version 2.3-rc1

The first release candidate version of the upcoming 2.3 version is out, noted 2.3-rc1. To download it, see the download page.

This release fixes some bugs, add some features. You can see some changes from 2.2.

  • Support for multiple image format, using Imlib2 (default) or GTK pixbuf (FS#82);
  • Use pango for font display instead of Xft;
  • Better documentation: the documentation is now autogenerated from source code: everything is now in
  • the manpage and will always be (FS#101);
  • awesome-menu: a dmenu clone (FS#7);
  • Support for styles section;
  • mwfact lower and upper limits are configurable (FS#92);
  • widget_tell now allows to change widget properties like colors, etc. (FS#144, FS#36)
  • Errors and warnings messages are more clear and consistent, prefixed with E or W and indicating in which function it fails;
  • Add titlebar support for windows (FS#38);
  • Fix support for SDL apps (you can play Xmoto and Quake);
  • New option for progressbar with ticks (FS#81);
  • New emptybox widget which deprecated padding options of various widgets;
  • New opacity_focused option;
  • Widget graph can grow right/left;
  • Add support for shadowed text (FS#90);
  • Probably more.

Thanks to the awesome contributors we had on this release.

(Alex Cornejo (1), Arnaud Fontaine (6), Chris Ciulla (3), Heikki Orsila (1), Martin Stubenschrott (1), Sebastian Stark (1), Steffen Schulz (2), Tim Conrad (1), marco candrian (31)).

Don't hesitate to report bugs and ask or write enhancements on awesome BTS.

Have fun and be awesome!