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Awesome WM Copycats
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Power themes for Awesome WM 3.5+
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:Author: Luke Bonham <dada [at] archlinux [dot] info>
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:Version: 2.0-git
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:License: BY-NC-SA_
:Source: https://github.com/copycat-killer/awesome-copycats
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Description
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A set of themes with the aim of making Awesome_ appearance awesome too!
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Notable features
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- Shadow widgets (*tell me only when you have to* )
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- Autostart functionality
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- Fast mpd and volume shortcuts (first time you see this trick in Awesome)
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- Other shortcuts for copying to the clipboard (goodbye clipboard managers!), toggle wiboxes, widgets popups, screenshots capture, moving clients
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- Quake style dropdown terminal
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- Calendar with current day highlighted and months switch with a click
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- Elegant notifications for new mails, current song, volume level, hdd critical state, low battery
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- Yahoo! Weather integration
- Net carrier status notifier
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- Colorful autoupdating icons
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- Symbolic tag names
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- TXT layoutbox
- PNG wibox bar
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- Custom layouts
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- No borders when there's only one visible client
- Powerful volume bar
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- Freedesktop menu
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- Vi-like client focus
- Nice client border (colors change along with process status)
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- Non-empty tag browsing
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Gallery
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**Multicolor** copycatted from tip_
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.. image :: http://dotshare.it/public/images/uploads/650.png
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**Powerarrow Darker** copycatted from romockee_ [port from v3.4]
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.. image :: http://dotshare.it/public/images/uploads/649.png
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**Steamburn** copycatted from ok100_ [port from dwm]
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.. image :: http://dotshare.it/public/images/uploads/648.png
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**Blackburn**
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.. image :: http://dotshare.it/public/images/uploads/553.png
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**Dremora**
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.. image :: http://dotshare.it/public/images/uploads/589.png
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**Rainbow**
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.. image :: http://dotshare.it/public/images/uploads/606.png
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**Holo** suggested by amouly_
.. image :: http://dotshare.it/public/images/uploads/621.png
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Installation
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Using git: ::
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git clone https://github.com/copycat-killer/awesome-copycats.git
mv -u awesome-copycats ~/.config/awesome
cd ~/.config/awesome/lain
git submodule init
git submodule update
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Otherwise download this two archives (1 and 2), extract the first, extract the second one into the first one, and put the contents of the first one into your Awesome directory.
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Usage
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Switch a theme this way: ::
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cd ~/.config/awesome
cp rc.lua.mytheme rc.lua
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then edit your `` rc.lua `` to suit your preferences and system configuration.
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Notes
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Complements are provided by lain_: be sure to meet its dependencies.
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Fonts are Terminus_ (Multicolor, Powerarrow Darker) and Tamsyn_ (other ones).
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Every theme has a colorscheme_.
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Blackburn and Dremora use Icons_, be sure to have bitmaps enabled if running under Debian_ or Ubuntu_.
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.. _BY-NC-SA: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
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.. _Awesome: http://awesome.naquadah.org/
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.. _tip: http://theimmortalphoenix.deviantart.com/art/Full-Color-Awesome-340997258
.. _romockee: https://github.com/romockee/powerarrow-dark
.. _ok100: http://ok100.deviantart.com/art/DWM-January-2013-348656846
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.. _amouly: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1307158#p1307158
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.. _lain: https://github.com/copycat-killer/vain
.. _Terminus: http://terminus-font.sourceforge.net/
.. _Tamsyn: http://www.fial.com/~scott/tamsyn-font/
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.. _colorscheme: https://github.com/copycat-killer/dots/tree/master/.colors
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.. _Icons: https://github.com/copycat-killer/dots/tree/master/.fonts
.. _Debian: http://weiwu.sdf.org/100921.html
.. _Ubuntu: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Fonts#Enabling_Bitmapped_Fonts
