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Uli Schlachter 03010ca5c2 Properly die when the X server dies
When the X connection breaks for whatever reason, awesome wouldn't properly
exit, but go into a busy loop instead. Fix this by dying when our connection to
the X server dies.

Signed-off-by: Uli Schlachter <psychon@znc.in>
2010-11-13 22:35:00 +01:00
build-tests use CMake check_function_exists() for execinfo 2010-10-11 22:52:00 +02:00
build-utils Fix gperf usage (FS#740) 2010-03-15 09:58:37 +01:00
common Don't fail if execinfo is not available 2010-10-11 16:42:34 +02:00
icons icons: remove invaders 2009-09-08 13:29:25 +02:00
lib awful.prompt: add ctrl-backspace 2010-10-21 09:05:55 +02:00
luadoc Add "focusable" property to client objects 2010-08-12 13:22:37 +02:00
manpages German translation of manpages 2010-05-03 11:14:57 +02:00
themes theme/default: change default background 2010-03-23 10:58:05 +01:00
utils avoid using seq in awsetbg, and test for columns count argument of -m option. 2010-10-11 17:12:00 +02:00
widgets Systray: Correctly compute extents (FS#768) 2010-08-31 18:50:15 +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 Set minimum required cmake version to 2.8.0 2010-10-28 22:20:54 +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 Properly die when the X server dies 2010-11-13 22:35:00 +01:00
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 use CMake check_function_exists() for execinfo 2010-10-11 22:52:00 +02:00
awesomerc.lua.in awful.menu: Change menu:show() args set 2010-04-14 09:38:52 +02:00
banning.c Re-add lazy banning 2009-09-28 14:04:59 +02:00
banning.h Re-add lazy banning 2009-09-28 14:04:59 +02:00
button.c luaclass: add handling of {new,}index of missing properties (FS#584) 2009-08-21 15:30:48 +02:00
button.h structs: rename to globalconf 2009-09-07 17:23:01 +02:00
client.c Revert "Don't call "focus" hook in client_focus()" 2010-08-17 21:34:01 +02:00
client.h client: _really_ honor size hints 2010-03-03 09:18:17 +01:00
color.c structs: rename to globalconf 2009-09-07 17:23:01 +02:00
color.h color: do not take pointer to push 2009-08-17 17:46:35 +02:00
config.h.in test for __builtin_clz() and fallback to an inline implementation. 2010-10-11 20:41:44 +02:00
dbus.c dbus: fix compiling error 2010-06-06 14:32:47 +02:00
dbus.h dbus: allow usage of the system bus 2009-04-18 16:07:31 +02:00
draw.c Do not check if we have enough space to draw (FS#731) 2010-03-25 10:31:31 +01:00
draw.h Clear a draw_text_context_t during wipe() 2010-07-16 19:54:01 +02:00
event.c Track the last timestamp received from the server 2010-08-12 14:38:14 +02:00
event.h Stop using most of libxcb-event 2010-08-08 17:57:48 +02:00
ewmh.c fix some deprecated atom constants 2010-08-08 21:44:43 +02:00
ewmh.h ewmh: remove _NET_WORKAREA support (FS#732) 2010-02-18 10:04:47 +01:00
font.c font: split out of draw 2009-09-07 17:51:40 +02:00
font.h font: split out of draw 2009-09-07 17:51:40 +02:00
globalconf.h Track the last timestamp received from the server 2010-08-12 14:38:14 +02:00
hooks.c structs: rename to globalconf 2009-09-07 17:23:01 +02:00
image.c Fix image cropping/enlarging 2010-09-27 11:14:18 +02:00
image.h image: port to new class system 2009-08-21 15:30:47 +02:00
key.c test for __builtin_clz() and fallback to an inline implementation. 2010-10-11 20:41:44 +02:00
key.h key: move grabbing code to window 2009-08-31 13:54:36 +02:00
keygrabber.c structs: rename to globalconf 2009-09-07 17:23:01 +02:00
keygrabber.h keygrabber: add stop() method 2008-11-10 17:31:18 +01:00
luaa.c Remove all uses of attribute "unused" 2010-08-08 18:20:08 +02:00
luaa.h Grammar/spelling corrections in comments and docs. 2009-08-31 10:39:36 +02:00
mouse.c mouse: coords() get silent parameter 2009-11-06 11:06:02 +01:00
mouse.h mouse: split button out 2009-04-26 10:46:09 +02:00
mousegrabber.c structs: rename to globalconf 2009-09-07 17:23:01 +02:00
mousegrabber.h mousegrabber: import 2008-12-12 16:51:41 +01:00
property.c Track the last timestamp received from the server 2010-08-12 14:38:14 +02:00
property.h Remove some more unused function arguments 2010-08-08 17:59:20 +02:00
root.c structs: rename to globalconf 2009-09-07 17:23:01 +02:00
screen.c screen: only untag if client had a screen 2009-09-22 15:51:55 +02:00
screen.h Minor cleanup 2010-07-22 09:28:16 +02:00
selection.c Use globalconf.timestamp 2010-08-12 14:54:12 +02:00
selection.h selection: do not use a useless module 2009-01-06 17:02:08 +01:00
spawn.c awesome.spawn(): Return the PID 2010-09-09 20:49:17 +02:00
spawn.h structs: rename to globalconf 2009-09-07 17:23:01 +02:00
stack.c stack: fix bad rename 2009-08-24 15:07:58 +02:00
stack.h structs: rename to globalconf 2009-09-07 17:23:01 +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 fix some deprecated atom constants 2010-08-08 21:44:43 +02:00
systray.h Register systray only if systray widgets are attached. (FS#503) 2010-07-22 09:28:01 +02:00
tag.c ewmh: remove _NET_WORKAREA support (FS#732) 2010-02-18 10:04:47 +01:00
tag.h screen: fix tag removal/add 2009-09-21 12:12:59 +02:00
timer.c structs: rename to globalconf 2009-09-07 17:23:01 +02:00
timer.h timer: import 2009-08-17 17:49:06 +02:00
titlebar.c Fixes for maximized clients 2010-08-17 20:52:32 +02:00
titlebar.h Grammar/spelling corrections in comments and docs. 2009-08-31 10:39:36 +02:00
wibox.c Correctly unref widget_nodes 2010-09-17 15:49:20 +02:00
wibox.h Register systray only if systray widgets are attached. (FS#503) 2010-07-22 09:28:01 +02:00
widget.c Flush the cairo surface after drawing 2010-10-05 19:48:54 +02:00
widget.h Store widgets references as wibox items 2010-05-25 15:43:18 +02:00
window.c Use globalconf.timestamp 2010-08-12 14:54:12 +02:00
window.h font: split out of draw 2009-09-07 17:51:40 +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.