awd

a window director;

awd directs windows managers to do something useful; for example, to layout windows;

awd works with any ewmh-compatible x window managers, but is not a window manager itself; so there is no need to replace the current window manager to use awd;

install

pip install awd

usage

run in command line:

awd [options]

shortcuts

optionally, you can bind awd to a keyboard shortcut. the binding method may be wm-specific. some notable examples are:

• in compiz, you can configure keyboard shortcuts with ccsm in menu item general -> commands.

• in a plain x window system, you can use xbindkeys to configure keyboard shortcuts. xbindkeys features a tool xbindkeys_config for easy gui configuration.

for other window managers, please consult their manuals.

troubleshooting

enable debug mode

enable debug mode to dump window information:

awd --debug

hide all desktop icons

some file managers manage the desktop by adding a window containing icons. the desktop can be disabled with either of these two commands:

dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/background/show-desktop-icons false

gsettings set org.gnome.background show-desktop-icons false

hide windows by names

if there are windows that awd doesn't handle properly, they can be excluded:

awd --exclude {name}

window names matching name won't be handled by awd.

multiple --exclude options are supported.

license

Copyright (C) 2016 Cyker Way

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.