Awesome improvements

config/awesome/cmus-widget/cmus.lua

@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ end
 local function worker(user_args)
 
     local args = user_args or {}
-    local font = args.font or "Play 9"
+    local font = args.font or "Play 8"
 
     local path_to_icons = args.path_to_icons or "/usr/share/icons/Arc/actions/symbolic/"
     local timeout = args.timeout or 10
+    local space = args.space or 3
 
     cmus_widget.widget = wibox.widget {
         {
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ local function worker(user_args)
             font = font,
             widget = wibox.widget.textbox
         },
+        spacing = space,
         layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
         update_icon = function(self, name)
             self:get_children_by_id("playback_icon")[1]:set_image(path_to_icons .. name)
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ local function worker(user_args)
 
     function cmus_widget:play_pause()
         spawn("cmus-remote -u")
-        spawn.easy_async("cmus-remote -Q",
+        spawn.easy_async_with_shell("cmus-remote -Q",
         function(stdout, _, _, code)
             update_widget(cmus_widget.widget, stdout, _, _, code)
         end)

config/awesome/rc.lua

@@ -65,41 +65,34 @@ if not beautiful.init(theme) then
     beautiful.init(gears.filesystem.get_themes_dir() .. "default/theme.lua") -- Fallback to default themes
 end
 
--- This is used later as the default terminal and editor to run.
+-- Default apps
 terminal     = "alacritty"
 editor       = os.getenv("EDITOR") or "nvim"
 editor_cmd   = terminal .. " -e " .. editor
-
--- Screen locker command
 scrlocker    = "cinnamon-screensaver-command -l"
 
--- Default modkey.
+-- Default modkey
--- Usually, Mod4 is the key with a logo between Control and Alt.
+modkey       = "Mod1"
--- If you do not like this or do not have such a key,
+
--- I suggest you to remap Mod4 to another key using xmodmap or other tools.
+-- Commands
--- However, you can use another modifier like Mod1, but it may interact with others.
+local background_processes = {
-modkey = "Mod1"
+    "compton",
+    "flameshot",
+    "nm-applet",
+    "lxpolkit",
+    "unclutter"
+}
+
+local reload_programs = {
+    "customkeys"
+}
 
 -- Table of layouts to cover with awful.layout.inc, order matters.
 awful.layout.layouts = {
     awful.layout.suit.floating,
     awful.layout.suit.tile,
-    -- awful.layout.suit.tile.left,
+    awful.layout.suit.max
-    -- awful.layout.suit.tile.bottom,
-    -- awful.layout.suit.tile.top,
-    -- awful.layout.suit.fair,
-    -- awful.layout.suit.fair.horizontal,
-    -- awful.layout.suit.spiral,
-    -- awful.layout.suit.spiral.dwindle,
-    awful.layout.suit.max,
-    -- awful.layout.suit.max.fullscreen,
-    -- awful.layout.suit.magnifier,
-    -- awful.layout.suit.corner.nw,
-    -- awful.layout.suit.corner.ne,
-    -- awful.layout.suit.corner.sw,
-    -- awful.layout.suit.corner.se,
 }
--- }}}
 
 -- {{{ Menu
 -- Create a launcher widget and a main menu
@@ -271,8 +264,9 @@ awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)
             {
                 cmus_widget(),
                 widget = wibox.container.margin,
-                right = 7,
+                right = 10,
                 left = 7,
+                space = 5,
                 draw_empty = false
             },
             {
@@ -670,17 +664,11 @@ local function trim(s)
   return s:find'^%s*$' and '' or s:match'^%s*(.*%S)'
 end
 
-
--- Debian packages for these apps:
--- - flameshot
--- - compton
--- - unclutter
-
 -- Autostart applications
-run_once({"compton",
+for _, cmd in ipairs(background_processes) do
-          "flameshot",
+    awful.spawn.single_instance(cmd)
-          "nm-applet",
+end
-          "lxpolkit",
-          "unclutter"})
 
-awful.spawn("customkeys")
+for _, cmd in ipairs(reload_programs) do
+    awful.spawn(cmd)
+end