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AWESOME(1) | AWESOME(1) |
NAME¶
awesome - awesome window manager
SYNOPSIS¶
awesome [-v | --version] [-h | --help] [-c | --config FILE] [-k | --check] [--search DIRECTORY] [-a | --no-argb] [-r | *--replace]
DESCRIPTION¶
awesome is a window manager for X. It manages windows in different layouts, like floating or tiled. Any layout can be applied dynamically, optimizing the environment for the application in use and the task currently being performed.
In a tiled layout, windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master area contains the windows which currently need the most attention, whereas the stacking area contains all other windows. In a floating layout windows can be resized and moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed as floating, regardless of the layout currently applied. The spiral and dwindle layouts are special cases of the tiled layout where the stacking area is arranged in a spiral for the former or as a rectangular fractal for the later.
Windows are grouped by tags in awesome. Each window can be tagged with one or more tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
awesome can contain small wiboxes which can display anything you want: all available tags, the current layout, the title of the visible windows, text, etc.
OPTIONS¶
-v, --version
-h, --help
-c, --config FILE
-k, --check
--search
-a, --no-argb
-r, --replace
DEFAULT MOUSE BINDINGS¶
Navigation¶
Button1 on tag name
Button4, Button5 on tag name
Button4, Button5 on root window
Button1, Button3, Button4, Button5 on layout symbol
Layout modification¶
Mod4 + Button1 on tag name
Mod4 + Button3 on tag name
Button3 on tag name
Mod4 + Button1 on client window
Mod4 + Button3 on client window
DEFAULT KEY BINDINGS¶
Help¶
Mod4 + s
Window manager control¶
Mod4 + Control + r
Mod4 + Shift + q
Mod4 + r
Mod4 + x
Mod4 + Return
Mod4 + w
Clients¶
Mod4 + m
Mod4 + n
Mod4 + Control + n
Mod4 + f
Mod4 + Shift + c
Mod4 + t
Navigation¶
Mod4 + j
Mod4 + k
Mod4 + u
Mod4 + Left
Mod4 + Right
Mod4 + 1-9
Mod4 + Control + j
Mod4 + Control + k
Mod4 + Escape
Layout modification¶
Mod4 + Shift + j
Mod4 + Shift + k
Mod4 + o
Mod4 + h
Mod4 + l
Mod4 + Shift + h
Mod4 + Shift + l
Mod4 + Control + h
Mod4 + Control + l
Mod4 + space
Mod4 + Shift + space
Mod4 + Control + space
Mod4 + Control + Return
Mod4 + Control + 1-9
Mod4 + Shift + 1-9
Mod4 + Shift + Control + 1-9
CUSTOMIZATION¶
awesome is customized by creating a custom $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/awesome/rc.lua file.
SIGNALS¶
awesome can be restarted by sending it a SIGHUP.
SEE ALSO¶
BUGS¶
Of course there’s no bug in awesome. But there may be unexpected behaviors.
AUTHORS¶
Julien Danjou < <julien@danjou.info>> and others.
WWW¶
2021-08-16 |