Awesome is a highly configurable framework window manager extensible using lua.
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Intel 82845G Video Crash workaround
I have the Intel 82845G video card and trying to get X11 working with it. It routinely crashes with artifacts. I know the existing history with this driver and X11 and I am about to buy a replacement ...
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Why different presentation of client area?
I am using awesome with on ubuntu 12.04. I changed the theme with myunity Now my Gnome applications are presented white and all other in the dark theme. Why ?
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How to escape text in awful.util.spawn_with_shell command?
Based on a suggestion, I've now got the following call in rc.lua:
awful.util.spawn_with_shell('vlc $(xclip -o)')
How do I ensure that the output of xclip is escaped so that space characters are not ...
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How to keep YouTube video fullscreen after moving mouse to other screen in Awesome WM?
I've managed to get YouTube Flash videos fullscreen by using two tips, but whenever I move the mouse pointer to a different screen (thereby changing the application focus) the fullscreen mode is ...
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One PC, several users, Gnome 3 and Awesome. How to easy switch users via GDM
I'm using Arch Linux with Gnome 3.6 installed. There are several users on this PC with their own accounts. We used to use just switch user button instead of logging out. So almost always several users ...
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How to generate menu.lua for Awesome WM from GNOME menu?
Following up on a question about the Awesome WM menu contents, I'd like to figure out how to import the GNOME menu in its entirety into the menu.lua file for Awesome.
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How to close any window in Awesome WM?
The shortcut to close individual applications completely depends on the application developer. Some examples:
Ctrl-q for Firefox
Meta-F4 for Chromium
Ctrl-Shift-q for GNOME Shell
To close ...
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1answer
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Why does my laptop suspend twice/thrice?
The awesome WM doesn't suspend automatically when closing the lid, so I followed some instructions to get it working. I simply added a file /etc/acpi/local/lid.sh.post with the following contents:
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How to fix GNOME Terminal cursor in awesome?
I'm using awesome 3.4.11 on Ubuntu 12.04, and my default terminal is GNOME Terminal 3.4.1.1. After starting several terminals, it seems the cursor behavior gets disconnected from window focus in some ...
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Why do new terminals in Awesome spawn with SHLVL>1?
I have a PS1 which shows the SHLVL if it's not 1 to quickly see if I'm in a subshell. This works as expected when using GNOME, but when I spawn a new terminal in Awesome WM (Mod4+Return) it always ...
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Suppress desktop notifications in fullscreen VLC
How to prevent desktop notifications from showing up when VLC is in fullscreen
mode?
Some of my scripts display desktop notifications using notify-send. The best
solution would be to configure that ...
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xmms2 notification with album art under Awesome
I have the following in my .config/awesome/rc.lua:
--{{{ Display noify with current xmms2 playlist
function xmms2()
local f = io.popen("nyxmms2 status -f '${artist} - ${album} - ${title}'")
...
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Setting Mod4 in awesome
I'm trying to set up awesome. When I start it the Mod4 (Windows) key is not working. So I tried to extent my .Xmodmap
clear Mod4
add Mod4 = Multi_key
When I run xmodmap .Xmodmap the Mod4 works, but ...
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Awesome: Incorrect timezone
Typically, I set the timezone of my computer's clock by changing the .bashrc file, appending, say, TZ='America/Los_Angeles'; export TZ such that whenever date is invoked the right time in the right ...
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1answer
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Control-q-? key binding in Awesome WM
I wish to configure my Awesome Window Manager so that the keyboard shortcuts begin with ctrlq.
ctrlq-x, ctrlq-y, ctrlq-z, and so on...
I've attempted to modify the /etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua config ...
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Why can't Steam's window be dragged or moved normally?
Why Steam's windows can't be dragged using border and it's custom titlebar. Chromium works (almost) well with AwesomeWM, why Steam doesn't.
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How to disable floating of maximized Chromium window?
I'm using AwesomeWM. My rule for Chromium:
{ rule = { class = "Chromium" },
properties = { tag = tags[1][9], floating = true, border_width = 0 } },
It works well, except Chromium window can be ...
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Awesome & youtube
I run Awesome WM on Ubuntu.
Recently when I try to watch youtube videos in full screen they have been playing in a small letter box - They have not 'full screened'.
In the other hand, Vimeo & ...
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Using KDE services/apps without running plasma workspace
How can I use KDE services without actually running the whole plasma workspace ?
I want to use awesomewm but I couldn't manage to run KDE services without actually running plasma-desktop. My point is ...
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Is there a way to make feh fade in between transitions?
I would like my desktop wallpaper to fade between transitions instead of a cut. Is there a way to do this with feh? Maybe using xcompmgr or compton?
If not is there a way of doing it without changing ...
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2answers
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bash commands don't seem to run in .xinitrc
I am trying to run some bash commands in my .xinitrc script, but the window manager starts without these commands running properly.
I run Arch Linux with the window manager is called "awesome", and I ...
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Typing break with Awesome WM
Is there a program that implements typing breaks that works with the Awesome Window Manager?
