diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index af0e45864..a1ed5a3c5 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ awesome_SOURCES = \
 	ewmh.c ewmh.h \
 	common/list.h structs.h \
 	common/awclient.h \
-	common/configopts.h
+	common/configopts.h common/configopts.c
 awesome_SOURCES += $(LAYOUTS)
 awesome_SOURCES += $(WIDGETS)
 awesome_LDADD = $(XFT_LIBS) $(X_LIBS) $(CAIRO_LIBS) $(CONFUSE_LIBS) $(XRANDR_LIBS) $(XINERAMA_LIBS)
diff --git a/awesome.c b/awesome.c
index cc85ddf4e..d7e8428b7 100644
--- a/awesome.c
+++ b/awesome.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "common/awclient.h"
 #include "common/util.h"
 #include "common/awesome-version.h"
+#include "common/configopts.h"
 
 static int (*xerrorxlib) (Display *, XErrorEvent *);
 static Bool running = True;
diff --git a/common/configopts.c b/common/configopts.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..947a72bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/configopts.c
@@ -0,0 +1,332 @@
+/*
+ * configopts.c - configuration options
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2007-2008 Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <confuse.h>
+
+#include "rules.h"
+#include "common/configopts.h"
+
+#define AWESOME_CONFIG_FILE ".awesomerc"
+
+cfg_opt_t general_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_INT((char *) "border", 1, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "snap", 8, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_BOOL((char *) "resize_hints", cfg_true, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_BOOL((char *) "sloppy_focus", cfg_true, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_BOOL((char *) "sloppy_focus_raise", cfg_false, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_BOOL((char *) "new_become_master", cfg_true, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_BOOL((char *) "new_get_focus", cfg_true, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "font", (char *) "vera-10", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t colors_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_STR((char *) "normal_border", (char *) "#111111", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "normal_bg", (char *) "#111111", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "normal_fg", (char *) "#eeeeee", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "focus_border", (char *) "#6666ff", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "focus_bg", (char *) "#6666ff", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "focus_fg", (char *) "#ffffff", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "urgent_bg", (char *) "#ff0000", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "urgent_fg", (char *) "#ffffff", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "tab_border", (char *) "#ff0000", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t mouse_taglist_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_STR_LIST((char *) "modkey", (char *) "{}", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "button", (char *) "None", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "command", (char *) "", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t mouse_generic_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_STR_LIST((char *) "modkey", (char *) "{}", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "button", (char *) "None", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "command", (char *) "", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "arg", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t widget_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_INT((char *) "x", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "y", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t widget_taglist_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_INT((char *) "x", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "y", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_taglist_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t widget_iconbox_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_INT((char *) "x", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "y", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "image", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_BOOL((char *) "resize", cfg_true, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t widget_textbox_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_INT((char *) "x", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "y", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "width", 0, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "text", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "fg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "bg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "font", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "align", (char *) "center", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t widget_focustitle_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_INT((char *) "x", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "y", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "fg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "bg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "font", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "align", (char *) "left", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t widget_tasklist_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_INT((char *) "x", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "y", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "fg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "bg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "focus_fg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "focus_bg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "font", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "align", (char *) "left", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_BOOL((char *) "show_icons", cfg_true, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_BOOL((char *) "show_all", cfg_false, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t widget_graph_data_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_FLOAT((char *) "max", 100.0f, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_BOOL((char *) "scale", cfg_false, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "fg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "style", (char *) "bottom", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t widget_graph_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_INT((char *) "x", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "y", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "data", widget_graph_data_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "width", 100, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "padding_left", 0, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_FLOAT((char *) "height", 0.67, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "bg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "bordercolor", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t widget_progressbar_bar_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_STR((char *) "fg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "bg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "bordercolor", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t widget_progressbar_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_INT((char *) "x", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "y", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "bar", widget_progressbar_bar_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "width", 100, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "gap", 2, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "padding", 0, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_FLOAT((char *) "height", 0.67, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t statusbar_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_STR((char *) "position", (char *) "top", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "height", 0, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "width", 0, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "textbox", widget_textbox_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "taglist", widget_taglist_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "focustitle", widget_focustitle_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "layoutinfo", widget_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "iconbox", widget_iconbox_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "netwmicon", widget_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "progressbar", widget_progressbar_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "graph", widget_graph_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "tasklist", widget_tasklist_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t tag_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_STR((char *) "layout", (char *) "tile", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_FLOAT((char *) "mwfact", 0.5, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "nmaster", 1, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "ncol", 1, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t tags_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "tag", tag_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t layout_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_STR((char *) "image", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t layouts_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "layout", layout_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t padding_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_INT((char *) "top", 0, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "bottom", 0, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "right", 0, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "left", 0, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t screen_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "general", general_opts, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "statusbar", statusbar_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "tags", tags_opts, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "colors", colors_opts, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "layouts", layouts_opts, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "padding", padding_opts, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t rule_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_STR((char *) "xproperty_name", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "xproperty_value", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "name", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "tags", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "icon", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "float", (char *) "auto", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_INT((char *) "screen", RULE_NOSCREEN, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_BOOL((char *) "not_master", cfg_false, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_FLOAT((char *) "opacity", -1.0f, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t rules_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "rule", rule_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t key_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_STR_LIST((char *) "modkey", (char *) "{Mod4}", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "key", (char *) "None", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "command", (char *) "", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "arg", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t keylist_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_STR_LIST((char *) "modkey", (char *) "{Mod4}", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR_LIST((char *) "keylist", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR((char *) "command", (char *) "", CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_STR_LIST((char *) "arglist", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t keys_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "key", key_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "keylist", keylist_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t mouse_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "root", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "client", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+cfg_opt_t awesome_opts[] =
+{
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "screen", screen_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "rules", rules_opts, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "keys", keys_opts, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_opts, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_END()
+};
+
+char *
+config_file(void)
+{
+    const char *homedir;
+    char * confpath;
+    ssize_t confpath_len;
+
+    homedir = getenv("HOME");
+    confpath_len = a_strlen(homedir) + a_strlen(AWESOME_CONFIG_FILE) + 2;
+    confpath = p_new(char, confpath_len);
+    a_strcpy(confpath, confpath_len, homedir);
+    a_strcat(confpath, confpath_len, "/");
+    a_strcat(confpath, confpath_len, AWESOME_CONFIG_FILE);
+
+    return confpath;
+}
+
+int
+config_check(const char *confpatharg)
+{
+    cfg_t *cfg;
+    int ret;
+    char *confpath;
+
+    cfg = cfg_init(awesome_opts, CFGF_NONE);
+
+    if(confpatharg)
+        confpath = a_strdup(confpatharg);
+    else
+        confpath = config_file();
+
+    switch((ret = cfg_parse(cfg, confpath)))
+    {
+      case CFG_FILE_ERROR:
+        perror("awesome: parsing configuration file failed");
+        break;
+      case CFG_PARSE_ERROR:
+        cfg_error(cfg, "awesome: parsing configuration file %s failed.\n", confpath);
+        break;
+      case CFG_SUCCESS:
+        printf("Configuration file OK.\n");
+        break;
+    }
+
+    p_delete(&confpath);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+// vim: filetype=c:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=80
diff --git a/common/configopts.h b/common/configopts.h
index 68d53b64c..dc1fe9ce2 100644
--- a/common/configopts.h
+++ b/common/configopts.h
@@ -1,259 +1,30 @@
-#include <confuse.h>
-#include "rules.h"
+/*
+ * configopts.h - configuration options header
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2007-2008 Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
 
