quake: add a quake-like console

rc.lua

@@ -52,5 +52,6 @@ loadrc("widgets")
 loadrc("xlock")
 loadrc("signals")
 loadrc("rules")
+loadrc("quake")
 
 root.keys(config.keys.global)

rc/quake.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+-- Quake like console on top
+-- See:
+--   http://git.sysphere.org/awesome-configs/tree/scratch/drop.lua
+
+local quake = {}		-- List of quake consoles
+local height = 0.3
+
+-- When a quake console is closed, remove it from the list
+client.add_signal("unmanage",
+		  function (c)
+		     for i, cl in pairs(quake) do
+			if cl == c then
+			   quake[i] = nil
+			end
+		     end
+		  end)
+
+-- Toggle the console
+local function toggle()
+   local cscreen = mouse.screen
+
+   if not quake[cscreen] then
+      -- We must spawn a new console
+
+      local function spawn (c)
+	 -- We assume that c is our Quake console. 99.9% sure.
+	 quake[cscreen] = c
+
+	 -- Setup on top
+	 awful.client.floating.set(c, true)
+	 c.border_width = 0
+	 c.size_hints_honor = false
+	 local geom = screen[cscreen].workarea
+	 c:geometry({ x = geom.x,
+		      y = geom.y,
+		      width = geom.width,
+		      height = geom.height * height })
+	 c.ontop = true
+	 c.above = true
+	 c.skip_taskbar = true
+	 c.sticky = true
+	 c:raise()
+	 client.focus = c
+
+	 -- Remove our signal handler
+	 client.remove_signal("manage", spawn)
+      end
+
+      client.add_signal("manage", spawn)
+      awful.util.spawn(config.terminal, false)
+   else
+      -- Display an existing console
+
+      c = quake[cscreen]
+      if c.hidden then
+	 c.hidden = false
+	 c:raise()
+	 client.focus = c
+      else
+	 c.hidden = true
+      end
+   end
+end
+
+config.keys.global = awful.util.table.join(
+   config.keys.global,
+   awful.key({ modkey }, "`", toggle))

rc/tags.lua

@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@ for i = 1, #tags do
 			 sharetags.tag_move(t, mouse.screen)
 		      end
 		      awful.tag.viewonly(tags[i])
-		      -- Select the master window
-		      local m = awful.client.getmaster()
-		      if m then
-			 client.focus = m
-			 m:raise()
-		      end
 		   end),
 	 awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "#" .. i + 9,
 		   function ()