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Some GUI programs hung up
Today I decided to migrate to systemd. Everything work quite good, but I have problem with few GUI programs - they hung up after draw window (see img at the end of msg). Program in which I discovered ...
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1answer
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Awesome wibox: remove tag label
Currently, I have both the gajim and skype windows visible as both icons (in systray) and window labels (in mytasklist). How can I remove that latter so that it is not shown since I do not need two ...
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How to set awesome's wibox visible only for certain tags?
I'd like to have special wiboxes for certain tags like multimedia, development. I couldn't find any option in wibox for that and I'm newbie to awesome.
I think it can be done using some event ...
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How to separate Awesome's `rc.lua` configuration into multiple files?
I've just moved to Awesome WM from OpenBox. I like that it's very extensible, customizable and I have huge control about window layout. I like structured and organized things and I'd like to separate ...
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Cycle through clients on both screens in awesomewm
I am using awesomewm and have two monitors, so Mod4+j and Mod4+k cycle through windows on current screen only. Is there a way to cycle through all windows/clients on all screens to make it work like ...
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Inconsistent behaviour of “wmctrl -i -a <WIN>”
I'm trying to use dmenu and wmctrl to write a script that would present to me a list of all currently open windows and then switch to the one I select. It looks something like this:
Now, I'm using ...
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Cannot add new mode in xrandr for external monitor
Today I was trying to connect my second monitor to my notebook. I have:
nvidia graphic card
304.43 drivers [support xrandr 1.2]
archlinux [up-to-date]
awesome wm
xrandr 1.3
My problem is with ...
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1answer
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How to create a screen lock timer for Awesome WM?
I've got an Ubuntu 12.04 system with Awesome WM, and I'd like the screensaver to work like in Unity:
GNOME Screensaver
Ctrl-Alt-L to lock
N minutes' timeout which respects applications which ...
2
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1answer
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Problems with Maple 16 GUI on Arch Linux
I have installed Maple 16 (computer algebra system) to the directory /opt/maple16/ and the installation and registration progress is finished succesfully. I am running Arch Linux.
The terminal ...
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Awesome widget formatted print
I have the following widget definition:
netwidget = widget({ type = "textbox" })
vicious.register(netwidget, vicious.widgets.net, '<span color="#CC9393">${p17p1 down_kb}</span> <span ...
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Assigning awesome keybinding for more than 9 tags
I'm using the awesome WM and the nine default tags (or "virtual desktops") are not anywhere near enough for me: I've got a lot of VMs and remote VNCs etc. In the past I've used window managers with ...
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/dev/mapper and vicious IO widget
I have dio vicious widget for monitoring IO within an awesome widget. It is defined like so:
diowidget = widget({ type = "textbox" })
vicious.register(diowidget, vicious.widgets.dio, '<span ...
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xmms2 widget for awesome
I am trying to use the xmms2 widget. As it is, the widget does not conforms to awesome 3.X specifications -- or at least, I may have misunderstood how widgets should work. I certainly cannot get it ...
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Change status bar applications' default icon
in fvwm, you can change the default icon of any window using Style <regex> Icon <icon_name.xpm>. In other words, I want to over ride the default icon set for an application without having ...
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How to maximise a window horizontal or vertically?
In awesome, what key binding can you use to maximise a window (in floating mode, of course) so that it maximise in just the horizontal or just the vertical direction?
I know that mod4 + m will ...
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luakit + awesome wm: make youtube fullscreen work
I'm running Arch Linux on my box. I use the awesome window manager, which is a tiling WM, but allows floating windows too.
The ArchWiki's Awesome entry tells me to put the following in my awesome ...
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In awesome window manager, how can I make key bindings send keyboard events?
I don't think that title probably helps very much, but here's my issue:
I'm using the awesome window manager and am trying to make my key bindings to be similar in flavor to OSX for special keys. ...
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Awesome: keyboard layout switch
I use awesome as a window manager under gnome (debian system) and I made a widget to switch keyboard layout by this code:
-- Keyboard map indicator and changer
kbdcfg = {}
kbdcfg.cmd = ...
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Clicking on Gtk apps menu bar kills mouse
I'm using the following configuration:
Ubuntu 11.10 x64
Awesome Window Manager v3.4.10
Gnome 3.2
...and I got the following problem:
Every time I click on the empty space in a menubar or ...
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Mouse clicks stop working after random time, using Awesome WM + Gnome
I'm using the Awesome Window Manager together with Gnome in Linux Mint. I experience the following problem several times a day:
Suddenly the mouse partially stops working, which means that I'm still ...
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What are the benefits of running Gnome 3 + awesome compared with awesome alone?
What are the benefits to running awesome as my window manager in Gnome 3? I am interested in identifying what features/functionality gnome3+awesome provides that can not be easily (if not identical) ...
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Scroll between tags in Awesome WM
How can I add smooth scrolling between tags in the Awesome WM? I realize I can't run compiz with Awesome. Is there something comparable that I can run? I don't need any other effects, switching ...
