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# SRDWM Default Configuration Reference

## Overview
This document describes all default configuration values and available options for SRDWM. These defaults provide a sensible starting point that works well across all platforms.

## Configuration Structure

### Global Settings (`general.*`)
```lua
srd.set("general.default_layout", "dynamic")           -- Default: "dynamic"
srd.set("general.window_gap", 8)                       -- Default: 8
srd.set("general.animations", true)                    -- Default: true
srd.set("general.animation_duration", 200)             -- Default: 200ms
srd.set("general.shadows", true)                       -- Default: true
srd.set("general.resize_margin", 6)                    -- Default: 6px
srd.set("general.rounded_corners", true)               -- Default: true on GLES/winit, false on udev/Pixman (opt-in there)
srd.set("general.focus_follows_mouse", false)          -- Default: false - hover a window to focus it, no click needed
srd.set("general.auto_raise", false)                   -- Default: false - also raise on hover-focus, not just focus
srd.set("general.gpu", false)                          -- Default: false - udev backend only, see "GPU rendering" below
```
`general.smart_placement`/`general.border_width` are not listed: neither
is implemented - new-window placement always uses smart placement
unconditionally (no toggle exists), and the real, working border-width
setting is `theme.decorations.border.width` below.
`general.mouse_follows_focus` (warp the pointer to match a keybinding-
driven focus change) and `general.auto_focus` (no clear distinct meaning
found beyond what plain click-to-focus already does) aren't implemented
either.

#### GPU rendering (`general.gpu`)

Real GBM+EGL+`DrmCompositor` GPU rendering for the udev (real-hardware)
backend, instead of its default, always-available software (Pixman/
dumb-buffer) path. Off by default on every platform - unlike
`general.rounded_corners`, this has one unambiguous default regardless
of which backend connects, since GPU rendering is udev-only and still
experimental. Setting it `true` only ever *attempts* GPU rendering: it
falls back to the software path with no user action needed on any
failure at any step (no GBM device, no atomic-modesetting support, a
software-only EGL renderer), so it is safe to enable on a machine or
VM that turns out not to support it - one harmless log line is the
only cost.

Read once at startup, not live-settable via `srd set` - the render
backend is wired into the DRM pipeline when the compositor connects to
its GPU, not something that can be swapped while running.

Still missing real window content and decorations as of this writing:
a GPU-driven head renders its own clear color and the real cursor, not
yet any windows - see `crates/wayland/src/udev/gpu.rs`'s own module
doc comment for the current state. `SRDWM_GPU=1` (an environment
variable) remains a separate, lower-level override for testing without
touching config - either it or `general.gpu` being set is enough to
attempt GPU rendering.

### Monitor Settings (`monitor.*`)
```lua
srd.set("monitor.primary_layout", "dynamic")           -- Default: "dynamic"
srd.set("monitor.secondary_layout", "tiling")          -- Default: "tiling"
```
These two keys set the layout for the primary monitor and for secondary
monitors. They apply only when `workspace.per_monitor` is `true`. Set
`workspace.per_monitor` to `false` (the default) and every monitor shares
one workspace. In that mode there is no separate primary/secondary
workspace to apply a different layout to, so these keys do nothing.

`monitor.auto_detect` is not implemented. Monitor detection runs
unconditionally; there is no toggle for it.

#### `srd.monitor.split(name, parts[, direction])`

Splits one physical monitor into `parts` equal logical monitors. Each
logical monitor gets its own name (`eDP-1-1`, `eDP-1-2`, and so on), its
own id, and its own placement rules. Windows tile and place within one
logical monitor the same way they do on a real one.

`direction` is `"columns"` (default) or `"rows"`. Columns place the
logical monitors side by side. Rows stack them.

```lua
srd.monitor.split("eDP-1", 2)              -- two side-by-side halves
srd.monitor.split("HDMI-A-1", 2, "rows")   -- two stacked halves
```

This does not create a second `wl_output`. A client that asks for
`wl_output.enter` or the output's scale still sees the one real output.
Fullscreen and maximize inside a logical monitor stay within that logical
monitor's own bounds; they do not spill into the other half.

`srd monitors` and the `monitors` event mark each split part with
`"split": true`. An ordinary, undivided output reports `"split": false`.
A display-arrangement UI should read this field and treat a split part
differently from a real output: do not offer to move it, resize it, or
extend a physical arrangement onto it, since there is no independent
output behind it.

