Re: [newbie] Trying to try awesome

If you use the gnome-awesome session and not the pure xsession,, then awesome quit will just hang. You must replace that command with gnome-session-quit --no-prompt --force. Regards Mohan Sundaram Mobile mail, please pardon autocomplete /autoreplace typos On Jun 8, 2014 6:06 AM, "Mohan Sundaram"

Re: [newbie] Trying to try awesome

If you read the wiki section on installing awesome on Ubuntu, you will see that session entries have to be made. Once you do them, they opting will open in the log in guitar screen. Ubuntu repository has 3.4 version and installing from there creates the session entries. I installed from packaged d

[newbie] Trying to try awesome

Hello, I am new to tiling window managers and I would like to try out awesome. 1. I installed it on my computer running Ubuntu 13.10 32-bit, but I don't see awesome in the list of desktop environments on the login screen. What did I do wrong? 2. Would you recommend installing from repositories

Re: newbie on lua ask for a simple implement to display some words on widget.

=> On [2012-06-16 16:40:07 +0200]: Zsolt Udvari Said: > > I solved it now. > This wasn't hard, yes? :) Yes, right. Now I think rc.lua is not that hard. -- [ stardiviner ] ^^&^^ {I hate all of you ! Leave me alone} IRC(freenode): stardiviner \\ Twitter: @numbchild \\ GnuPG Key fingerprint

Re: newbie on lua ask for a simple implement to display some words on widget.

> I solved it now. This wasn't hard, yes? :) Zsolt > here is the result: > >mytextword = widget({ type = "textbox" }) >-- mytextword.text = "" .. ccyan .. "九州 - 海上牧云记 >> " .. coldef .. cred .. > " 牧云笙 " .. coldef .. "" > >statements_file = io.open(configdir .. "/statements.txt", "r")

Re: newbie on lua ask for a simple implement to display some words on widget.

=> On [2012-06-16 15:05:13 +0200]: Zsolt Udvari Said: > > line = statements_file.read(statements_file) > Hm, the linked example was wrong? Check: http://www.lua.org/pil/21.1.html > If you want read only one line: > line = statements_file.read("*line") I solved it now. here is the result: myt

Re: newbie on lua ask for a simple implement to display some words on widget.

> line = statements_file.read(statements_file) Hm, the linked example was wrong? Check: http://www.lua.org/pil/21.1.html If you want read only one line: line = statements_file.read("*line") -- To unsubscribe, send mail to awesome-unsubscr...@naquadah.org.

Re: newbie on lua ask for a simple implement to display some words on widget.

=> On [2012-06-16 09:32:15 +0200]: Zsolt Udvari Said: > First: > - try write your algorithm in a plain lua (without awesome): you can > open a file with io.open and can read with f:read() - see: > http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=u110/boring > - if you want run it hourly, you'll need

Re: newbie on lua ask for a simple implement to display some words on widget.

First: - try write your algorithm in a plain lua (without awesome): you can open a file with io.open and can read with f:read() - see: http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=u110/boring - if you want run it hourly, you'll need timer: http://awesome.naquadah.org/doc/api/modules/timer.html and

newbie on lua ask for a simple implement to display some words on widget.

I do not know Lua, (actually I read a little Lua syntax already. But I do not know how to write this in rc.lua) I hope someone can implement this for me. I want to display a statement on the widget. This statement will change per 1 hour. Those statement can be read from a file, or stored in a arra

Re: newbie question about lua, tagging and getting it do to what I want

in one single word 'awesome' On 03/05/12 16:34, Can Altıparmak wrote: > Hi Jorge, > From what I understand, you only want to cycle through "non empty" > tags. Easiest way would be, repeating until a non-empty tag is > selected. > > awful.key({ modkey, }, "Left", function() > repeat awful.tag.v

Re: newbie question about lua, tagging and getting it do to what I want

Hi Jorge, >From what I understand, you only want to cycle through "non empty" tags. Easiest way would be, repeating until a non-empty tag is selected. awful.key({ modkey, }, "Left", function() repeat awful.tag.viewprev() until next(awful.tag.selected(mouse.screen):clients()) end ), awful.k

newbie question about lua, tagging and getting it do to what I want

Hi there, Can anyone help me with a small change I want to do on my rc.lua ? I have configured awesome so that it only lists my active tags, [1][2][3].[9] <--- skype usually runs on tag9 162 -- Create a taglist widget 163 mytaglist[s] = awful.widget.taglist(s, awful.widget.taglist.la

Re: newbie-problem: nm-applet recognizes access-points, won't connect

Hi, thank you for you help! Things work just fine with the nm-applet right now, and i will put most of my time into wrapping my mind around lua-coding the next weeks. I'll E-Mail you if i want to try an alternative to the network-manager. Greetings, Levent On 02.03.2012 14:36, Wayne Werner wro

Re: newbie-problem: nm-applet recognizes access-points, won't connect

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 2:42 AM, Michal Sojka wrote: > On Wed, 29 Feb 2012, Levent S.B. wrote: > > Hello altogether! > > Longing to get away from the graphical overload of standard ubuntu, i > > have finally decided to set up a minimal installation of oneiric-ocelot > > 64 bit with awesome as wind

