my-config/awesome/rc.lua

-- awesome_mode: api-level=4:screen=on
-- If LuaRocks is installed, make sure that packages installed through it are
-- found (e.g. lgi). If LuaRocks is not installed, do nothing.
pcall(require, 'luarocks.loader')

--- Error handling.
-- Notification library.
local naughty = require('naughty')
-- Check if awesome encountered an error during startup and fell back to
-- another config (This code will only ever execute for the fallback config).
naughty.connect_signal('request::display_error', function(message, startup)
   naughty.notification({
      urgency = 'critical',
      title   = 'Oops, an error happened' .. (startup and ' during startup!' or '!'),
      message = message
   })
end)

-- Allow Awesome to automatically focus a client upon changing tags or loading.
require('awful.autofocus')
-- Enable hotkeys help widget for VIM and other apps when client with a matching 
-- name is opened:
require('awful.hotkeys_popup.keys')

-- Load the theme. In other words, defines the variables within the `beautiful`
-- table.
require('theme')

-- Treat all signals. Bear in mind this implies creating all tags, attaching
-- their layouts, setting client behavior and loading UI.
require('signal')

-- Set all keybinds.
require('binds')

-- Load all client rules.
require('config.rules')

local awful = require('awful')

awful.spawn.with_shell(
    'if (xrdb -query | grep -q "^awesome\\.started:\\s*true$"); then exit; fi;' ..
    'xrdb -merge <<< "awesome.started:true";' ..
    'dex --environment Awesome --autostart --search-paths "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/autostart:${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:-/etc/xdg}/autostart";'
)