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shearn89

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Registered: 2008-01-13

Posts: 16

awesome 3 configuration file problems.

Hey all - i've been doing battle with lua for a week or so, and can't get a number of things to work. I can't get programs to automatically open on specific tags, and i can't get my keyboard shortcuts to work. Its probs something obvious, as i've been offline and haven't been able to read much on lua, but here is my awesomerc.lua file. Any corrections/improvements are most welcome. Please be nice+patient, as it probs IS something really obvious. I just can't understand it.

EDIT: i know some of my widgets don't work, but thats not the big problem. I'm happy to work those out on my own for now.

-- awesome 3 configuration file

-- Include awesome library, with lots of useful function!
require("awful")
require("tabulous")
require("wicked")

-- Uncomment this to activate autotabbing
-- tabulous.autotab_start()

-- {{{ Variable definitions
-- This is used later as the default terminal to run.
terminal = "urxvt"
broswer = "firefox3"
colorlight = "#4b7885"
colordark = "#223b56"
-- Default modkey.
modkey = "Mod4"

-- Table of layouts to cover with awful.layout.inc, order matters.
layouts =
{
    "tile",
    "tileleft",
    "tilebottom",
    "tiletop",
    "magnifier",
    "max",
    "spiral",
    "dwindle",
    "floating"
}

-- Table of clients that should be set floating
floatings =
{
    ["mplayer"] = true,
    ["pinentry"] = true,
    ["gedit"] = true
}
floattag =
{
    ["Gimp"] = true,
    ["pidgin"] = true,
    ["SlingPlayer.exe"] = true,
    ["skype"] = true
}
nettag =
{
    ["firefox3"] = true
}
maintag =
{
    ["feh"] = true,
    ["thunar"] = true
}
-- STYLE ********************
-- Color & Appearance definitions, we use these later to display things
font = "sans 8"
border_width = 1

bg_normal = "#000000"
fg_normal = colordark
border_normal = fg_normal

bg_focus = colorlight
fg_focus = "#000000"
border_focus = bg_focus
border_marked = "#91231c"

awesome.font_set(font)
awesome.colors_set({ fg = fg_normal, bg = bg_normal })

-- }}}

-- {{{ Tags ***********************
-- Define tags table
tagsterm = tag({ name = 'term', layout = 'tile' })
tagsterm:add(1)
tagsterm.selected = true
tagsnet = tag({ name = 'net', layout = 'max' })
tagsnet:add(1)
tagsmain = tag({ name = 'main', layout = 'max' })
tagsmain:add(1)
tagsfloat = tag({ name = 'float', layout = 'floating' })
tagsfloat:add(1)
-- }}}

-- {{{ Statusbar
-- Create a taglist widget
mytaglist = widget({ type = "taglist", name = "mytaglist" })
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({}, 1, function (object, tag) awful.tag.viewonly(tag) end))
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({ modkey }, 1, function (object, tag) awful.client.movetotag(tag) end))
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({}, 3, function (object, tag) tag.selected = not tag.selected end))
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({ modkey }, 3, function (object, tag) awful.client.toggletag(tag) end))
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 4, awful.tag.viewnext))
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 5, awful.tag.viewprev))
mytaglist.text_focus = "<bg color='"..bg_focus.."'/> <span color='"..fg_focus.."'><title/></span> "

-- Create a tasklist widget
mytasklist = widget({ type = "tasklist", name = "mytasklist" })
mytasklist:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 1, function (object, c) c:focus_set(); c:raise() end))
mytasklist:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 4, function () awful.client.focus(1) end))
mytasklist:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 5, function () awful.client.focus(-1) end))
function mytasklist.label(c)
    local text = ""
    if c.floating then
        text = text .. "<bg image=\"/usr/share/awesome/icons/floatingw.png\" align=\"right\"/>"
    end
    if client.focus_get() == c then
        text = text .. " <bg color='"..bg_focus.."'/><span color='"..fg_focus.."'><title/></span> "
    else
        text = text .. " <title/> "
    end
    return text
end

-- TEXTBOXES *****************
-- Create a textbox widget
mytextbox = widget({ type = "textbox", name = "mytextbox", align = "right" })
-- Set the default text in textbox
mypromptbox = widget({ type = "textbox", name = "mypromptbox", align = "left" })

-- Create an iconbox widget
myiconbox = widget({ type = "textbox", name = "myiconbox", align = "left" })
myiconbox.text = "<bg image=\"/usr/share/awesome/icons/awesome16.png\" resize=\"true\"/>"

-- Create a systray
mysystray = widget({ type = "systray", name = "mysystray", align = "right" })

-- Create an iconbox widget which will contains an icon indicating which layout we're using.
-- We need one layoutbox per screen.
mylayoutbox = {}
for s = 1, screen.count() do
    mylayoutbox[s] = widget({ type = "textbox", name = "mylayoutbox", align = "right" })
    mylayoutbox[s]:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 1, function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, 1) end))
    mylayoutbox[s]:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 3, function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, -1) end))
    mylayoutbox[s]:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 4, function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, 1) end))
    mylayoutbox[s]:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 5, function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, -1) end))
    mylayoutbox[s].text = "<bg image=\"/usr/share/awesome/icons/layouts/tilew.png\" resize=\"true\"/>"
end

