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Awesome WM Copycats
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Themes for Awesome WM 3.5+
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:Author: Luke Bonham <dada [at] archlinux [dot] info>
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:Version: 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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- Autohide widgets (*tell me only when you have to* )
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- Autostart applications
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- Fast MPD and volume shortcuts (first time this trick has been used in Awesome)
- Other shortcuts for copying to the clipboard (no need for clipboard managers), toggle wiboxes, widgets popups, screenshots capture, moving and magnifying clients
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- Quake drop-down terminal
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- Calendar with current day highlighted and months switch with a click/scroll
- Notifications for new mails, current song, volume level, hdd critical state, low battery
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- OpenWeatherMap integration
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- 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
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- Freedesktop.org compliant menu and desktop icons
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- Vi-like client focus
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- Non-empty tag browsing
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- Dynamic client borders (colors change along with processes status)
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- Dynamic useless gaps
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- Dynamic tagging
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Gallery
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**Multicolor** , inspired by lucamanni_
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.. image :: http://dotshare.it/public/images/uploads/650.png
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**Powerarrow Darker** , inspired by romockee_
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.. image :: http://dotshare.it/public/images/uploads/649.png
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**Steamburn** , porting of ok100_'s 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/652.png
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**Rainbow**
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.. image :: http://dotshare.it/public/images/uploads/606.png
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**Holo** , requested by amouly_
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.. image :: http://dotshare.it/public/images/uploads/651.png
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**Copland** , inspired by foozer_
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.. image :: http://dotshare.it/public/images/uploads/655.png
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Installation
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With Git: ::
$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/copycat-killer/awesome-copycats.git
$ mv -bv awesome-copycats/* ~/.config/awesome
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otherwise, download awesome-copycats-master_ and lain-master_ archives, extract the first one, extract the second one into the first one, and put the contents of the first one into `` ~/.config/awesome `` .
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Usage
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Switch a theme this way: ::
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$ cd ~/.config/awesome
$ cp rc.lua.theme rc.lua
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Alternatively, you can use `switch-theme.sh`_ , which will also update to the latest commit.
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Then, customize your `` rc.lua `` and restart Awesome (`` Mod4 + ctrl + r `` ).
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Notes
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Only compatible with **stable** versions of Lua and Awesome (git/unstable versions are *not* supported).
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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), Tamzen_ (Copland) 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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Default additional software used: ::
unclutter firefox scrot mpd mpc dmenu xsel
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.. _BY-NC-SA: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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.. _Awesome: http://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome
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.. _lucamanni: https://github.com/lucamanni/awesome
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.. _romockee: https://github.com/romockee/powerarrow
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.. _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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.. _foozer: http://dotshare.it/dots/499/
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.. _awesome-copycats-master: https://github.com/copycat-killer/awesome-copycats/archive/master.zip
.. _lain-master: https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/archive/master.zip
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.. _`switch-theme.sh`: https://github.com/copycat-killer/awesome-copycats/issues/36
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.. _lain: https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain
.. _dependencies: https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki
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.. _Terminus: http://terminus-font.sourceforge.net/
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.. _Tamzen: https://github.com/sunaku/tamzen-font
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.. _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
