AWESOME(1)

NAME
awesome - awesome window manager

SYNOPSIS
awesome [ -v | --version ] [ -h | --help ] [ -k | --check ] [ -s | --sync ] [ --config | -c configuration file ]

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 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. awesome 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/.awesomerc.

--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 awesome-menu to read manual pages.

Mod4 + F2
    Spawn awesome-menu to execute a program.

Mod4 + F3
    Spawn awesome-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 awesome.

Mod4 + Control + r
    Restart awesome.

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.

CUSTOMIZATION
awesome is customized by creating a custom $HOME/.awesomerc file.

SEE ALSO
awesomerc(5) awesome-menu(1) awesome-client(1) awesome-message(1)

BUGS
Of course there's no bug in awesome. 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: mailto:julien@danjou.info>

WWW
http://awesome.naquadah.org: http://awesome.naquadah.org