AWF(1)

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💖 AWF(1) — bestie's guide to awf-gtk3 💖

General Commands Manual · the awf-gtk3 page · yes it's really called AWF, we don't make the rules

okay so. sit down. grab a lil drink. we're talking about awf-gtk3 today and honestly? she's iconic. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

awf-gtk3 — theme preview application for GTK 3. that's it. that's the whole job. she previews themes. she does it beautifully. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

[-h] [-v] [-l] [-t theme] [-s filename] [--ltr] [--rtl]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so a "widget factory" is a theme preview application for GTK and Qt — not just one, both, she's versatile like that 😌 — and what she does is she displays the various widget types in a single window. one window. all the widgets. together. so you can actually see the visual effect of the applied theme instead of just... imagining it like a peasant. 🫶

it's giving "changing room mirror but for your desktop aesthetics" and honestly I'm obsessed.

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -h, --help — show help. she'll tell you what's up. 🌈
  • -v, --version — show the version number. who is she? what number is she? find out. ⭐
  • -l, --list — list the available themes. the full menu, bestie. window shopping but make it ✨
  • -t theme, --theme theme — run with the specified theme. pick your girl and go. 🎀
  • -s filename, --screenshot filename — run and save a screenshot on SIGHUP (PNG). yes on SIGHUP. you send the signal, she snaps the pic. 💀📸
  • --ltr — run with text from left to right (Left-To-Right). the classic. the default-coded one. ➡️
  • --rtl — run with text from right to left (Right-To-Left). ⬅️

💜 FILES 💜

  • /home/user/.awf-accels — configuration of keyboard shortcuts. your hotkeys live here. treat them well. 🔥

🧚 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 🧚

these are the lil levers you can pull before you launch her. very main character of you.

  • GTK_CSD=1 — enable the CSD window.
  • GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0 — keep scrollbars always visible.
  • UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= — disable the Ubuntu global menu.
  • AWF_DEBUG=1 — enable some debug messages.
  • AWF_TRACE=1 — enable more debug messages. yes, more. she's chatty when she wants to be. 🗣️
  • AWF_TEAROFF=1 — add a tear-off item to the Options menu.
ngl bestie, if you're debugging something, AWF_DEBUG=1 first, then AWF_TRACE=1 when you need her to overshare. no cap. 🙈

💌 SEE ALSO

there's nothing else listed here, so consider this your sign-off, gorgeous:

this was the awf-gtk3 page, part of the General Commands Manual, on Linux, dated 06/06/26. 🦋

go preview a theme. change your whole life. periodt. 💅✨💖

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