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+---------------------------
+-- Default awesome theme --
+---------------------------
+
+theme = {}
+
+theme.font          = "sans 8"
+
+theme.bg_normal     = "#222222"
+theme.bg_focus      = "#535d6c"
+theme.bg_urgent     = "#ff0000"
+theme.bg_minimize   = "#444444"
+theme.bg_systray    = theme.bg_normal
+
+theme.fg_normal     = "#aaaaaa"
+theme.fg_focus      = "#ffffff"
+theme.fg_urgent     = "#ffffff"
+theme.fg_minimize   = "#ffffff"
+
+theme.border_width  = 1
+theme.border_normal = "#000000"
+theme.border_focus  = "#535d6c"
+theme.border_marked = "#91231c"
+
+-- There are other variable sets
+-- overriding the default one when
+-- defined, the sets are:
+-- taglist_[bg|fg]_[focus|urgent|occupied|empty]
+-- tasklist_[bg|fg]_[focus|urgent]
+-- titlebar_[bg|fg]_[normal|focus]
+-- tooltip_[font|opacity|fg_color|bg_color|border_width|border_color]
+-- mouse_finder_[color|timeout|animate_timeout|radius|factor]
+-- Example:
+--theme.taglist_bg_focus = "#ff0000"
+
+theme.tooltip_font = "Inconsolata 12"
+
+-- Display the taglist squares
+theme.taglist_squares_sel   = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/taglist/squarefw.png"
+theme.taglist_squares_unsel = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/taglist/squarew.png"
+
+-- Variables set for theming the menu:
+-- menu_[bg|fg]_[normal|focus]
+-- menu_[border_color|border_width]
+theme.menu_submenu_icon = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/submenu.png"
+theme.menu_height = 15
+theme.menu_width  = 100
+
+-- You can add as many variables as
+-- you wish and access them by using
+-- beautiful.variable in your rc.lua
+--theme.bg_widget = "#cc0000"
+
+-- Define the image to load
+theme.titlebar_close_button_normal = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/close_normal.png"
+theme.titlebar_close_button_focus  = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/close_focus.png"
+
+theme.titlebar_ontop_button_normal_inactive = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/ontop_normal_inactive.png"
+theme.titlebar_ontop_button_focus_inactive  = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/ontop_focus_inactive.png"
+theme.titlebar_ontop_button_normal_active = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/ontop_normal_active.png"
+theme.titlebar_ontop_button_focus_active  = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/ontop_focus_active.png"
+
+theme.titlebar_sticky_button_normal_inactive = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/sticky_normal_inactive.png"
+theme.titlebar_sticky_button_focus_inactive  = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/sticky_focus_inactive.png"
+theme.titlebar_sticky_button_normal_active = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/sticky_normal_active.png"
+theme.titlebar_sticky_button_focus_active  = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/sticky_focus_active.png"
+
+theme.titlebar_floating_button_normal_inactive = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/floating_normal_inactive.png"
+theme.titlebar_floating_button_focus_inactive  = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/floating_focus_inactive.png"
+theme.titlebar_floating_button_normal_active = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/floating_normal_active.png"
+theme.titlebar_floating_button_focus_active  = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/floating_focus_active.png"
+
+theme.titlebar_maximized_button_normal_inactive = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/maximized_normal_inactive.png"
+theme.titlebar_maximized_button_focus_inactive  = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/titlebar/maximized_focus_inactive.png"
+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"
+
+-- You can use your own layout icons like this:
+theme.layout_fairh = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/layouts/fairhw.png"
+theme.layout_fairv = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/layouts/fairvw.png"
+theme.layout_floating  = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/layouts/floatingw.png"
+theme.layout_magnifier = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/layouts/magnifierw.png"
+theme.layout_max = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/layouts/maxw.png"
+theme.layout_fullscreen = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/layouts/fullscreenw.png"
+theme.layout_tilebottom = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/layouts/tilebottomw.png"
+theme.layout_tileleft   = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/layouts/tileleftw.png"
+theme.layout_tile = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/layouts/tilew.png"
+theme.layout_tiletop = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/layouts/tiletopw.png"
+theme.layout_spiral  = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/layouts/spiralw.png"
+theme.layout_dwindle = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/layouts/dwindlew.png"
+
+theme.awesome_icon = "/usr/share/awesome/icons/awesome16.png"
+
+-- Define the icon theme for application icons. If not set then the icons
+-- from /usr/share/icons and /usr/share/icons/hicolor will be used.
+theme.icon_theme = nil
+
+return theme
+-- vim: filetype=lua:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:textwidth=80