<s>
AwesomeWM	B-Language
is	O
a	O
dynamic	B-Operating_System
window	I-Operating_System
manager	I-Operating_System
for	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
developed	O
in	O
the	O
C	B-Language
and	O
Lua	B-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lua	B-Language
is	O
also	O
used	O
for	O
configuring	O
and	O
extending	O
the	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
development	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
dwm	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fork	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
nicknamed	O
jdwm	O
,	O
where	O
"	O
jd	O
"	O
denoted	O
the	O
principal	O
programmer	O
's	O
initials	O
and	O
dwm	B-Language
denoted	O
the	O
software	O
project	O
it	O
was	O
forked	O
from	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
git	O
repository	O
for	O
what	O
was	O
to	O
become	O
awesome	B-Language
was	O
set	O
up	O
in	O
September	O
2007	O
.	O
jdwm	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
awesome	B-Language
,	O
named	O
after	O
the	O
same	O
phrase	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
How	O
I	O
Met	O
Your	O
Mother	O
character	O
Barney	O
Stinson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
awesome	B-Language
was	O
officially	O
announced	O
on	O
the	O
dwm	B-Language
mailing	O
list	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Awesome	B-Language
has	O
emerged	O
as	O
a	O
dwm	B-Language
fork	B-Application
featuring	O
customization	O
through	O
external	O
configuration	B-Protocol
files	I-Protocol
(	O
see	O
Configuration	O
and	O
customization	O
below	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
highly	O
extensible	O
,	O
the	O
default	O
setup	O
of	O
the	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
is	O
deliberately	O
simplified	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
doing	O
so	O
,	O
the	O
author	O
has	O
created	O
what	O
he	O
calls	O
a	O
framework	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
for	O
users	O
to	O
expand	O
and	O
adapt	O
to	O
their	O
own	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Configured	O
via	O
a	O
Lua	B-Language
configuration	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
dwm	B-Language
and	O
wmii	B-Language
,	O
awesome	B-Language
uses	O
tags	O
instead	O
of	O
workspaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
dynamic	B-Operating_System
window	I-Operating_System
manager	I-Operating_System
,	O
awesome	B-Language
can	O
switch	O
between	O
different	O
layouts	O
for	O
each	O
tag	O
,	O
including	O
floating	B-Device
,	O
several	O
dynamic	O
tiling	O
layouts	O
,	O
maximized	O
and	O
magnifier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multihead	O
support	O
(	O
XRandR	O
,	O
Xinerama	B-Device
or	O
Zaphod	O
mode	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Implements	O
freedesktop.org	B-Application
standards	O
including	O
EWMH	B-Application
,	O
XDG	B-Application
Base	O
Directory	O
,	O
XEmbed	O
,	O
Desktop	O
Notification	O
and	O
System	O
Tray	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Remote	O
control	O
via	O
D-Bus	B-Language
(	O
awesome-client	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
the	O
pango	B-Language
markup	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
very	O
beginning	O
,	O
awesome	B-Language
was	O
conceived	O
as	O
a	O
dwm	B-Language
fork	B-Application
with	O
an	O
external	O
configuration	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
its	O
configuration	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
format	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
configuration	O
itself	O
,	O
was	O
subject	O
to	O
special	O
attention	O
by	O
the	O
author	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
third	O
major	O
release	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
awesome	B-Language
's	O
features	O
was	O
what	O
Danjou	O
termed	O
a	O
'	O
no	O
complicated	O
configuration	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
versions	O
of	O
awesome	B-Language
(	O
1.x	O
)	O
were	O
simple	O
modification	O
of	O
dwm	B-Language
with	O
flat	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
configuration	I-Protocol
which	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2.x	O
branch	O
,	O
Danjou	O
changed	O
the	O
configuration	O
library	O
from	O
libconfig	O
to	O
,	O
a	O
different	O
flat	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
configuration	I-Protocol
library	O
,	O
somewhat	O
resembling	O
libconfig	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
2.x	O
releases	O
,	O
many	O
customization	O
features	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
awesome	B-Language
,	O
such	O
as	O
titlebars	O
and	O
icon	O
drawing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
20	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Danjou	O
announced	O
in	O
an	O
e-mail	O
to	O
the	O
awesome	B-Language
mailing	O
list	O
that	O
a	O
new	O
format	O
for	O
the	O
configuration	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
