Cleanup to leave alone.

config/awesome/rc.lua

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 pcall(require, "luarocks.loader")
-
 local gears          = require("gears")
 local awful          = require("awful")
 local naughty        = require("naughty")
@@ -7,7 +6,6 @@ local wibox          = require("wibox")
 local beautiful      = require("beautiful")
 local hotkeys_popup  = require("awful.hotkeys_popup")
 local menubar        = require("menubar")
-
 require("awful.autofocus")
 
 -- Pick a random image from the folder on start/reload
@@ -60,18 +58,14 @@ local colors = {
     disabled       = "#6a9589", -- cyan (normal) - muted, low-contrast
     white          = "#ffffff", -- white (normal) - dimmer than foreground
 }
-
-
 beautiful.wallpaper = nil
 beautiful.init(gears.filesystem.get_themes_dir() .. "default/theme.lua")
-
 beautiful.useless_gap       = 8
 beautiful.gap_single_client = true
 beautiful.font              = "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font 11"
 beautiful.border_width      = 4
 beautiful.border_normal     = colors.background_alt
 beautiful.border_focus      = colors.accent
-
 beautiful.taglist_bg_focus    = colors.accent
 beautiful.taglist_fg_focus    = colors.background
 beautiful.taglist_fg_occupied = colors.accent
@@ -80,10 +74,8 @@ beautiful.taglist_fg_empty    = colors.white
 beautiful.taglist_bg_empty    = colors.background
 beautiful.taglist_bg_urgent   = colors.red
 beautiful.taglist_fg_urgent   = colors.background
-
 beautiful.bg_systray           = colors.background
 beautiful.systray_icon_spacing = 4
-
 -- Notifications, styled to match the wibar/client theme
 naughty.config.defaults.position     = "top_right"
 naughty.config.defaults.timeout      = 5
@@ -94,7 +86,6 @@ naughty.config.defaults.icon_size    = 48
 naughty.config.defaults.border_width = 3
 naughty.config.defaults.font         = "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font 12"
 naughty.config.defaults.shape        = function(cr, w, h) gears.shape.rounded_rect(cr, w, h, 13) end
-
 naughty.config.presets.normal = {
     bg = colors.background, fg = colors.foreground, border_color = colors.accent,
     border_width = 3, font = "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font 12", timeout = 5,
@@ -109,27 +100,24 @@ naughty.config.presets.critical = {
 -- WIDGETS
 -- ================================================
 local widgets = {}
-
 -- "ICON value" with ICON tinted accent, like polybar's *-prefix-foreground.
 function widgets.label(icon, val)
     return string.format("<span foreground='%s'>%s</span> %s", colors.white, icon, val or "")
 end
-
 -- A slim separator in the disabled color, like polybar's separator.
 function widgets.sep()
     local w = wibox.widget.textbox()
     w.markup = string.format("<span foreground='%s00'>  </span>", colors.disabled)
     return w
 end
-
 -- Wrap a widget in a small margin so bar modules aren't crammed together.
 function widgets.padded(w, left, right)
     return wibox.container.margin(w, left or 8, right or 8)
 end
-
 -- Focused window title (polybar xwindow / %title%)
 function widgets.make_title()
     local t = wibox.widget.textbox()
+    t.align = "center"
     local function update()
         local c = client.focus
         t.markup = c and string.format("<span foreground='%s'>%s</span>", colors.white, gears.string.xml_escape(c.name or "")) or ""
@@ -139,20 +127,17 @@ function widgets.make_title()
     client.connect_signal("property::name", update)
     return t
 end
-
 -- CPU usage % (two top samples so the reading is accurate)
 function widgets.make_cpu()
     return awful.widget.watch(
         { "bash", "-c", [[LANG=C top -bn2 -d0.3 | grep -m2 '^%Cpu' | tail -1 | awk '{printf "%.0f", 100 - $8}']] },
-        3, function(w, out) w.markup = widgets.label("<span font_size='large'> </span>", out:gsub("%s+$", "") .. "%") end)
+        3, function(w, out) w.markup = widgets.label("<span font_size='large'></span>", out:gsub("%s+$", "") .. "%") end)
 end
-
 -- Volume: click to mute, scroll to adjust, right-click for the mixer.
