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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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- 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 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 and magnifying clients
- Quake drop-down 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
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- Nice client border (colors change along with processes status)
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- Non-empty tag browsing
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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 tip_
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.. image :: http://dotshare.it/public/images/uploads/650.png
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**Powerarrow Darker** copycatted from romockee_ [custom porting from v3.4]
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.. image :: http://dotshare.it/public/images/uploads/649.png
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**Steamburn** copycatted from ok100_ [porting 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/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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Using git: ::
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git clone https://github.com/copycat-killer/awesome-copycats.git
mv -u awesome-copycats ~/.config/awesome
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cd ~/.config/awesome
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git submodule init
git submodule update
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Otherwise download this two archives (1_ and 2_), extract the first one, 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
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cp rc.lua.theme rc.lua
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then customize your `` rc.lua `` and restart Awesome (`` Mod4 + ctrl + r `` ).
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Notes
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Be sure to have the latest versions of Lua, Lua-lgi, and Awesome.
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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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Freedesktop uses `` /etc/mime.types `` , so be sure to have MIME support installed.
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Eminent, freedesktop and scratchdrop are third-party softwares: **rely on their creators if they cause you issues** .
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Feel free to email me if you have any request.
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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: https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=51327
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.. _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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.. _foozer: http://dotshare.it/dots/499/
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.. _1: https://github.com/copycat-killer/awesome-copycats/archive/master.zip
.. _2: https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/archive/master.zip
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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/
.. _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
