Index: sway-regolith/include/sway/commands.h
===================================================================
--- sway-regolith.orig/include/sway/commands.h
+++ sway-regolith/include/sway/commands.h
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ sway_cmd cmd_resize;
 sway_cmd cmd_scratchpad;
 sway_cmd cmd_seamless_mouse;
 sway_cmd cmd_set;
+sway_cmd cmd_set_from_resource;
 sway_cmd cmd_shortcuts_inhibitor;
 sway_cmd cmd_show_marks;
 sway_cmd cmd_smart_borders;
Index: sway-regolith/meson.build
===================================================================
--- sway-regolith.orig/meson.build
+++ sway-regolith/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project(
-	'sway',
+	'sway-regolith',
 	'c',
 	version: '1.9',
 	license: 'MIT',
@@ -45,6 +45,27 @@ subproject(
 	version: wlroots_version,
 )
 wlroots = dependency('wlroots', version: wlroots_version)
+xkbcommon = dependency('xkbcommon')
+cairo = dependency('cairo')
+pango = dependency('pango')
+pangocairo = dependency('pangocairo')
+gdk_pixbuf = dependency('gdk-pixbuf-2.0', required: get_option('gdk-pixbuf'))
+pixman = dependency('pixman-1')
+glesv2 = dependency('glesv2')
+libevdev = dependency('libevdev')
+libinput = dependency('libinput', version: '>=1.6.0')
+xcb = dependency('xcb', required: get_option('xwayland'))
+drm_full = dependency('libdrm') # only needed for drm_fourcc.h
+drm = drm_full.partial_dependency(compile_args: true, includes: true)
+libudev = dependency('libudev')
+bash_comp = dependency('bash-completion', required: false)
+fish_comp = dependency('fish', required: false)
+math = cc.find_library('m')
+rt = cc.find_library('rt')
+xcb_icccm = dependency('xcb-icccm', required: get_option('xwayland'))
+threads = dependency('threads') # for pthread_setschedparam
+trawldb = dependency('trawldb-0')
+
 wlroots_features = {
 	'xwayland': false,
 	'libinput_backend': false,
@@ -248,7 +269,7 @@ configure_file(
 )
 
 install_data(
-	'sway.desktop',
+	'sway-regolith.desktop',
 	install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'wayland-sessions')
 )
 
Index: sway-regolith/sway-regolith.desktop
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ sway-regolith/sway-regolith.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Sway Regolith
+Comment=A sway variant with support for trawl resource manager
+Exec=sway
+Type=Application
Index: sway-regolith/sway/commands.c
===================================================================
--- sway-regolith.orig/sway/commands.c
+++ sway-regolith/sway/commands.c
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ static const struct cmd_handler handlers
 	{ "popup_during_fullscreen", cmd_popup_during_fullscreen },
 	{ "seat", cmd_seat },
 	{ "set", cmd_set },
+	{ "set_from_resource", cmd_set_from_resource},
 	{ "show_marks", cmd_show_marks },
 	{ "smart_borders", cmd_smart_borders },
 	{ "smart_gaps", cmd_smart_gaps },
@@ -279,8 +280,8 @@ list_t *execute_command(char *_exec, str
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 
-		// Var replacement, for all but first argument of set
-		for (int i = handler->handle == cmd_set ? 2 : 1; i < argc; ++i) {
+		// Var replacement, for all but first argument of set and xresource
+		for (int i = handler->handle == cmd_set || handler->handle == cmd_set_from_resource ? 2 : 1; i < argc; ++i) {
 			argv[i] = do_var_replacement(argv[i]);
 		}
 
@@ -392,7 +393,7 @@ struct cmd_results *config_command(char
 	}
 
 	// Do variable replacement
-	if (handler->handle == cmd_set && argc > 1 && *argv[1] == '$') {
+	if ((handler->handle == cmd_set || handler->handle == cmd_set_from_resource )&& argc > 1 && *argv[1] == '$') {
 		// Escape the variable name so it does not get replaced by one shorter
 		char *temp = calloc(1, strlen(argv[1]) + 2);
 		temp[0] = '$';
@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ struct cmd_results *config_command(char
 	free(command);
 
 	// Strip quotes and unescape the string
-	for (int i = handler->handle == cmd_set ? 2 : 1; i < argc; ++i) {
+	for (int i = handler->handle == cmd_set || handler->handle == cmd_set_from_resource ? 2 : 1; i < argc; ++i) {
 		if (handler->handle != cmd_exec && handler->handle != cmd_exec_always
 				&& handler->handle != cmd_mode
 				&& handler->handle != cmd_bindsym
@@ -415,6 +416,7 @@ struct cmd_results *config_command(char
 				&& handler->handle != cmd_bindswitch
 				&& handler->handle != cmd_bindgesture
 				&& handler->handle != cmd_set
+				&& handler->handle != cmd_set_from_resource
 				&& handler->handle != cmd_for_window
 				&& (*argv[i] == '\"' || *argv[i] == '\'')) {
 			strip_quotes(argv[i]);
Index: sway-regolith/sway/commands/set_from_resource.c
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ sway-regolith/sway/commands/set_from_resource.c
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L
+#include "log.h"
+#include "stringop.h"
+#include "sway/commands.h"
+#include "sway/config.h"
+#include <trawldb/client_api.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <strings.h>
+
+struct cmd_results *cmd_set_from_resource(int argc, char **argv) {
+  struct cmd_results *error = NULL;
+  if ((error = checkarg(argc, "set", EXPECTED_AT_LEAST, 2))) {
+    return error;
+  }
+  if (argv[0][0] != '$') {
+    return cmd_results_new(CMD_INVALID, "variable '%s' must start with $",
+                           argv[0]);
+  }
+
+  conf_client proxy = NULL;
+  GError *err = NULL;
+  conf_client_init(&proxy, &err);
+
+  char *resource_value = NULL;
+  conf_client_get(proxy, argv[1], &resource_value, &err);
+
+  if (err || resource_value == NULL || strlen(resource_value) == 0) {
+    if (argc < 3) {
+      return cmd_results_new(CMD_FAILURE,
+                             "failed to fetch value of resource '%s' and "
+                             "fallback value not provided",
+                             argv[1]);
+    }
+    resource_value = join_args(argv + 2, argc - 2);
+  }
+  char **argv_new = calloc(argc - 1, sizeof(char *));
+  argv_new[0] = strdup(argv[0]);
+  for (int i = 2; i < argc; i++) {
+    argv_new[i - 1] = argv[i];
+  }
+
+  argv_new[1] = strdup(resource_value);
+
+  free(resource_value);
+  return cmd_set(2, argv_new);
+}
Index: sway-regolith/sway/meson.build
===================================================================
--- sway-regolith.orig/sway/meson.build
+++ sway-regolith/sway/meson.build
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ sway_sources = files(
 	'commands/seat/shortcuts_inhibitor.c',
 	'commands/seat/xcursor_theme.c',
 	'commands/set.c',
+	'commands/set_from_resource.c',
 	'commands/show_marks.c',
 	'commands/shortcuts_inhibitor.c',
 	'commands/smart_borders.c',
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ sway_deps = [
 	xkbcommon,
 	xcb,
 	xcb_icccm,
+	trawldb,
 ]
 
 if have_xwayland
@@ -241,7 +243,7 @@ if wlroots_features['libinput_backend']
 endif
 
 executable(
-	'sway',
+	'sway-regolith',
 	sway_sources + wl_protos_src,
 	include_directories: [sway_inc],
 	dependencies: sway_deps,