Picom Configuration - creationsoftre/Arch-Linux-wiki GitHub Wiki

Overview

Picom is a standalone compositor for Xorg, suitable for use with window managers that do not provide compositing.

Install

pacman -S picom

Configure

1. Create picom directory in ~/.config
mkdir ~/.config/picom

2. Create picom.conf in ~/.config/picom directory
   touch ~/.config/picom/picom.conf

3. In new window open default picom.config directory
   cd /etc/xdg

4. Confirm contents exist with text editor
   nvim picom.conf

5. Copy default config file from /etc/xdg/picom.conf to ~/.config/picom/
cp /etc/xdg/picom.conf ~/.config/picom/

Run Picom.conf

picom

Enable picom on startup

1. Edit the WM config file
   nvim ~/.config/i3/config
2. Add the following line to WM config

exec_always --no-startup-id picom --config ~/.config/picom/picom.conf

Learn More

https://github.com/yshui/picom