-- MODULE AUTO-START -- Run all the apps listed in configuration/apps.lua as run_on_start_up only once when awesome start local awful = require('awful') local apps = require('configuration.apps') local debugger_mode = false local run_once = function(cmd) local findme = cmd local firstspace = cmd:find(' ') if firstspace then findme = cmd:sub(0, firstspace - 1) end awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell( string.format('pgrep -u $USER -x %s > /dev/null || (%s)', findme, cmd), function(stdout, stderr) -- Debugger if not stderr or stderr == '' or not debugger_mode then return end require('naughty').notification({ app_name = 'Start-up Applications', title = 'Oof! Error detected when starting an application!', message = stderr:gsub('%\n', ''), timeout = 20, icon = require('beautiful').awesome_icon }) end ) end for _, app in ipairs(apps.run_on_start_up) do run_once(app) end