-- Spawn a composoting manager
awful.util.spawn("compton --backend glx --xrender-sync --xrender-sync-fence --vsync opengl-swc --paint-on-overlay", false)

-- Start idempotent commands
local execute = {
   -- Start PulseAudio
   "pulseaudio --check || pulseaudio -D",
   "xset -b",	-- Disable bell
   -- Enable numlock
   "numlockx on",
   -- Default browser
   "xdg-mime default " .. config.browser .. ".desktop " ..
      "x-scheme-handler/http " ..
      "x-scheme-handler/https " ..
      "text/html",
   -- Default MIME types
   "xdg-mime default evince.desktop application/pdf",
   "xdg-mime default gpicview.desktop image/png image/x-apple-ios-png image/jpeg image/jpg image/gif"
}

os.execute(table.concat(execute, ";"))

-- Spawn various X programs
xrun("pidgin", "pidgin -n")
xrun("NetworkManager Applet", "nm-applet")