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- | ====== awesome Dynamic Window Manager ====== | + | ====== awesome |
- | awesome is a highly configurable, | + | [[http://awesome.naquadah.org/ |
- | It is primarly | + | Licensed under the [[http:// |
- | ==== awesome on Slackware | + | ===== Dependencies ===== |
- | Slackware does not come with awesome | + | Prior to installing |
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | //note//: All of the above are available at [[http:// | ||
- | == Dependencies | + | ===== Installation ===== |
- | Install | + | If you have installed all of the above dependencies, you can now proceed with the build of awesome.\\ |
- | * libxdg-basedir - slackbuild | + | \\ |
- | | + | Grab the slackbuild |
- | //note//: [[http:// | + | Build it.\\ |
+ | And then install the produced package. | ||
+ | === Use awesome as your WM === | ||
+ | You can select awesome as your Window Manager by running xwmconfig from a terminal.\\ | ||
+ | - Open your terminal of choice. | ||
+ | - Run ' | ||
+ | - Select xinitrc.awesome from the menu and hit enter. | ||
+ | This way when you start X, awesome will be picked up as your WM. | ||
- | == Installation | + | ===== Configure awesome ===== |
- | Download | + | By default, if there is no local config, awesome will read the default config |
- | Build and install the package. | + | If you want to use your own configuration, |
- | + | - Create a directory for awesome configuration file <code bash>mkdir -p ~/ | |
- | == Configuration == | + | - Copy the default awesome config <code bash>cp / |
- | awesome do not create | + | |
- | - $ mkdir -p ~/ | + | |
- | - $ cp / | + | |
- | + | ||
- | awesome is using LUA scripting language for configuration.\\ | + | |
- | In order to customize awesome to your liking, you will need to edit your config file accordingly.\\ | + | |
- | Some examples for customizations: | + | |
- | * modkey (modifier key - line 53) - popular values: | + | |
- | * terminal (default terminal - line 44) - default: xterm | + | |
- | For explanation on how to configure awesome check this wiki article: [[http:// | + | |
- | + | ||
- | ==== Starting awesome ==== | + | |
- | Exit X server and run // | + | |
- | Choose awesome from the menu and run //startx// to start X server again. | + | |
+ | Now you can go and change ~/ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | If you want, you can go and read [[http:// | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | Some examples for own my customizations: | ||
+ | * modkey = Mod1 - (line 53) this changes the modkey to // | ||
+ | * terminal = terminator - (line 44) this changes the terminal to terminator (my favorite terminal). By default it is xterm | ||
====== Links ====== | ====== Links ====== | ||
- | * Home page: [[http:// | + | * awesome home page: [[http:// |
- | * wiki: [[http:// | + | * awesome |
- | * FAQ: [[http:// | + | * awesome |
+ | * Lua API documentation: | ||
* Configuration: | * Configuration: | ||
+ | * More on Dynamic Window Managers (wikipedia): | ||
====== Sources ====== | ====== Sources ====== | ||
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