awesome is a dynamic window manager for the X Window System developed in the C and Lua programming languages. Lua is also used for configuring and extending the window manager.
Questions tagged [awesome-wm]
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Awesome WM: Move window from one screen to another
How can I program the rc.lua file to enable a keyboard shortcut to move a window from one tag on one screen to a tag that is on a different screen? I know the modkey + shift + [tag number] shortcut, but that moves the window only to a different tag…
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How to remove title bar in awesome window manager ver >4
I've recently upgraded my machine, and am now at awesome version 4.x. There is now a titlebar of sorts with close, ontop, floating, maximized, etc... buttons on right. Can I get rid of this? What config would I use to have this be universally…
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Resizing Window Vertically
EDIT: this question/answer is from 2013, back when Awesome was still on version 3.4/3.5, a lot has changed since then as Awesome was rewritten in version 4+ and what you see here may be different now. I'm adding this disclaimer because I'm seeing…
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Setting windows layout for a specific application in awesome-wm
How to config awesome so it would start new application with two windows aligned like this:
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|xxxxxxxxxx####|
|xxxxxxxxxx####|
|xxxxxxxxxx####|
|xxxxxxxxxx####|
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where "x" is for example conversation window in pidgin…
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awesome: alt+tab just switches between two apps
I've just installed awesome as my wm. When I do alt+tab using awesome, it just switch two apps, it's not possible to get active the others..any idea?
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Awesome WM: what do the icons of the title bar mean?
can someone tell me what is the meaning of the icons in the title bar? A rocket, a plus, a star.. Im very curious.
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What is the name of "Fn" key for Awesome wm?
For example:
awful.key({"Shift", }, "Left", volwidget.down)
How to find out what to write instead of "Shift" to use "Fn" key?
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How can I fix a Java-GUI-program (swing), that it works with awesome-wm?
The swing-UI of Java-programs doesn't work perfectly together with the awesome-wm. awesome is a window-manager for UNIX, that automatically resizes program-windows, and the Swing-UI doesn't recognize these resizes correctly. I don't care if awesome…
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Plus symbol in task bar
What does the "+" Symbol in the task bar mean? This is a screenshot with the "+".
It happens, that the clients with a "+" do not tile when opening another client. The "+" disappears, when maximizing the client, but then it does not tile either.
Any…
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Awesome WM: terminal window doesn't take full space
I use Awesome as my WM and I don't know how to make my terminal window take full tiling space on my screen. My resolution is 1366x768.
user4511836
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Open programs to active/selected screen in Awesome WM
I've been using Awesome WM with a dual-screen setup for a while now but I cannot figure out how to configure awesome so that when I open a program, it gets opened on the currently active/selected screen. For now, all programs get started on my…
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How to retrieve current tag name in awesome wm?
I am looking to replace the tag list in awesome WM with a simple text box that only displays the name of the current tag. I have tried to create a textbox that contains the following code:
mytagbox = widget({ type = "textbox" })
mytagbox.text =…
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How to keep sticky window from always getting focus in awesome wm
In the awesome window manager the focused window of a tag regains its focus when switching back and forth between tags, i.e. by pressing Mod+[Number] or selecting them in the top bar.
Now when a window is marked as sticky, it will get the focus…
bodo
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Always-on-top window and keeping focus, on AwesomeWM
I am running a script which creates and closes several windows, hence, I added to my rc.lua a way to keep the window where I am working always on top:
awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "space",
function(c)
awful.client.floating.toggle()
c.ontop =…
Alejandro DC
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awesome-wm external monitor and laptop
I use awesome wm with an external monitor on my laptop but sometimes I move and take the laptop only.
My question is: what happens with the clients opened in the external monitor when I disconnect it to move the laptop?
Is there a way to make…
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