-- MY TEXTBOXES ETC
linkbox = widget ({ type = "textbox", name = "link", align = "left" })
netbox = widget ({ type = "textbox", name = "network", align = "left" })
downbox = widget ({ type = "textbox", name = "download", align = "left" })
rootbox = widget ({ type = "textbox", name = "root", align = "left" })
homebox = widget ({ type = "textbox", name = "home", align = "left" })
batterybox = widget ({ type = "textbox", name = "battery", align = "left" })
mpdbox = widget ({ type = "textbox", name = "mpd", align = "right" })
clockbox = widget ({ type = "textbox", name = "clock", align = "right" })
linkbox.text = "link"
netbox.text = "network"
downbox.text = "download"
rootbox.text = "root"
homebox.text = "home"
batterybox.text = "battery"
mpdbox.text = "mpd"
clockbox.text = "clock"
wicked.register(rootbox, 'fs', '  ${/ usep}%  ', 30)
wicked.register(homebox, 'fs', '  ${/home usep}%  ', 30)
wicked.register(mpdbox, 'mpd', '  $1  ')
wicked.register(clockbox, 'date', '  %H:%M  ')
wicked.register(linkbox, 'net', '  ${wlan0 rx} // ${wlan0 tx}  ')
wicked.register(batterybox, 'function', '  acpitool -b | cut -b29-  ')

-- Create a statusbar for each screen and add it
mystatusbartop = statusbar({ position = "top", name = "statustop", fg = fg_normal, bg = bg_normal })

-- Add widgets to the statusbar - order matters
mystatusbartop:widget_add(mytaglist)
mystatusbartop:widget_add(myiconbox)
mystatusbartop:widget_add(mypromptbox)
mystatusbartop:widget_add(linkbox)
mystatusbartop:widget_add(netbox)
mystatusbartop:widget_add(downbox)
mystatusbartop:widget_add(rootbox)
mystatusbartop:widget_add(homebox)
mystatusbartop:widget_add(batterybox)
mystatusbartop:widget_add(mpdbox)
mystatusbartop:widget_add(clockbox)
mystatusbartop:widget_add(mylayoutbox[1])
mystatusbartop:add(1)
mystatusbarbtm = statusbar({ position = "bottom", name = "statusbottom", fg = fg_normal, bg = bg_normal })
mystatusbarbtm:widget_add(mytasklist)
mystatusbarbtm:add(1)
mystatusbarbtm:widget_add(mysystray)
-- }}}

-- {{{ Mouse bindings
awesome.mouse_add(mouse({ }, 3, function () awful.spawn(terminal) end))
awesome.mouse_add(mouse({ }, 4, awful.tag.viewnext))
awesome.mouse_add(mouse({ }, 5, awful.tag.viewprev))
-- }}}

-- {{{ Key bindings

keybinding({ modkey }, "Left", awful.tag.viewprev):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "Right", awful.tag.viewnext):add()

-- Standard program
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "t", function () awful.spawn(terminal) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "o", function () awful.spawn(browser) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "r", awesome.restart):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "q", awesome.quit):add()

-- Client manipulation
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "c", function () client.focus_get():kill() end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "j", function () awful.client.focus(1); client.focus_get():raise() end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "k", function () awful.client.focus(-1);  client.focus_get():raise() end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "j", function () awful.client.swap(1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "k", function () awful.client.swap(-1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "j", function () awful.screen.focus(1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "k", function () awful.screen.focus(-1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "space", awful.client.togglefloating):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "Return", function () client.focus_get():swap(awful.client.master()) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "o", awful.client.movetoscreen):add()

-- Layout manipulation
keybinding({ modkey }, "1", function () awful.tag.viewonly(tagsterm) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "2", function () awful.tag.viewonly(tagsnet) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "3", function () awful.tag.viewonly(tagsmain) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "4", function () awful.tag.viewonly(tagsfloat) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "l", function () awful.tag.incmwfact(0.05) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "h", function () awful.tag.incmwfact(-0.05) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "h", function () awful.tag.incnmaster(1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "l", function () awful.tag.incnmaster(-1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "h", function () awful.tag.incncol(1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "l", function () awful.tag.incncol(-1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "space", function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, 1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "space", function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, -1) end):add()

-- Prompt
keybinding({ modkey }, "F1", function ()
                                     awful.prompt({ prompt = "Run: ", cursor_fg = fg_focus, cursor_bg = bg_focus }, mypromptbox, awful.spawn, awful.completion.bash)
                                 end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "F4", function ()
                                     awful.prompt({ prompt = "Run Lua code: ", cursor_fg = fg_focus, cursor_bg = bg_focus }, mypromptbox, awful.eval, awful.prompt.bash)
                                 end):add()

--- Tabulous, tab manipulation
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "y", function ()
    local tabbedview = tabulous.tabindex_get()
    local nextclient = awful.client.next(1)

    if tabbedview == nil then
        tabbedview = tabulous.tabindex_get(nextclient)

        if tabbedview == nil then
            tabbedview = tabulous.tab_create()
            tabulous.tab(tabbedview, nextclient)
        else
            tabulous.tab(tabbedview, client.focus_get())
        end
    else
        tabulous.tab(tabbedview, nextclient)
    end
end):add()

keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "y", tabulous.untab):add()

keybinding({ modkey }, "y", function ()
   local tabbedview = tabulous.tabindex_get()

   if tabbedview ~= nil then
       local n = tabulous.next(tabbedview)
       tabulous.display(tabbedview, n)
   end
end):add()

-- Client awful tagging: this is useful to tag some clients and then do stuff like move to tag on them
keybinding({ modkey }, "t", awful.client.togglemarked):add()
keybinding({ modkey, 'Shift' }, "t", function ()
    local tabbedview = tabulous.tabindex_get()
    local clients = awful.client.getmarked()

    if tabbedview == nil then
        tabbedview = tabulous.tab_create(clients[1])
        table.remove(clients, 1)
    end

    for k,c in pairs(clients) do
        tabulous.tab(tabbedview, c)
    end

end):add()

