RE: UPS Status [NUT]

2016-07-26 Thread David Sorkovsky
uot; provides (or do I write one) Wondering if there is a way to get Awesome to show system messages from a script as notifications Regards, Dave -Original Message- From: Aleksei Fedotov [mailto:l...@cfotr.com] Sent: Tuesday, 26 July 2016 11:01 PM To: David Sorkovsky <davidso

UPS Status [NUT]

2016-07-26 Thread David Sorkovsky
Hi All, Anyone display information on a UPS [I am using NUT to monitor it]? Wanted: Widget? Notification popup? Regards, Dave --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

RE: advice

2015-09-09 Thread David Sorkovsky
G'Day Ray, As a point of introduction, I use awesome for pretty much all the reasons you note and most have been answered, but I'd like to add that you need not be put off if you are NOT looking for a tiling window manager. I don't often use the advance features - I usually

RE: show a wibox with a timeout

2014-12-21 Thread David Sorkovsky
Are you aware of... naughty.notify({ title=Hi, text=Howdy, timeout = 3 }) -Original Message- From: cedlemo [mailto:cedl...@gmx.com] Sent: Sunday, 21 December 2014 1:04 AM To: awesome@naquadah.org Subject: show a wibox with a timeout Hi, I want to display a wibox (with my taglist)

RE: Remove titlebar in some applications (awesome 3.5)

2014-10-15 Thread David Sorkovsky
I'm still on the Ubuntu Server 14.04 package version of Awesome (3.4.15), but for what it's worth... I used to do this (may work for you)... cut client.add_signal(manage, function (c, startup) cut if not startup then -- Test

RE: Automatically open processes on startup

2014-10-05 Thread David Sorkovsky
Have you considered Rules? Default rc.lua - Note the firefox entry. -- {{{ Rules awful.rules.rules = { -- All clients will match this rule. { rule = { }, properties = { border_width = beautiful.border_width, border_color = beautiful.border_normal,

Command to get current window to fill screen area while in floating layout

2014-09-27 Thread David Sorkovsky
Hi All, I'm looking for a command to get the current window [with a title bar] to fill the screen area [below the tray] while in a floating layout?

RE: Command to get current window to fill screen area while in floating layout

2014-09-27 Thread David Sorkovsky
That was it - can't believe I missed it - thanks! _ From: William Tomlinson [mailto:watomlin...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, 27 September 2014 11:58 PM To: David Sorkovsky Cc: awesome Subject: Re: Command to get current window to fill screen area while in floating layout On Sep 27

RE: Awesome Menu Applicaions

2014-09-14 Thread David Sorkovsky
Categorized / Grouped? Here's part of mine... MythTVMenu ={ { Play, mythfrontend }, { Stop, sudo stop mythtv-backend }, { Start, sudo start

RE: Windows opening on wrong screen

2014-09-02 Thread David Sorkovsky
Hi Andre, I also had a lot of trouble getting my system just right. I did lots of playing with xorg.conf and with two screens from the built in graphics controller of my CPU and this is my final config (two monitors but just one screen)... Section Monitor Identifier

RE: can't get to run skype

2014-08-10 Thread David Sorkovsky
Hi Yuri, I also found issues with Skype not logging in - I updated to the latest and it has worked cleanly since. It seems that your version is the latest, so only think I can suggest is removing it (possibly installing an older one) and then re-installing. Regards Dave _ From:

RE: movetoscreen - still not having much luck...

2014-02-23 Thread David Sorkovsky
2 2012 18:39:18 for x86_64 by gcc version 4.6.3 (buildd@crested) • D-Bus support: ✔ -Original Message- From: David Sorkovsky [mailto:davidsorkov...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, 21 February 2014 7:02 PM To: awesome@naquadah.org Cc: 'Maxim Bulatov' Subject: RE: movetoscreen G'Day Maxim

RE: movetoscreen - still not having much luck...

2014-02-23 Thread David Sorkovsky
much luck... Hi, On 23.02.2014 09:13, David Sorkovsky wrote: [...] Dual monitors both working well with Awesome - like the independence, but sometimes I use the RHS for my laptop and want to move apps to the LHS at that time. Wondering if there is something I needed to setup in Awesome

RE: movetoscreen

2014-02-21 Thread David Sorkovsky
] Sent: Friday, 21 February 2014 1:05 PM To: David Sorkovsky Subject: Re: movetoscreen I had same problem with separated screen. I could not move mouse between screens. Solution was easier to reconfigure xorg. Now, I have one big virtual screen from two videocards in system and two screen on the awesome

movetoscreen

2014-02-20 Thread David Sorkovsky
I'm not having much luck with... awful.key({ modkey, }, o, awful.client.movetoscreen ), awful.key({ modkey, Shift }, F1, function (c) awful.client.movetoscreen(c, 1) end), awful.key({ modkey, Shift }, F2, function (c) awful.client.movetoscreen(c, 2) end), All that

RE: remmina in awesone - Different behaviour for RDP of Windows XP and Windows 7

2013-02-13 Thread David Sorkovsky
i'm on my phone, and it doesn't support mailing lists. Cheers --- Original message --- From: David Sorkovsky davidsorkov...@hotmail.com To: Sent: 11.2.'13, 12:02 Hi All, I've been using an Windows XP Virtual Machine for quite a while now. I run it headless and access

remmina in awesone - Different behaviour for RDP of Windows XP and Windows 7

2013-02-11 Thread David Sorkovsky
Hi All, I’ve been using an Windows XP Virtual Machine for quite a while now. I run it headless and access it through RDP using remmina, running in Awesome – All great – Especially that when I put remmina into “full screen mode” as it uses the entire display, completely covering the tray.