#### `srd.monitor.scale(name, factor)`

Sets the output scale for one monitor by connector name.

srdwm sets scale automatically by default. It reads each monitor's
physical size and resolution from EDID, computes real pixel density
(PPI), and scales down monitors below roughly 109 PPI - a large monitor
at the same resolution as a smaller one, for example. It never scales a
monitor above `1.0` on its own.

Use `srd.monitor.scale` to override the automatic value for one
connector:

```lua
srd.monitor.scale("HDMI-A-1", 0.75)
```

Set `factor` to `0` or less to clear an override and return that
connector to the automatic value.

A scale change, automatic or explicit, takes effect the next time srdwm
brings that connector's output up: at startup, at hotplug, or after
`srd dispatch set output enabled <name> true`. It does not apply to an
already-running output on a plain config reload.

### Window Behavior (`window.*`)
Not implemented: this whole namespace duplicated `general.*`'s own focus
keys (see above for the two of those that are real) plus three genuinely
unbuilt per-app-window-state-persistence keys (`remember_position`/
`remember_size`/`remember_state` - no window remembers anything about a
previous run; every new window starts at a hardcoded size, see
`crates/wayland/src/xwayland.rs`/`state/lifecycle.rs`'s `new_managed_window`).
```

### Workspace Settings (`workspace.*`)
```lua
srd.set("workspace.count", 10)                         -- Default: 10
srd.set("workspace.names", {"1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "0"})
srd.set("workspace.auto_back_and_forth", false)        -- Default: false
```
(`workspace.auto_switch`/`workspace.persistent` are not implemented - not
listed here since setting either currently does nothing.)

### Performance Settings (`performance.*`)
Not implemented - every key below is seeded and range-validated
(`window_cache_size`/`max_fps`, per Validation Rules below) but never
read anywhere past that seed call, confirmed the same way as the
Layout-Specific section above. Real frame pacing on this compositor
comes from the display's own hardware vsync (the udev backend's real
page-flip cadence, or the winit backend's own frame-timing logic --
see `crates/wayland/src/winit/nested_platform.rs`'s own doc comment),
not a config knob; `RUST_LOG` (Environment Variables, above) is the
real logging control.
```lua
srd.set("performance.vsync", true)                     -- Stored/validated only, no effect
srd.set("performance.max_fps", 60)                     -- Stored/validated only, no effect
srd.set("performance.window_cache_size", 100)          -- Stored/validated only, no effect
srd.set("performance.event_queue_size", 1000)          -- Stored only, no effect
srd.set("performance.layout_timeout", 16)              -- Stored only, no effect
srd.set("performance.enable_caching", true)            -- Stored only, no effect
```

### Debug Settings (`debug.*`)
Not implemented - every key below is seeded but never read anywhere
past that seed call. `RUST_LOG` (Environment Variables, above) is the
real, working logging control.
```lua
srd.set("debug.logging", true)                         -- Stored only, no effect
srd.set("debug.log_level", "info")                     -- Stored only, no effect
srd.set("debug.profile", false)                        -- Stored only, no effect
srd.set("debug.trace_events", false)                   -- Stored only, no effect
srd.set("debug.show_layout_bounds", false)             -- Stored only, no effect
srd.set("debug.show_window_geometry", false)           -- Stored only, no effect
```

## Layout-Specific Defaults

`srd.layout.configure(name, table)` (`crates/config/src/engine/layout.rs`)
stores every key given under `layout.<name>.*` - `srd.get("layout.tiling.
split_ratio")` genuinely echoes back whatever was last set, and each numeric
`gaps.inner`/`gaps.outer` is range-validated by `srd.validate_config()` --
but of everything below, **only `master_ratio` is actually read back and
applied** to real window geometry (`WindowManager::tiling.master_ratio`,
which the tiling layout's own split math uses). Every other key in this
