added keybindings to launch apps

1 files changed, 69 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/awesome/rc.lua b/awesome/rc.lua
index d5464384..b839c5fb 100755
--- a/awesome/rc.lua
+++ b/awesome/rc.lua
@@ -36,11 +36,35 @@ end
 -- Themes define colours, icons, font and wallpapers.
 beautiful.init(gears.filesystem.get_configuration_dir() .. "theme.lua")
 
--- This is used later as the default terminal and editor to run.
+-- variable declarations
+modkey = "Mod4"
+
+-- app defaults
 terminal = "st"
+launcher = "dmenu_run"
+
+-- terminal apps
 editor = "nvim"
+termFileManager = "ranger"
+sysMonitor = "bashtop"
+-- terminal app commands
 editor_cmd = terminal .. " -e " .. editor
-modkey = "Mod4"
+termFileManager_cmd = terminal .. " -e " .. termFileManager
+sysMonitor_cmd = terminal .. " -e " .. sysMonitor
+
+-- gui apps
+fileManager = "pcmanfm"
+browser = "firefox"
+emailClient = "thunderbird"
+
+-- system commands
+screenshot = "scrot /zt/Screenshots/Screenshot-%Y-%d-%m--%T.png"
+screenLock = "betterlockscreen -l -t 'pee pee poo poo'"
+
+-- volume commands
+volumeUp = "pulseaudio-ctl up"
+volumeDown = "pulseaudio-ctl down"
+toggleMute = "pulseaudio-ctl mute"
 
 -- Table of layouts to cover with awful.layout.inc, order matters.
 awful.layout.layouts = {
@@ -62,6 +86,11 @@ awful.layout.layouts = {
 --     awful.layout.suit.corner.se,
 }
 
+
+function sh(command)
+	awful.spawn.with_shell(command)
+end
+
 -- Keyboard map indicator and switcher
 mykeyboardlayout = awful.widget.keyboardlayout()
 
@@ -195,12 +224,39 @@ end)
 
 -- {{{ Mouse bindings
 root.buttons(gears.table.join(
-    awful.button({ }, 3, function () naughty.notify({ title = "Achtung!", text = "You're idling", timeout = 0 }) end),
+    awful.button({ }, 3, function() sh("nitrogen") end),
     awful.button({ }, 5, awful.tag.viewnext),
     awful.button({ }, 4, awful.tag.viewprev)
 ))
 -- }}}
 
+-- my custom keybindings to spawn
+-- apps or execute scripts and shit
+myKeys = gears.table.join(
+    awful.key({ modkey, }, "Return", function () awful.spawn(terminal) end),
+    awful.key({ modkey, }, "p", function () awful.spawn(launcher) end),
+    awful.key({ modkey, }, "q", function () awful.spawn(screenLock) end),
+    awful.key({ modkey, "Shift" }, "Return", function () awful.spawn(screenshot) end),
+
+    -- gui apps
+    awful.key({ modkey, }, "i", function () awful.spawn(browser) end),
+    awful.key({ modkey, }, "s", function () awful.spawn(fileManager) end),
+    awful.key({ modkey, }, "w", function () awful.spawn("nitrogen") end),
+    awful.key({ modkey, }, "y", function () awful.spawn("gimp") end),
+    awful.key({ modkey, }, "e", function () awful.spawn(emailClient) end),
+    
+    -- terminal apps
+    awful.key({ modkey, }, "r", function () awful.spawn(termFileManager_cmd) end),
+    awful.key({ modkey, }, "a", function () awful.spawn(sysMonitor_cmd) end),
+    awful.key({ modkey, "Shift", }, "w", function () awful.spawn("nitrogen --restore") end),
+
+    -- volume controls
+    awful.key({ "Mod1", }, "j", function () awful.spawn(volumeDown) end),
+    awful.key({ "Mod1", }, "k", function () awful.spawn(volumeUp) end),
+    awful.key({ "Mod1", }, "m", function () awful.spawn(toggleMute) end),
+    awful.key({ "Mod1", }, "n", function () awful.spawn("pavucontrol") end)
+)
+
 -- for window navigation with hjkl
 -- i.e vim movement keys
 vimNavKeys = gears.table.join(
@@ -221,10 +277,10 @@ vimNavKeys = gears.table.join(
 -- for manipulating layout with hjkl
 -- i.e move windows with vim movement keys
 vimLayoutKeys = gears.table.join(
-    awful.key({ "Mod4", "Shift"   }, "h", function () awful.client.swap.bydirection("left")  end),
-    awful.key({ "Mod4", "Shift"   }, "j", function () awful.client.swap.bydirection("down")  end),
-    awful.key({ "Mod4", "Shift"   }, "k", function () awful.client.swap.bydirection("up")    end),
-    awful.key({ "Mod4", "Shift"   }, "l", function () awful.client.swap.bydirection("right") end)
+    awful.key({ modkey, "Shift", }, "h", function () awful.client.swap.bydirection("left")  end),
+    awful.key({ modkey, "Shift", }, "j", function () awful.client.swap.bydirection("down")  end),
+    awful.key({ modkey, "Shift", }, "k", function () awful.client.swap.bydirection("up")    end),
+    awful.key({ modkey, "Shift", }, "l", function () awful.client.swap.bydirection("right") end)
 )
 
 layoutKeys = gears.table.join(
@@ -244,7 +300,7 @@ multiMonitorNavKeys = gears.table.join(
     -- focus next screen
     awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "j", function () awful.screen.focus_relative( 1) end),
     -- focus preious screen
-   awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "k", function () awful.screen.focus_relative(-1) end)
+    awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "k", function () awful.screen.focus_relative(-1) end)
 )
 
 tagKeys = gears.table.join(
@@ -262,7 +318,7 @@ tagKeys = gears.table.join(
 -- i.e minimizing, maximizing, hiding, closing windows
 clientkeys = gears.table.join(
     -- kill client
-    awful.key({ modkey, "Shift", }, "c",      function (c) c:kill() end),
+    awful.key({ "Mod1", }, "w", function (c) c:kill() end),
 
     -- toggle fulscreen
     awful.key({ modkey, }, "f", function (c)
@@ -317,7 +373,7 @@ clientkeys = gears.table.join(
     end),
      
     -- move client to master
-    awful.key({  modkey, "Shift" }, "Return", function (c) c:swap(awful.client.getmaster()) end)
+    awful.key({  "Mod1", }, "Return", function (c) c:swap(awful.client.getmaster()) end)
 )
 
 awesomeKeys = gears.table.join(
@@ -331,13 +387,10 @@ globalkeys = gears.table.join(
     multiMonitorNavKeys,
     vimLayoutKeys,
     layoutKeys,
-    tagKeys
+    tagKeys,
+    myKeys
 )
 
-
-
-
-
 -- Bind all key numbers to tags.
 -- Be careful: we use keycodes to make it work on any keyboard layout.
 -- This should map on the top row of your keyboard, usually 1 to 9.
@@ -429,7 +482,7 @@ awful.rules.rules = {
 		"scrcpy",
         },
         class = {
-          "gimp",
+          "GIMP",
           "Sxiv",
           "Tor Browser", -- Needs a fixed window size to avoid fingerprinting by screen size.
           "xtightvncviewer"},