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by default the Awesome window mgr doesn't run the programs in `~/.config/autostart`
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Get Awesome to respect xdg/autostart

See also Arch Wiki for alternatives & other useful awesome tips.

Add the following to ~/.config/awesome/rc.lua:

local xresources_name = "awesome.started"
local xresources = awful.util.pread("xrdb -query")
if not xresources:match(xresources_name) then
    awful.util.spawn_with_shell("xrdb -merge <<< " .. "'" .. xresources_name .. ":true'")
    -- Execute once for X server
    os.execute("dex --environment Awesome --autostart --search-paths $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart")
end
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