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NAME

       awesome - awesome window manager

SYNOPSIS

       awesome [-v | --version] [-h | --help] [-c | --config FILE] [-k |
       --check]

DESCRIPTION

       awesome is a window manager for X. It manages windows in different
       layouts, like floating or tiled. Either layout can be applied
       dynamically, optimizing the environment for the application in use and
       the task performed.

       In tiled layout, windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The
       master area contains the windows which currently need most attention,
       whereas the stacking area contains all other windows. In floating
       layout windows can be resized and moved freely. Dialog windows are
       always managed floating, regardless of the layout applied. The spiral
       and dwindle layout 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. Each window can be tagged with one or
       multiple 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 layout, the title of the visible windows, a
       text, etc.

OPTIONS

       -v, --version
           Print version information to standard output, then exit.

       -h, --help
           Print help information, then exit.

       -c, --config FILE
           Use an alternate configuration file instead of
           $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/awesome/rc.lua.

       -k, --check
           Check configuration file syntax.

DEFAULT MOUSE BINDINGS

   Navigation
       Button1 on tag name
           View tag.

       Button4, Button5 on tag name
           Switch to previous or next tag.

       Button4, Button5 on root window
           Switch to previous or next tag.

       Button1, Button3, Button4, Button5 on layout symbol
           Switch to previous or next layout.

   Layout modification
       Mod4 \+ Button1 on tag name
           Tag current client with this tag only.

       Mod4 \+ Button3 on tag name
           Toggle this tag for client.

       Button3 on tag name
           Add this tag to current view.

       Mod4 \+ Button1 on client window
           Move window.

       Mod4 \+ Button3 on client window
           Resize window.

DEFAULT KEY BINDINGS

   Window manager control
       Mod4 \+ Control \+ r
           Restart awesome.

       Mod4 \+ Shift \+ q
           Quit awesome.

       Mod4 \+ r
           Run prompt.

       Mod4 \+ x
           Run Lua code prompt.

       Mod4 \+ Return
           Spawn terminal emulator.

       Mod4 \+ w
           Open main menu.

   Clients
       Mod4 \+ Shift \+ r
           Redraw the focused window.

       Mod4 \+ m
           Maximize client.

       Mod4 \+ f
           Set client fullscreen.

       Mod4 \+ Shift \+ c
           Kill focused client.

       Mod4 \+ t
           Mark a client.

   Navigation
       Mod4 \+ j
           Focus next client.

       Mod4 \+ k
           Focus previous client.

       Mod4 \+ u
           Focus first urgent client.

       Mod4 \+ Left
           View previous tag.

       Mod4 \+ Right
           View next tag.

       Mod4 \+ 1-9
           Switch to tag 1-9.

       Mod4 \+ Control \+ j
           Focus next screen.

       Mod4 \+ Control \+ k
           Focus previous screen.

       Mod4 \+ Escape
           Focus previously selected tag set.

   Layout modification
       Mod4 \+ Shift \+ j
           Switch client with next client.

       Mod4 \+ Shift \+ k
           Switch client with previous client.

       Mod4 \+ o
           Send client to next screen.

       Mod4 \+ h
           Decrease master width factor by 5%.

       Mod4 \+ l
           Increase master width factor by 5%.

       Mod4 \+ Shift \+ h
           Increase number of master windows by 1.

       Mod4 \+ Shift \+ l
           Decrease number of master windows by 1.

       Mod4 \+ Control \+ h
           Increase number of columns for non-master windows by 1.

       Mod4 \+ Control \+ l
           Decrease number of columns for non-master windows by 1.

       Mod4 \+ space
           Switch to next layout.

       Mod4 \+ Shift \+ space
           Switch to previous layout.

       Mod4 \+ Control \+ space
           Toggle client floating status.

       Mod4 \+ Control \+ Return
           Swap focused client with master.

       Mod4 \+ Control \+ 1-9
           Toggle tag view.

       Mod4 \+ Shift \+ 1-9
           Tag client with tag.

       Mod4 \+ Shift \+ Control \+ 1-9
           Toggle tag on client.

       Mod4 \+ Shift \+ F1-9
           Tag marked clients with tag.

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

       awesomerc(5) awesome-client(1)

BUGS

       Of course there’s no bug in awesome. But there may be unexpected
       behaviors.

       Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw gray
       windows only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in
       recent JDK 1.5 and early JDK 1.6 versions because it assumes a
       reparenting window manager. As a workaround you can use JDK 1.4 (which
       doesn’t contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend), or you can set the
       following environment variable (to use the older Motif backend
       instead): AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit

AUTHORS

       Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info[1]> and others.

WWW

       http://awesome.naquadah.org

NOTES

        1. julien@danjou.info
           mailto:julien@danjou.info

[FIXME: source]                   09/23/2009                        AWESOME(1)