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home/programs/desktop/awesome/config/main/error-handling.lua

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+-- {{{ 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
+-- }}}