-- }}}

-- {{{ Hooks
-- Hook function to execute when focusing a client.
function hook_focus(c)
    if not awful.client.ismarked(c) then
        c.border_color = border_focus
    end
end

-- Hook function to execute when unfocusing a client.
function hook_unfocus(c)
    if not awful.client.ismarked(c) then
        c.border_color = border_normal
    end
end

-- Hook function to execute when marking a client
function hook_marked(c)
    c.border_color = border_marked
end

-- Hook function to execute when unmarking a client
function hook_unmarked(c)
    c.border_color = border_focus
end

-- Hook function to execute when the mouse is over a client.
function hook_mouseover(c)
    -- Sloppy focus, but disabled for magnifier layout
    if awful.layout.get(c.screen) ~= "magnifier" then
        c:focus_set()
    end
end

-- Hook function to execute when a new client appears.
function hook_manage(c)
    -- Add mouse bindings
    c:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 1, function (c) c:focus_set(); c:raise() end))
    c:mouse_add(mouse({ modkey }, 1, function (c) c:mouse_move() end))
    c:mouse_add(mouse({ modkey }, 3, function (c) c:mouse_resize() end))
    -- New client may not receive focus
    -- if they're not focusable, so set border anyway.
    c.border_width = border_width
    c.border_color = border_normal
    c:focus_set()
    -- set floating, and move to tags
    if floatings[c.name:lower()] then
        c.floating = true
    end
    if nettag[c.name:lower()] then
      awful.client.movetotag( tagsnet, c)
    end
    if maintag[c.name:lower()] then
        awful.client.movetotag( tagsmain, c)
    end
    if floattag[c.name:lower()] then
        awful.client.movetotag( tagsfloat, c)
    end
    -- Honor size hints
    c.honorsizehints = true
end

-- Hook function to execute when arranging the screen
-- (tag switch, new client, etc)
function hook_arrange(screen)
    local layout = awful.layout.get(screen)
    mylayoutbox[screen].text = "<bg image=\"/usr/share/awesome/icons/layouts/" .. layout .. "w.png\" resize=\"true\"/>"

    -- Uncomment if you want mouse warping
    --[[
    local sel = client.focus_get()
    if sel then
        local c_c = sel.coords
        local m_c = mouse.coords

        if m_c.x < c_c.x or m_c.x >= c_c.x + c_c.width or
            m_c.y < c_c.y or m_c.y >= c_c.y + c_c.height then
            if table.maxn(m_c.buttons) == 0 then
                mouse.coords = { x = c_c.x + 5, y = c_c.y + 5}
            end
        end
    end
    ]]
end

-- Hook called every second
function hook_timer ()
    -- For unix time_t lovers
    mytextbox.text = " " .. os.time() .. " time_t "
    -- Otherwise use:
    -- mytextbox.text = " " .. os.date() .. " "
end

-- MY HOOKS ************

-- Set up some hooks
awful.hooks.focus(hook_focus)
awful.hooks.unfocus(hook_unfocus)
awful.hooks.marked(hook_marked)
awful.hooks.unmarked(hook_unmarked)
awful.hooks.manage(hook_manage)
awful.hooks.mouseover(hook_mouseover)
awful.hooks.arrange(hook_arrange)
awful.hooks.timer(1, hook_timer)
-- }}}

Last edited by shearn89 (2008-07-20 11:16:05)

Don-DiZzLe

Member

From: Nederland

Registered: 2007-03-31

Posts: 233

Re: awesome 3 configuration file problems.

U might wanna check out the Awsome wiki, it has some template rc.lua files. And about opening proggies on specific tags, I dont think that has been implemented just yet. I think that one user has managed to do that xOrg62 I believe. Again check http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page -> the user configuration file section.

heleos

Member

From: Maine, USA

Registered: 2007-04-24

Posts: 678

Re: awesome 3 configuration file problems.

I have windows opening in specific tags.

inside function hook_manage(c):

    function program(p)
        return c.class:lower():find(p)
    end
    if program("opera") then
    awful.client.movetotag(tags[1][2])
    end

Don-DiZzLe

Member

From: Nederland

Registered: 2007-03-31

Posts: 233

Re: awesome 3 configuration file problems.

Hmm didnt know that, but then again I find the whole lua thing to be major crapola. Ill post my config file, maybe it'll help u out.

-- awesome 3 configuration file

require("awful")
require("tabulous")
require("wicked")

tabulous.autotab_start()

-- {{{ Variable definitions
terminal = "urxvtc"
modkey = "Mod1"

layouts =
{
    "tile",
    "tileleft",
    "tilebottom",
    "tiletop",
    "magnifier",
    "max",
    "spiral",
    "dwindle",
    "floating"
}

floatings =
{
    ["mplayer"] = true,
    ["smplayer"] = true
}

-- Color & Appearance definitions, we use these later to display things
font = "Terminus 8"
border_width = 1
bg_normal = "#222222"
fg_normal = "#aaaaaa"
border_normal = "#000000"
bg_focus = "#535d6c"
fg_focus = "#ffffff"
border_focus = bg_focus
border_marked = "#91231C"

awesome.font_set(font)
awesome.colors_set({ fg = fg_normal, bg = bg_normal })
-- }}}

