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.TH AWESOME 1 awesome\-VERSION
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.SH NAME
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awesome \- awesome window manager
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B awesome
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.RB [\ \-v\ |\ \-c\ <configfile>\ ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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awesome is a window manager for X. It manages windows in different layouts, like
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floating or tiled. Either layout can be applied dynamically, optimizing the
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environment for the application in use and the task performed.
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In tiled layout windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
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area contains windows which currently need most attention, whereas the
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stacking area contains all other windows. In floating layout windows can be
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resized and moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating,
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regardless of the layout applied.
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Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
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tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
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awesome contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the layout,
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the title of the focused window, and a status text. A
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floating window is indicated with an empty circle and a maximized
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floating window is indicated with a circle square before the windows
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title. The selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of
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the focused window are indicated with a filled square in the top left
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corner. The tags which are applied to one or more windows are indicated
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with an empty square in the top left corner.
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awesome can draw a small border around windows to indicate the focus state.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-v
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prints version information to standard output, then exits.
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.TP
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.B \-c
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use an alternate configuration file instead of $HOME/.awesomerc
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.SH USAGE
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.TP
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Please read the default configuration file to see mouse and key actions.
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.SH CUSTOMIZATION
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awesome is customized by creating a custom $HOME/.awesomerc file.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR dmenu (1)
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.BR dzen2 (1)
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.SH BUGS
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Of course there's no bug in awesome. There may be unexpected behaviours.
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Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows
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only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early
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JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. As a workaround
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you can use JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or you
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can set the following environment variable (to use the older Motif
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backend instead):
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.BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit .
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Recent GTK 2.10.9+ versions contain a broken
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.BR Save\-As
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file dialog implementation,
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which requests to reconfigure its window size in an endless loop. However, its
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window is still responsive during this state, so you can simply ignore the flicker
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until a new GTK version appears, which will fix this bug, approximately
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GTK 2.10.12+ versions.
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.SH AUTHORS
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Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
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.SH WWW
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http://awesome.naquadah.org
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