Questions tagged [awesome]
Awesome is a highly configurable framework window manager extensible using lua.
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Duplicated instance of VSCodium in Awesome WM with Tyrannical
I'm using Awesome WM (v4.3) with Tyrannical plugin on Debian 12 and I observe an unexpected behavior of VSCodium.
Using the following configuration (in rc.lua config file of Awesome WM), when I start ...
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How to use several keyboard layouts with Awesome WM?
I can't set two keyboard layouts with Awesome WM (v4.3) on Debian 12.
Using the following configuration (in rc.lua config file of Awesome WM), only the french layout seems to be usable. The us layout ...
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Disable Picom shadow for iDesk
I’m using AwesomeWM with Picom, and recently I started using iDesk. The shadow provided by Picom is spoiled on iDesk icons though:
So I wanna disable it.
How can I disable shadows for iDesk?
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In Awesome, how to create a symlink to the wallpaper set by Variety?
In Awesome Window Manager, how would I modify the set_wallpaper script from Variety Wallpaper Changer (shown below) to create a symlink in ~/.cache/current_wallpaper to the newly set wallpaper image?
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How to apply rice to Awesome WM?
I am using Awesome WM on Arch and I want to apply a particular style (rice) to it. I found this reddit post and the author has uploaded the relevant files to GitHub. How can I use these files to apply ...
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Chromium session management on X11 vs Wayland
I use a chromium based web browser (brave) on awesome-wm (WM for X11). My normal workflow is to have 1 or 2 brave windows open on each virtual desktop. Then I would click the hamburger icon (settings) ...
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Gnome-terminal slow start for first instance on arch
I am using the Awesome window manager with Arch, kernel 6.5.5.
When I start gnome-terminal for the first time and every other time where I don't already have an instance of gnome-terminal running, it ...
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Windows are glitchy and don't render properly
I recently got a new laptop, System 76 Lemur Pro, preinstalled with Ubuntu 22.04. I've been installing and configuring Awesome Window Manager 4.3. I believe I messed something up with xrandr or picom ...
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How to make scrollbars darker under Awesomewm?
I'm using archlinux with awesomewm and kterminal (the kde terminal app).
Whenever I'm using the terminal (or any other app, but specifically the terminal), and whenever I wanted to scroll, I find it ...
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AwesomeWM, Proper Configuration with Multiple Monitors - Cloning, Activating Additional Monitors without Logging out, vertical display, monitor order
I have four related questions regarding the use of the window manager AwesomeWM when multiple monitors are involved. These are all fairly simple configuration questions, but I have not been able to ...
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How do I configure a key binding to send a client to bling's scratch pad in awesome wm?
I want to make a shortcut that can send a client to bling's scratchpad.
The part that initializes bling scratch pad:
local bling = require("bling")
local term_scratch = bling.module....
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Terminal applications don't cover the entire terminal
I've been researching this for a couple hours so far and I can't seem to find a solution that works and isn't 10 years old so I figured I'd ask again.
I'm using awesome and Alacritty, and when I use, ...
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How to KDE + awesomewm?
Is there a way to configure awesomewm as windows manager but running KDE as desktop environment?
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Why is Polybar not starting (from AwesomeWM)?
I have a shell script that contains startup logic for apps that are supposed to run after the Awesome window manager is up and running. Currently, it launches both polybar and picom. Picom works fine, ...
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Awesome window manager keybinding executes but also fall-through to the focused client
I have a key binding Super + Menu. Like this:
awful.key({ modkey, }, "Menu", function (c) c:kill() end,
{description = "Close", group = "client"}),
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Autokey - Adjusting Screen Brightness with Hotkeys (and sustaining that brightness in Awesome Window Manager)
In awesome window manager, my screen brightness gets reset to 100% each time I'm away from my computer for a few minutes. How can I get it to sustain the brightness I set prior to these screen-saver/...
