squash

If you are interested in reading more about squash, check out this blog post I wrote here

squash is a dead-simple bash script that allows users to create custom themes and quickly apply them to terminals, panels, browsers, and window managers. squash stores themes in pure bash-scripts, allowing it to be extensible and versitile.

To understand how squash interacts with various system applications, check the usage section.

Installation

1. Clone the repository and cd into it

git clone https://github.com/JLErvin/squash
cd squash

2. Move themes and default configuration file into $HOME/.config

mkdir $HOME/.config/squash
mkdir $HOME/.config/squash/themes
cp -r themes/* $HOME/.config/squash/themes/
cp defaults $HOME/.config/squash/defaults

3. Finally, add squash to your path

Usage

Before running squash, it is best to edit the defaults at $HOME/.config/squash/defaults and set which applications you want to be reloaded.

Next, you will want to edit the theme that you are using so it best suits your needs. Themes are located in $HOME/.config/squash/themes. For example, you might want to set the BAR_SCRIPT variable, which determines what bar squash will try to reload.

Now, switch to your first theme!

squash designr

Application Usage

squash is really just a translator, it takes squash theme information and writes it in various file formats to be used by other applications.

urxvt

For example, squash generates a x_colors file, which can be sourced by Xresorces so colors can be used system-wide.

To make colors persist on new terminals, add the following to ~/.Xresources

#include ".cache/squash/x_colors"

lemonbar

squash colors are copied to pure bash scripts so they can be sourced by lemonbar. Add the following at the top of your script:

source $HOME/.cache/squsah/colors

polybar

Because squash can be used by Xresources, polybar will recognize all changes that squash makes to these values upon restart. To see these values, make sure polybar defines colors from Xresources

blk=${xrdb:color0}
red=${xrdb:color1}
...
bwht=${xrdb:color15}

firefox

squash writes a .css file. You can source this file and use it to define firefox colors

@import "file:///home/jlervin/.cache/squash/colors.css";

bspwm

bspwm configuration is really just a bash file. This means you can source squash sh files to get access to all variables Add the following to your bspwmrc

source "${HOME}/.cache/squash/colors"

bspc config normal_border_color "${BSPWM_NORMAL}"
bspc config focused_border_color "${BSPWM_FOCUSED}"

windowchef

windowchef configuration is almost identical to bspwm configuration. Add the following to your windowchefrc

source "${HOME}/.cache/squash/colors"

waitron wm_config internal_border_width 5 
waitron wm_config internal_color_focused "${TWOBWM_FOCUS:1:7}"
waitron wm_config internal_color_unfocused "${TWOBWM_UNFOCUS:1:7}"

2bwm

squash will reload 2bwm automatically. It should be noted that squash changes that contents of config.h which may cause syntax errors if colors are not sourced correctly. Use are your own risk.

dunst

squsah will reload dunst automatically with background/foreground colors. It should be noted that squash changes the contents of dunstrc, which may cause syntax errors if colors are not sourced correctly. Use at your own risk.

neovim

If you are using neovim, squash will be able to reload all open instances of nvim assuming that you have nvr-remote installed and always open nvim as a server. To open as a server, add the following function to your .zshrc or equivalent:

nvim() {
    local fn="$(mktemp -u "/tmp/nvimsocket-XXXXXXX")"
    NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS=$fn /usr/bin/nvim $@
}

squash will attempt to edit your $MYVIMRC, which may cause problems. Use at your own risk.