 -- Keeps its own refresh() so button presses update instantly instead of
 -- waiting on the polling timer.
 function widgets.make_vol()
     local w = wibox.widget.textbox()
-
     local vol_script = [[
         sink=$(LANG=C pactl get-default-sink 2>/dev/null)
         m=$(LANG=C pactl get-sink-mute "$sink" 2>/dev/null | grep -oE 'yes|no')
@@ -161,7 +146,6 @@ function widgets.make_vol()
     ]]
     local function shell_quote(s) return "'" .. s:gsub("'", "'\\''") .. "'" end
     local vol_cmd = "sh -c " .. shell_quote(vol_script)
-
     local function refresh()
         awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell(vol_cmd, function(out)
             local muted, pct = out:match("(%a+)%s+(%d+)%%")
@@ -174,36 +158,29 @@ function widgets.make_vol()
             w.markup = muted and string.format("<span foreground='%s'>MUTE</span>", colors.yellow) or widgets.label("<span font_size='large'>󱄠</span>", pct .. "%")
         end)
     end
-
     w:buttons(gears.table.join(
         awful.button({ }, 1, function() awful.spawn("/home/jason/.local/bin/audioswitch") end),
         awful.button({ }, 3, function() awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell([[sh -c 'pactl set-sink-mute "$(pactl get-default-sink)" toggle']], function() refresh() end) end),
         awful.button({ }, 4, function() awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell([[sh -c 'pactl set-sink-volume "$(pactl get-default-sink)" +2%']], function() refresh() end) end),
         awful.button({ }, 5, function() awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell([[sh -c 'pactl set-sink-volume "$(pactl get-default-sink)" -2%']], function() refresh() end) end)
     ))
-
     gears.timer { timeout = 2, call_now = true, autostart = true, callback = refresh }
     return w
 end
-
 -- Brightness: click to toggle between night (default gamma) and day (boosted).
 function widgets.make_brightness()
         local OUTPUT    = "HDMI-A-0"
         local DAY_CMD   = "xrandr --output " .. OUTPUT .. " --set CTM \"1.1,0,0,0,1.1,0,0,0,1.1\" --gamma 1.08:1.08:1.08"
         local NIGHT_CMD = "xrandr --output " .. OUTPUT .. " --set CTM \"1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1\" --gamma 1.0:1.0:1.0"
-
     local w = wibox.widget.textbox()
     local is_day = true
-
         local function render()
                 local icon = is_day and "󱁞" or "󱠩"
-
                 w.markup = string.format(
                         "<span font_family='JetBrainsMono Nerd Font' foreground='%s' font_size='large'>%s</span> ",
                         colors.white, icon
                 )
         end
-
     local function apply(day)
         local cmd = day and DAY_CMD or NIGHT_CMD
         awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell(cmd, function()
@@ -211,11 +188,9 @@ function widgets.make_brightness()
             render()
         end)
     end
-
     w:buttons(gears.table.join(
         awful.button({ }, 1, function() apply(not is_day) end)
     ))
-
     apply(true)
     return w
 end
@@ -224,54 +199,42 @@ end
 -- KEYBINDS
 -- ================================================
 local keys = {}
-
 keys.globalkeys = gears.table.join(
     awful.key({ modkey }, "s", hotkeys_popup.show_help, { description = "show help", group = "awesome" }),
-
     -- Directional focus (vim keys)
     awful.key({ modkey }, "h", function() awful.client.focus.bydirection("left")  end, { description = "focus left",  group = "client" }),
     awful.key({ modkey }, "j", function() awful.client.focus.bydirection("down")  end, { description = "focus down",  group = "client" }),
     awful.key({ modkey }, "k", function() awful.client.focus.bydirection("up")    end, { description = "focus up",    group = "client" }),
     awful.key({ modkey }, "l", function() awful.client.focus.bydirection("right") end, { description = "focus right", group = "client" }),
-
     -- Directional move (swap clients in the tiling layout)
     awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "h", function() awful.client.swap.bydirection("left")  end, { description = "move left",  group = "client" }),
     awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "j", function() awful.client.swap.bydirection("down")  end, { description = "move down",  group = "client" }),
     awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "k", function() awful.client.swap.bydirection("up")    end, { description = "move up",    group = "client" }),
     awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "l", function() awful.client.swap.bydirection("right") end, { description = "move right", group = "client" }),
-
     -- Resize the master/other split
     awful.key({ modkey, "Shift" }, "h", function() awful.tag.incmwfact(-0.05) end, { description = "shrink master", group = "layout" }),
     awful.key({ modkey, "Shift" }, "l", function() awful.tag.incmwfact( 0.05) end, { description = "grow master",   group = "layout" }),
-
     -- Launching / layout
     awful.key({ modkey }, "Return", function() awful.spawn(theChurch) end, { description = "open the church of emacs", group = "launcher" }),
     awful.key({ modkey }, "t", function() awful.spawn(terminal) end, { description = "open alacritty", group = "launcher" }),
     awful.key({ modkey }, "e", function() awful.spawn("thunar") end, { description = "Filemanager", group = "system" }),
     awful.key({ modkey }, "w", function() awful.layout.inc(1) end, { description = "next layout", group = "layout" }),
-
-
         -- screenshooter
     awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "p", function() awful.spawn("xfce4-screenshooter") end, { description = "screenshot", group = "system" }),
-
         -- Alt tab current workspace windows
-    awful.key({ modkey }, "Tab", function() awful.client.focus.byidx(1) end),
+    awful.key({ modkey }, "Tab", function() awful.client.focus.byidx(1) end, { description = "cycle focus", group = "client" }),
-
     -- Media keys
     awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioRaiseVolume", function() awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell([[sh -c 'pactl set-sink-volume "$(pactl get-default-sink)" +2%']]) end, { description = "volume up", group = "media" }),
     awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioLowerVolume", function() awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell([[sh -c 'pactl set-sink-volume "$(pactl get-default-sink)" -2%']]) end, { description = "volume down", group = "media" }),
     awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioMute", function() awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell([[sh -c 'pactl set-sink-mute "$(pactl get-default-sink)" toggle']]) end, { description = "toggle mute", group = "media" }),
-
     -- rofi menus
         awful.key({ modkey }, "space", function() awful.spawn("/home/jason/.local/bin/runrofi") end, { description = "application launcher", group = "launcher" }),
     awful.key({ modkey }, "`", function() awful.spawn("/home/jason/.local/bin/powermenu") end, { description = "power menu", group = "system" }),
     awful.key({ modkey }, "a", function() awful.spawn("/home/jason/.local/bin/audioswitch") end, { description = "audio output", group = "system" }),
         awful.key({ modkey }, "b", function () awful.spawn("/home/jason/.local/bin/bookmarks") end, {description = "bookmarks", group = "internet"}),
-
     -- Awesome control
     awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "r", awesome.restart, { description = "reload awesome", group = "awesome" })
 )
-
 -- Workspace keys 1..5: Alt+N view, Alt+Shift+N move client to tag
 for i = 1, 5 do
     keys.globalkeys = gears.table.join(keys.globalkeys,
@@ -280,7 +243,6 @@ for i = 1, 5 do
             local tag = screen.tags[i]
             if tag then tag:view_only() end
         end, { description = "view tag #" .. i, group = "tag" }),
-
         awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "#" .. i + 9, function()
             if client.focus then
                 local tag = client.focus.screen.tags[i]
@@ -289,7 +251,6 @@ for i = 1, 5 do
         end, { description = "move focused client to tag #" .. i, group = "tag" })
     )
 end
-
 keys.clientkeys = gears.table.join(
     awful.key({ modkey }, "q", function(c) c:kill() end, { description = "kill window", group = "client" }),
     awful.key({ modkey }, "f", function(c) c.fullscreen = not c.fullscreen; c:raise() end, { description = "toggle fullscreen", group = "client" }),
@@ -297,13 +258,11 @@ keys.clientkeys = gears.table.join(
         awful.key({ modkey }, "m", function (c) c.maximized = not c.maximized c:raise() end, {description = "(un)maximize", group = "client"}),
     awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "space", awful.client.floating.toggle, { description = "toggle floating", group = "client" })
 )
-
 keys.clientbuttons = gears.table.join(
     awful.button({ }, 1, function(c) c:emit_signal("request::activate", "mouse_click", { raise = true }) end),
     awful.button({ modkey }, 1, function(c) c:emit_signal("request::activate", "mouse_click", { raise = true }); awful.mouse.client.move(c) end),
     awful.button({ modkey }, 3, function(c) c:emit_signal("request::activate", "mouse_click", { raise = true }); awful.mouse.client.resize(c) end)
 )
-
 root.keys(keys.globalkeys)
 
 -- ================================================
@@ -314,77 +273,73 @@ local taglist_buttons = gears.table.join(
     awful.button({ modkey }, 1, function(t) if client.focus then client.focus:move_to_tag(t) end end),
     awful.button({ }, 3, awful.tag.viewtoggle)
 )
-
 local function bar_setup()
     awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)
         awful.tag({ "1", "2", "3", "4", "5" }, s, awful.layout.layouts[1])
-
         s.mypromptbox = awful.widget.prompt()
         s.mylayoutbox = awful.widget.layoutbox(s)
         s.mylayoutbox:buttons(gears.table.join(
             awful.button({ }, 1, function() awful.layout.inc(1) end),
             awful.button({ }, 3, function() awful.layout.inc(-1) end)
         ))
-
         s.mytaglist = awful.widget.taglist {
             screen = s, filter = awful.widget.taglist.filter.all, buttons = taglist_buttons,
             style  = { shape = function(cr, w, h) gears.shape.rounded_rect(cr, w, h, 4) end },
-            layout = { spacing = 4, layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal },
+            layout = { spacing = 8, layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal },
             widget_template = {
                 { { id = "text_role", widget = wibox.widget.textbox }, left = 10, right = 10, top = 4, bottom = 4, widget = wibox.container.margin },
                 id = "background_role", widget = wibox.container.background,
             },
         }
-
         -- Per-screen monitor widgets (created here so multi-monitor stays valid)
         local title = widgets.make_title()
         local vol   = widgets.make_vol()
         local cpu   = widgets.make_cpu()
        	local brightness = widgets.make_brightness()
         local clock = wibox.widget.textclock("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
-
         local right = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal()
-        local function push(w) right:add(widgets.padded(w, 4, 4)) end
+        right.spacing = 16 -- one uniform gap between all right-hand modules
-        push(wibox.widget.systray());  right:add(widgets.sep())
+        right:add(wibox.widget.systray())
-        push(vol); right:add(widgets.sep())
+        right:add(vol)
-        push(cpu); right:add(widgets.sep())
+        right:add(cpu)
-        push(clock);
+        right:add(clock)
-		push(brightness);
+        right:add(brightness)
-        push(s.mylayoutbox)
-
         s.mywibox = awful.wibar {
             position = "top", screen = s, height = 45, bg = colors.background, fg = colors.white,
             shape = function(cr, w, h) gears.shape.rounded_rect(cr, w, h, 0) end,
         }
-
         s.mywibox:setup {
             layout = wibox.container.margin, left = 8, right = 8, top = 10, bottom = 10,
             {
                 layout = wibox.layout.align.horizontal,
-                { -- Left: workspaces + focused window title
+                expand = "none", -- center widget is centered on the whole bar
+ 				-- Left: layout indicator + workspaces
+                {
                     layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
-                    widgets.padded(s.mytaglist, 8, 4), s.mypromptbox,
+                    widgets.padded(s.mylayoutbox, 8, 8),
-                    { title, left = 18, widget = wibox.container.margin },
+                    widgets.padded(s.mytaglist, 4, 4), s.mypromptbox,
                 },
-                nil, -- empty center
+				-- Center: focused window title
+                title, 
+                -- Right
                 widgets.padded(right, 4, 12),
             }
         }
     end)
-
+        -- Overlay for rofi launchers.
