On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 06:29:50PM -0200, Emmanuel Oga wrote: > Hello guys, > > I've been using awesome for a while now (couple of months). It is > working nicely for me but I find a couple of problems I'm not sure how > to deal with. > > This is how I've been using awesome so far: > > I start up a couple of apps for each tags. I have the std awesome 1-9 > tags. So, for example, I have a couple of vims on tag 1, a couple of > consoles on tag 2, and so on. > Usually, I modkey+space each layout until I get it how I like, then > adjust the ratios of the layout until I reach happiness. > > Problems: > > * Whenever I need to find a specific window, I need to modkey-1.to.9 > to find it. I know there is a window list if I click with the mouse, > but using he mouse is suboptimal. Ideally I would like to have > something like vim's fuzzyfilefinder but for awesome client > names/classes. Cant really help there... but the other post look to sort that out quite well
> * I can't find an easy way of renaming tags. Is it at all possible > without using something like Shifty? (The reason I don't want to use > Shifty *yet* is there has to be an easier way of doing that with plain > old AWM, right?) sigh .. sorry but editing the config file that lays them out seems like the best way to me. Without shifty you cant rename them dynamically, but the way im seeing your working procedure you have pretty well defined roles for each tag. So naming that tag in the config file shouldent really be a problem. I have gone so far as to assign default programs to my tags. So on tag 3 my "www" tag modkey+p (I like it better) runs firefox, and on tag 4 my "mail" tag modkey+p runs mutt in a terminal. As part of that config I also set the default layouts for those tags. I have a copy of firefox started on any tag in my www tag, but since its mainly for browsing it is set to on the fullscreen layout by default. My IM tags on the other hand use fair tilling layouts. > * Is there any way of persisting the layout/cleints without having to > script that "manually" ? Example, in wmii you can persist your layout, > so if you want to have one screen with say,. one vim at the right, one > firefox to the left, you can do it using the command line. Hmmm im sure there is a way using awesome-client, but I havent been that finicky about my layouts yet. I prefer more dedicated tags and rather switch between them. > BTW; yes, I read the man page and browsed the wiki, if you think I > missed something please, could you provide a link to the info about > it? Thanks in advance! > and BTW #2: I'm ok if the solution is "you want it, code it yourself, > that's why the conf is written in lua". But, if at all possible, I > would like to avoid wheel reinventions. Hehe good way of approaching this particular list I think, awesome is a pretty diy window manager. I dont think there are too many "advanced" users running the default config. That being said there are loads of configs being shared all over the place. Quite a couple on github so its easy to kee up to date with them as wel. Personally I think awesome is more about how you want to do it, than how it lets you do it. Rather than see what it offers you should spend a bit of time thinking about what you really want and then set about getting there bit by bit. Cheers, and great awesomeness to you, Sias -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
