aweswt fix from https://github.com/funkotron/awesome/blob/master/aweswt.lua

aweswt.lua

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 -- aweswt.lua
+-- Application switcher using dmenu
+--
 local io        = io
 local table     = table
 local pairs     = pairs
 local awful     = awful
 local client    = client
 local string    = string
-   local USE_T=true
+local USE_NAME  = true
+
 module("aweswt")
+
 function get_out (a)
 	local  f = io.popen(a)
 	t = {}
@@ -15,36 +19,48 @@
 	end
 	return t
 end
+
 function get_input (a)
-     s1='echo -e "'..a..'"|dmenu -i'
+	local dmenu = "dmenu -nf '#888888' -nb '#222222' -sf '#ffffff' -sb '#285577' -p 'switch to application:' -fn 'Terminus 8'  -i"
+	s1 = 'echo "' .. a .. '" | ' .. dmenu
 	return get_out(s1)
 end
 
 function switch ()
 	local clients = client.get()
+
 	if table.getn(clients) == 0 then 
 		return
 	end
-      local m1=""
+
-      local t2={}
+	local client_list_table = {}
-      local tmp
+	local apps = {}
-      for i, c in pairs(clients) do
+
-       if USE_T then do
+	for key, client in pairs(clients) do
-         tmp=i..':'..string.sub(c['name'], 1, 20)
+		local app
+
+		if USE_NAME then
+			--app = key .. ':' .. string.sub(client['name'], 1, 20)
+			app = client['name']
+		else
+			app = key .. ':' .. client['instance'] .. '.' .. client['class']
 		end
-       else do
+
-         tmp=i..':'..c['instance']..'.'..c['class']
+		table.insert(client_list_table, app)
+		apps[app] = client
 	end
-       end
+
-         m1=m1..tmp..'\n'
+	table.sort(client_list_table, function(a, b)
-         t2[tmp]=c
+		return string.lower(a) < string.lower(b)
-      end
+	end)
-      local t6=t2[get_input(m1)[1]]
+	local client_list = table.concat(client_list_table, "\n")
-      if t6 then
+
-         local ctags = t6:tags()
+	local client_selected = apps[get_input(client_list)[1]]
+	if client_selected then
+		local ctags = client_selected:tags()
 		awful.tag.viewonly(ctags[1])
-         client.focus = t6
+		client.focus = client_selected
-         t6:raise()
+		client_selected:raise()
 	end
 end