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sway(1)
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# NAME
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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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*-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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You can run sway directly from a tty, or via a Wayland-compatible login manager.
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# CONFIGURATION
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sway searches for a config file in the following locations, in this order:
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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
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. /etc/sway/config
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. /etc/i3/config
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If unset, $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME defaults to *~/.config*.
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An error is raised when no config file is found. The recommended default
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configuration is usually installed to */etc/sway/config*; you are encouraged to
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copy this to *~/.config/sway/config* and edit it from there.
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For information on the config file format, see *sway*(5).
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# IPC COMMANDS
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Though *swaymsg*(1) is generally preferred, you may run *sway* _command_ to
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send _command_ to the running instance of sway. You can also issue commands
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with *i3-msg*(1) or even with *i3*(1).
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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_,
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_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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*sway*(5) *swaymsg*(1) *sway-input*(5) *sway-bar*(5)
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