-- {{{ Tags
-- Define tags table
tags = {}
for s = 1, screen.count() do
    -- Each screen has its own tag table
    tags[s] = {}
    -- Create 9 tags per screen
    for tagnumber = 1, 9 do
        tags[s][tagnumber] = tag({ name = tagnumber, layout = layouts[1] })
        -- Add tags to screen one by one
        tags[s][tagnumber].mwfact = 0.618033988769
        tags[s][tagnumber]:add(s)
    end
    -- I'm sure you want to see at least one tag.
    tags[s][1].selected = true
end
-- }}}

-- {{{ Statusbar
mytaglist = widget({ type = "taglist", name = "mytaglist" })
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({}, 1, function (object, tag) awful.tag.viewonly(tag) end))
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({ modkey }, 1, function (object, tag) awful.client.movetotag(tag) end))
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({}, 3, function (object, tag) tag.selected = not tag.selected end))
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({ modkey }, 3, function (object, tag) awful.client.toggletag(tag) end))
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 4, awful.tag.viewnext))
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 5, awful.tag.viewprev))
function mytaglist.label(t)
    local text = ""
    if t.selected then
        text = "<bg color='"..bg_focus.."'/> <span color='"..fg_focus.."'>"..t.name.."</span> "
    else
        text = " "..t.name.." "
    end
    return text
end

mytasklist = widget({ type = "tasklist", name = "mytasklist" })
mytasklist:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 1, function (object, c) c:focus_set(); c:raise() end))
mytasklist:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 4, function () awful.client.focus(1) end))
mytasklist:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 5, function () awful.client.focus(-1) end))
function mytasklist.label(c)
    local text = ""
    if c.floating then
        text = "<bg image=\"/usr/share/awesome/icons/floatingw.png\" align=\"right\"/>"
    end
    if client.focus_get() == c then
        text = text .. " <bg color='"..bg_focus.."'/><span color='"..awful.escape(fg_focus).."'>"..c.name.."</span> "
    else
        text = text .. " "..awful.escape(c.name).." "
    end
    return text
end

mypromptbox = widget({ type = "textbox", name = "mypromptbox", align = "left" })

mysystray = widget({ type = "systray", name = "mysystray", align = "right" })

mylayoutbox = {}
mylayoutbox = widget({ type = "textbox", name = "mylayoutbox", align = "left" })
mylayoutbox:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 1, function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, 1) end))
mylayoutbox:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 3, function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, -1) end))
mylayoutbox:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 4, function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, 1) end))
mylayoutbox:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 5, function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, -1) end))
mylayoutbox.text = "<bg image=\"/usr/share/awesome/icons/layouts/tilew.png\" resize=\"true\"/>"

-- space
space = widget({
    type = "textbox",
    name = "space",
    align = "right"
})
space.text = " "

-- CPU Graph
cpugraphwidget = widget({
    type = "graph",
    name = "cpugraphwidget",
    align = "right"
})
cpugraphwidget.width = 50
cpugraphwidget.height = 0.65
cpugraphwidget.grow = "left"
cpugraphwidget:plot_properties_set('cpu', {
    fg = "#AEC6D8",
    fg_center = "#285577",
    fg_end = "#285577",
    vertical_gradient = false
})
wicked.register(cpugraphwidget, 'cpu', '$1', 1, 'cpu')

-- NetTraffic
netwidget = widget({
    type = "textbox",
    name = "netwidget",
    align = "right"
})
wicked.register(netwidget, "net", "${wlan0 down} / ${wlan0 up}")

-- Volume
volumewidget = widget({
    type = "progressbar",
    name = "volumewidget",
    align = "right"
})
volumewidget.width = 50
volumewidget.height = 0.65
volumewidget.ticks_count = 15
wicked.register(volumewidget, "function", function (widget, args)
    local f = io.popen("amixer get PCM | grep Left: | cut -f 2 -d [ | cut -d% -f1")
    local l = f:read()
    f:close()
    return l
end, 1, "volume")
volumewidget:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 4, function () awful.spawn("amixer set PCM 2%+") end))
volumewidget:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 5, function () awful.spawn("amixer set PCM 2%-") end))

-- Time & Date
datewidget = widget({ type = "textbox", name = "datewidget", align = "right" })
wicked.register(datewidget, "date", "%A, %d/%m/%Y - %T")

mystatusbar = {}
mystatusbar = statusbar({ position = "top", name = "mystatusbar", fg = fg_normal, bg = bg_normal })
mystatusbar:widget_add(mytaglist)
mystatusbar:widget_add(mytasklist)
mystatusbar:widget_add(mypromptbox)
mystatusbar:widget_add(mylayoutbox)
mystatusbar:widget_add(space)
mystatusbar:widget_add(cpugraphwidget)
mystatusbar:widget_add(space)
mystatusbar:widget_add(netwidget)
mystatusbar:widget_add(space)
mystatusbar:widget_add(volumewidget)
mystatusbar:widget_add(space)
mystatusbar:widget_add(datewidget)
mystatusbar:widget_add(mysystray)
mystatusbar:add(1)
-- }}}

-- {{{ Mouse bindings
awesome.mouse_add(mouse({ }, 3, function () awful.spawn(terminal) end))
awesome.mouse_add(mouse({ }, 4, awful.tag.viewnext))
awesome.mouse_add(mouse({ }, 5, awful.tag.viewprev))
-- }}}

