From 135ff4b0c8eb812f98efa9f3f80a9f00ef9a3b6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Hahler <github@thequod.de>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 22:34:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use gears.protected_call with awful.rules callbacks (#843)

Fixes https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/issues/840#issuecomment-211823483.
---
 lib/awful/rules.lua | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/awful/rules.lua b/lib/awful/rules.lua
index 1a9b872c0..81acb92cb 100644
--- a/lib/awful/rules.lua
+++ b/lib/awful/rules.lua
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ local pairs = pairs
 local atag = require("awful.tag")
 local util = require("awful.util")
 local a_place = require("awful.placement")
+local protected_call = require("gears.protected_call")
 
 local rules = {}
 
@@ -466,7 +467,7 @@ function rules.execute(c, props, callbacks)
     -- Apply all callbacks.
     if callbacks then
         for _, callback in pairs(callbacks) do
-            callback(c)
+            protected_call(callback, c)
         end
     end