section - `split_ratio`, `auto_swap`, every `behavior.*` table, `layout.
tiling`/`layout.dynamic`/`layout.floating`'s own `gaps.*`, `snap_threshold`,
`grid_size`, `cascade_offset`, `smart_placement`, `default_position`,
`remember_position`, `always_on_top` - is accepted, stored, and
retrievable, but has no effect on window behavior. Confirmed by grepping
the whole compositor for a second reader of each key beyond the one seed
call in `crates/config/src/engine/support.rs`'s `default_config` --
`master_ratio` is the only one with any other hit.

The real, working gap setting for every layout is `general.window_gap`
(above) - it drives `WindowManager::tiling.gap_inner`/`gap_outer`
directly, unconditionally, regardless of what a layout's own `gaps.inner`/
`gaps.outer` say.

### Tiling Layout (`layout.tiling.*`)
```lua
srd.layout.configure("tiling", {
    split_ratio = 0.5,                                 -- Stored/validated only, no effect
    master_ratio = 0.6,                                -- Default: 0.6 - the one real key here
    auto_swap = true,                                  -- Stored/validated only, no effect
    gaps = {
        inner = 8,                                      -- Stored/validated only - see general.window_gap above
        outer = 16                                      -- Stored/validated only - see general.window_gap above
    },
    behavior = {
        new_window_master = false,                      -- Stored only, no effect
        auto_balance = true,                            -- Stored only, no effect
        preserve_ratio = true                           -- Stored only, no effect
    }
})
```

### Dynamic Layout (`layout.dynamic.*`)
```lua
srd.layout.configure("dynamic", {
    snap_threshold = 20,                                -- Stored only, no effect
    grid_size = 6,                                      -- Stored only, no effect
    cascade_offset = 30,                                -- Stored only, no effect
    smart_placement = true,                             -- Stored only, no effect - placement is unconditionally "smart" already, see general.smart_placement above
    gaps = {
        inner = 8,                                      -- Stored/validated only - see general.window_gap above
        outer = 16                                      -- Stored/validated only - see general.window_gap above
    },
    behavior = {
        remember_positions = true,                      -- Stored only, no effect
        auto_arrange = true,                            -- Stored only, no effect
        overlap_prevention = true                       -- Stored only, no effect
    }
})
```

### Floating Layout (`layout.floating.*`)
```lua
srd.layout.configure("floating", {
    default_position = "center",                        -- Stored only, no effect
    remember_position = true,                           -- Stored only, no effect
    always_on_top = false,                             -- Stored only, no effect - see the real per-window `pinned` rule action instead
    gaps = {
        inner = 0,                                      -- Stored/validated only - see general.window_gap above
        outer = 16                                      -- Stored/validated only - see general.window_gap above
    },
    behavior = {
        allow_resize = true,                            -- Stored only, no effect
        allow_move = true,                              -- Stored only, no effect
        snap_to_edges = true                            -- Stored only, no effect
    }
})
```

## Theme Defaults

### Colors (`theme.colors.*`)
Not implemented - every key below is seeded and hex-color-validated
(Validation Rules, below) but never read anywhere past that seed call:
confirmed by grepping the whole compositor for a second reference to
each `theme.colors.*` key beyond `crates/config/src/engine/support.rs`'s
own seed/validate calls, none found. `theme.decorations.*` below (border
colors, titlebar colors) is the real, working theme surface - every
color a window actually renders comes from there, not here.
```lua
srd.theme.set_colors({
