dotfiles/README.md

# Dotfiles

Managed with [chezmoi](https://www.chezmoi.io)

## Greeter

I use greetd with gtkgreet as the greeter/login manager.  Because this is
installed and configured as a system level service, its configuration cannot
be managed by chezmoi.  Thankfully, when using cage, it's as straightforward
as using the following configuration file:

```toml
[terminal]
# The VT to run the greeter on. Can be "next", "current" or a number
# designating the VT.
vt = 1

# The default session, also known as the greeter.
[default_session]

# `agreety` is the bundled agetty/login-lookalike. You can replace `/bin/sh`
# with whatever you want started, such as `sway`.
command = "GTK_THEME='Adwaita:dark' cage -s -- gtkgreet --background /usr/share/backgrounds/archlinux/wild.png --layer-shell"

# The user to run the command as. The privileges this user must have depends
# on the greeter. A graphical greeter may for example require the user to be
# in the `video` group.
user = "greeter"
```

This only requires installing greetd, gtkgreet, cage and the archlinux
backgrounds packages.  Unlike the setup with sway, this doesn't require
a loose formation of configuration files.