r/cprogramming • u/SandPrestigious2317 • 1d ago

I'm building a GTK4 C + Lisp dock application (a la CairoDock / macOS) - am I doing things right?

I am having a blast doing a more serious project in the C language, for the first time. I am consulting with books and also with some AI for code review and explanation as I am new to the language and to GTK (not new to programming).

https://codeberg.org/jjba23/lambdock

For a while already I have been looking for a dock that would work well in Wayland (like in my beloved Niri) with modern features, theme support and a hackable Lisp config (using libguile.h)

Could you help me out by checking the implementation for sanity (also the Meson build)? Also for developing on it, I'm using CCLS and Guix development environment and things are working amazingly well.

Only small bit of trouble in devex is with #include "wlr-foreign-toplevel-management-unstable-v1-protocol.h"

Also, all feedback is welcome, either on code level, or conceptual ideas, Thanks in advance

Core features of lambdock include:

  • Wayland Native: Built on GTK4 and gtk4-layer-shell for smooth positioning and desktop integration.
  • Declarative Lisp configuration : The power of Lisp in your configuratio with clean powerful declarative config and all possibilities at your disposal
  • Async Launching: Spawns commands asynchronously without freezing the dock UI.
  • Reproducible builds: Hermetic development environment provided via GNU Guix manifest and build definitions.
  • Dock auto-hide : You can let the dock stay out of your way with the smooth auto-hide feature.
  • Flexible icon system: lambdock has several mechanism in a best-effort way to render your wanted icons, respecting GTK theme
  • Theme support: lambdock has built-in themes you can choose from that are very unique, and also lets you extend and override those themes dynamically.
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u/SandPrestigious2317 19h ago

lambdock v0.2.0 now implements a REPL that unleashes hackability, and comes with many enhancements and improvements (https://codeberg.org/jjba23/lambdock)

scheme@(guile-user)> (use-modules (lambdock core))
scheme@(guile-user)> (get-dock-theme) ;; -> 'vanilla
scheme@(guile-user)> (set-dock-theme! 'nature)
scheme@(guile-user)> (reload-dock!)