Error Handling

main/error_handling.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+local naughty = require("naughty")
+
+-- Check if awesome encountered an error during startup and fell back to
+-- another config (This code will only ever execute for the fallback config)
+if awesome.startup_errors then
+    naughty.notify({ preset = naughty.config.presets.critical,
+                     title = "Oops, there were errors during startup!",
+                     text = awesome.startup_errors })
+end
+
+-- Handle runtime errors after startup
+do
+    local in_error = false
+    awesome.connect_signal("debug::error", function (err)
+        -- Make sure we don't go into an endless error loop
+        if in_error then return end
+        in_error = true
+
+        naughty.notify({ preset = naughty.config.presets.critical,
+                         title = "Oops, an error happened!",
+                         text = tostring(err) })
+        in_error = false
+    end)
+end

rc.lua

@@ -18,30 +18,7 @@ local hotkeys_popup = require("awful.hotkeys_popup")
 -- when client with a matching name is opened:
 require("awful.hotkeys_popup.keys")
 
--- {{{ Error handling
+require("main.error_handling")
--- Check if awesome encountered an error during startup and fell back to
--- another config (This code will only ever execute for the fallback config)
-if awesome.startup_errors then
-    naughty.notify({ preset = naughty.config.presets.critical,
-                     title = "Oops, there were errors during startup!",
-                     text = awesome.startup_errors })
-end
-
--- Handle runtime errors after startup
-do
-    local in_error = false
-    awesome.connect_signal("debug::error", function (err)
-        -- Make sure we don't go into an endless error loop
-        if in_error then return end
-        in_error = true
-
-        naughty.notify({ preset = naughty.config.presets.critical,
-                         title = "Oops, an error happened!",
-                         text = tostring(err) })
-        in_error = false
-    end)
-end
--- }}}
 
 -- {{{ Variable definitions
 -- Themes define colours, icons, font and wallpapers.