niri Scripts

Collection of simple scripts I use with niri

niri dynamics

Easily toggle the inclusion of a file in your config.kdl. This can be used to dynamically change your configuration at runtime, for example to change whether new windows are focused, change default opening size, etc.

Setup:

This script assumes your config is located in ~/.config/niri, though this is easily changed. Create a directory named dynamic in ~/.config/niri and place the configuration you want to toggle dynamically in that folder. In your main config.kdl, make that file an optional include:

include optional=true "./dynamic/your_file.kdl"

It also has logic for files where you have more than an on/off state, the example being configuration for which terminal is opened. Only one -term include can be active at a time, and passing a different one into the script will deactivate other -term includes before activating the desired one.

Usage:

./niri-dyanmics your_file.kdl

This will toggle the inclusion of the file by renaming it, prefixing, or removing, no- at the start by default. You can override this by changing the value of the prefix variable at the top of the script.

Shuffler

This script generates a list of image files in a directory and shuffles it. It then steps through them in order. This somewhat avoids the randomization problem by not repeating a particular image until all other images have been shown, but this might not be random enough for you. This is based on this plugin for DMS, but can be used independently and with any wallpaper daemon.

Usage

shuffler [command] [wallpaper_dir]

Commands:
  help      Show this help message
  next      Go to next wallpaper
  restore   Restore tracked position in shuffle queue
  regen     Regenerate the shuffle list