Re: newbie-problem: nm-applet recognizes access-points, won't connect

On Wed, 29 Feb 2012, Levent S.B. wrote: > Hello altogether! > Longing to get away from the graphical overload of standard ubuntu, i > have finally decided to set up a minimal installation of oneiric-ocelot > 64 bit with awesome as window-manager. > So far i'm very pleased working with it, i'm jus

Re: newbie-problem: nm-applet recognizes access-points, won't connect

Hi Alexander, i'm running awesome 3.4.10-1, installed from the ubuntu 11.10 amd64 repos on an ubuntu 11.10 64-bit minimal installation. As i wrote in my last mail (i hope you got it?), i can access the menu by running sudo nm-connection-manager (without sudo it opens as well, but i'm not allowe

Re: newbie-problem: nm-applet recognizes access-points, won't connect

On 03/01/2012 09:05 AM, Levent S.B. wrote: Hi Hartmut, first of all, thanks for your reply! I guess i have to save the „runeonce“ code as a new library in /usr/share/awesome/lib? I did this, added the code you provided at the end of my rc.lua but got no effect save the tags in the panel appeare

Re: newbie-problem: nm-applet recognizes access-points, won't connect

Hi again, you don't need to bother anymore, i just solved the problem. I don't know if this is a bug, but it seems to be an issue with the rights administration. If i run nm-connection-editor with root permission i get the necessary menu with the option to enter my wlan-password. Strange enough

Re: newbie-problem: nm-applet recognizes access-points, won't connect

Hi Hartmut, first of all, thanks for your reply! I guess i have to save the „runeonce“ code as a new library in /usr/share/awesome/lib? I did this, added the code you provided at the end of my rc.lua but got no effect save the tags in the panel appeared twice. Sorry if i seem a bit clumsy, mayb

Re: newbie-problem: nm-applet recognizes access-points, won't connect

Hi, I did the same: Installed Ubuntu, ran gnome and installed awesome. In Gnome, I could access the nm-applet. Same in awesome, providing this in the rc.lua local r = require("runonce") r.run("nm-applet") r.run("gnome-power-manager") r.run("dropbox start -i") r.run("/usr/lib/gnome-disk-utility/gd

newbie-problem: nm-applet recognizes access-points, won't connect

Hello altogether! Longing to get away from the graphical overload of standard ubuntu, i have finally decided to set up a minimal installation of oneiric-ocelot 64 bit with awesome as window-manager. So far i'm very pleased working with it, i'm just not very experienced with configuring the syst

Re: Several newbie questions about awesome

hej folks, sorry for the late answer, i wanted to thank everyone for the help given me with this new window manager :) cheers, mike Am 23.05.2010 09:53, schrieb Duflot Jean-Luc: > Hi, > > You made the good choice : awesome is a very good window manager, > versatile, powerful, efficient and light

Re: Several newbie questions about awesome

2010/5/23 Tomás Solar Castro : > El Sun, 23 May 2010 00:26:38 +0200 > Javier Barroso escribió: >> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Mike wrote: >> >> > hello list, >> > >> > since several days i am using awesome, and i am like it pretty much. >> > however there are some functionalities i am missin

Re: Several newbie questions about awesome

Hi, You made the good choice : awesome is a very good window manager, versatile, powerful, efficient and light. But it suppose to work a little bit to configure it exaclty as you want. 1. A simple trick : man awesome . It gives all keyboard shortcuts and mouse commands to manage awesome wind

Re: Several newbie questions about awesome

El Sun, 23 May 2010 00:26:38 +0200 Javier Barroso escribió: > On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Mike wrote: > > > hello list, > > > > since several days i am using awesome, and i am like it pretty much. > > however there are some functionalities i am missing and i would be > > interested pointed

Re: Several newbie questions about awesome

On Sat, 22 May 2010, Mike wrote: > 1. a way to move a xterm/browser/ from one window to >another > 2. i want to start several different applications in different windows Both answers are in the FAQ http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/FAQ ...and a lot of other useful stuff, so check it out. --

Re: Several newbie questions about awesome

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Mike wrote: > hello list, > > since several days i am using awesome, and i am like it pretty much. > however there are some functionalities i am missing and i would be > interested pointed to the right resources to adjust awesome to my needs. > i am looking for: >

Re: Several newbie questions about awesome

t; > 1. a way to move a xterm/browser/ from one window to another > > Hello Mike, > welcome! I'm a newbie myself so I'll answer 1. > By pressing Mod4 (this is usually the windows key) + Shift + Number, > you set the current client's (a window is a client) tag to

Re: Several newbie questions about awesome

> 1. a way to move a xterm/browser/ from one window to another Hello Mike, welcome! I'm a newbie myself so I'll answer 1. By pressing Mod4 (this is usually the windows key) + Shift + Number, you set the current client's (a window is a client) tag to that number, so you effect