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Setting Default Applications without a Desktop Environment [duplicate]
Since Awesome Window Manager is mainly a window manager, and not quite a full desktop environment, I don't know how to manage the concept of default applications.
Without a desktop environment ...
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How to Bind Alt+Scroll for Zooming (Screen Magnifier) in Awesome Window Manager
In Awesome Window Manager, how can I bind alt+Scroll for zooming?
For example, in KDE Plasma, it is done this way:
1) sudo apt install xbindkeys
2) Save the text below into ~/.xbindkeysrc :
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How do you tile a window in Awesome Window Manager?
I'm apparently missing some knowledge that is very fundamental about Awesome Window Manager.
I'm using the default configuration that comes with Debian 11 and for the past two weeks I've been using ...
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Fully Set Up Network Manager on Awesome Window Manager
On a debian 11, with no desktops installed, how do you get network manager running for Awesomewm?
I have internet after I log into awesome, but it isn't through network manager, and even when I run ...
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NormCap OCR via Awesome Window Manager
One of the coolest programs I've come across recently, is an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) program called NormCap. I have it tied to a hot key, and anytime I want to copy un-highlightable text ...
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Awesome Doesn't Know My Brightness Ajustment Buttons
After installing Awesome (with no other GUI environments), the function keys on my laptop (for brightness especially), don't work like they do when I install KDE or GNOME.
So far, the only method I've ...
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Awesome GUI VPN Configuration Management
How can I use a GUI for configuring an L2TP VPN on a system running Awesome?
I'm trying to force myself to use a tiling window manager for a period long enough to decide if I really like it better ...
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Applet to Control Brightness on Each Monitor
Using Awesome, I'm looking for a system tray applet that can control the brightness of each monitor. Using apt search I found a package called budgie-brightness-controller-applet, which was intended ...
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Dark Theme for Applications Launched Within Awesome Window Manager
I have awesome installed onto a system that doesn't have a desktop environment installed. For now, I'm satisfied with the default theme of awesome itself, but I need to apply a dark theme to all the ...
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Ctrl + n launches new windows. How to disable
Having to pass a coding test soon, I am going to use an browser-embedded IDE. I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and awesome wm. When I press Ctrl + n in the active IDE, a new browser window is launched for some ...
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What is the command in Awesome Window manager to let go of a key that has not been let go of?
My v key is locked up after I use the below snippet in my rc.lua file.
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Hotkey combinations are usually all pressed together at the same time.
I am using the function key Fn which works as a ...
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Filter mouse events
I'm facing this issue with my mouse. In my particular case the duplicate click events are less than 100ms after the genuine event. Is it possible for me to write an event filter for my display server ...
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Can't change my default terminal in AwesomeWM to Alacritty
I'm on Ubuntu 20.04/AwesomeWM trying to set the default terminal as Alacritty. I can run it in the terminal with the alacritty command and it pop-up on my screen with no problems, but when I change ...
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How to run scripts from Awesome Window Manager
I would like to run scripts with a shortcut the same way I can run apps like firefox.
I have a Dmenu script (called dmconf) that list all my configuration files, I've already make it executable and is ...
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Problem with mouse cursor in Ubuntu 20.04
My mouse pointer is changing to a semi-transparent box when it is in the dock. It is very annoying for me. Also the app icons has changed and there are no minimise and maximise buttons only the close ...
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No polkit authentication agent found in AwesomeWM
I have Ubuntu 20.04 installed on my computer, and recently I've abandoned Gnome in favor of AwesomeWM. I've since learned that a DE is much more fleshed-out than just using a WM, so I've had to rice ...
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How to jump to previous window in history in awesome wm?
I'm new to awesome wm and I would like to set a shortcut that brings me back to the previous window (in history) no matter if it's on the current tag, another tag or even on another screen (like Alt+...
