sloppy mouse for tag switching in awesome wm

gistfile1.lua

-- global timer that runs once and focuses the window currently under the mouse pointer
sloppytimer = timer({ timeout = 0.01 })
sloppytimer:connect_signal("timeout", function()
  c = awful.mouse.client_under_pointer(screen)
  if c then
    client.focus = c
    c:raise()
  end
  sloppytimer:stop()
end)

-- start the timer every time we change tags
-- add layouttimer:start() to your key bingdings like this:
awful.key({ modkey }, "#" .. i + 9, function ()
  local screen = mouse.screen
  local tag = awful.tag.gettags(screen)[i]
  if tag then
    awful.tag.viewonly(tag)
    -- starting sloppy mouse timer
    sloppytimer:start()
  end
end),