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Lua is a scripting language that gained popularity due to how easy it is to embed and learn.

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Awesome-wm a signal to rise client when focus received

I've got my Emacs running on a tag worker with server-start launched. I have a file manager opened somewhere else (another monitor for example) and when I open a text file with emacsclient it successfully opens in emacs but doesn't switch to it and…
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How to take screenshot(using selection) in awesome wm via scrot

Tried: awful.util.spawn("scrot -s") awful.util.spawn("urxvt -e \"scrot -s\"") os.execute("scrot -s") and all possible combinations even with sleep. Also tried daemonize. Nothing works =( P.S. All commands are in key bindings, if I replace scrot -s…
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Focus on application when changing workspaces in awesome-wm

I am using archlinux in combination with awesome-wm for quite a while now. I still haven't figured out how to automatically grab the focus on an application when changing workspace through Mod+number. For example, I have firefox running on workspace…
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MonoDevelop can't find .so file in LD_LIBRARY_PATH

I'm making a game using MonoGame and a Linux implementation of LuaInterface. However, whenever I try to build the project, MonoDevelop gives an error saying that it is unable to load liblua5.1.so, which is a library used by LuaInterface. However,…
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Macro hotkey for "Save Image As..." in Firefox?

Relevant PC info: Windows 7 64bit Firefox (latest) Logitech g710+ Keyboard with Logitech Gaming software Right now, I have to: Hover over an image right-click Click "Save Image As.." Click "Save" on the explorer save window (and potentially go to…
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Awesome WM : How can I write a rule to make a window appear floating under the mouse?

I am using a clipboard manager and I would like to see it appear just under the mouse when I press a shortcut key. I have written different rules for awesome wm, I see how to focus the good client, how to make it floating, how to make it appear at a…
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Awesome Window Manager - Open Chromium Developer Tools on Different Screen Than Chromium

I have three screens. One is for URxvt and VIM, another is for Chromium, Firefox, and Opera, and the third is for Chromium's Developer Tools. Below are the rules I've created in my rc.lua in an attempt to create this behavior. It works if I already…
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Is it possible to copy files with grub2 scripting?

I am trying to work out a few details for a dual boot, public use (i.e. public library context) that runs Windows 7 and Linux. I am using Windows 7 and Linux Mint. Windows 7 runs on a VHD file (filesystem image like squashfs in Linux). I need grub…
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Awesome Window Manager - Rule assigning programs to tags

I have a set of tags 'main', 'www', and 3: -- {{{ Tags tags = { names = {"main", "www", 3}, for s = 1, screen.count() do tags[s] = awful.tag(tags.names, s, tags.layout) end } -- }}} I want Firefox to open in tag "www". I've tried…
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How can I use Hammerspoon to allow me to use Windows and macOS hotkeys?

I'm coming from using Linux or Windows. For example, I'm trying to allow myself to use cmd+c or ctrl+c to copy text in macOS. This is the Hammerspoon script I have, but it doesn't seem to be working: -- Create an event tap for keyDown and keyUp…
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How to delete the fist line in the file using lua script?

I just started learning script lua. I have a .txt file with the format "user | pass". how to get "user" and "pass" on the first line and delete them from that file. This is my command but I can only read the contents of one line, but I can't…
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E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'lua5.3'

I have a new Debian Jessie machine, but when I try to install Lua (5.3) through apt I get this error: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading stateinformation... Done E: Unable to locate package lua5.3 E: Couldn't find any…
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Cannot create process: proc_open: failed to open stream: Permission denied

I've seen this question posted around with no solution. And I've seen other posts that are related (one two) but don't help. Permissions are set, executable, ownership is set, no SELinux, PHP can execute shell commands, PHP not in safe_mode,…
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Installing luabind on Ubuntu

So I've been looking on the internet for a moment and found nearly no tutorial, or good instructions on how to install luabind. I found that I need to have boost and lua 5.xx installed to install it; I've already installed lua 5.3.1 ( which…
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Run a script with Apache2 in a certain directory

I am trying to run WebMCP on an Apache2 server. It's got 2 executable files, which I have in /opt/webmcp/cgi-bin/webmcp.lua and /opt/webmcp/cgi-bin/webmcp-wrapper.lua If I run the wrapper from a position that is not /opt/webmcp/cgi-bin it says it…
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