Move to screen instead of swapping to it

awesome/keys.lua

@@ -28,11 +28,37 @@ local keys = {}
 -- ===================================================================
 -- Movement Functions (Called by some keybinds)
 -- ===================================================================
-
+local function get_screen(s)
+    return s and screen[s]
+end
 
 -- Move given client to given direction
-local function move_client(c, direction)
+local function move_client(sel, dir)
-    awful.client.swap.global_bydirection(direction, c, nil)
+    sel = sel or awful.client.focus
+    if sel then
+        -- move focus
+        awful.client.focus.global_bydirection(dir, sel)
+        local c = client.focus
+
+        -- swapping inside a screen
+        if get_screen(sel.screen) == get_screen(c.screen) and sel ~= c then
+            c:swap(sel)
+            client.focus = sel
+            sel:raise()
+
+        -- swapping to an empty screen
+        elseif sel == c then
+            sel:move_to_screen(awful.screen.focused())
+
+            -- swapping to a nonempty screen
+        elseif get_screen(sel.screen) ~= get_screen(c.screen) and sel ~= c then
+            sel:move_to_screen(c.screen)
+            client.focus = sel
+            sel:raise()
+        end
+
+        -- screen.focus(sel.screen)
+    end
 end