converted all colors to theme_config.lua; fixed and added some bugs; rewrote some stuff and added some

awesome/src/tools/helpers/backlight.lua

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+local awful = require("awful")
+
+BACKLIGHT_MAX_BRIGHTNESS = 0
+BACKLIGHT_SEPS = 0
+awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell(
+  "pkexec xfpm-power-backlight-helper --get-max-brightness",
+  function(stdout)
+    BACKLIGHT_MAX_BRIGHTNESS = tonumber(stdout)
+    BACKLIGHT_SEPS = BACKLIGHT_MAX_BRIGHTNESS / 100
+    BACKLIGHT_SEPS = math.floor(BACKLIGHT_SEPS)
+  end
+)
+
+awesome.connect_signal(
+  "brightness::update",
+  function()
+    awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell(
+      "pkexec xfpm-power-backlight-helper --get-brightness",
+      function(value)
+        awesome.emit_signal("brightness::get", math.floor((tonumber(value) - 1) / (BACKLIGHT_MAX_BRIGHTNESS - 1) * 100))
+        awesome.emit_signal("brightness::rerun")
+      end
+    )
+  end
+)