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Uli Schlachter 8ea94154a6 Associate our default GC with the systray window
The window that is specified when a GC is created is used for two things. First,
it specifies which protocol screen the GC should be associated with. Second, it
specifies for which color depth the GC is valid.

Due to this second property, we have to use the systray window instead of the
root window. The systray window uses globalconf.default_depth.

Signed-off-by: Uli Schlachter <psychon@znc.in>
2010-09-30 14:43:58 +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
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manpages German translation of manpages 2010-05-03 11:14:49 +02:00
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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
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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 Associate our default GC with the systray window 2010-09-30 14:43:58 +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 Clean up module dependencies 2010-09-29 22:01:23 +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 Use the new defaults from globalconf 2010-09-30 14:43:58 +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 Image: Remove 2010-09-29 19:36:58 +02:00
draw.h Image: Remove 2010-09-29 19:36:58 +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 Add variables for tracking some X11 defaults 2010-09-30 14:43:54 +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 Image: Remove 2010-09-29 19:36:58 +02:00
luaa.h Image: Remove 2010-09-29 19:36:58 +02:00
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 screen_default_visual(): Move to awesome.c 2010-09-30 14:43:58 +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 Make sure we set some required values on windows 2010-09-30 14:43:58 +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.