• Rundown: jq

    1 min read · keyboard locale bar sway jq

    Check current keyboard layout on sway 1swaymsg -t get_inputs --raw | jq -r '.[0].xkb_active_layout_name' Show name of currently selected app in sway 1swaymsg -t get_tree | jq -C '.. | select(.type?) | select(.focused==true)'


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  • Rundown: sudo

    1 min read · tip edit security wayland gui sway sudo system users groups vipw sudo

    Edit file as root sudo -e ${file} Launch GUI app as root 1app=gparted 2sudo -E ${app} Useful for launching gparted in sway. Edit users in /etc/passwd directly 1sudo vipw You can't edit passwords without strange cyphers. Edit groups in /etc/group directly 1sudo vigr


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  • Rundown: sway

    1 min read · keyboard locale bar sway jq

    Check current keyboard layout on sway 1swaymsg -t get_inputs --raw | jq -r '.[0].xkb_active_layout_name' Show name of currently selected app in sway 1swaymsg -t get_tree | jq -C '.. | select(.type?) | select(.focused==true)'


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