From 8e531b9ca1913f371fe671b4ced9e9c368818cee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Bernat Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:02:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README: update with all the latest additions --- README.md | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 06c0607..513ff40 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -13,23 +13,47 @@ Here some of the things you may be interested in: - It is modular. I am using `config` as a table to pass different things between "modules". - - In `rc/start.lua`, there is a `xrun` function which runs a program + + - In `rc/xrun.lua`, there is a `xrun` function which runs a program only if it is not already running. Instead of relying on tools like - `ps`, it looks at the list of the connected clients with - `xwininfo`. Seems reliable. + `ps`, it looks at the list of awesome clients and at the list of + connected clients with `xwininfo`. Seems reliable. + - I use a light transparency effect to tell if a window has the focus or not. It needs a composite manager. + - I use a Python script `bin/build-wallpaper` to build the wallpaper to be displayed. There is a random selection and it works with multihead setup. It seems that classic tools are now able to change the wallpaper per screen and therefore, the script may seem a bit useless but I keep it. + - I am using `xautolock` + `i3lock` as a screensaver. Nothing fancy - but I reuse the wallpaper built above. + but I reuse the wallpaper built above. A notification is sent 10 + seconds before starting. + - In `rc/apparance.lua`, you may be interested by the way I configure GTK2 and GTK3 to have an unified look. It works and it does not need `gnome-control-center`. + + - I have rebuilt my own implementation of the Quake console in + `lib/quake.lua`. The common ones didn't like when awesome was + restarted. + + - I am using notifications when changing volume or brightness. I am + also using notifications to change xrandr setup. This is pretty + cool. Notifications are also used to interface with `kbdd` (tool to + change keybord layout). + - I am sharing tags between screen with [sharetags](http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Shared_tags). I am also giving names to tags: I access them with something like - `config.tags.emacs`. + `config.tags.emacs`. I need to try out shifty. + + - Keybindings are "autodocumented". See `lib/keydoc.lua` to see how + this works. The list of key bindings can be accessed with Mod4 + + F1. + +Things in `lib/` are meant to be reused. I am using my own `loadrc()` +function to load modules and therefore, I prefix my modules with +`vbe/`. Before reusing a module, you may want to change this.