'attempt to index a nil value (field 'default')' after adding theme to rc.lua

[Xavier Bolivar-Hazboun]

Hi,

I followed the guide to a tee and I'm getting a few errors. I used to use your config a year or so ago but now I can't seem to get it to work.

My lua.rc looked like this:

-- [ author ] -*- time-stamp-pattern: "@Changed[\s]?:[\s]+%%$"; -*- ------------
-- @File   : rc.lua
-- @Author : Marcel Arpogaus <marcel dot arpogaus at gmail dot com>
--
-- @Created: 2021-01-26 16:56:54 (Marcel Arpogaus)
-- @Changed: 2021-07-22 10:17:22 (Marcel Arpogaus)
-- [ description ] -------------------------------------------------------------
-- This file is part of my modular awesome WM configuration.
-- [ license ] -----------------------------------------------------------------
-- Copyright (C) 2021 Marcel Arpogaus
--
-- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-- (at your option) any later version.
--
-- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-- GNU General Public License for more details.
--
-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-- along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- [ required modules ] --------------------------------------------------------
-- Standard awesome library
local awful = require('awful')

-- rc modules
local assets = require('rc.assets')
local behavior = require('rc.behavior')
local decorations = require('rc.decorations')
local error_handling = require('rc.error_handling')
local key_bindings = require('rc.key_bindings')
local layouts = require('rc.layouts')
local menus = require('rc.menus')
local mouse_bindings = require('rc.mouse_bindings')
local screen = require('rc.screen')
local tags = require('rc.tags')
local theme = require('rc.theme')

-- heper functions
local utils = require('rc.utils')

-- Mac OSX like 'Expose' view of all clients.
local revelation = require('revelation')

-- configuration file
local config = utils.load_config()

local chosen_theme= "ayu"
beautiful.init(string.format("%s/.config/awesome/themes/%s/theme.lua", os.getenv("HOME"), chosen_theme))
awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(beautiful.at_screen_connect)

-- ensure that there's always a client that has focus
require('awful.autofocus')

-- [ initialization ] ----------------------------------------------------------
-- error handling
error_handling.init()

-- tags
tags.init(config.tagnames)

-- layouts
layouts.init(config.layouts)

-- theme
theme.init(config.theme)

-- assets
assets.init(config.assets)

-- wibars and widgest
decorations.init(config.decorations)

-- menus
menus.init(config.menus, config.applications)

-- mouse bindings
mouse_bindings.init(config.bindings, menus.mainmenu)

-- key bindings
key_bindings.init(config.bindings, config.applications, menus.mainmenu)

-- behavior
behavior.init(config.behavior, mouse_bindings.client_buttons,
              key_bindings.client_keys)

-- wibars and widgets
screen.init(config.screen, tags.tagnames, mouse_bindings.taglist_buttons,
            mouse_bindings.tasklist_buttons, menus.mainmenu, menus.exitmenu)
for _, d in ipairs(decorations.get()) do
  screen.register(d)
end

-- Initialize revelation
revelation.init()

-- [ autorun programs ] --------------------------------------------------------
awful.spawn.with_shell('~/.config/awesome/autorun.sh')

Which gave me this error:

error: /home/tex/.config/awesome/rc.lua:52: attempt to index a nil value (global 'beautiful')

Naturally I tried adding a reference for beautiful by adding the following right before declaring chosen_theme.

local beautiful = require('beautiful')

This was unsucessful, I end up with a different error stating:

error while running function!
stack traceback:
	/home/tex/.config/awesome/themes/ayu/theme.lua:65: in function 'themes.ayu.ayu_theme.at_screen_connect'
	/usr/share/awesome/lib/awful/screen.lua:438: in function 'awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen'
	/home/tex/.config/awesome/rc.lua:53: in main chunk
error: /home/tex/.config/awesome/themes/ayu/theme.lua:65: attempt to index a nil value (field 'default')
error while running function!
stack traceback:
	/home/tex/.config/awesome/themes/ayu/theme.lua:65: in function 'themes.ayu.ayu_theme.at_screen_connect'
	/usr/share/awesome/lib/awful/screen.lua:438: in function 'awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen'
	/home/tex/.config/awesome/rc.lua:53: in main chunk
error: /home/tex/.config/awesome/themes/ayu/theme.lua:65: attempt to index a nil value (field 'default')

Lua is quite foreign to me, any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Manvendra Singh]

ya same issue

[Edem Khadiev]

You need to open ~/.config/awesome/themes/ayu/theme.lua and edit this lines :

FROM:

awful.tag(
                 awful.util.tagnames, s,
                 awful.layout.default[s.index] or awful.layout.layouts[1]
             )

TO:

awful.tag(
                 awful.util.tagnames, s,
                 awful.layout.layouts[1]
             )