fixed lua regression and application launcher issues and made a new keyboard layout widget

[frostedpenguin]

the repo had issues rendering the panels with lua 5.4. This was due to changes to the require function which are explained in this issue 3563. I fixed the underlined problems and it seems to work fine, except the today panel which needs further investigation. I also fixed the problems with the appearance of the application launcher and made a brand new widget that indicates the current keyboard layout used based on xkb signals

[Myp3a]

I've got the problem with the panels. There is no need for the indexes - they turn panels into a nil.
If you define the widgets before adding them to the return function - they work fine for some reason.

Here is the patch with:

• Panel fixes - they are showing correct data now
• Audio widget transition to PulseAudio - now, when the Arch has moved to the Pipewire, ALSA controls aren't reliable, they are usually set to 100%. This implementation changes the volume of default Pipewire sink, as it should in modern systems.

patch.txt

[frostedpenguin]

@Myp3a you were right even though indexing the require() would not produce errors the widget would not render properly. Therefore I changed my commit and now the right panel is working fine too!

[cursome]

Hey @frostedpenguin ,
Surreal Isn't working anymore.
And please open a issue section in your fork, if possible add a contact way in your profile. I couldn't find any way to contact you so need to post my comment here. Please fix surreal in your fork.

Also the search button's rofi in gnawsome not working .. Expecting it as you showed up in your screenshot.

[frostedpenguin]

Hi @cursome I forgot to pass the global fixes from my config to the fork now I did and it works as expected. Thanks for the suggestions I have just applied them now if you have any more remarks you can create an issue or contact me!

[ildar]

I love your changes. especially uniting configurations. This allows avoiding the error-prone copying.

[frostedpenguin]

@ildar cheers man hope one day it gets merged 🤣. In this point I feel there isn't any use on further building it if I don't have a solid stream of feedback and issues!

[tony-nht]

@frostedpenguin , I just want to drop by and say "Thank you so much"

After weekends of unending digging and configuring stuffs to fix broken things when following the README.MD, your fork is a complete savior for me 😄

[frostedpenguin]

@ThinhNguyenHoang1 Glad I could help 😋

[mohamadali-halwani]

any updates on this?