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module/auto-start.lua

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+-- MODULE AUTO-START
+-- Run all the apps listed in configuration/apps.lua as run_on_start_up only once when awesome start
+
+local awful = require('awful')
+local apps = require('configuration.apps')
+
+local function run_once(cmd)
+  local findme = cmd
+  local firstspace = cmd:find(' ')
+  if firstspace then
+    findme = cmd:sub(0, firstspace - 1)
+  end
+  awful.spawn.with_shell(string.format('pgrep -u $USER -x %s > /dev/null || (%s)', findme, cmd))
+  --This broke compton ===>   awful.spawn.single_instance(string.format('pgrep -u $USER -x %s > /dev/null || (%s)', findme, cmd))
+end
+
+for _, app in ipairs(apps.run_on_start_up) do
+  run_once(app)
+end