Several newbie questions about awesome

hello list, since several days i am using awesome, and i am like it pretty much. however there are some functionalities i am missing and i would be interested pointed to the right resources to adjust awesome to my needs. i am looking for: 1. a way to move a xterm/browser/ from one window to anoth

Re: Newbie

>2) conky and some custom widgets work well >http://www.linuxized.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/awesome-33.jpg > Although in this screenshot I used the raw conky data for the power, > without a graphic bar :) When it discharges it

Re: Newbie

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 19:08, wrote: > Hi! > > I am new with Awesome. Great work! > > I have two questions: 1) Could you recommend a WIFI setup application what > supports WPA?  2) Is there any laptop battery status widget? > > Thanks! > matías > 1) I use wpa_supplicant directly. Sometimes I ed

Re: Another Newbie

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Tobias lott wrote: > Instead of ontop=true which didn't seem to work I tried > sticky=true which does. > Setting sticky will cause a window to show on all tags; ontop _should_ work, and in fact, I just recently did some config changes that use it. If you aren't

Re: Newbie

Op dinsdag 15-09-2009 om 19:43 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Eric S Fraga: > At Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:08:27 -0300, > mat...@cinemaki.com wrote: > > I have two questions: 1) Could you recommend a WIFI setup application what > > supports WPA? 2) Is there any laptop battery status widget? > > 1) netwo

Re: Another Newbie

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:36:46 +0100 Rob wrote: > Welcome to the community! > I'll answer what I can, but this is all from memory, I'm not at my > box right now. So beware. > > > How can I make an application (f.e. mplayer) stay above all others > > even if > I focus a terminal which would cover

Re: Newbie

At Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:08:27 -0300, mat...@cinemaki.com wrote: > I have two questions: 1) Could you recommend a WIFI setup application what > supports WPA? 2) Is there any laptop battery status widget? 1) network-manager although wicd is an alternative recommended by many 2) gnome-power-manager

Re: Newbie

Sorry, I found the right packages for Ubuntu at https://launchpad.net/~ericdrex/+archive/ppa thanks! On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Matias Alejo Garcia wrote: > > Hi! > > Thanks for wicd, I have it working now! > > Regarding obvious, I running Ubuntu 9.04; and awesome 2.3.4 > > Acording to t

Re: Newbie

Hi! Thanks for wicd, I have it working now! Regarding obvious, I running Ubuntu 9.04; and awesome 2.3.4 Acording to the doc, a I need awsome 3.x, ok? So I cloned the GIT repository and installed some dependencies, but I got to a dead end with: -- Could NOT find Lua51 (missing: LUA_LIBRARIES L

Re: Another Newbie

Welcome to the community! I'll answer what I can, but this is all from memory, I'm not at my box right now. So beware. > How can I make an application (f.e. mplayer) stay above all others even if I focus a terminal which would cover it. In the rules table, add a[nother] entry for mplayer (or stick

Another Newbie

Hey Everyone I gotta say awesome is just, well the name said it already. I've been using Fluxbox for over 6 years now I think. Noticed I've been doing manual tiling with my Terminals so why not just make it automatic with a Tiling WM. Since im not THAT into lua so far but im getting used to it. A

Re: Newbie

I may quote my own blog http://brunovernay.blogspot.com/2009/07/set-up-wireless-without-kde-nor-gnome.html > If you have 10 minutes, it can be done once and for all: just follow this how > to HOWTO: Wireless Security - WPA1, WPA2, LEAP, > > (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=318539). > Th

Re: Newbie

Are you with Arch? If so http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless#Management_methods is the place to go. This isn't really the place to ask about general applications. You can create a graph widget for battery status, http://lua.pastey.net/96703 http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=62697

Newbie

Hi! I am new with Awesome. Great work! I have two questions: 1) Could you recommend a WIFI setup application what supports WPA? 2) Is there any laptop battery status widget? Thanks! matías

Re: Newbie

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 01:08:27PM -0300, mat...@cinemaki.com wrote: > Hi! > > I am new with Awesome. Great work! > > I have two questions: 1) Could you recommend a WIFI setup application what > supports WPA? 2) Is there any laptop battery status widget? > [...] 1) Try wicd or (like me) use wpa

Re: Newbie

mat...@cinemaki.com escribió: Hi! I am new with Awesome. Great work! I have two questions: 1) Could you recommend a WIFI setup application what supports WPA? 2) Is there any laptop battery status widget? Thanks! matías I recommend you to use the obvious repo. Try http://awesome.naquadah.o

Re: Newbie questions

Well, perhaps it's a little late but here are some answers. 1) A box on a tag means there is a client (window) with this tag. If the box is full, this means the focused client has this tag. 2) There is a value in the beautiful theme file, called taglist_squares, I guess that if you put it to fals

Newbie questions

Two questions from an awesome-n00b: 1) What is the meaning of the small white (or black-on-white) squares on the tab selector? 2) How can I get rid of them? (Annoyingly, the squares partially obscure the tab numbers) Jouni Rinne -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~$whoami^ ^ | "Trust me, I know