Add a 'do not disturb' widget.

.config/awesome/awesome-wm-widgets/demomode-widget/demomode.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+-------------------------------------------------
+-- DemoMode button for Awesome Window Manager
+-- Turns off notifications and send a heartbeat to xscreensaver
+
+-- @author Raphaël Fournier-S'niehotta
+-- @copyright 2018 Raphaël Fournier-S'niehotta
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+local wibox = require("wibox")
+local watch = require("awful.widget.watch")
+local awful = require("awful")
+local beautiful = require("beautiful")
+local naughty       = require("naughty")
+local gears = require("gears")
+
+local XSCREENSAVER_DEACTIVATE_COMMAND = "xscreensaver-command -deactivate"
+local XSCREENSAVER_TIMER = 61
+local iconpath = "/home/josiah/.config/awesome/demomode.png"
+
+local demoMode_widget = wibox.widget {
+  wibox.widget {
+      image  = beautiful.demomode_icon or iconpath,
+      resize = true,
+      widget = wibox.widget.imagebox
+    },
+    widget = wibox.container.background
+    }
+
+watch(XSCREENSAVER_DEACTIVATE_COMMAND, XSCREENSAVER_TIMER, demoMode_widget)
+
+function blockXscreensaver()
+  gears.timer {
+    timeout   = XSCREENSAVER_TIMER,
+    autostart = true,
+    callback  = function()
+        awful.util.spawn_with_shell(XSCREENSAVER_DEACTIVATE_COMMAND)
+        --naughty.notify{ 
+         --title= "Notification status",
+         --text = tostring(not naughty.is_suspended()),
+         --ignore_suspend = true,
+       --}
+      end,
+    single_shot = false,
+}
+end
+
+demoMode_widget:buttons(awful.util.table.join(
+                       awful.button({ }, 1, function () 
+                         naughty.toggle()
+                         if naughty.is_suspended() then
+                           blockXscreensaver()
+                           demoMode_widget.bg =  beautiful.fg_urgent
+                         else
+                           demoMode_widget.bg =  beautiful.bg_normal
+                         end
+                         --naughty.notify{ 
+                           --title= "Notification status",
+                           --text = tostring(not naughty.is_suspended()),
+                           --ignore_suspend = true,
+                         --}
+                     end)
+                       ))
+
+
+return demoMode_widget

.config/awesome/jlj-theme.lua

@@ -30,15 +30,6 @@ theme.border_normal = "#000000"
 theme.border_focus  = "#535d6c"
 theme.border_marked = "#91231c"
 
--- customize the battery widget
--- as of 2020-05-09 this is not working, fuckin. -jlj
-theme.widget_main_color = "#74aeab"
-theme.widget_red = "#e53935"
-theme.widget_yellow = "#c0ca33"
-theme.widget_green = "#43a047"
-theme.widget_black = "#000000"
-theme.widget_transparent = "#00000000"
-
 -- There are other variable sets
 -- overriding the default one when
 -- defined, the sets are:
@@ -52,6 +43,14 @@ theme.widget_transparent = "#00000000"
 -- Example:
 --theme.taglist_bg_focus = "#ff0000"
 
+-- battery customization
+theme.widget_main_color = "#74aeab"
+theme.widget_red = "#e53935"
+theme.widget_yellow = "#c0ca33"
+theme.widget_green = "#43a047"
+theme.widget_black = "#000000"
+theme.widget_transparent = "#00000000"
+
 -- Generate taglist squares:
 local taglist_square_size = dpi(4)
 theme.taglist_squares_sel = theme_assets.taglist_squares_sel(

.config/awesome/rc.lua

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ local volume_widget = require("awesome-wm-widgets.volume-widget.volume")
 -- battery import and customization
 local battery_widget = require("awesome-wm-widgets.batteryarc-widget.batteryarc")
 
+-- game mode import and customization
+local game_widget = require("awesome-wm-widgets.demomode-widget.demomode")
 
 -- {{{ Error handling
 -- Check if awesome encountered an error during startup and fell back to
@@ -52,8 +54,8 @@ end
 
 -- {{{ Variable definitions
 -- Themes define colours, icons, font and wallpapers.
-beautiful.init(gears.filesystem.get_themes_dir() .. "default/theme.lua") -- this is the OG theme
--- beautiful.init(gears.filesystem.get_themes_dir() .. "jlj-theme.lua")  -- this is my shitty test theme
+-- beautiful.init(gears.filesystem.get_themes_dir() .. "default/theme.lua") -- this is the OG theme
+beautiful.init(gears.filesystem.get_configuration_dir() .. "jlj-theme.lua")  -- this is my shitty test theme
 
 -- This is used later as the default terminal and editor to run.
 terminal = "konsole"
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)
         s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget
         { -- Right widgets
             layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
+	    game_widget,
             mykeyboardlayout,
             wibox.widget.systray(),
             mytextclock,