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Awesome on Arch Linux


Install

# pacman -S awesome
# pacman -S terminator
# pacman -S firefox
# pacman -S gvim
# su - chad
$ echo "exec awesome" > ~/.xinitrc
$ mkdir -p ~/.config/awesome/
$ cp /etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua ~/.config/awesome/
// modify value of "terminal" from "xterm" to "terminator" in ~/.config/awesome/rc.lua
$ startx

Or:

# pacman -S awesome guake chromium gvim
...

Frequently Used Shortcuts

M-r: run command M-: run terminal defined in ~/.config/awesome/rc.lua M-: change to next layout M-Shift-c: close window M-Ctrl-r: reload awesome config Alt-: full screen

Ref: awesome in arch linux; some frequently used shortcuts;



Published

Jun 22, 2014

Last Updated

Jun 22, 2014

Category

Tech

Tags

  • archlinux 20
  • awesome 2
  • window manager 4

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