    background = "#2e3440",                             -- Stored/validated only, no effect
    foreground = "#eceff4",                             -- Stored/validated only, no effect
    primary = "#88c0d0",                                -- Stored/validated only, no effect
    secondary = "#81a1c1",                              -- Stored/validated only, no effect
    accent = "#5e81ac",                                 -- Stored/validated only, no effect
    error = "#bf616a",                                  -- Stored/validated only, no effect
    warning = "#ebcb8b",                                -- Stored/validated only, no effect
    success = "#a3be8c"                                 -- Stored/validated only, no effect
})
```

### Window Decorations (`theme.decorations.*`)
```lua
srd.theme.set_decorations({
    border = {
        width = 4,                                      -- Default: 4
        radius = 12,                                     -- Default: 12 (corner radius, logical px)
        active_color = "#88c0d0",                       -- Default: Nord blue
        inactive_color = "#2e3440",                     -- Accepted, not read: see inactive_dim below
        inactive_dim = 0.35,                            -- Default: 0.35 - unfocused border = active_color scaled by this factor (0 = black, 1 = same as focused). The real unfocused-border knob; inactive_color above is validated but never applied, since an absolute override would erase the dimming scheme instead of participating in it.
        focused_style = "solid",                        -- Stored only, no effect - solid is the only style this compositor ever draws
        unfocused_style = "solid"                       -- Stored only, no effect - solid is the only style this compositor ever draws
    },
    title_bar = {
        height = 32,                                    -- Not actually read - see the note below the table
        show = true,                                    -- Stored only, no effect - see `theme.decorations.default_mode`/per-window `decorated` rule action instead
        font = "JetBrains Mono 10",                     -- Stored only, no effect - the titlebar always uses whatever system font `find_system_font` picks
        background = "#2e3440",                         -- Default: Nord dark
        foreground = "#eceff4",                         -- Accepted, not read: see foreground_focused/foreground_unfocused below
        foreground_focused = "#88c0d0",                 -- Default: Nord blue - titlebar text/icon colour on the focused window
        foreground_unfocused = "#4c566a"                -- Default: Nord dark gray - titlebar text/icon colour on every other window
    },
    - Which decoration mode a window gets before any per-window rule or
    - the window's own `xdg-decoration` request has a say. "server"
    - (default): srdwm draws its own titlebar for anything that doesn't
    - ask otherwise - consistent Windows/macOS-style chrome, and KDE/
    - KWin's own choice too. "client": srdwm steps back by default and
    - lets every window draw its own chrome (GNOME/Mutter's approach) --
    - a window with no titlebar opinion of its own then gets no titlebar
    - at all. A client that explicitly requests a mode is always honored
    - either way; this only decides what a client with *no* preference
    - ends up with. Also live-settable without a config reload/restart:
    - `srd set decoration_mode server` / `srd set decoration_mode client`
    - (affects windows created after the call, not already-open ones).
    default_mode = "server"                             -- Default: "server"
})
```

`title_bar.height` above is accepted but not read: the real titlebar band
is `srdwm_core::TITLEBAR_HEIGHT`, a compile-time constant (currently `32`)
shared between hit-testing and rendering so the two can never disagree.
Setting this key has no effect; it's kept in the table only so a preset
copied from here doesn't read as silently missing a value real desktops
all expose.

Four more `theme.decorations.title_bar.*` keys are flat `srd.set` values, not part of
the `set_decorations` table above:

