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@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ My current SwayWM Setup for Arch Linux. On other Distros there could be problems
 
 ### Setting up
 - install dependencies
-- Place the files in .config in XDG_CONFIG_HOME
-- make shell-scripts executable (chmod u+x filename.sh)
+- Place the files in .config in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+- make shell-scripts executable ```chmod u+x .config/sway/*.sh```
 - edit the .config/sway/gammastep.ini to your timezone
+- edit the Output and Input Configuration in .config/sway/config, if neccessary
+- set Environment
 - start sway
 - further information can be found in the [sway wiki](https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Running-programs-natively-under-wayland)
 
@@ -25,8 +27,18 @@ My current SwayWM Setup for Arch Linux. On other Distros there could be problems
 - [mako](https://github.com/emersion/mako)
 - [polkit-gnome](https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/policykit-gnome)
 - [slurp](https://github.com/emersion/slurp)
+- [acpiclient](https://sourceforge.net/projects/acpiclient/files/acpiclient/)
+- [playerctl](https://github.com/altdesktop/playerctl)
 
-install all with: ```sudo pacman -Syu alacritty bemenu noto-fonts-emoji gammastep grim mako polkit-gnome slurp```
+install all with: ```sudo pacman -Syu alacritty bemenu noto-fonts-emoji gammastep grim mako polkit-gnome slurp acpi playerctl```
+optional you should consider installing [xorg-xwayland](https://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/) for support for non-wayland applications
+
+### Recommended Environment
+These [Environment Variables](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Environment_Variables) are recommended for using sway:
+export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway
+export XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland
+
+For a consistent Theme across GTK and QT applications you can also set the Adwaita theme (libadwaita) which also has a adwaita-qt version in the AUR.
 
 ### Licences
 the wallpaper is "Winter Fairies" by David Revoy, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.