demo-config-awesome-github-master

demo-config-awesome-github-master

Spec

• keybind
• mousebind

Tool

• run-awesome-on-xephyr

Prepare

Install awesome

to install [Package: build-essential]

sudo apt-get install build-essential

to install build-dep package for compile awesome.

sudo apt build-dep awesome

to clone awesome from github

git clone https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome.git

to build

cd awesome
make

to build package

make package

to install deb (Ubuntu 18.04)

sudo dpkg -i build/*.deb

to install xsession desktop entry

sudo install -m 644 /usr/local/share/xsessions/awesome.desktop /usr/share/xsessions/awesome.desktop

Install xserver-xephyr

to install [Package: xserver-xephyr].

sudo apt-get install xserver-xephyr

Start Test

run

bin/dev.sh

Reference

• Lua 5.3 Reference Manual / 6 – Standard Libraries / 6.3 – Modules
• /usr/local/etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua
• https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome#building-and-installation
• https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome#debian-based

Find themes

run

ls /usr/local/share/awesome/themes/ -1

show

default
gtk
sky
xresources
zenburn

Version

run

awesome -v

show

awesome v4.3-655-g67672bf5-dirty (Too long)
 • Compiled against Lua 5.3.3 (running with Lua 5.3)
 • D-Bus support: yes
 • xcb-errors support: no
 • execinfo support: yes
 • xcb-randr version: 1.6
 • LGI version: 0.9.2