Skype / Tray Status Icon

2013-01-09 Thread David Sorkovsky
Hi All, A quick question - Yesterday I had an icon in my tray for Skype [ie: minimized], now today it has gone (but the main process is definitely running) - Anyone seen this or have any suggestions on what I do to get it back? PS: Using Ubuntu Server [12.04.1] with awesome from the ubuntu

RE: [ANNOUNCE] awesome 3.5-rc1 released (was: [ANNOUNCE] awesome 3.4-rc1 released)

2012-11-25 Thread David Sorkovsky
Thanks for you constant effort - it is greatly appreciated! Regards, David -Original Message- From: Uli Schlachter [mailto:psyc...@znc.in] Sent: Sunday, 25 November 2012 1:48 AM To: awesome-devel list; awesome Subject: [ANNOUNCE] awesome 3.5-rc1 released (was: [ANNOUNCE]

RE: [ANNOUNCE] awesome 3.5-rc1 released (was: [ANNOUNCE] awesome 3.4-rc1 released)

2012-11-25 Thread David Sorkovsky
Thanks for you constant effort - it is greatly appreciated! Regards, David -Original Message- From: Uli Schlachter [mailto:psyc...@znc.in] Sent: Sunday, 25 November 2012 1:48 AM To: awesome-devel list; awesome Subject: [ANNOUNCE] awesome 3.5-rc1 released (was: [ANNOUNCE]

RE: What should titlebars be like? (was: Release next major version - how bad could it be?)

2012-10-21 Thread David Sorkovsky
on the titlebar to drag a floating window is my most common action. Regards Dave David Sorkovsky +61 468 478 438 Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 20:47:16 +0200 From: psyc...@znc.in To: awesome@naquadah.org Subject: What should titlebars be like? (was: Release next major version - how bad could

RE: Any key binding to collapse the a menu?

2012-07-28 Thread David Sorkovsky
Awesome Bryan - Thanks! I've updated my rc.lua with it just so that I can simply press escape to close the menu! Cursor keys work as well, but the escape key was the one I really wanted ;-) One minor change though - It worked better for me without the following line...

RE: change gnome-sound-applet icon in awesome

2012-07-17 Thread David Sorkovsky
), button({ }, 5, function () myvolume.down() end), button({ }, 1, function () myvolume.toggle() end) }) myvolume.update() David Sorkovsky

RE: Installing awesome from git under Ubuntu precise?

2012-06-09 Thread David Sorkovsky
So: But how can I use my new installation? I could specify the path to the new awesome in the xsessions file to start it, but I assume that awesome-client will then be the one installed system wide? If you want to switch between different versions, you could simply place links in the default

RE: Restore the Ctrl-Alt-Enter behaviour when using rdesktop

2012-05-29 Thread David Sorkovsky
Same as Will, I use Remina with little to no problem ;-) Regards Dave David Sorkovsky home: +61 2 9945 3800 office: +61 2 9491 5255 mobile: +61 409 162 963 Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 09:26:51 -0500 Subject: Re: Restore the Ctrl-Alt-Enter behaviour when using rdesktop From: willru

RE: Who is interested in

2012-05-14 Thread David Sorkovsky
Being on this mailing list, I see awesome ideas being discussed and awesome help going out from some truely awesome people, but as with any community, there are always those who disparage, berate, belittle, etc. IMHO the Awesome Window Manager [AwesomeWM ;-)] would be much more awesome if

RE: Awesome - The name!

2012-03-07 Thread David Sorkovsky
Hi Alexander, While I understand your comment, I must say that there is a lot more out there than your (a) (b) and (no disrespect intended) the awesome wiki is not so awesome :-( I have spent MANY hours searching for other snippets of information and they are what allowed me to get through

RE: awesome session via VNC and mod4 key

2012-03-06 Thread David Sorkovsky
to full-screen Regards Dave David Sorkovsky home: +61 2 9945 3800 office: +61 2 9491 5255 mobile: +61 409 162 963 Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 20:34:47 +0200 From: ale...@alexey-kv.info To: awesome@naquadah.org Subject: awesome session via VNC and mod4 key Hello, I'm using awesome

Awesome - The name!

2012-03-06 Thread David Sorkovsky
to hear! Regards Dave David Sorkovsky home: +61 2 9945 3800 office: +61 2 9491 5255 mobile: +61 409 162 963

RE: awesome in Linux Action Show S04E20

2012-01-30 Thread David Sorkovsky
I agree - thanks for sharing the video link - was good to see! 100% agree that awesome is a perfect low memory, powerful GUI for a server and the customization is lovely - could have a few better getting started guides/tutorials, but once you take the lid off, it isn't that hard! I have even

Stop new windows covering the wibox [floating layout]

2012-01-20 Thread David Sorkovsky
I'm thought there was a question about this a short while ago and I had the same desire - Here's what I did to fulfil my needs... Find the following section... -- Signals -- Signal function to execute when a new client appears. client.add_signal(manage, function (c,