From 46fdaae8f731b04f74349559a32b8a8284b455c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Keller <tjk@tjkeller.xyz>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:38:21 -0500
Subject: notify on request::display_error like in 4.3 (for awesome-git)

---
 func/notifyerror.lua | 9 +++++++++
 rc.lua               | 1 +
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 func/notifyerror.lua

diff --git a/func/notifyerror.lua b/func/notifyerror.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abd3329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/func/notifyerror.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+local naughty = require("naughty")
+
+naughty.connect_signal("request::display_error", function(message, startup)
+	naughty.notification {
+		urgency = "critical",
+		title   = "Oops, an error happened"..(startup and " during startup!" or "!"),
+		message = message,
+	}
+end)
diff --git a/rc.lua b/rc.lua
index aae82b6..061cccf 100644
--- a/rc.lua
+++ b/rc.lua
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ startup = not awesome.get_xproperty("awesome_session_started")
 awesome.set_xproperty("awesome_session_started", true)
 
 -- import modules
+require("func.notifyerror")
 require("theme") -- load first
 require("layouts") -- load before bar
 pcall(require, "hosts." .. hostname) -- call override module if one exists
-- 
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