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|Summary=A dynamic floating and tiling window manager. | |Summary=A dynamic floating and tiling window manager. | ||
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|Maintainer= | |Maintainer= | ||
|Homepage=http://awesome.naquadah.org/ | |Homepage=http://awesome.naquadah.org/ | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | Awesome is a highly configurable window manager. It handles both tiling and floating layouts. | + | == About Awesome == |
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| + | Awesome is a highly configurable window manager. It handles both '''tiling and floating''' layouts. You can go into a '''fine-grained customization''' to suit your needs with '''Lua scripting'''. | ||
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| + | === Vocabulary === | ||
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| + | ;Screen: A physical monitor plugged into your computer. | ||
| + | ;Client: A window. | ||
| + | ;Tag: A tag is something like a workspace or a desktop that you may find in other window managers. However, it is slightly more flexible as you can attach a ''client'' to multiple tags. Moreover, each ''screen'' has its own range of tags. | ||
== USE flags == | == USE flags == | ||
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| gnome || Enables you to use awesome as gnome's window manager (See. [http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Quickly_Setting_up_Awesome_with_Gnome Quickly Setting up Awesome with Gnome]) | | gnome || Enables you to use awesome as gnome's window manager (See. [http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Quickly_Setting_up_Awesome_with_Gnome Quickly Setting up Awesome with Gnome]) | ||
|} | |} | ||
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| + | == Installation == | ||
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| + | == Configuration == | ||
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About Awesome
Awesome is a highly configurable window manager. It handles both tiling and floating layouts. You can go into a fine-grained customization to suit your needs with Lua scripting.
Vocabulary
- Screen
- A physical monitor plugged into your computer.
- Client
- A window.
- Tag
- A tag is something like a workspace or a desktop that you may find in other window managers. However, it is slightly more flexible as you can attach a client to multiple tags. Moreover, each screen has its own range of tags.
USE flags
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| dbus | Enables awesome to receive signals from dbus (eg. to trigger events on hotplug) |
| doc | Downloads extra documentation |
| gnome | Enables you to use awesome as gnome's window manager (See. Quickly Setting up Awesome with Gnome) |
Installation
Configuration
