default config: start xss-lock+i3lock, nm-applet, pactl (volume key)

This change will make things strictly better for new users (without an existing
configuration file) and has no effect on existing users.

The tools should be fairly uncontentious, I hope, especially as they only serve
as a starting point anyway: users can quickly delete what they don’t want, or
change it into what they prefer.

But having something is strictly better than having nothing :)

We make some space in the config file by removing the old paragraph about pixel
fonts, which seems rather outdated and irrelevant to me.

2 files changed, 30 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/etc/config b/etc/config
index f6f2f9db..a0f3b84d 100644
--- a/etc/config
+++ b/etc/config
@@ -17,12 +17,21 @@ font pango:monospace 8
 # text rendering and scalability on retina/hidpi displays (thanks to pango).
 #font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 8
 
-# Before i3 v4.8, we used to recommend this one as the default:
-# font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1
-# The font above is very space-efficient, that is, it looks good, sharp and
-# clear in small sizes. However, its unicode glyph coverage is limited, the old
-# X core fonts rendering does not support right-to-left and this being a bitmap
-# font, it doesn't scale on retina/hidpi displays.
+# The combination of xss-lock, nm-applet and pactl is a popular choice, so
+# they are included here as an example. Modify as you see fit.
+
+# xss-lock grabs a logind suspend inhibit lock and will use i3lock to lock the
+# screen before suspend.
+exec --no-startup-id xss-lock --transfer-sleep-lock -- i3lock --nofork
+
+# NetworkManager is the most popular way to manage wireless networks on Linux,
+# and nm-applet is a desktop environment-independent system tray GUI for it.
+exec --no-startup-id nm-applet
+
+# Use pactl to adjust volume in PulseAudio.
+bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +10%
+bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -10%
+bindsym XF86AudioMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle
 
 # use these keys for focus, movement, and resize directions when reaching for
 # the arrows is not convenient
diff --git a/etc/config.keycodes b/etc/config.keycodes
index 6fc19426..6045ea68 100644
--- a/etc/config.keycodes
+++ b/etc/config.keycodes
@@ -18,12 +18,21 @@ font pango:monospace 8
 # text rendering and scalability on retina/hidpi displays (thanks to pango).
 #font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 8
 
-# Before i3 v4.8, we used to recommend this one as the default:
-# font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1
-# The font above is very space-efficient, that is, it looks good, sharp and
-# clear in small sizes. However, its unicode glyph coverage is limited, the old
-# X core fonts rendering does not support right-to-left and this being a bitmap
-# font, it doesn’t scale on retina/hidpi displays.
+# The combination of xss-lock, nm-applet and pactl is a popular choice, so
+# they are included here as an example. Modify as you see fit.
+
+# xss-lock grabs a logind suspend inhibit lock and will use i3lock to lock the
+# screen before suspend.
+exec --no-startup-id xss-lock --transfer-sleep-lock -- i3lock --nofork
+
+# NetworkManager is the most popular way to manage wireless networks on Linux,
+# and nm-applet is a desktop environment-independent system tray GUI for it.
+exec --no-startup-id nm-applet
+
+# Use pactl to adjust volume in PulseAudio.
+bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +10%
+bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -10%
+bindsym XF86AudioMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle
 
 # Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position
 floating_modifier $mod