AWESOME2(1)AWESOME2(1)NAMEawesome2 - awesome2 window manager
SYNOPSISawesome2 [ -v | --version ] [ -h | --help ] [ -k | --check ] [ -s |
--sync ] [ --config | -c configuration file ]
DESCRIPTIONawesome2 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.
awesome2 contains a small status bar which displays all available tags,
the layout, the title of the focused window, and a status text. A
floating window is indicated with an empty circle and a maximized
floating window is indicated with a circle square before the windows
title. The selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags
of the focused window are indicated with a filled square in the top
left corner. The tags which are applied to one or more windows are
indicated with an empty square in the top left corner. awesome2 can
draw a small border around windows to indicate the focus state.
OPTIONS-v | --version
Print version information to standard output, then exit.
-h | --help
Print help information, then exit.
--config | -c
Use an alternate configuration file instead of $HOME/.awesome2rc.
--check | -k
Check configuration file syntax.
--sync | -s
Enable X11 synchronization mode. All X11 calls will be
synchronized, so you can break on exit to retrieve a backtrace of X
errors.
DEFAULTS MOUSE BINDINGS
Button1 on tag name
View tag.
Mod4 + Button1 on tag name
Tag current client with this tag.
Button3 on tag name
Add this tag to current view.
Mod4 + Button3 on tag name
Toggle this tag for client.
Button4, Button5 on tag name
Switch to previous or next tag.
Button1, Button3, Button4, Button5 on layout symbol
Switch to previous or next layout.
Button4, Button5 on root window
Switch to previous or next tag.
Mod4 + Button1 on client window
Move window.
Mod4 + Button2 on client window
Zoom window.
Mod4 + Button3 on client window
Resize window.
DEFAULTS KEY BINDINGS
Mod4 + F1
Spawn awesome2-menu to read manual pages.
Mod4 + F2
Spawn awesome2-menu to execute a program.
Mod4 + F3
Spawn awesome2-menu to ssh to an host.
Mod4 + Return
Spawn terminal emulator.
Mod4 + space
Switch to next layout.
Mod4 \+ Shift \+ space
Switch to previous layout.
Mod4 + b
Toggle statusbar.
Mod4 + j
Focus next client.
Mod4 + k
Focus previous client.
Mod4 \+ Shift \+ j
Switch client with next client.
Mod4 \+ Shift \+ k
Switch client with previous client.
Mod4 \+ Control \+ j
Focus next screen.
Mod4 \+ Control \+ k
Focus previous 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 + Escape
View previously selected tag.
Mod4 + Left
View previous tag.
Mod4 + Right
View next tag.
Mod4 + m
Set client maximized.
Mod4 \+ Control \+ Return
Zoom client.
Mod4 \+ Control \+ space
Set client floating.
Mod4 \+ Shift \+ c
Kill client.
Mod4 \+ Shift \+ q
Quit awesome2.
Mod4 \+ Control \+ r
Restart awesome2.
Mod4 + 0-9
Switch to tag 1-9, 0 for all.
Mod4 \+ Control \+ 0-9
Toggle tag view.
Mod4 \+ Shift \+ 0-9
Tag client with tag.
Mod4 \+ Shift \+ Control \+ 0-9
Toggle tag on client.
CUSTOMIZATIONawesome2 is customized by creating a custom $HOME/.awesome2rc file.
SEE ALSOawesome2rc(5)awesome2-menu(1)awesome2-client(1)awesome2-message(1)BUGS
Of course there’s no bug in awesome2. But there may be unexpected
behaviours.
Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey
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]>
WWW
http://awesome2.naquadah.org
NOTES
1. julien@danjou.info
mailto:julien@danjou.info
02/19/2016 AWESOME2(1)
