Update config & theme lifecycle

README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ By default, Simple Awesome uses
 - `playerctl` - enables global media control. If not present on your system, only Spotify will work.
 - `network-manager-applet` (`nm-applet`) - network control "widget" **for `NetworkManager` only**. If present on your system, we will automatically run it.
 
-
 ## To do
 
 - Add a media control widget

config.lua

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+return require("default_config")

default_config.lua

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ local awful = require("awful")
 
 local config = {}
 
+-- General
+config.modkey = "Mod4"
+
 -- Terminal
 config.terminal = "terminator"
 

rc.lua

@@ -21,18 +21,6 @@ local hotkeys_popup = require("awful.hotkeys_popup")
 -- when client with a matching name is opened:
 require("awful.hotkeys_popup.keys")
 
--- Simple awesome
-local config = require("default_config")
-local tiling = require("tiling")
-local media_control = require("media_control")
-
--- Network widget
-if os.execute("nm-applet --help") == true then
-    os.execute("nm-applet &")
-else
-    -- Support for more network managers should be requested via issues
-end
-
 
 -- {{{ Error handling
 -- Check if awesome encountered an error during startup and fell back to
@@ -60,10 +48,27 @@ do
 end
 -- }}}
 
+
+-- Simple awesome start
+local config = require("config")
+
 -- {{{ Variable definitions
 -- Themes define colours, icons, font and wallpapers.
 beautiful.init(config.theme)
 
+-- Media control
+local media_control = require("media_control")
+
+-- Tiling
+local tiling = require("tiling")
+
+-- Network widget
+if os.execute("nm-applet --help") == true then
+    os.execute("nm-applet &")
+else
+    -- Support for more network managers should be requested via issues
+end
+
 -- This is used later as the default terminal and editor to run.
 editor = os.getenv("EDITOR") or "nano"
 editor_cmd = config.terminal .. " -e " .. editor
@@ -73,7 +78,7 @@ editor_cmd = config.terminal .. " -e " .. editor
 -- 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.
 -- However, you can use another modifier like Mod1, but it may interact with others.
-modkey = "Mod4"
+modkey = config.modkey
 
 -- Table of layouts to cover with awful.layout.inc, order matters.
 awful.layout.layouts = {