awesome: add dividers to emulate toolbars in xp instead of spamming inset boxes

linux/.config/awesome/modules/bar.lua

@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ local function make_bar_icon(icon)
   local img = wibox.widget.imagebox(beautiful["bar_" .. icon], false)
   img.forced_height = 18
   img.forced_width = 18
-  return img
+  return {
+    img,
+    top = 1,
+    layout = wibox.container.margin,
+  }
 end
 
 local function make_inset(child)
@@ -100,6 +104,35 @@ local function make_inset(child)
   }
 end
 
+local function make_divider()
+  return {
+    {
+      wibox.widget({}),
+      forced_width = 3,
+      shape = win9x.divider,
+      layout = wibox.container.background,
+    },
+    left = 4,
+    right = 4,
+    top = 2,
+    bottom = 2,
+    layout = wibox.container.margin,
+  }
+end
+
+local function status_box(child)
+  return {
+    make_divider(),
+    {
+      child,
+      top = 2,
+      bottom = 2,
+      layout = wibox.container.margin,
+    },
+    layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
+  }
+end
+
 -- Widgets
 --local clock_icon = make_bar_icon("clock")
 local uclock = wibox.widget.textclock(markup(beautiful.widget_clock or beautiful.wibar_fg, "(UTC: %H) "), 1, "UTC")
@@ -200,7 +233,7 @@ awful.widget.watch(
 
 local packages_icon = make_bar_icon("packages")
 local packages = wibox.widget.textbox()
-local packages_wrapper = wibox.widget(make_inset({
+local packages_wrapper = wibox.widget(status_box({
   packages_icon,
   packages,
   layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
@@ -236,7 +269,7 @@ local net_up = lain.widget.net({
 
 local music_icon = make_bar_icon("music")
 local music = wibox.widget.textbox()
-local music_wrapper = wibox.widget(make_inset({
+local music_wrapper = wibox.widget(status_box({
   music_icon,
   music,
   layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
@@ -286,9 +319,13 @@ awful.widget.watch(
 )
 
 local start = wibox.widget({
+  {
     {
       {
         wibox.widget.imagebox(beautiful.awesome_icon),
+        margins = 1,
+        layout = wibox.container.margin,
+      },
       --wibox.widget.textbox("Start"),
       spacing = 2,
       layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
@@ -385,15 +422,15 @@ awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)
         -- Left widgets
         {
           start,
-          make_inset(s.__taglist),
-          make_inset(s.__layoutbox),
-          --[[{
-            s.__layoutbox,
-            margins = 2,
-            layout = wibox.container.margin,
-          },--]]
           s.__promptbox,
-          spacing = 4,
+          make_divider(),
+          s.__taglist,
+          {
+            s.__layoutbox,
+            margins = 3,
+            layout = wibox.container.margin,
+          },
+          make_divider(),
           layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
         },
 
@@ -403,7 +440,7 @@ awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)
         -- Right widgets
         {
           music_wrapper,
-          make_inset({
+          status_box({
             {
               cpu_icon,
               cpu.widget,
@@ -417,7 +454,7 @@ awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)
             spacing = 2,
             layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
           }),
-          make_inset({
+          status_box({
             {
               gpu_icon,
               gpu,
@@ -431,7 +468,7 @@ awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)
             spacing = 2,
             layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
           }),
-          make_inset({
+          status_box({
             memory_icon,
             memory.widget,
             layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,

linux/.config/awesome/modules/win9x.lua

@@ -127,9 +127,28 @@ local function taskbar(cr, width, height)
   cr:rectangle(0, 0, width, height)
   cr:fill()
 
-  cr:set_source(gears.color(beautiful.win9x_bright))
+  cr:set_source(gears.color(beautiful.win9x_dark))
   cr:rectangle(0, height - 2, width, 1)
   cr:fill()
+  cr:set_source(gears.color(beautiful.win9x_outer))
+  cr:rectangle(0, height - 1, width, 1)
+  cr:fill()
+end
+
+local function divider(cr, width, height)
+  cr:set_source(gears.color(beautiful.win9x_main))
+  cr:rectangle(0, 0, width, height)
+  cr:fill()
+
+  cr:set_source(gears.color(beautiful.win9x_bright))
+  cr:rectangle(0, 0, width - 1, 1)
+  cr:rectangle(0, 1, 1, height - 1)
+  cr:fill()
+
+  cr:set_source(gears.color(beautiful.win9x_dark))
+  cr:rectangle(width - 1, 0, 1, height - 1)
+  cr:rectangle(0, height - 1, width, 1)
+  cr:fill()
 end
 
 return {
@@ -143,4 +162,5 @@ return {
     top = border_top,
   },
   taskbar = taskbar,
+  divider = divider,
 }