awesome/awesomerc.5.txt
Julien Danjou 25b22a7cb9 [doc] Add autogeneration of options documentation
Signed-off-by: Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
2008-03-27 16:48:52 +01:00

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awesomerc(5)
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NAME
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awesomerc - Configuration file for the 'awesome window manager'
SYNOPSIS
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<section> [title]
{
<option> = <value>
<section> [title]
{
<option> = <value>
...
}
...
}
<option> = <value>
include(file.conf)
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DESCRIPTION
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The *awesomerc* file contains configuration informations for *awesome*. It can
be used to configure the behaviour and look of awesome in a variety of ways.
It is read at startup.
OPTIONS
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*awesomerc* contains 5 global sections: *screen*, *rules*, *keys*, *mouse* and *menu* which
are described here.
All this sections contain options which may be string, integer, float, or even sections again.
include::optsdocgen.txt[]
UICB FUNCTIONS
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In awesome, a lot of *functions* are available. These functions are called
uicb (User Interface Call Backs). Each function can be bound to a key shortcut
or a mouse button.
include::uicbdocgen.txt[]
EXAMPLES
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More examples are available on awesome's wiki:
http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/
Simple textbox example
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1. Add an include directive into ~/.awesomerc
screen 0 { include(~/.awesome/bottom-status-bar) }
2. Create ~/.awesome/bottom-status-bar
statusbar "bottom"
{
position = "bottom"
textbox "clock" { }
}
3. Check the configuration file for errors
$ awesome -k
Configuration file OK.
Note: If you see anything other than "Configuration file OK." you have a
typo somewhere.
4. Create ~/bin/awesome-clock
#!/bin/sh
while true
do
echo "0 widget_tell clock text `date`"
echo "" # an empty line flushes data inside awesome
sleep 1
done | awesome-client
Note: What we're saying is "awesome-client, tell widget 'clock' to set
it's 'text' property to date's output".
5. Make your ~/bin/awesome-clock executable
$ chmod a+x ~/bin/awesome-clock
6. Modify ~/.xinitrc
~/bin/awesome-clock &
exec awesome
7. Restart awesome
8. If your didn't get what you were expecting, take a look at
~/.xsession-errors or the terminal where X got started.
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Simple progressbar example
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1. Add an include directive into ~/.awesomerc
screen 0 { include(~/.awesome/bottom-status-bar) }
2. Create ~/.awesome/bottom-status-bar
progressbar diskusage
{
data "disk"
{
bordercolor = "#006e96"
bg = "#000000"
fg = "#ff0000"
fg_center = "#daaf0a"
fg_end = "#00ff00"
}
width = 100
align = "left"
}
3. Check the configuration file for errors
$ awesome -k
Configuration file OK.
Note: If you see anything other than "Configuration file OK," you have a
typo somewhere.
4. Create ~/bin/awesome-diskusage
#!/bin/sh
while true; do
usage = `df /dev/sda5 | awk '/\/dev\/sda5/ { print 100-$5 }'`
echo "0 widget_tell diskusage data disk ${usage}"
echo "" # an empty line flushes data inside awesome
sleep 600;
done | awesome-client
Note: What we're saying is "awesome-client, tell widget 'diskusage' to
set it's 'data' property named 'disk' to ${usage}."
5. Make ~/bin/awesome-diskusage executable
$ chmod a+x ~/bin/awesome-diskusage
6. Modify ~/.xinitrc
~/bin/awesome-diskusage &
exec awesome
7. Restart awesome
8. If your didn't get what you were expecting, take a look at
~/.xsession-errors or the terminal where X got started.
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SEE ALSO
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awesome(1) awesome-client(1) awesome-menu(1) awesome-message(1)
AUTHORS
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This man page was written by Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>, Marco Candrian <mac@calmar.ws>
and Chris Ciulla <chris.ciulla@gmail.com> (Simple Examples).
WWW
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http://awesome.naquadah.org