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== About Awesome == | == About Awesome == | ||
Awesome is a highly configurable window manager. It handles both '''tiling and floating''' layouts. You can go into a '''fine-grained customization''' to suit your needs with '''Lua scripting'''. | Awesome is a highly configurable window manager distributed under GPL-2 license. It handles both '''tiling and floating''' layouts. You can go into a '''fine-grained customization''' to suit your needs with '''Lua scripting'''. As a window manager, awesome is an ideal choice if you plan to ''get rid of your mouse''. | ||
=== Vocabulary === | === Vocabulary === | ||
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;Client: A window. | ;Client: A window. | ||
;Tag: A tag is something like a workspace or a desktop that you may find in other window managers. However, it is slightly more flexible as you can attach a ''client'' to multiple tags. Moreover, each ''screen'' has its own range of tags. | ;Tag: A tag is something like a workspace or a desktop that you may find in other window managers. However, it is slightly more flexible as you can attach a ''client'' to multiple tags. Moreover, each ''screen'' has its own range of tags. | ||
;Layout: A layout is a way to arrange your ''clients'' in the current tag (eg. floating, horizontaly tiled, verticaly tiled, focused client full-screen, ...) | |||
;Widget: A widget is a box that can contain text, images or more advanced objects. It enables you to add pieces of information in the status bar (at the top-right of each ''screen'') such as the time, the volume level or your battery load. You can also add widgets in the title bar of a ''client''. | |||
== USE flags == | == USE flags == | ||
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== Installation == | == Installation == | ||
Just emerge it : | Just emerge it: | ||
<console> | <console> | ||
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</console> | </console> | ||
Then you can add this line to | Then you can add this line to your <code>~/.xinitrc</code>: | ||
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And run <code>xinit</code> to launch awesome. You can also configure a display manager instead, but this is not covered in this document. | And run <code>xinit</code> to launch awesome. You can also configure a display manager instead, but this is not covered in this document. | ||
== Getting Started == | |||
{{fancynote|A quick introduction to awesome basics and key bindings will be described here soon.}} | |||
== Configuration == | == Configuration == | ||
Awesome user configuration files are located in <code>~/.config/awesome/</code>. For now, a single file called <code>rc.lua</code> should lie in this directory. It contains the default configuration (including widgets, tags, key bindings, ...). Note that if you don't know Lua, you can still proceed some customization. As far as I'm concerned, I only had to learn Lua basics when I started to create my own widgets. | |||
{{fancynote|A quick introduction to awesome configuration will be described here soon.}} | |||
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Awesome (Window Manager)
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About Awesome
Awesome is a highly configurable window manager distributed under GPL-2 license. It handles both tiling and floating layouts. You can go into a fine-grained customization to suit your needs with Lua scripting. As a window manager, awesome is an ideal choice if you plan to get rid of your mouse.
Vocabulary
- Screen
- A physical monitor plugged into your computer.
- Client
- A window.
- Tag
- A tag is something like a workspace or a desktop that you may find in other window managers. However, it is slightly more flexible as you can attach a client to multiple tags. Moreover, each screen has its own range of tags.
- Layout
- A layout is a way to arrange your clients in the current tag (eg. floating, horizontaly tiled, verticaly tiled, focused client full-screen, ...)
- Widget
- A widget is a box that can contain text, images or more advanced objects. It enables you to add pieces of information in the status bar (at the top-right of each screen) such as the time, the volume level or your battery load. You can also add widgets in the title bar of a client.
USE flags
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| dbus | Enables awesome to receive signals from dbus (eg. to trigger events on hotplug) |
| doc | Includes extra HTML documentation (using doxygen) |
| gnome | Enables you to use awesome as gnome's window manager (See. Quickly Setting up Awesome with Gnome) |
Installation
Just emerge it:
root # emerge -a awesome
Then you can add this line to your ~/.xinitrc:
~/.xinitrc exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session awesome
And run xinit to launch awesome. You can also configure a display manager instead, but this is not covered in this document.
Getting Started
A quick introduction to awesome basics and key bindings will be described here soon.
Configuration
Awesome user configuration files are located in ~/.config/awesome/. For now, a single file called rc.lua should lie in this directory. It contains the default configuration (including widgets, tags, key bindings, ...). Note that if you don't know Lua, you can still proceed some customization. As far as I'm concerned, I only had to learn Lua basics when I started to create my own widgets.
A quick introduction to awesome configuration will be described here soon.