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- | ==== awesome (Dynamic Window Manager) | + | ====== awesome (Dynamic Window Manager) |
- | awesome is a highly configurable, | + | [[http:// |
Licensed under the [[http:// | Licensed under the [[http:// | ||
- | === Dependencies === | + | |
+ | ===== Dependencies | ||
Prior to installing awesome, you will need the following dependencies installed first: | Prior to installing awesome, you will need the following dependencies installed first: | ||
* [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
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//note//: All of the above are available at [[http:// | //note//: All of the above are available at [[http:// | ||
- | === Installation === | + | ===== Installation |
If you have installed all of the above dependencies, | If you have installed all of the above dependencies, | ||
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Build it.\\ | Build it.\\ | ||
And then install the produced package. | And then install the produced package. | ||
- | ==== Starting | + | === Use awesome |
- | Exit X server and run //xwmconfig//. | + | You can select awesome as your Window Manager by running |
- | Choose | + | - 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. | ||
+ | ===== Configure awesome ===== | ||
+ | By default, if there is no local config, awesome will read the default config from / | ||
+ | If you want to use your own configuration, | ||
+ | - Create a directory for awesome configuration file <code bash> | ||
+ | - Copy the default awesome config <code bash>cp / | ||
+ | |||
+ | 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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