Moved top bar to background, not interfering with i3-gaps

.config/picom.conf##class.blue

@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ blur-background-exclude = [
   # https://github.com/naelstrof/maim/issues/130
   "class_g = 'slop'",
   "class_g *= 'Peek'",
+  "name *= 'polybar-floating_wm'",
   "class_g = 'xsnow'",
   "_GTK_FRAME_EXTENTS@:c",
   "name *= 'overlay'",

.config/polybar/config

@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ font-1 = Material Design Icons:pixelsize=8.25:antialias=true;4
 enable-ipc = true
 bottom = false
 radius = 15.0
-override-redirect = false
+wm-restack = i3
+override-redirect = true
 
 ; Bars Yoga3
 

.config/polybar/scripts/modules/cava.py

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ SEPARATOR = ' '
 #
 # Default: False
 #
-HIDE_WHEN_EMPTY = True
+HIDE_WHEN_EMPTY = False
 
 # Specify how long this script should wait before printing another value
 #

.extrarc

@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ alias steam-ns="screen -d -m firejail --noprofile --blacklist=/sys/class/hidraw/
 alias pipes="pipes -r 50000"
 alias worms="pipes -p 10 -r 50 -R"
 
+# alacritty
+alias newterm="setsid alacritty"
+
 # general
 alias cls=clear
 alias pls=sudo