-- {{{ Key bindings

-- Bind keyboard digits
-- Compute the maximum number of digit we need, limited to 9
keynumber = 0
for s = 1, screen.count() do
   keynumber = math.min(9, math.max(#tags[s], keynumber));
end

for i = 1, keynumber do
    keybinding({ modkey }, i,
                   function ()
                       local screen = mouse.screen
                       if tags[screen][i] then
                           awful.tag.viewonly(tags[screen][i])
                       end
                   end):add()
    keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, i,
                   function ()
                       local screen = mouse.screen
                       if tags[screen][i] then
                           tags[screen][i].selected = not tags[screen][i].selected
                       end
                   end):add()
    keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, i,
                   function ()
                       local screen = mouse.screen
                       if tags[screen][i] then
                           awful.client.movetotag(tags[screen][i])
                       end
                   end):add()
    keybinding({ modkey, "Control", "Shift" }, i,
                   function ()
                       local screen = mouse.screen
                       if tags[screen][i] then
                           awful.client.toggletag(tags[screen][i])
                       end
                   end):add()
end

keybinding({ modkey }, "Left", awful.tag.viewprev):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "Right", awful.tag.viewnext):add()

-- Standard program
keybinding({ modkey }, "f", function () awful.spawn("firefox") end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "p", function () awful.spawn("pcmanfm") end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "g", function () awful.spawn("geany") end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "d", function () awful.spawn("deluge") end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "s", function () awful.spawn("savage2") end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "w", function () awful.spawn("soffice -writer") end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "c", function () awful.spawn("soffice -calc") end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "r", function () awful.spawn("sudo reboot") end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "s", function () awful.spawn("sudo halt") end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "Return", function () awful.spawn(terminal) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "r", awesome.restart):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "q", awesome.quit):add()

-- Client manipulation
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "w", function () client.focus_get():kill() end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "j", function () awful.client.focus(1); client.focus_get():raise() end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "k", function () awful.client.focus(-1);  client.focus_get():raise() end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "j", function () awful.client.swap(1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "k", function () awful.client.swap(-1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "j", function () awful.screen.focus(1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "k", function () awful.screen.focus(-1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "space", awful.client.togglefloating):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "Return", function () client.focus_get():swap(awful.client.master()) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "o", awful.client.movetoscreen):add()

-- Layout manipulation
keybinding({ modkey }, "l", function () awful.tag.incmwfact(0.05) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "h", function () awful.tag.incmwfact(-0.05) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "h", function () awful.tag.incnmaster(1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "l", function () awful.tag.incnmaster(-1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "h", function () awful.tag.incncol(1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "l", function () awful.tag.incncol(-1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "space", function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, 1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "space", function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, -1) end):add()

-- Prompt
keybinding({ modkey }, "F1", function () awful.prompt({ prompt = "Run: ", cursor_fg = fg_focus, cursor_bg = bg_focus }, mypromptbox, awful.spawn, awful.completion.bash) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "F4", function () awful.prompt({ prompt = "Run Lua code: ", cursor_fg = fg_focus, cursor_bg = bg_focus }, mypromptbox, awful.eval, awful.prompt.bash) end):add()

--- Tabulous, tab manipulation
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "y", function ()
    local tabbedview = tabulous.tabindex_get()
    local nextclient = awful.client.next(1)

    if tabbedview == nil then
        tabbedview = tabulous.tabindex_get(nextclient)

        if tabbedview == nil then
            tabbedview = tabulous.tab_create()
            tabulous.tab(tabbedview, nextclient)
        else
            tabulous.tab(tabbedview, client.focus_get())
        end
    else
        tabulous.tab(tabbedview, nextclient)
    end
end):add()

keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "y", tabulous.untab):add()

keybinding({ modkey }, "y", function ()
   local tabbedview = tabulous.tabindex_get()

   if tabbedview ~= nil then
       local n = tabulous.next(tabbedview)
       tabulous.display(tabbedview, n)
   end
end):add()

-- Client awful tagging: this is useful to tag some clients and then do stuff like move to tag on them
keybinding({ modkey }, "t", awful.client.togglemarked):add()
keybinding({ modkey, 'Shift' }, "t", function ()
    local tabbedview = tabulous.tabindex_get()
    local clients = awful.client.getmarked()

    if tabbedview == nil then
        tabbedview = tabulous.tab_create(clients[1])
        table.remove(clients, 1)
    end

    for k,c in pairs(clients) do
        tabulous.tab(tabbedview, c)
    end

end):add()

for i = 1, keynumber do
    keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "F" .. i,
                   function ()
                       local screen = mouse.screen
                       if tags[screen][i] then
                           for k, c in pairs(awful.client.getmarked()) do
                               awful.client.movetotag(tags[screen][i], c)
                           end
                       end
                   end):add()
end
-- }}}

-- {{{ Hooks
-- Hook function to execute when focusing a client.
function hook_focus(c)
    if not awful.client.ismarked(c) then
        c.border_color = border_focus
    end
end

-- Hook function to execute when unfocusing a client.
function hook_unfocus(c)
    if not awful.client.ismarked(c) then
        c.border_color = border_normal
    end
end

-- Hook function to execute when marking a client
function hook_marked(c)
    c.border_color = border_marked
end

-- Hook function to execute when unmarking a client
function hook_unmarked(c)
    c.border_color = border_focus
end

-- Hook function to execute when the mouse is over a client.
function hook_mouseover(c)
    -- Sloppy focus, but disabled for magnifier layout
    if awful.layout.get(c.screen) ~= "magnifier" then
        c:focus_set()
    end
end

