Awesomewm add keys for creating/removing columns

awesome/keys.lua

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ end
 
 -- Resize client in given direction
 local floating_resize_amount = dpi(20)
-local tiling_resize_factor = 0.05
+local tiling_resize_factor = 0.01
 
 local function resize_client(c, direction)
     if awful.layout.get(mouse.screen) == awful.layout.suit.floating or (c and c.floating) then
@@ -379,17 +379,31 @@ keys.globalkeys = gears.table.join(
     -- =========================================
 
     -- Gap control
-    awful.key({modkey, "Shift"}, "minus",
+    -- awful.key({modkey, :Shift"}, "minus",
-        function()
+    --     function()
-            awful.tag.incgap(5, nil)
+    --         awful.tag.incgap(5, nil)
+    --     end,
+    --     {description = "increment gaps size for the current tag", group = "gaps"}
+    -- ),
+    -- awful.key({modkey}, "minus",
+    --     function()
+    --         awful.tag.incgap(-5, nil)
+    --     end,
+    --     {description = "decrement gap size for the current tag", group = "gaps"}
+    -- ),
+
+    awful.key({ modkey }, "=",
+        function ()
+            awful.tag.incncol( 1, nil, true)
         end,
-        {description = "increment gaps size for the current tag", group = "gaps"}
+        {description = "increase the number of columns", group = "layout"}
     ),
-    awful.key({modkey}, "minus",
+
-        function()
+    awful.key({ modkey }, "minus",
-            awful.tag.incgap(-5, nil)
+        function ()
+            awful.tag.incncol(-1, nil, true)
         end,
-        {description = "decrement gap size for the current tag", group = "gaps"}
+        {description = "decrease the number of columns", group = "layout"}
     ),
 
     -- =========================================