsafe, I mean, I didn't check allocations and it's capable of reallocating memory until your username uses all memory and crashes the system due to a off by 1 error, but pretty consistent otherwise (probably). The name is just ly byt changing "y" with "i", that had a reason but forgot it, (maybe the i in *simple*), so I remembered this sh*tty laptop with a lid, this thing is also a display manager (dm, ly command is also `ly-dm`), so just did lidm due to all that. ![think gif](https://i.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExcTFzaGVmb3VjN3FnOXV6OG9rMG91a2QwM3c0aDV0NWpoZjFzNDEwayZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/d3mlE7uhX8KFgEmY/giphy.gif) @@ -48,8 +55,19 @@ make # šŸ‘ # Configuring Ugh, config will be a straigh copy of config defaults to `/etc` I think, there's no config yet :P and you need to enable the service, just do what ly does (I'm doing this on dinit, all init systems should be supported). +Also configurable colors are just gonna be put inside `\x1b[...m`, ofc you can add an m to break this and this can f* up really bad or even make some nice UI effect possible, but please don't, you should also be able to embed the `\x1b` byte in the config as I won't parse escape codes, I think that the parser is just gonna grab anything in the config file from the space after the `=` (yes, I'ma enforce that space, get good taste if you don't like it) until the newline, you can put any abomination in there. + +Btw, the default fg style should disable decorators set up in other elements (cursive, underline... it's just adding 20 to the number btw, so if cursive is 4 (iirc), disabling it is 24). + # Contributing -Don't do this to yourself, but you can ofc, you can also fork or whatever (make sure to comply with GNU's GPLv3), but I want to do the rust rewrite šŸ˜” +Don't do this to yourself, but you can ofc, you can also fork or whatever (make sure to comply with GNU's GPLv3), but I want to do the rust rewrite šŸ˜” (after it, I'll leave this around in case somebody with ancient hardware needs it, or if somebody wants to port it for a microwave...) + +This is also GPLv3 bcs I was too lazy to look for the "do anything I don't care" license, also it's funny legally trapping people into FOSS. + +# Contributors +Special thanks to: +* ChatGPT, in times of slow laptops where pages take ages to load, a single tab connected to a bunch of burning cloud GPUs feeding corporate hype is all you need to get quick answers for your questions, as long as you know how to filter AI crap ofc. +* My lack of gf, can't imagine this project being possible if somebody actually cared about me daily. # Recommendations Hope you didn't expect actual project recommendations, but these songs are šŸ”„ @@ -64,9 +82,10 @@ Hope you didn't expect actual project recommendations, but these songs are šŸ”„ * "MAGIC! - Rude" * "The Cranberries - Zombie" * "Natalie Imbruglia - Torn" +* "Alec Benjamin - I Sent My Therapist To Therapy" +* "The Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather" +* "Cascada - Everytime We Touch" (potentially the sped up versoin if better) Oh, an actual recommendation, if you don't like a element you can change the fg color of it to be the same as the bg. -Also (this isn't quite a recommendation lol), the default fg style shoulddisable decorators set up in other elements (cursivem underline... it's just adding 20 to the number btw, so if cursive is 4 (iirc), disabling it is 24). - -Congrats if you've managed to read through all this, wrote all this in exactly 30min. +Congrats if you've managed to read through all this.