-- Hook function to execute when a new client appears.
function hook_manage(c)
    -- Add mouse bindings
    c:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 1, function (c) c:focus_set(); c:raise() end))
    c:mouse_add(mouse({ modkey }, 1, function (c) c:mouse_move() end))
    c:mouse_add(mouse({ modkey }, 3, function (c) c:mouse_resize() end))
    -- New client may not receive focus
    -- if they're not focusable, so set border anyway.
    c.border_width = border_width
    c.border_color = border_normal
    c:focus_set()
    if floatings[c.name:lower()] then
        c.floating = true
    end
    -- Honor size hints
    c.honorsizehints = false
end

-- Hook function to execute when arranging the screen
-- (tag switch, new client, etc)
function hook_arrange(screen)
    local layout = awful.layout.get(screen)
    mylayoutbox.text = "<bg image=\"/usr/share/awesome/icons/layouts/" .. layout .. "w.png\" resize=\"true\"/>"

    -- Uncomment if you want mouse warping
    --[[
    local sel = client.focus_get()
    if sel then
        local c_c = sel.coords
        local m_c = mouse.coords

        if m_c.x < c_c.x or m_c.x >= c_c.x + c_c.width or
            m_c.y < c_c.y or m_c.y >= c_c.y + c_c.height then
            if table.maxn(m_c.buttons) == 0 then
                mouse.coords = { x = c_c.x + 5, y = c_c.y + 5}
            end
        end
    end
    ]]
end

-- Set up some hooks
awful.hooks.focus(hook_focus)
awful.hooks.unfocus(hook_unfocus)
awful.hooks.marked(hook_marked)
awful.hooks.unmarked(hook_unmarked)
awful.hooks.manage(hook_manage)
awful.hooks.mouseover(hook_mouseover)
awful.hooks.arrange(hook_arrange)
-- }}}

heleos

Member

From: Maine, USA

Registered: 2007-04-24

Posts: 678

Re: awesome 3 configuration file problems.

If you don't like lua, go back to awesome 2.3

I personally think it's a good idea. I don't know any lua myself, but the config file is pretty straightfoward, and I can usually figure things out

I'll also post my config to see if it can help you out any:

-- awesome 3 configuration file
-- AUTHOR: heleos (heleoslol@gmail.com)
require("awful")
require("wicked")
--require("tabulous")

-- {{{ Defaults
default_font = 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono 8'
bar_font = 'snap 8'
--default_mwfact = 0.618033988769
default_mwfact = .75
www_mwfact = .8
spacer = " "
separator = " "
menu = 'mydmenu'

terminal = 'urxvtc'
filemanager = 'thunar'
webbrowser = 'opera'

music_toggle = 'mpc toggle'
music_stop = 'mpc stop'
music_next = 'mpc next'
music_prev = 'mpc prev'

-- BG colors
bg_normal = '#000000'
bg_focus = '#333333'
bg_urgent = '#FF0000'

-- FG Colors
fg_normal = '#FFFFFF'
fg_focus = '#AAAAAA'
fg_urgent = '#FFFFFF'

-- Border Colors
border_width = '1'
border_unfocus = '#000000'
border_focus = '#666666'

modkey = "Mod4"
-- Other layouts: magnifier, spiral, dwindle, tileleft
layouts = 
{
    "tile",
    "tilebottom",
    "tiletop",
    "max",
    "floating"
}

-- Floats

-- Default colors
awesome.colors_set({ fg = fg_normal, bg = bg_normal })
awesome.font_set(default_font)

-- {{{ Functions

function heading(text)
    return fg(fg_focus, text)
end


--{{{
-- Tabs
tags = {}
for s = 1, screen.count() do
    tags[s] = {}
    tags[s][1] = tag({ name = "main", layout = layouts[5] })
    tags[s][1]:add(s)
    tags[s][1].mwfact = default_mwfact
    tags[s][2] = tag({ name = "www", layout = layouts[2] })
    tags[s][2]:add(s)
    tags[s][2].mwfact = www_mwfact
    tags[s][3] = tag({ name = "code", layout = layouts[1] })
    tags[s][3]:add(s)
    tags[s][3].mwfact = default_mwfact
    tags[s][4] = tag({ name = "misc", layout = layouts[5] })
    tags[s][4]:add(s)
    tags[s][4].mwfact = default_mwfact

    tags[s][1].selected = true
end

--{{{ Widgets
--Clock
clock_wid = widget({ type = 'textbox',
             name = 'clock_wid',
             align = 'right'
})
wicked.register(clock_wid, 'date','[%A %d %b %Y] [%r]')
--MPD
mpd_wid = widget({ type = 'textbox', name = 'mpd_wid', align = 'left' })
mpd_wid.text = "[]: not playing"
wicked.register(mpd_wid, 'mpd', ' <span color="white">[Now Playing:</span> $1]')

--Memory
mem_wid = widget({ type = 'textbox', name = 'mem_wid', align = 'left' })
wicked.register(mem_wid, 'mem', function (widget, args) 
    -- Add extra preceding zeroes when needed
    if tonumber(args[1]) < 10 then args[1] = '0'..args[1] end
    if tonumber(args[2]) < 1000 then args[2] = '0'..args[2] end
    if tonumber(args[3]) < 1000 then args[3] = '0'..args[3] end
    return spacer..('[Memory')..': '..args[1]..'% ('..args[2]..'/'..args[3]..')]'..spacer..separator end)

--CPU
cpu_wid = widget({ type = 'textbox', name = 'cpu_wid', align = 'left' })
cpu_wid.text = spacer..('CPU')..': '..spacer..separator
wicked.register(cpu_wid, 'cpu', function (widget, args) 
    -- Add a zero if lower than 10
    if args[1] < 10 then 
        args[1] = '0'..args[1]
    end

    return spacer..('[CPU')..': '..args[1]..'%]'..spacer..separator end)

