Install this version:
emerge -a =gui-wm/hevel-9999
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =gui-wm/hevel-9999
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =gui-wm/hevel-9999
| Version | EAPI | Keywords | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9999 | 8 | 0 |
# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit git-r3 savedconfig toolchain-funcs
DESCRIPTION="Scrollable, floating, mouse-chorded Wayland compositor in the spirit of Plan 9 rio"
HOMEPAGE="https://wayland.fyi/ https://git.sr.ht/~dlm/hevel"
EGIT_REPO_URI="https://git.sr.ht/~dlm/hevel"
LICENSE="ISC"
SLOT="0"
RDEPEND="gui-libs/neuswc"
DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
src_prepare() {
default
restore_config config.h
if [[ ! -f config.h ]]; then
cp config.def.h config.h || die
fi
}
src_compile() {
tc-export CC PKG_CONFIG
# Command-line overrides replace the Makefile's hardcoded CC/CFLAGS
# and its /usr/local -I/-L/-rpath assumptions, so the pkg-config
# flags the Makefile would have appended must be inlined here.
emake \
CC="${CC}" \
CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -std=c99 $(${PKG_CONFIG} --cflags swc)" \
LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \
LDLIBS="$(${PKG_CONFIG} --libs swc)" \
hevel
}
src_install() {
dobin hevel
einstalldocs
save_config config.h
}
pkg_postinst() {
elog "Start hevel from a TTY with:"
elog " swc-launch hevel"
elog
elog "All configuration is compile-time via config.h — enable"
elog "USE=savedconfig to keep your own copy across rebuilds."
elog
elog "The default 1->3 chord spawns the terminal 'st-wl', which is not"
elog "packaged in Gentoo. Set 'term' in config.h to a terminal you have"
elog "(e.g. foot, alacritty, havoc) or install st-wl manually."
}