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Uli Schlachter 8497e6ade2 rc.lua: Call launcher() with a string
When awful.widget.launcher() is called with a string, it interprets it as the
path to an image and tries to load it. So why should we do the work of calling
image() ourselves if it can be done for us? ;)

Signed-off-by: Uli Schlachter <psychon@znc.in>
2010-09-29 13:26:09 +02:00
build-tests awesomeConfig: test for execinfo.h/backtrace() 2009-10-27 09:33:08 +01:00
build-utils Stop using gperf 2010-09-02 19:24:39 +02:00
common Track the number of objects 2010-09-17 17:39:41 +02:00
icons icons: remove invaders 2009-09-08 13:29:25 +02:00
lib gears.object: Import 2010-09-28 16:23:00 +02:00
luadoc Work around for luadoc bugs 2010-09-28 11:12:02 +02:00
manpages German translation of manpages 2010-05-03 11:14:49 +02:00
objects client: Use a surface for c:get_content() 2010-09-29 13:19:30 +02:00
themes awful.widget.tasklist: use symbols chars rather than images 2010-05-28 13:28:43 +02:00
utils awsetbg was missing break 2010-05-17 15:57:21 +02:00
.gitignore gitignore: remove awesome-client 2009-04-11 16:10:42 +02:00
AUTHORS update Arnaud commit years 2009-08-24 11:13:59 +02:00
BUGS BUG's page 2008-04-18 19:33:58 +02:00
CMakeLists.txt Partly revert 9a34c4567b 2010-09-14 22:14:38 +02:00
LICENSE chance license to GPLv2 2007-09-12 14:29:51 +02:00
Makefile build: allow to specify cmake args 2009-05-08 19:54:38 +02:00
PATCHES PATCHES: add more rules 2009-09-02 10:36:13 +02:00
README Grammar/spelling corrections in comments and docs. 2009-08-31 10:39:36 +02:00
STYLE STYLE: add prefix rule 2009-08-21 15:30:48 +02:00
awesome-version-internal.h.in cmake: consolidate version strings 2008-06-22 22:13:06 +02:00
awesome.c Stop trying to use named colors 2010-09-10 11:31:02 +02:00
awesome.desktop desktop: change description 2008-10-02 17:19:28 +02:00
awesome.doxygen.in awesome.doxygen: doxygen configuration fixes. 2009-09-04 18:18:03 +02:00
awesome.h factorize quit/exec elements, and reparent systray 2008-09-02 17:12:10 +02:00
awesomeConfig.cmake Add drawing functions that will be needed later on 2010-09-09 16:55:03 +02:00
awesomerc.lua.in rc.lua: Call launcher() with a string 2010-09-29 13:26:09 +02:00
banning.c window: rename to xwindow 2009-10-20 20:42:05 +02:00
banning.h Re-add lazy banning 2009-09-28 14:04:59 +02:00
color.c Remove named colors 2010-09-10 11:27:40 +02:00
color.h Remove named colors 2010-09-10 11:27:40 +02:00
config.h.in Don't fail if execinfo is not available 2010-08-12 20:14:56 +02:00
dbus.c dbus: Stop using a_tokenize() 2010-09-02 19:02:21 +02:00
dbus.h dbus: allow usage of the system bus 2009-04-18 16:07:31 +02:00
draw.c Add a function for drawing a cairo surface 2010-09-29 12:36:38 +02:00
draw.h Add a function for drawing a cairo surface 2010-09-29 12:36:38 +02:00
event.c Error handling: Use libxcb's defines 2010-09-15 21:30:45 +02:00
event.h Stop using most of libxcb-event 2010-08-08 17:35:48 +02:00
ewmh.c Convert a client's icon to a cairo surface 2010-09-29 13:18:35 +02:00
ewmh.h Wibox type: Make this work correctly 2010-09-28 13:07:31 +02:00
font.c Move the default visual to globalconf 2010-08-16 13:59:51 +02:00
font.h font: remove draw_ prefix in names 2009-10-27 12:16:22 +01:00
globalconf.h Remove globalconf.screen_focus 2010-08-17 15:52:49 +02:00
keygrabber.c Save the screen in globalconf. 2010-08-16 14:10:58 +02:00
keygrabber.h keygrabber: add stop() method 2008-11-10 17:31:18 +01:00
keyresolv.c key: split resolving in keyresolv 2010-05-28 13:28:20 +02:00
keyresolv.h key: split resolving in keyresolv 2010-05-28 13:28:20 +02:00
luaa.c Automatically load oocairo and oopango on startup 2010-09-09 16:54:50 +02:00
luaa.h luaa: luaA_next is static 2009-11-09 21:28:37 +01:00
mouse.c mouse: Stop using a_tokenize() 2010-09-02 19:09:34 +02:00
mouse.h mouse: split button out 2009-04-26 10:46:09 +02:00
mousegrabber.c Save the screen in globalconf. 2010-08-16 14:10:58 +02:00
mousegrabber.h mousegrabber: import 2008-12-12 16:51:41 +01:00
property.c Remove globalconf.xinerama_is_active 2010-08-16 14:20:45 +02:00
property.h Overhaul property handling 2010-08-09 13:03:16 +02:00
root.c root: Stop using a_tokenize() 2010-09-02 18:55:49 +02:00
screen.c Delete the randr version reply 2010-09-18 16:01:44 +02:00
screen.h Remove globalconf.screen_focus 2010-08-17 15:52:49 +02:00
selection.c Save the screen in globalconf. 2010-08-16 14:10:58 +02:00
selection.h selection: do not use a useless module 2009-01-06 17:02:08 +01:00
spawn.c Sort all signal lists alphabetically 2010-08-26 17:46:17 +02:00
spawn.h spawn: remove useless proto 2009-11-16 11:26:00 +01:00
stack.c Remove globalconf.screen_focus 2010-08-17 15:52:49 +02:00
stack.h client: move stack code into stack 2010-05-28 13:28:49 +02:00
strut.c Fix doxygen generation warnings 2009-08-26 09:15:57 +02:00
strut.h strut: import strut_has_value() 2009-08-28 17:45:18 +02:00
systray.c Save the screen in globalconf. 2010-08-16 14:10:58 +02:00
systray.h Remove support for zaphod mode 2010-08-16 13:47:40 +02:00
xwindow.c Use globalconf.timestamp 2010-08-12 14:52:23 +02:00
xwindow.h Get a client's property more intelligently 2010-08-09 13:54:49 +02:00

README

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.
An example configuration named "awesomerc.lua.in" is provided in the source.

Troubleshooting
---------------
In most systems any message printed by awesome (including warnings and errors)
are written to $HOME/.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.