--SYSTRAY
systray_wid = widget({ type = 'systray', name = 'systray_wid', align = 'right' })
--}}}

-- {{{ Statusbar
-- Create a taglist widget
mytaglist = widget({ type = "taglist", name = "mytaglist" })
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 1, function (object, tag) awful.tag.viewonly(tag) end))
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({ modkey }, 1, function (object, tag) awful.client.movetotag(tag) end))
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 3, function (object, tag) tag:view(not tag:isselected()) end))
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({ modkey }, 3, function (object, tag) awful.client.toggletag(tag) end))
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({ modkey }, 4, awful.tag.viewnext))
mytaglist:mouse_add(mouse({ modkey }, 5, awful.tag.viewprev))
mytaglist.text_focus = spacer.."<bg color='"..bg_focus.."'/> <span color='"..fg_normal.."'><title/></span>"..spacer
mytaglist.text_urgent = spacer.."<bg color='"..bg_urgent.."'/> <span color='"..fg_urgent.."'><title/></span>"..spacer

function mytaglist.label(t)
    local text = ""
    if t.selected then
        text = "<bg color='"..bg_focus.."'/> <span color='"..fg_focus.."'>"..t.name.."</span> "
    elseif t.urgent then
    text = "<bg color='"..bg_urgent.."'/> <span color='"..fg_urgent.."'>"..t.name.."</span> "
    else
        text = " "..t.name.." "
    end
    return text
end

-- Create a tasklist widget
mytasklist = widget({ type = "tasklist", name = "mytasklist" })
mytasklist:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 1, function (object, c) c:focus_set(); c:raise() end))
mytasklist:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 4, function () awful.client.focus(1) end))
mytasklist:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 5, function () awful.client.focus(-1) end))

mytasklist.text_focus = "<bg color='"..bg_focus.."'/> <span color='"..fg_normal.."'><title/></span>"
mytasklist.text_urgent = "<bg color='"..bg_urgent.."'/> <span color='"..fg_normal.."'><title/></span>"

function mytasklist.label(c)
    local text = ""
    if c.floating then
        text = "<bg image=\"/usr/share/awesome/icons/floatingw.png\" align=\"right\"/>"
    end
    if client.focus_get() == c then
        text = text .. " <bg color='"..bg_focus.."'/><span color='"..awful.escape(fg_focus).."'>"..c.name.."</span> "
    else
        text = text .. " "..awful.escape(c.name).." "
    end
    return text
end

-- Create a textbox widget
mytextbox = widget({ type = "textbox", name = "mytextbox", align = "left" })
-- Set the default text in textbox
mytextbox.text = "<b><small> awesome " ..AWESOME_VERSION.. " </small></b>"

-- Create an iconbox widget
myiconbox = widget({ type = "textbox", name = "myiconbox", align = "left" })
myiconbox.text = "<bg image=\"/usr/share/awesome/icons/awesome16.png\" resize=\"true\"/>"

--menubox_wid = widget({ type = "textbox", name = "menubox_wid", align = "left" })

-- Create an iconbox widget which will contains an icon indicating which layout we're using.
-- We need one layoutbox per screen.
mylayoutbox = {}
for s = 1, screen.count() do
    mylayoutbox[s] = widget({ type = "textbox", name = "myiconbox", align = "left" })
    mylayoutbox[s]:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 1, function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, 1) end))    
    mylayoutbox[s]:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 3, function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, -1) end))    
    mylayoutbox[s]:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 4, function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, 1) end))    
    mylayoutbox[s]:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 5, function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, -1) end))    
    mylayoutbox[s].text = "<bg image=\"/usr/share/awesome/icons/layouts/tilew.png\" resize=\"true\"/>"
end

-- Create a statusbar for each screen and add it
topbar = {}
botbar = {}

for s = 1, screen.count() do
    topbar[s] = statusbar({ position = "top", name = "topbar" .. s,
                                fg = fg_normal, bg = bg_normal })
    botbar[s] = statusbar({ position = "bottom", name = "botbar" .. s,
                fg = fg_normal, bg = bg_normal })
    -- Add widgets to the statusbar - order matters
    topbar[s]:widget_add(mytaglist)
    topbar[s]:widget_add(mylayoutbox[s])
    topbar[s]:widget_add(mytasklist)
    topbar[s]:widget_add(clock_wid)
--    botbar[s]:widget_add(myiconbox)
--    botbar[s]:widget_add(menubox_wid)
    botbar[s]:widget_add(mem_wid)
    botbar[s]:widget_add(cpu_wid)
    botbar[s]:widget_add(mpd_wid)
    topbar[s]:add(s)
    botbar[s]:add(s)
end
topbar[screen.count()]:widget_add(systray_wid)
-- }}}

-- {{{ Mouse bindings
awesome.mouse_add(mouse({ }, 1, function () awful.rause() end))
awesome.mouse_add(mouse({ }, 3, function () awful.spawn(terminal) end))
awesome.mouse_add(mouse({ }, 4, awful.tag.viewnext))
awesome.mouse_add(mouse({ }, 5, awful.tag.viewprev))

