Added awesome support

awesome/quick_launch/init.lua

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+local awful = require('awful')
+local util = require('awful.util')
+
+local wibox = require('wibox')
+
+filedir = (...):match("(.-)[^%.]+$") .. "/quick_launch/"
+
+-- Quick launch bar widget BEGINS
+function find_icon(icon_name, icon_dirs)
+   if string.sub(icon_name, 1, 1) == '/' then
+      if util.file_readable(icon_name) then
+         return icon_name
+      else
+         return nil
+      end
+   end
+   if icon_dirs then
+      for _, v in ipairs(icon_dirs) do
+         if util.file_readable(v .. '/' .. icon_name) then
+            return v .. '/' .. icon_name
+         end
+      end
+   end
+   return nil
+end
+
+function getValue(t, key)
+   _, _, res = string.find(t, 'key' .. ' *= *([^%c]+)%c')
+   return res
+end
+
+launchbar = { layout = wibox.layout.horizontal }
+local items = {}
+local files = io.popen('ls ' .. filedir .. ' *.desktop')
+for f in files:lines() do
+    local t = io.open(f):read('*all')
+    table.insert(items, { image = find_icon(getValue(t,Icon), { "/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps" }),
+    	command = getValue(t,Exec),
+    	tooltip = getValue(t,Name),
+    	position = tonumber(getValue(t,Position)) or 255 })
+end
+table.sort(items, function(a,b) return a.position < b.position end)
+for i = 1, table.getn(items) do
+   launchbar[i] = awful.widget.launcher(items[i])
+	--     local txt = launchbar[i].tooltip
+	--     local tt = awful.tooltip ({ objects = { launchbar[i] } })
+	--     tt:set_text (txt)
+	--     tt:set_timeout (0)
+end
+
+-- Quick launch bar widget ENDS
+return launchbar