Merge branch 'partly-revert-pr-87' into fix-proper-activate-via-rules

This reverts PR #87, except for f562b4a ("luaA_object_emit_signal: check
for valid object").

awesome.c

@@ -545,10 +545,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     g_main_context_set_poll_func(g_main_context_default(), &a_glib_poll);
     gettimeofday(&last_wakeup, NULL);
 
-    /* Do all deferred work now once outside of the loop to get awesome.startup
-     * right. */
-    awesome_refresh();
-
     /* main event loop */
     globalconf.loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
     g_main_loop_run(globalconf.loop);

lib/awful/rules.lua.in

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ local ipairs = ipairs
 local pairs = pairs
 local aclient = require("awful.client")
 local atag = require("awful.tag")
-local timer = require("gears.timer")
 
 --- Apply rules to clients at startup.
 -- awful.rules
@@ -235,10 +234,7 @@ function rules.execute(c, props, callbacks)
     -- Do this at last so we do not erase things done by the focus
     -- signal.
     if props.focus and (type(props.focus) ~= "function" or props.focus(c)) then
-        local cb = function(c)
-            c:emit_signal('request::activate', "rules")
-        end
-        timer.delayed_call(cb, c)
+        c:emit_signal('request::activate',"rules")
     end
 end
 

lib/awful/tag.lua.in

@@ -630,9 +630,7 @@ capi.client.connect_signal("manage", function(c)
     c:connect_signal("property::screen", tag.withcurrent)
 end)
 
-capi.client.connect_signal("manage", function(c)
-    timer.delayed_call(tag.withcurrent, c)
-end)
+capi.client.connect_signal("manage", tag.withcurrent)
 capi.tag.connect_signal("request::select", tag.viewonly)
 
 capi.tag.add_signal("property::hide")