-	-- Overlay for rofi launchers
+        -- Real dim colour; the overlay is created fully transparent so the
+        -- startup prime (below) can run without ever showing on screen.
+        local DIM_BG = "#00000099"
         local dim_overlay = wibox({
                 visible = false,
                 ontop = true,
                 type = "splash",
-		bg = "#00000099",
+                bg = "#00000000",
         })
         dim_overlay.name = "awesome_dim_overlay"
-
         awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)
                 dim_overlay.screen = s -- adjust if you want it per-screen vs spanning all
         end)
-
         -- span the primary screen's geometry (or loop over all screens if you use a multi-monitor dim)
         local function update_dim_geometry()
                 local geo = screen.primary.geometry
@@ -392,19 +347,22 @@ local function bar_setup()
         end
         update_dim_geometry()
         screen.connect_signal("property::geometry", update_dim_geometry)
-
         -- expose functions over awesome-client
         _G.show_dim = function() dim_overlay.visible = true end
         _G.hide_dim = function() dim_overlay.visible = false end
-
+        -- Prime the overlay invisibly at startup. While it is fully
-	-- Prime the window so X/picom register its type before first real use,
+        -- transparent we map it once, so picom plays and finishes its one-time
-	-- avoiding a one-time grow animation on the very first show_dim() call
+        -- "open" animation now -- with alpha 00 there is nothing to see, so no
+        -- flash. We then hide it and swap in the real dim colour. Every later
+        -- show_dim() is a re-map ("show"), which picom doesn't animate, so the
+        -- overlay simply appears: no startup flash, no grow.
         dim_overlay.visible = true
-	gears.timer.delayed_call(function()
+        gears.timer.start_new(1.0, function()
                 dim_overlay.visible = false
+                dim_overlay.bg = DIM_BG
+                return false -- one-shot
         end)
 end
-
 bar_setup()
 
 -- ================================================
@@ -435,7 +393,6 @@ awful.rules.rules = {
         properties = { floating = false, },
         callback = function(c)
             awful.client.setslave(c)
-
             local t = c.first_tag
             if t then
                 t.master_width_factor = 0.67
@@ -456,17 +413,13 @@ client.connect_signal("manage", function(c)
         -- 0 or ie 13 = corner radius
     c.shape = function(cr, width, height) gears.shape.rounded_rect(cr, width, height, 0) end
 end)
-
 client.connect_signal("property::floating", function(c)
     if c.floating and c.type ~= "notification" then awful.placement.centered(c, { honor_workarea = true }) end
 end)
-
 client.connect_signal("manage", function(c)
     if c.floating and c.type ~= "notification" then awful.placement.centered(c, { honor_workarea = true }) end
 end)
-
 -- Focus follows mouse (i3-like). Comment out for click-to-focus only.
 client.connect_signal("mouse::enter", function(c) c:emit_signal("request::activate", "mouse_enter", { raise = false }) end)
-
 client.connect_signal("focus",   function(c) c.border_color = beautiful.border_focus  end)
 client.connect_signal("unfocus", function(c) c.border_color = beautiful.border_normal end)

config/picom/picom.conf

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ fade-out-step = 0.04;
 #################################
 #           Corners             #
 #################################
-# corner-radius = 0;
+corner-radius = 5;
 
 #################################
 #    FAST SNAPPY ANIMATIONS     #