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