will	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
3.0	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
format	O
was	O
placed	O
in	O
a	O
file	O
~	O
/.awesomerc.lua	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
moved	O
to	O
~	O
/.config/awesome/rc.lua	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
extension	O
suggests	O
,	O
the	O
configuration	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	B-Language
Lua	I-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Danjou	O
argued	O
that	O
the	O
new	O
format	O
and	O
Lua	B-Language
integration	O
would	O
enable	O
awesome	B-Language
users	O
to	O
customize	O
awesome	B-Language
in	O
ways	O
he	O
previously	O
considered	O
impossible	O
:	O
using	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
for	O
configuration	O
made	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
dynamically	O
specify	O
configuration	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
awesome	B-Language
Lua	B-Language
API	O
is	O
now	O
hosted	O
on	O
awesome	B-Language
's	O
homepage	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
tutorial-style	O
article	O
about	O
configuring	O
awesome	B-Language
is	O
posted	O
on	O
the	O
awesome	B-Language
Wiki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
theme	B-Application
(	O
or	O
skin	B-Application
)	O
awesome	B-Language
by	O
using	O
the	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
's	O
Beautiful	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
line	O
with	O
rc.lua	O
configuration	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
,	O
theming	O
is	O
also	O
done	O
in	O
Lua	B-Language
,	O
allowing	O
dynamic	O
themes	O
to	O
be	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
default	O
awesome	B-Language
configuration	O
as	O
of	O
3.2.1	O
release	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
any	O
status	O
indicators	O
(	O
like	O
wireless	O
network	O
status	O
,	O
battery	O
indicators	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
for	O
the	O
widgets	O
is	O
supplied	O
using	O
arbitrary	O
Lua	B-Language
code	O
since	O
widgets	O
are	O
defined	O
in	O
the	O
main	O
configuration	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3.0	O
version	O
,	O
released	O
September	O
18	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
uses	O
the	O
XCB	B-Language
library	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
server	O
,	O
making	O
awesome	B-Language
the	O
first	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
to	O
use	O
this	O
library	O
instead	O
of	O
Xlib	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
on	O
the	O
XCB	B-Language
port	O
was	O
started	O
by	O
Arnaud	O
Fontaine	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
current	O
Awesome	B-Language
developers	O
,	O
in	O
January	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arnaud	O
Fontaine	O
announced	O
the	O
move	O
to	O
XCB	B-Language
on	O
the	O
XCB	B-Language
mailing	O
list	O
on	O
April	O
9	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
message	O
to	O
the	O
list	O
,	O
he	O
emphasized	O
the	O
following	O
as	O
main	O
advantages	O
of	O
using	O
XCB	B-Language
:	O
"	O
modular	O
architecture	O
;	O
direct	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
protocols	O
;	O
multithreading	O
;	O
asynchronous	O
requests/replies	O
;	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XCB	B-Language
port	O
was	O
completed	O
the	O
following	O
month	O
and	O
Danjou	O
created	O
a	O
new	O
branch	O
based	O
on	O
XCB	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
perceived	O
problems	O
that	O
limited	O
expanding	O
and	O
customization	O
in	O
pre-3.0	O
version	O
of	O
awesome	B-Language
,	O
the	O
author	O
decided	O
to	O
integrate	O
Lua-based	O
configuration	O
into	O
awesome	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rc1	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
Lua-scriptable	O
implementation	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
August	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
awesome	B-Language
with	O
Lua	B-Language
API	O
completed	O
in	O
parallel	O
with	O
XCB	B-Language
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
awesome	B-Language
is	O
distributed	O
on	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
including	O
Arch	O
Linux	O
,	O
Debian	O
,	O
Fedora	O
Linux	O
,	O
Gentoo	B-Application
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
Source	O
Mage	O
,	O
openSUSE	B-Operating_System
,	O
Mageia	O
,	O
NixOS	O
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
NetBSD	B-Device
and	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
AwesomeWM	B-Language
versions	O
1.0	O
through	O
1.3	O
(	O
September	O
–	O
October	O
2007	O
)	O
were	O
not	O
named	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
2.0	O
release	O
candidate	O
(	O
November	O
2007	O
)	O
,	O
awesome	B-Language
has	O
used	O
named	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AwesomeWM	B-Language
v4.x	O
uses	O
song	O
name	O
from	O
Daft	O
Punk	O
.	O
</s>