-#define AWESOME_CONFIG_FILE ".awesomerc"
+#ifndef AWESOME_COMMON_CONFIGOPTS_H
+#define AWESOME_COMMON_CONFIGOPTS_H
+
+char * config_file(void);
+int config_check(const char *);
+
+#endif
 
-static cfg_opt_t general_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_INT((char *) "border", 1, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "snap", 8, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_BOOL((char *) "resize_hints", cfg_true, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_BOOL((char *) "sloppy_focus", cfg_true, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_BOOL((char *) "sloppy_focus_raise", cfg_false, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_BOOL((char *) "new_become_master", cfg_true, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_BOOL((char *) "new_get_focus", cfg_true, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "font", (char *) "vera-10", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t colors_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_STR((char *) "normal_border", (char *) "#111111", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "normal_bg", (char *) "#111111", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "normal_fg", (char *) "#eeeeee", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "focus_border", (char *) "#6666ff", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "focus_bg", (char *) "#6666ff", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "focus_fg", (char *) "#ffffff", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "urgent_bg", (char *) "#ff0000", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "urgent_fg", (char *) "#ffffff", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "tab_border", (char *) "#ff0000", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t mouse_taglist_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_STR_LIST((char *) "modkey", (char *) "{}", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "button", (char *) "None", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "command", (char *) "", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t mouse_generic_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_STR_LIST((char *) "modkey", (char *) "{}", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "button", (char *) "None", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "command", (char *) "", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "arg", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t widget_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_INT((char *) "x", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "y", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t widget_taglist_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_INT((char *) "x", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "y", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_taglist_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t widget_iconbox_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_INT((char *) "x", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "y", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "image", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_BOOL((char *) "resize", cfg_true, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t widget_textbox_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_INT((char *) "x", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "y", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "width", 0, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "text", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "fg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "bg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "font", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "align", (char *) "center", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t widget_focustitle_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_INT((char *) "x", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "y", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "fg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "bg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "font", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "align", (char *) "left", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t widget_tasklist_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_INT((char *) "x", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "y", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "fg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "bg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "focus_fg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "focus_bg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "font", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "align", (char *) "left", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_BOOL((char *) "show_icons", cfg_true, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_BOOL((char *) "show_all", cfg_false, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t widget_graph_data_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_FLOAT((char *) "max", 100.0f, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_BOOL((char *) "scale", cfg_false, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "fg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "style", (char *) "bottom", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t widget_graph_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_INT((char *) "x", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "y", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "data", widget_graph_data_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "width", 100, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "padding_left", 0, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_FLOAT((char *) "height", 0.67, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "bg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "bordercolor", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t widget_progressbar_bar_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_STR((char *) "fg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "bg", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "bordercolor", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t widget_progressbar_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_INT((char *) "x", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "y", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "bar", widget_progressbar_bar_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "width", 100, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "gap", 2, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "padding", 0, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_FLOAT((char *) "height", 0.67, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t statusbar_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_STR((char *) "position", (char *) "top", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "height", 0, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "width", 0, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "textbox", widget_textbox_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "taglist", widget_taglist_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "focustitle", widget_focustitle_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "layoutinfo", widget_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "iconbox", widget_iconbox_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "netwmicon", widget_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "progressbar", widget_progressbar_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "graph", widget_graph_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "tasklist", widget_tasklist_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t tag_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_STR((char *) "layout", (char *) "tile", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_FLOAT((char *) "mwfact", 0.5, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "nmaster", 1, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "ncol", 1, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t tags_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "tag", tag_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t layout_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_STR((char *) "image", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t layouts_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "layout", layout_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t padding_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_INT((char *) "top", 0, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "bottom", 0, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "right", 0, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "left", 0, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t screen_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "general", general_opts, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "statusbar", statusbar_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "tags", tags_opts, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "colors", colors_opts, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "layouts", layouts_opts, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "padding", padding_opts, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t rule_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_STR((char *) "xproperty_name", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "xproperty_value", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "name", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "tags", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "icon", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "float", (char *) "auto", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_INT((char *) "screen", RULE_NOSCREEN, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_BOOL((char *) "not_master", cfg_false, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_FLOAT((char *) "opacity", -1.0f, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t rules_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "rule", rule_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t key_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_STR_LIST((char *) "modkey", (char *) "{Mod4}", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "key", (char *) "None", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "command", (char *) "", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "arg", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t keylist_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_STR_LIST((char *) "modkey", (char *) "{Mod4}", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR_LIST((char *) "keylist", (char *) NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR((char *) "command", (char *) "", CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_STR_LIST((char *) "arglist", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t keys_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "key", key_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "keylist", keylist_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t mouse_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "root", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "client", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
-    CFG_END()
-};
-static cfg_opt_t awesome_opts[] =
-{
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "screen", screen_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "rules", rules_opts, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "keys", keys_opts, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_opts, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_END()
-};
 // vim: filetype=c:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=80
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index e9db2feab..bbfea7d89 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "defconfig.h"
 #include "layouts/tile.h"
 #include "common/configopts.h"
+#include "common/configopts.h"
 
 /* Permit to use mouse with many more buttons */
 #ifndef Button6
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@
 #endif
 
 extern AwesomeConf globalconf;
+extern cfg_opt_t awesome_opts[];
 
 /** Link a name to a key symbol */
 typedef struct
@@ -428,55 +430,6 @@ config_parse_screen(cfg_t *cfg, int screen)
     virtscreen->padding.right = cfg_getint(cfg_padding, "right");
 }
 
-static char *
-config_file(void)
-{
-    const char *homedir;
-    char * confpath;
-    ssize_t confpath_len;
-
-    homedir = getenv("HOME");
-    confpath_len = a_strlen(homedir) + a_strlen(AWESOME_CONFIG_FILE) + 2;
-    confpath = p_new(char, confpath_len);
-    a_strcpy(confpath, confpath_len, homedir);
-    a_strcat(confpath, confpath_len, "/");
-    a_strcat(confpath, confpath_len, AWESOME_CONFIG_FILE);
-
-    return confpath;
-}
-
-int
-config_check(const char *confpatharg)
-{
-    cfg_t *cfg;
-    int ret;
-    char *confpath;
-
-    cfg = cfg_init(awesome_opts, CFGF_NONE);
-
-    if(confpatharg)
-        confpath = a_strdup(confpatharg);
-    else
-        confpath = config_file();
-
-    switch((ret = cfg_parse(cfg, confpath)))
-    {
-      case CFG_FILE_ERROR:
-        perror("awesome: parsing configuration file failed");
-        break;
-      case CFG_PARSE_ERROR:
-        cfg_error(cfg, "awesome: parsing configuration file %s failed.\n", confpath);
-        break;
-      case CFG_SUCCESS:
-        printf("Configuration file OK.\n");
-        break;
-    }
-
-    p_delete(&confpath);
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
 /** Parse configuration file and initialize some stuff
  * \param confpatharg Path to configuration file
  */
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 01bcea4ad..10262cbce 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 DO_SLIST(Key, key, p_delete);
 DO_SLIST(Button, button, p_delete);
 
-int config_check(const char *);
 void config_parse(const char *);
 
 #endif