```lua
srd.set("theme.decorations.title_bar.text_align", "left")     -- Default: "left"
srd.set("theme.decorations.title_bar.button_side", "right")   -- Default: "right"
srd.set("theme.decorations.title_bar.button_order", "")        -- Default: "" (unset)
srd.set("theme.decorations.title_bar.button_glyph", "hover")   -- Default: "hover"
srd.set("theme.decorations.title_bar.button_style", "traffic_lights")  -- Default: "traffic_lights"
```

`text_align` sets `"center"` for the macOS convention (title centered on
the whole titlebar width, ignoring the button cluster the way real macOS
does) or `"left"` (default) for the Windows/GTK convention. Any value
other than exactly `"center"` keeps `"left"`.

`button_side` sets `"left"` for the macOS convention (close, minimize,
maximize, left to right) or `"right"` for the Windows/GTK convention
(minimize, maximize, close). Any value other than exactly `"left"` keeps
`"right"`.

`button_order` overrides the relative order of the three buttons on
whichever side `button_side` selects. Set it to a comma-separated list
naming each button once: `"close,minimize,maximize"`. Unset (the
default) keeps `button_side`'s own built-in order. A value that does not
name each button exactly once is rejected with a warning in the log; the
built-in order stays in effect.

`button_side` and `button_order` are independent settings: `button_side`
alone chooses which convention's default order applies; `button_order`
replaces that order with your own, applied to whichever side `button_side`
selected. This matches KWin's `ButtonsOnLeft`/`ButtonsOnRight`, GNOME/
Adwaita's `decoration-layout`, and Openbox's `titlelayout` - each
independently uses a comma- or letter-separated button list for exactly
this purpose.

`button_glyph` sets `"always"` to keep each button's icon visible at all
times (modern GNOME/Adwaita), or `"hover"` (the default, classic macOS)
to hide the icon until the pointer is over that button.

`button_style` sets `"traffic_lights"` (the default) for filled, coloured
macOS-style dots with a glossy gradient and a "zoom" double-arrow maximize
icon, or `"traditional"` for plain glyphs (X / square / dash) drawn
straight on the titlebar background - no filled dot except a subtle,
neutral hover backdrop - and a plain square maximize icon, matching a
real Windows or GNOME titlebar's own convention instead. Any value other
than exactly `"traditional"` keeps `"traffic_lights"`. Independent of
`button_side` and `button_order`: either style can sit on either side in
either order, though `"traffic_lights"` paired with `button_side =
"left"` (macOS) and `"traditional"` paired with `button_side = "right"`
(Windows/GNOME) are the two ready-made combinations `config/srd/
themes.lua` ships (`macos` and `traditional` presets respectively).

### Getting a full macOS look

`apply(macos)` in `config/srd/themes.lua` covers everything srdwm itself
draws: centered titlebar text, left-aligned traffic-light buttons with a
glossy gradient, grey chrome matching a dark GTK theme. It does **not**
cover any other application's own window decoration - an undecorated
(client-side-decorated) window like Firefox or a GTK file manager draws
its *own* titlebar buttons, entirely outside srdwm's control. Getting
those to match too is three separate, srdwm-external steps, each a normal
part of *this desktop's* own configuration, not something a compositor
can apply on an app's behalf:

1. **Button side for every GTK/Firefox-on-Linux app**: Firefox and GTK3/4
   apps both read `org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout`
   directly for which side to draw their own window buttons on --
   independent of any srdwm setting.
   ```sh
   gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout 'close,minimize,maximize:'
   ```
   (System-wide; revert with `'appmenu:minimize,maximize,close'`, GNOME's
   own default.)

2. **Firefox's own button colour/gradient**: Firefox draws its titlebar
   buttons itself and only reads a stylesheet you provide, in your own
   profile, never srdwm's config. Requires `toolkit.
   legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets = true` in `about:config`
   (one-time per profile) plus a full Firefox restart, and a
   `userChrome.css` in that profile's own `chrome/` directory targeting
   `.titlebar-close`/`.titlebar-min`/`.titlebar-max`/`.titlebar-restore`
   (Firefox's own class names for these buttons - confirmed directly
   against a real Firefox install's own `browser.xhtml`, inside its
   `omni.ja`, rather than assumed, since these have changed across
   versions before).

3. **Other GTK apps' own button colour/gradient** (Nemo, etc.): these
   follow the system GTK theme, so a user `~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css` /
   `~/.config/gtk-4.0/gtk.css` overriding `headerbar button.titlebutton`
   (loaded after whatever theme is active in `gtk-theme-name`) gets the
   same gradient onto every such app at once, without touching the theme
   package itself.

None of this ships from srdwm or from this repo's own `config/srd/` --
it lives in each user's own dotfiles/profile, the same as any other
per-application customization on Linux.

## Key Binding Defaults

### Essential Bindings
```lua
- Layout switching
srd.bind("Mod4+1", function() srd.layout.set("tiling") end)      -- Default: Mod4+1
srd.bind("Mod4+2", function() srd.layout.set("dynamic") end)     -- Default: Mod4+2
srd.bind("Mod4+3", function() srd.layout.set("floating") end)    -- Default: Mod4+3

