awesome/luadoc/awesome.lua

--- awesome core API
-- @author Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
-- @copyright 2008-2009 Julien Danjou
-- @module awesome

--- awesome global table.
--
-- @field version The version of awesome.
-- @field release The release name of awesome.
-- @field conffile The configuration file which has been loaded.
-- @field startup True if we are still in startup, false otherwise.
-- @field startup_errors Error message for errors that occured during startup.
-- @field composite_manager_running True if a composite manager is running.
-- @table awesome

--- Quit awesome.
--
-- @function quit

--- Execute another application, probably a window manager, to replace
-- awesome.
--
-- @param cmd The command line to execute.
-- @function exec

--- Restart awesome.
--
-- @name restart
-- @class function

--- Spawn a program.
--
-- @param cmd The command to launch. Either a string or a table of strings.
-- @param use_sn Use startup-notification, true or false, default to true.
-- @return Process ID if everything is OK, or an error string if an error occured.

--- Load an image
--
-- @param name The file name
-- @return A cairo image surface as light user datum
-- @function load_image

--- Register a new xproperty.
--
-- @param name The name of the X11 property
-- @param type One of "string", "number" or "boolean"
-- @function register_xproperty

--- Change a xproperty.
--
-- @param name The name of the X11 property
-- @param value The new value for the property
-- @function set_xproperty

--- Get the value of a xproperty.
--
-- @param name The name of the X11 property
-- @function get_xproperty

--- Add a global signal.
--
-- @param name A string with the event name.
-- @param func The function to call.
-- @function connect_signal

--- Remove a global signal.
--
-- @param name A string with the event name.
-- @param func The function to call.
-- @function disconnect_signal

--- Emit a global signal.
--
-- @param name A string with the event name.
-- @param ... Signal arguments.
-- @function emit_signal