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syltman

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Registered: 2010-06-12

Posts: 39

Setting space between windows in awesome

Hello, I was wondering if there was a way to set the space of your windows in awesome when tiling, I don't really like when all windows are so tight to eachother.

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: Setting space between windows in awesome

Hello, I was wondering if there was a way to set the space of your windows in awesome when tiling, I don't really like when all windows are so tight to eachother.

I don't use awesome, but you might want to look at the setting which sets the border to most likely 1 pixel. So in your rc file you might wanna look at the setting under general section

  general
   {
        resize_hints = false
        new_get_focus = true
        new_become_master = false
        floating_placement = smart
#    opacity_unfocused = .9
    border = 1
       
       
   }

Last edited by Inxsible (2010-06-20 17:05:31)

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snaip

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Registered: 2009-08-20

Posts: 21

Re: Setting space between windows in awesome

So in your rc file you might wanna look at the setting under general section

Now I have no idea what version of Awesome we're talking here about, but as for 3.4 the border is defined in the theme file under the variable border_width.

At least I use awesome to make the most of the space available on my screen. Maybe it's not spacing you need, but stronger colors for the borders?