Some work

awesome/background_widget.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+local wibox = require('wibox')
+local awful = require('awful')
+
+function add_background_widget(s)
+
+    background_widget = awful.wibar({
+        screen = s,
+        height = s.geometry.height,
+        bg = "#00000000",
+    })
+
+    local text = wibox.widget.textbox("Hello to you")
+    text.point = { x = 75, y = 200 }
+
+    background_widget:setup {
+        layout = wibox.layout.manual,
+        text,
+    }
+
+    background_widget:struts({left=0, right=0, top=0, bottom=0})
+
+end

awesome/rc.lua

@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ local volume = require('volume')
 local calendar = require('calendar')
 local launchbar = require('launchbar')
 local music = require('music')
+local background = require('background_widget')
 local delimiter = wibox.widget.textbox(" | ")
 
 local function set_wallpaper(s)
@@ -293,6 +294,9 @@ awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)
             s.mylayoutbox,
         },
     }
+
+    add_background_widget(s)
+
 end)
 -- }}}
 

awesome/themes/default/theme.lua

@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ local theme = {}
 
 theme.font          = "sans 8"
 
-theme.bg_normal     = "#222222"
-theme.bg_focus      = "#535d6c"
-theme.bg_urgent     = "#ff0000"
-theme.bg_minimize   = "#444444"
+theme.bg_normal     = "#22222299"
+theme.bg_focus      = "#535d6c99"
+theme.bg_urgent     = "#ff000099"
+theme.bg_minimize   = "#44444499"
 theme.bg_systray    = theme.bg_normal
 
-theme.fg_normal     = "#aaaaaa"
+theme.fg_normal     = "#cccccc"
 theme.fg_focus      = "#ffffff"
 theme.fg_urgent     = "#ffffff"
 theme.fg_minimize   = "#ffffff"
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ theme.titlebar_maximized_button_focus_inactive  = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/def
 theme.titlebar_maximized_button_normal_active = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/maximized_normal_active.png"
 theme.titlebar_maximized_button_focus_active  = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/maximized_focus_active.png"
 
-theme.wallpaper = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/background.png"
+theme.wallpaper = "/home/thomas/Pictures/Wallpapers/arch-1920x1080.png"
 
 -- You can use your own layout icons like this:
 theme.layout_fairh = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/layouts/fairhw.png"