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This adds functions for getting directories according to the XDG base dir specification. This might be useful in general. This also adds a function for getting the cache dir, because I like an explicit function call more than something which "switches" based on a string argument. Better error messages if you mis-type something. :-) Finally, this adds a function for getting the directory containing the rc.lua file. Sadly, awful.util.getdir("config") did not actually do that. See #218. Fixes: https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/issues/218 Signed-off-by: Uli Schlachter <psychon@znc.in> |
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lib | ||
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tests | ||
themes | ||
utils | ||
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CMakeLists.txt | ||
LICENSE | ||
Makefile | ||
README.md | ||
awesome-version-internal.h | ||
awesome.c | ||
awesome.desktop | ||
awesome.h | ||
awesomeConfig.cmake | ||
awesomerc.lua | ||
banning.c | ||
banning.h | ||
color.c | ||
color.h | ||
config.h | ||
dbus.c | ||
dbus.h | ||
draw.c | ||
draw.h | ||
event.c | ||
event.h | ||
ewmh.c | ||
ewmh.h | ||
globalconf.h | ||
keygrabber.c | ||
keygrabber.h | ||
luaa.c | ||
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mouse.c | ||
mouse.h | ||
mousegrabber.c | ||
mousegrabber.h | ||
property.c | ||
property.h | ||
root.c | ||
selection.c | ||
selection.h | ||
spawn.c | ||
spawn.h | ||
stack.c | ||
stack.h | ||
strut.c | ||
strut.h | ||
systray.c | ||
systray.h | ||
xkb.c | ||
xkb.h | ||
xrdb.c | ||
xrdb.h | ||
xwindow.c | ||
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README.md
Readme
About awesome
awesome is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X.
Building and installation
After extracting the dist tarball, run:
make
This will create a build directory, run cmake in it and build awesome.
After building is finished, you can install:
make install # you might need root permissions
Running awesome
You can directly select awesome from your display manager. If not, you can
add the following line to your .xinitrc to start awesome using startx
or to .xsession
to start awesome using your display manager:
exec awesome
In order to connect awesome to a specific display, make sure that
the DISPLAY
environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec awesome
(This will start awesome on display :1
of the host foo.bar.)
Configuration
The configuration of awesome is done by creating a
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/awesome/rc.lua
file, typically ~/.config/awesome/rc.lua
.
An example configuration named awesomerc.lua.in
is provided in the source.
Troubleshooting
On most systems any message printed by awesome (including warnings and errors)
is written to ~/.xsession-errors
.
If awesome does not start or the configuration file is not producing the desired results the user should examine this file to gain insight into the problem.
Reporting issues
Please report any issues you may find on our bugtracker. You can submit pull requests on the github repository. Please read the @{02-contributing.md} guide for any coding, documentation or patch guidelines.
Status
Documentation
Online documentation is available at http://awesome.naquadah.org/doc/, and
can be built using make ldoc
.
License
The project is licensed under GNU General Publice License v2 or later. You can read it online at (v2 or v3).