-- {{{ Key bindings

-- Bind keyboard digits
-- Compute the maximum number of digit we need, limited to 9

keynumber = 0
for s = 1, screen.count() do
    keynumber = math.min(4, math.max(#tags[s], keynumber));
end

for i = 1, keynumber do
    keybinding({ modkey }, i,
                   function ()
                       local screen = mouse.screen
            if tags[screen][i] then
                awful.tag.viewonly(tags[screen][i])
            end
           end):add()
    keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, i,
                   function ()
           end):add()
end

keybinding({ modkey }, "Left", awful.tag.viewprev):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "Right", awful.tag.viewnext):add()

-- Standard program
keybinding({ modkey }, "Return", function () awful.spawn(terminal) end):add()

keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "r", awesome.restart):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "q", awesome.quit):add()

-- Client manipulation
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "c", function () client.focus_get():kill() end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "j", function () awful.client.focus(1); client.focus_get():raise() end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "k", function () awful.client.focus(-1);  client.focus_get():raise() end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "j", function () awful.client.swap(1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "k", function () awful.client.swap(-1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "j", function () awful.screen.focus(1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "k", function () awful.screen.focus(-1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "space", function () awful.client.togglefloating() end):add()

-- Layout manipulation
keybinding({ modkey }, "l", function () awful.tag.incmwfact(0.05) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "h", function () awful.tag.incmwfact(-0.05) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "h", function () awful.tag.incnmaster(1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "l", function () awful.tag.incnmaster(-1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "h", function () awful.tag.incncol(1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Control" }, "l", function () awful.tag.incncol(1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "space", function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, 1) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey, "Shift" }, "space", function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, -1) end):add()

--Menu
keybinding({ modkey }, "F2", function ()
awful.prompt({ prompt = " Run ", cursor_fg = fg_focus, cursor_bg = bg_focus }, mymenubox, awful.spawn, awful.completion.bash) end):add()


-- Custom bindings
keybinding({ modkey }, "f", function () awful.spawn(filemanager) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "t", function () awful.spawn(terminal) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "w", function () awful.spawn(webbrowser) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "g", function () awful.spawn(musicplayer) end):add()

keybinding({ modkey }, "z", function () awful.spawn(music_prev) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "x", function () awful.spawn(music_stop) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "v", function () awful.spawn(music_toggle) end):add()
keybinding({ modkey }, "b", function () awful.spawn(music_next) end):add()
-- }}}

-- {{{ Hooks
-- Hook function to execute when focusing a client.
function hook_focus(c)
    c.border_color = border_focus
--    c.titlebar_color = ({ fg = '#909090' })
end

-- Hook function to execute when unfocusing a client.
function hook_unfocus(c)
    c.border_color = border_unfocus
end

-- Hook function to exeucte when the mouse is over a client.
function hook_mouseover(c)
    -- Sloppy focus, but disabled for magnifier layout
    c:focus_set()
end

-- Hook function to execute when a new client appears.
function hook_manage(c)
    -- New client may not receive focus
    -- if they're not focusable, so set border anyway.
    c.border_color = border_focus
    c.border_width = border_width
    c:focus_set()
    c.honorsizehints = true
        
    c:mouse_add(mouse({ }, 1, function(c) c:focus_set(); c:raise() end))
    c:mouse_add(mouse({ modkey }, 1, function (c) c:mouse_move({ snap = 1, infobox = true }) end))
    c:mouse_add(mouse({ modkey }, 3, function (c) c:mouse_resize() end))

    function program(p)
        return c.class:lower():find(p)
    end


    if program("pidgin") then
        c.floating = true
        awful.client.movetotag(tags[1][1])
    end
    if program("wow") then
        c.floating = true
        awful.client.movetotag(tags[1][4])
    end
    if program("mplayer") then
        c.floating = true
    end
    if program("thunar") then
        c.floating = true
    end
    if program("sonata") then
        c.floating = true
        awful.client.movetotag(tags[1][1])
    end
    if program("opera") then
    awful.client.movetotag(tags[1][2])
    end

   
--    if name ~= "panel" then
--    c:titlebar_set(new_titlebar(c))
--    end

    -- Prevents new windows from becoming master
    cls = client.visible_get(mouse.screen)
    for i,p in pairs(cls) do
        if p ~= c then
            c:swap(p)
            break
        end
    end
end

-- Hook function to execute when arranging the screen
-- (tag switch, new client, etc)
function hook_arrange(screen)
    local layout = awful.layout.get(screen)
    mylayoutbox[screen].text = "<bg image=\"/usr/share/awesome/icons/layouts/" .. layout .. "w.png\" resize=\"true\"/>"
end

-- Hook called every 60 seconds
function hook_timer ()

end

-- Hook for urgency hints
function hook_urgent ()

end

-- Set up some hooks
awful.hooks.focus(hook_focus)
awful.hooks.unfocus(hook_unfocus)
awful.hooks.manage(hook_manage)
awful.hooks.mouseover(hook_mouseover)
awful.hooks.arrange(hook_arrange)
awful.hooks.timer(1, hook_timer)
awful.hooks.urgent(hook_urgent)
-- }}}

Don-DiZzLe

Member

From: Nederland

Registered: 2007-03-31

Posts: 233

Re: awesome 3 configuration file problems.

hmm I have some experience in Perl and Java, but lua sure ass hell aint no pretty straightfoward. And Im using awesome3 cuz I like to be up to date with the WM.

shearn89

Member

Registered: 2008-01-13

Posts: 16

Re: awesome 3 configuration file problems.

awesome - thanks guys. I'll check through my config again, and see whats up... The example rc files should help as well - couldn't find them when i flicked through the wiki the first time, so i'll have another look. Would probs help to take a look at the intro to lua link on the wiki too. Cheers for the help.