• fidgetingbits Talon Repo
• My Setup
  • Arch Linux
  • NixOS
  • Mac
  • Interesting features
  • Other stuff
  • WARNING
  • Dependencies
    • Monkey Patching
  • Hardware
  • Recommendations
  • Pull requests

Please read the WARNING section before you use this repo, as using some of the stuff I have may break your talon experience as I only test this repo on my own environment, and you should avoid reporting these problems to aegis or talon, without first validating that a repo like community works properly first.

This repo is fairly thoroughly tested on both Linux (i3wm and Gnome) and Mac (Sonoma). Linux functionality has only been tested on Arch Linux and NixOS.

I use the beta version of Talon so this may result in errors related to functionality if you aren't using it. I highly recommend paying for beta on patreon if you can.

In general I try to keep merging the core features from knausj_talon repo, but sometimes it might be months behind.

Following in the steps of Andreas Arvidsson the following is a list of interesting stuff in is repo that you might want take.

1. vim The main feature I added that most people come to this repo for is vim support. See apps/vim/ for more details.

1. run_talon.sh A script I use to run talon that auto-restarts on stalls.
2. talon-python-command-server - Talon file-based RPC server

I only test this repository on my own system. Although other people are using it, they may have similar environments to me. It's very possible that you will run into problems using this repository that aren't actually problems with talon, in which case you should investigate using knausj_talon first, before reporting the problems on slack to ease the support load on others.

My working environment is largely centered around:

• arch linux
• i3-gaps
• dunst
• rofi
• kitty
• neovim
• firefox
• Tobii 5

It is possible I tweak things that end up only working on this environment, and break on either Linux systems. That said, if you run into a problem using my repo I'm more than happy to fix it to make it more generic, I just don't do this type of proactive testing on my own due to lack of time.

There are a few features that I don't like the way they work on i3, so I choose to monkey patch them. These patches may break on your system, in you need to test a different repo first if you run into problems, before assuming its a talon problem.

Currently the list of monkey patches are:

• notify-send.sh - Use dunst for notifications instead of Qt
• i3-msg - Allows window focusing on i3

This is the hardware I'm using as of 2021. I rarely use a keyboard, but I do have them available when I need them.

Microphones:

• Primary: DPA d:fine 4188 and DPA d:vice interface.
• Secondary: Sennheiser MD 431 II and Focusrite Scarlet Solo

Keyboards:

• Primary: Gergoplex with 12g khalhi switches.
• Secondary: Ergodox Ez Glow with 60g cherry brown mx switches.

Eye Tracker:

• Desktop: Tobii 4c
• Laptop: Tobii 5

Monitors:

• Desktop: Dual 27" monitors, with the right monitor having the eye tracker and webcam.

Foot pedal:

• Stinky board

Mouse:

• Primary: Logitech G903 Lightspeed
  • This is great if you need an ambidextrous backup mouse
• Secondary: Logitech Trackman Marble

Although not Talon specific, I recommend using howdy if you are using Linux. It makes things like logging in and sudo authentication a lot more seamless.

Even though I use this repo mostly for personal stuff, I'm happy to take pull requests from people that find issues specifically in my changes that don't directly applied to knausj_talon.