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How do i get 3 column layout on starting awesome wm? because some default layouts use only 2 column.
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I would suggest the Awesome mailing list if you don't get a response here, they tend to be very good.
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set the
my_tagname_i_want_3_columns_on.ncols= 2
option where you create your tags.
I personally set up my tags like this (before I started using shifty):
tag_properties = { { name = "1-main"
, layout = layouts[1] }
, { name = "2-www"
, layout = layouts[3]
, nmaster = 1 }
, { name = "3-dev"
, layout = layouts[1]
, mwfact = 0.618033988769
, ncols = 2 }
, { name = "4-misc"
, layout = layouts[6] }
, { name = "5-media"
, layout = layouts[3]
, nmaster = 0 }
, { name = "6"
, layout = layouts[6] }
, { name = "7"
, layout = layouts[1] }
, { name = "8"
, layout = layouts[6] }
, { name = "9"
, layout = layouts[5] }
}
for s = 1, screen.count() do
tags[s] = { }
for i, v in ipairs(tag_properties) do
tags[s][i] = tag(v.name)
tags[s][i].screen = s
awful.tag.setproperty(tags[s][i], "layout", v.layout)
awful.tag.setproperty(tags[s][i], "mwfact", v.mwfact)
awful.tag.setproperty(tags[s][i], "nmaster", v.nmaster)
awful.tag.setproperty(tags[s][i], "ncols", v.ncols)
end
tags[s][1].selected = true
end
Mind you this is for awesome-git only.
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in awesome 2, no special config needed
1. switch your tag to tilebottom view
2. open 3 window
3. press "win + shift + h/j" 2 or 3 times, you have 3-column view
if you mean to create a new 3 column layout, have no idea how to do it, but I think my way of doing it can save you a lot of time, and what you need is just pushing several keystrokes.
Last edited by seenxu (2009-02-02 10:38:49)
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