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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by myxi@feddit.nl to c/unixporn@lemmy.ml

I tried AwesomeWM two days ago, and after two days of hard work understanding the API reference, I came up with this. More screenshots are below.

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[-] natecox@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

I wish I could upvote you twice; once for the picture and once for choosing to use “customization”.

[-] thelastknowngod@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I used to be in love with Awesome but I think it's been more than 10 years since I used it last. I remember the software being wonderful and the people in the people in the community being stereotypical, smug, "rtfm" types.. That was more frustrating than anything else about Awesome.

[-] myxi@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I experienced this too. That's why I stopped asking them anything after my first query (why my keybindings were not working when defined in another file) and relied on guess work. I also found the community kind of dead, so you don't actually get the answers quicker than the guess work will get you there.

[-] jackpot@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

looks stunning

[-] Andy@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago
[-] b0uldr 4 points 1 year ago
[-] myxi@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

You are correct.

[-] gdaofb27584@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

What code font do you use ? Also please share your font rendering

[-] myxi@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

I use JetBrains Mono font. I am not sure what you meant by font rendering, so if you're interested, you can check my dotfiles.

[-] tarneo@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago
[-] max@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I loved the color pallet 💝

[-] myxi@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

I love it too. It's pretty much Gruvbox.

[-] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

After 2 days of hard work understanding the API reference

Everyone that's ever used AwesomeWM felt that. I felt that too.

[-] myxi@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I had to look through the source code of their widgets (like wibox.widget.textclock, awful.titlebar.widget.maximizedbutton) they use in their default config file to have a grasp of what's happening. Looking through others' dotfiles was more pain because it's not supposed to be looked upon by the beginners, so they cram all they know in a few lines and leave you guessing.

[-] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I found it quite painful, having to go through and find all I needed. The hardest part for me was underlines. I wanted my focused workspace to be underlined. It was very difficult tp figure out and the solution is ultimately a hack, but it works.

[-] Cwilliams@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Question: do you like the text min/max/close buttons over colored circles or icons?

[-] myxi@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, I like text more than visual icons. More proof is given by the fact that I used words like cpu, mem, net over the thousands of icons I could've used instead, considering that the font I am using is a Nerd Font patched one.

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