- Window management
srd.bind("Mod4+q", function() srd.window.close() end)            -- Default: Mod4+q
srd.bind("Mod4+m", function() srd.window.minimize() end)         -- Default: Mod4+m
srd.bind("Mod4+f", function() srd.window.maximize() end)         -- Default: Mod4+f

- Window movement (vim-style)
srd.bind("Mod4+h", function() srd.window.focus("left") end)      -- Default: Mod4+h
srd.bind("Mod4+j", function() srd.window.focus("down") end)      -- Default: Mod4+j
srd.bind("Mod4+k", function() srd.window.focus("up") end)        -- Default: Mod4+k
srd.bind("Mod4+l", function() srd.window.focus("right") end)     -- Default: Mod4+l

- Workspace management
srd.bind("Mod4+Tab", function() srd.workspace.next() end)        -- Default: Mod4+Tab
srd.bind("Mod4+Shift+Tab", function() srd.workspace.prev() end)  -- Default: Mod4+Shift+Tab

- Quick actions
srd.bind("Mod4+d", function() srd.spawn("rofi -show drun") end) - Default: Mod4+d
srd.bind("Mod4+Return", function() srd.spawn("alacritty") end)  -- Default: Mod4+Return
```

## Window Rules

Match windows by title/class and apply actions once, when they're first
created:

```lua
srd.rule(matcher, actions)
```

`matcher` fields (at least one required; an empty matcher matches nothing):
- `title` - case-insensitive substring match against the window title.
- `class` (alias `app_id`) - case-insensitive exact match against the
  window's `WM_CLASS` (X11) / `app_id` (Wayland).

`actions` fields (all optional):
- `floating` (bool), `maximized` (bool)
- `workspace` (number) - workspace id to place the window on
- `x`, `y`, `width`, `height` (number) - explicit geometry; all four must be
  given together to take effect
- `decorated` (bool)
- `border_color` (`{r, g, b}`), `border_width` (number), `corner_radius` (number)
- `pinned` (bool) - always-on-top
- `opacity` (number, `0.0`..=`1.0`) - content opacity; srdwm's own
  titlebar/border/shadow always stay fully opaque regardless
- `resize_margin` (number, logical pixels) - per-window override of
  `general.resize_margin` (Hyprland's per-window `extend_border_grab_area`).
  Also settable live via `srd.window.set_resize_margin(n)` on the focused
  window.

```lua
srd.rule({ class = "pavucontrol" }, { floating = true })
srd.rule({ title = "Picture-in-Picture" }, { floating = true, width = 480, height = 270 })
```

## Platform-Specific Defaults

Only `platform.backend`/`platform.os` are real here - both are
read-only, informational values `crates/srdwm/src/main.rs` overwrites
with the actually-detected backend/OS at startup (`platform.backend`:
`"wayland"`/`"x11"`/`"windows"`/`"macos"`; not the string `"auto"` a
config never actually sets it to), so `init.lua` can branch on which
platform it's running under (`if srd.get("platform.backend") ==
"wayland" then ... end`). Every `use_*`/`global_hooks`/
`accessibility_enabled` flag below is seeded but never read anywhere
past that seed call - EWMH/NetWM/xdg-shell/layer-shell/DWM/Win32/
Cocoa/Core Graphics support is simply always compiled in and used
unconditionally on the relevant platform; none of it is behind a
toggle.

### Linux (X11/Wayland)
```lua
srd.get("platform.backend")                             -- Read-only: "wayland" or "x11", whichever actually connected

- X11 specific
srd.set("platform.x11.use_ewmh", true)                 -- Stored only, no effect
srd.set("platform.x11.use_netwm", true)                -- Stored only, no effect

- Wayland specific
srd.set("platform.wayland.use_xdg_shell", true)        -- Stored only, no effect
srd.set("platform.wayland.use_layer_shell", true)      -- Stored only, no effect
```

### Windows
```lua
- Windows specific
srd.set("platform.windows.use_dwm", true)              -- Stored only, no effect
srd.set("platform.windows.use_win32", true)            -- Stored only, no effect
srd.set("platform.windows.global_hooks", true)         -- Stored only, no effect
```

### macOS
```lua
- macOS specific
srd.set("platform.macos.use_cocoa", true)              -- Stored only, no effect
srd.set("platform.macos.use_core_graphics", true)      -- Stored only, no effect
srd.set("platform.macos.accessibility_enabled", true)  -- Stored only, no effect
```

## Configuration File Locations

### Linux
- **Config**: `~/.config/srd/`
- **Themes**: `~/.config/srdwm/themes/`
- **Scripts**: `~/.config/srdwm/scripts/`
- **Cache**: `~/.cache/srdwm/`
- **Logs**: `~/.local/share/srdwm/logs/`

### Windows
- **Config**: `%APPDATA%\srdwm\srd\`
- **Themes**: `%APPDATA%\srdwm\themes\`
- **Scripts**: `%APPDATA%\srdwm\scripts\`
- **Cache**: `%LOCALAPPDATA%\srdwm\cache\`
- **Logs**: `%LOCALAPPDATA%\srdwm\logs\`

### macOS
- **Config**: `~/Library/Application Support/srdwm/`
- **Themes**: `~/Library/Application Support/srdwm/themes/`
- **Scripts**: `~/Library/Application Support/srdwm/scripts/`
- **Cache**: `~/Library/Caches/srdwm/`
- **Logs**: `~/Library/Logs/srdwm/`

## Environment Variables

The real, currently-implemented set (checked directly against every
`std::env::var` call in the compositor's own source, not aspirational --
`SRDWM_THEME`/`SRDWM_DEBUG_LEVEL`/`SRDWM_PLATFORM`/`SRDWM_MAX_FPS`/
`SRDWM_VSYNC`, previously listed here, do not exist in the codebase at
all):

