DEPRECATED AND NO LONGER MAINTAINED

you can use Tyrannical as an alternative.

ClientDB

This module for Awesome WM provides a simple way to manage windows rules.

Dependencies

• awesome v3.5.0
• LuaDBI - A database interface library for Lua

Installation

First you need to download this module:

git clone https://github.com/mindeunix/clientdb.git ~/.config/awesome/clientdb

Next step is adding require at the top of your rc.lua:

local clientdb = require("clientdb")

Then you can add keybinding modkey + s:

clientkeys = awful.util.table.join(
    awful.key({ modkey,           }, "s",      function (c) clientdb.save(c)                 end),  -- ADD THIS LINE HERE
    awful.key({ modkey,           }, "f",      function (c) c.fullscreen = not c.fullscreen  end),
    awful.key({ modkey, "Shift"   }, "c",      function (c) c:kill()                         end),

The last thing you need to do is add function clientdb.load():

    -- Set Firefox to always map on tags number 2 of screen 1.
    -- { rule = { class = "Firefox" },
    --   properties = { tag = tags[1][2] } },
}
-- }}}

-- Initializes the windows rules system
clientdb.load() -- ADD THIS LINE HERE

Now, tell Awesome WM to reload your configuration and start saving windows rules modkey + s If you still need to modify these rules you can use SQLiteStudio or any other SQLite3 client.

Functions

Name	Description	Arguments
save	Save the client.	The client object
load	Load windows rules from the database.	--