sway config better and locking screen

sway/config

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ set $up k
 set $right l
 # Your preferred terminal emulator
 set $term foot
+# Locker
+set $locker sway_manual_lock
 # Your preferred application launcher
 # Note: pass the final command to swaymsg so that the resulting window can be opened
 # on the original workspace that the command was run on.
@@ -236,13 +238,13 @@ bindsym XF86AudioPlay exec playerctl play-pause
 bindsym XF86AudioNext exec playerctl next
 bindsym XF86AudioPrev exec playerctl previous
 
+# manually lock with mod+l
+bindsym $mod+Ctrl+l exec $locker
+
 # Turn off screen at 4 minutes, lock at 5 minutes. 
 exec swayidle -w \
+         before-sleep 'playerctl pause' \
          timeout 300 '$locker' \
-         timeout 240 'swaymsg "output * dpms off"' resume 'swaymsg "output * dpms on"' \
+         timeout 15 'swaymsg "output * dpms off"' resume 'swaymsg "output * dpms on"'
-         before-sleep '$locker'
-
-# manually lock with mod+l
-bindsym $mod+x exec --no-startup-id $locker
 
 include /etc/sway/config.d/*

sway_manual_lock

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+###
+# way_lock
+# Lock Wayland session
+#
+# Run-Depends
+#  x11/swayidle
+#  x11/swaylock
+#  {any /bin/sh capable of background execution}
+#
+# Note: swayidle implements KDE's idle protocol[1], so the compositor
+#       acting as a window manager must support it.  Swayidle will not
+#       work as intended otherwise.
+# [1] https://github.com/swaywm/sway/blob/57d6f6f19e3088dcb8e202acade8c39a80075b4a/protocols/idle.xml
+###
+
+# Number of seconds before screen turns off
+timeout=10
+
+# Turn screen off after $timeout seconds of inactivity.
+# Turn it on again when there is activity.
+#
+# swayidle acts like a daemon, meaning it continues execution even after
+# the script is terminated, so we need to execute it in the background
+# to be able to terminate it later (unless you like your screen turning
+# off every 10 seconds for some reason?)
+swayidle \
+    timeout $timeout 'swaymsg output \* dpms off' \
+    resume           'swaymsg output \* dpms on' \
+    &
+
+playerctl play-pause
+
+# Lock the screen and wait for it to be unlocked.
+swaylock -f -e -c 1d2021 --inside-color 000000b3 -s fill -i ~/.cache/lockscreen
+
+# Screen unlocked: terminate swayidle and clean up PID
+kill -TERM $!
+wait
+

sway_setup.sh

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 ln -s $(pwd)/sway ~/.config
+sudo ln -s sway_manual_lock /usr/bin
+