```bash
# Configuration directory override - falls back to
# $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/srd, then ~/.config/srd
export SRDWM_CONFIG_PATH="/path/to/config"

# Monitor-layout state file override - falls back to
# $XDG_STATE_HOME/srd/monitor-layout.json, then
# ~/.local/state/srd/monitor-layout.json
export SRDWM_STATE_PATH="/path/to/monitor-layout.json"

# Opt into the udev backend's real GBM+EGL GPU render path - the
# lower-level override alongside general.gpu in config (see that
# key's own section above); either being set is enough
export SRDWM_GPU=1

# Log level/filter - standard env_logger-style directive syntax
# (e.g. "srdwm=debug,warn"), read by srdwm's own logger setup
export RUST_LOG="info"
```

Two more are read, but are standard desktop-environment conventions
rather than srdwm-specific settings, so setting them affects any
Wayland/X11 app, not just this compositor: `XCURSOR_THEME`/
`XCURSOR_SIZE` (the built-in cursor's theme/size), and `DISPLAY`/
`WAYLAND_DISPLAY` (which existing session `srd` itself connects to).

## Reset to Defaults

To reset any setting to its default value:

```lua
- Reset specific setting
srd.reset("general.window_gap")

- Reset all settings
srd.reset_all()

- Reset specific category
srd.reset_category("general")
```

## Validation Rules

### Numeric Values
Enforced by `srd.validate_config()` against a Lua config's own declared
values (`init.lua`, `srd.set(...)`) - the live `srd set <key> <value>`
CLI/IPC command does **not** currently run these same checks, only that
the value parses as the right type (a non-negative integer for
`border_width`/`corner_radius`, say). A value outside the ranges below
set live still applies exactly as given, unvalidated.
- **Gaps** (`general.window_gap`, every layout's `gaps.inner`/`gaps.outer`): 0-100 pixels
- **Border width** (`theme.decorations.border.width`): 0-20 pixels
- **Corner radius** (`theme.decorations.border.radius`): 0-100 pixels
- **Resize margin** (`general.resize_margin`): 1-50 pixels
- **Animation duration**: 0-1000ms
- **FPS**: 30-240
- **Cache size**: 10-10000
- **Border inactive-window dim** (`theme.decorations.border.inactive_dim`): 0.0-1.0

### String Values
- **Layout names**: Must be registered layouts
- **Theme names**: Must be valid theme files
- **Font names**: Must be system fonts
- **Color values**: Must be valid hex colors

### Boolean Values
- **Features**: true/false
- **Debug options**: true/false
- **Performance options**: true/false

## Best Practices

1. **Start with defaults**: Don't change settings unless necessary
2. **Test changes**: Always test configuration changes
3. **Backup configs**: Keep backups of working configurations
4. **Use comments**: Document custom configurations
5. **Validate syntax**: Use `srd.validate_config()` before reloading

## Troubleshooting

### Common Issues
- **Config not loading**: Check file permissions and syntax
- **Settings not applying**: Verify setting names and values
- **Performance issues**: Check performance settings
- **Layout problems**: Verify layout configuration

### Debug Commands
```lua
- Check configuration status: returns { keys, bound_keys, log_entries, config_dir }
local status = srd.debug.config_status()

- Validate current configuration against docs/DEFAULTS.md's ranges/formats:
- returns ok (bool), errors (array of human-readable strings, empty when ok)
local ok, errors = srd.debug.validate_config()
- equivalently, at the top level:
local ok, errors = srd.validate_config()

- Show current settings: logs every key = value and returns them as a table
local settings = srd.debug.show_settings()

- Performance profiling: profile_stop() returns elapsed seconds (number)
srd.debug.profile_start()
local elapsed = srd.debug.profile_stop()
```

This documentation provides a comprehensive reference for all default values and configuration options in SRDWM.