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How to set a toggle keybinding in Awesome's rc.lua
I'm running AwesomeWM on top of Ubuntu 20.04. I'd like to set a shortcut to disable the trackpad. My computer comes with built-in functionality to do that, but I'd like to change it from what it ...
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How to set Awesome as the default WM in Ubuntu 20.04
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04. I just downloaded Awesome and I'd like to start running it by default. I tried to open Awesome on the command line and received the message E: awesome: main:772: another ...
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Awesome WM - Launch a terminal based app with a shortcut
What I want is to have a shortcut to initiate things like vifm, cmus, htop etc. These apps require being initiate from a terminal.
I know for create a shortcut in Awesome WM I should:
awful.key({ ...
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Awesome WM - Toggle Hide / Show Wibox
How can I implement a function so that pressing a key toggles between hiding & showing the wibox?
I've found this answer but either the code doesn't work anymore or I'm not implementing it right.
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Weird fonts in awesome window manager in arch linux
I installed awesome window manager on arch linux and started it with xinit. All fonts are appearing as weird boxes everywhere including the window manager title bars. Fonts inside programs like xterm ...
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`startx` starting wrong `xinitrc` file
I'm on a fresh Arch Linux installation, trying to get the awesome window manager to work.
I was setting up xinit/startx which I've done a hundred times before according to this guide, and went ...
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Spaces in tiling mode with urxvt in awesomewm
I use the terminal urxvt or rxvt-unicode, which feeds on .Xresources. This runs on an archlinux with awesomewm. I have the following .Xresources code:
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Arch + AwesomeWM Multimonitor xrandr configuration scaling issue
As the title suggests, I'm running Arch Linux with AwesomeWM, no Display Environment. It is running from my Dell XPS 13" 9370 with Dell's docking station WD15 to connect 2 Dell s2415h monitors. For ...
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Debian 10 - Commands stop working in console after laptop being on for a while
A couple times after waking my laptop up from sleep after I use it for around a minute all commands stop working and my firefox tabs give errors. When I type any commands in console they all give a ...
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How to remove need for hacks to run scrot with a keyboard shortcut?
I'd like to take screenshots with a keyboard shortcut using scrot --select. I tried adding the following to my rc.lua to use the PrintScr key for this purpose:
awful.key({}, "Print", function () ...
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awesome wm font issue
I have an awesome-copycats conf and since last Arch Linux update I have no more font on the topbar widget. Every single character is a square.
That is affecting taglist, clock and so on.
Basically ...
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How to configure a useable screen locker in Awesome+LightDM+NixOS?
I've been using Awesome+LightDM with the GTK greeter on Arch Linux for some years, and I'm in the process of moving to NixOS. One issue with this has been the screen locker. I've mapped Windows-l to ...
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Binding certain function keys (FN) to AwesomeWM breaks them until unbound
Using a Dell Inspiron 15 7580. Awesome is version 4.3
I check the name of my keys using xev. Pressing my volume keys return the usual results.
KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window ...
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XCompose is not updated for Urxvt when window manager starts
I am using awesome WM. When I start my window manager, I run setxkbmap -option compose:menu which has a ~/.XCompose with various extra definitions. Those work fine in Gvim, Firefox, Signal, and Slack (...
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change to a specific screen in awesome wm
Is it possible to switch to a specific screen via hotkeys in awesome wm (v4.0)?
Say you have screens DP-1-2, DP-2-2 and eDP-1. You now want to switch to screen DP-1-2 regardless of which screen you ...
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A shrug ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ in awesome key bindings
This is the code I currently have:
-- Silly shrug emoji.
awful.key({ modkey }, "F12",
function ()
awful.util.spawn("xdotool getactivewindow type '¯\\_(ツ)_/¯'", false)
end,
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How do I use ssh-agent as a wrapper program?
I'm trying to start awesome windows manager as a subprocess of ssh-agent. It worked when I used startx (ssh-agent startx). But now I'm trying to make it work under lightdm.
lightdm starts /usr/bin/...
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