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# Using Pywal with spmenu
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Using Pywal with spmenu is quite trivial, but the steps will vary depending on
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whether you're using X11 or Wayland. Using Pywal with spmenu on X11 is slightly
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easier, because you're able to use `colors.Xresources` which should just
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work right away.
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## X11 (with .Xresources)
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With .Xresources on X11 the process is very simple. Make sure .Xresources is
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enabled in `~/.config/spmenu/spmenu.conf`, make sure `global` is set to 1,
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and make sure you have no themes overriding `global`.
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Then simply run `wal` to generate a theme, and apply the theme by running
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`xrdb -override ~/.cache/wal/colors.Xresources`. After that spmenu
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should just use the colors as expected.
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## X11/Wayland (without .Xresources)
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A `pywal` template can be found
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[here](https://git.speedie.site/speedie/spmenu-themes/raw/branch/master/pywal/colors.spmenu).
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You'll want to create the directory `~/.config/wal/templates` if it doesn't
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already exist and move this file there.
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Now that you have the template added, you can run `wal` to generate the theme.
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A theme will now be placed in `~/.cache/wal/colors.spmenu` which can be
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installed and enabled either using the argument or by copying it to
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`~/.config/spmenu/theme.conf`.
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**NOTE: The following instructions do not apply to users of spmenu 2.0.1 and earlier.
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Users of earlier versions should copy the theme to theme.conf every time a new colorscheme
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is generated by Pywal.**
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This part is optional, but if you want your theme to be set every time, you can
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now edit your `spmenu.conf` again, and in there you'll want to set `themefile` to
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your Pywal cache file. When you're done the `file` section should look something
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like this:
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```C
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/* File options */
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file = ( { xresources = 1;
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global = 1;
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theme = 1;
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binds = 1;
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themefile = "/home/speedie/.cache/wal/colors.spmenu";
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bindsfile = "NULL";
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} );
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```
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Do however note that with this approach, you must set `themefile` back to `NULL`
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the next time you want to use a normal theme, or a theme manager.
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