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sway (1)
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========
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Name
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----
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sway - SirCmpwn's Wayland window manager
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Synopsis
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'sway' [options] [command]
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Options
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-------
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*-h, --help*::
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Show help message and quit.
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*-c, \--config* <config>::
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Specifies a config file.
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*-C, \--validate*::
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Check the validity of the config file, then exit.
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*-d, --debug*::
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Enables full logging, including debug information.
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*-v, \--version*::
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Show the version number and quit.
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*-V, --verbose*::
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Enables more verbose logging.
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*--get-socketpath*::
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Gets the IPC socket path and prints it, then exits.
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Description
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sway was created to fill the need of an i3-like window manager for Wayland. The
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upstream i3 developers have no intention of porting i3 to Wayland, and projects
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proposed by others ended up as vaporware. Many thanks to the i3 folks for
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providing such a great piece of software, so good that your users would rather
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write an entirely new window manager from scratch that behaved _exactly_ like i3
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rather than switch to something else.
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Launch sway directly from a tty or via your favorite Wayland-compatible login
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manager.
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Commands
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If sway is currently running, you may run _sway [command]_ to send _command_ to
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the running instance of sway. The same commands you would use in the config file
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are valid here (see **sway**(5)). For compatibility reasons, you may also issue
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commands with **swaymsg**(1) or **i3-msg**(1) (or even with **i3**(1), probably).
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Configuration
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The path to a config file can be given via the _-c_ parameter, else
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sway searches for it in the following locations:
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- ~/.sway/config
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- $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sway/config (suggested location)
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- ~/.i3/config
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- $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3/config (XDG_HOME )
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- /etc/sway/config
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- /etc/i3/config
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In /etc/sway/config the standard config file is installed.
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An error is raised when no config file is found.
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To write your own configuration, it's suggested that you copy the default config file to
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the location of your choosing and start there.
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For information on the config file format, see **sway**(5).
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Environment
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The following environment variables have an effect on sway:
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*SWAY_CURSOR_THEME*::
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Specifies the name of the cursor theme to use.
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*SWAY_CURSOR_SIZE*::
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Specifies the size of the cursor to use.
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*SWAYSOCK*::
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Specifies the path to the sway IPC socket.
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*XKB_DEFAULT_RULES*, *XKB_DEFAULT_MODEL*, *XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT*, *XKB_DEFAULT_VARIANT*, *XKB_DEFAULT_OPTIONS*::
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Configures the xkb keyboard settings. See xkeyboard-config(7).
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Authors
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Maintained by Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>, who is assisted by other open
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source contributors. For more information about sway development, see
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<https://github.com/swaywm/sway>.
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See Also
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--------
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**sway**(5) **swaymsg**(1) **swaygrab**(1) **sway-input**(5) **sway-bar**(5)
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