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u/BaigGam3rss I still have some work to do to make my own widgets but you probably start with the documentation [1][2]. And then look at some other projects that use Awesome API to build widgets (ex: [3][4][5][6][7]).
AwesomeWM has been with us for 15 years now. I still remember the beginnings of DWM, which is its "father". I have been actively teaching AW for almost two years. There are several points that are worth considering, which I perceive as long-term valid for all beginners. * Investing in learning is a key. However, it is a gradual process, just like learning GNU/Linux. It's not within a month, it's not within a year, it takes several years. However, the basics can be obtained in just a few weeks. There are plenty of active tutorials and guides. There is a thread on Discord that lists them, or users can give you links. Or you can use my educational program series. It was primarily intended for Czech interested parties, but because the interest was very high, the vast majority is already in English too. * You cannot write a GUI application if you do not have a great knowledge of the awesome API. If you want to create something for others, you need to have API in your pocket first. * The Awesome Documentation is very good, but again it needs learning to use it properly. At first, it is not intuitive, but later you will understand how doc generation works, how to find API examples, tests, which documentation pages are for beginners, etc. The questions that have been asked here are described in the documentation, you just did not find them. If you start from https://awesomewm.org and jump to the documentation via the button, you will get to the beginners' section, where you will find the relevant subsections. * You can also use ChatGPT these days, which has extensive experience with Awesome. The vast majority of answers are valid and for beginners who need the basics, it is an excellent source of information. * I have been working with Java for over 20 years, I remember when Amy Fowler took over the new JavaFX project and tried to fix all the bugs in Swing. It was still Sun Microsystems at the time. Unfortunately, JavaFX came too late, we won't discuss that here. However, you will be fighting with a lot of problems. Awesome still belongs to WM, that is, it tries to save available space, it is optimal, fast, and efficient. Your created GUI application will require JVM + JavaFX, so if someone does not have JRE or SDK installed, we get over 100MB on the disk just to run your GUI application. This is unacceptable for most of your customers. Secondly, the vast majority of your users go through the entire education in the Awesome API and have chosen the Window Manager precisely because they already have enough of all the buttons, sliders, etc. The mouseless approach is the basis for AW, and creating complex GUIs in another framework is simply unacceptable.
Navigating the api docs and this list of configs is so treacherous that I've considered what's probably a terrible idea of starting with https://github.com/Drostina/EasyAwesomeWM.
Navigating the api docs and this list of configs is so treacherous that I've considered what's probably a terrible idea of starting with https://github.com/Drostina/EasyAwesomeWM.
u/BaigGam3rss I still have some work to do to make my own widgets but you probably start with the documentation [1][2]. And then look at some other projects that use Awesome API to build widgets (ex: [3][4][5][6][7]).
u/BaigGam3rss I still have some work to do to make my own widgets but you probably start with the documentation [1][2]. And then look at some other projects that use Awesome API to build widgets (ex: [3][4][5][6][7]).
u/BaigGam3rss I still have some work to do to make my own widgets but you probably start with the documentation [1][2]. And then look at some other projects that use Awesome API to build widgets (ex: [3][4][5][6][7]).