Excerpts from Adam's message of 2011-12-02 08:01:06 +1100:
> Some applications, such as gimp. have windows that are floating by default.  I
> would like to make those windows also ontop.  Unfortunately when I add a
> callback rule, the floating property of the client is always nil.
> 
> client.add_signal(
>    "property::floating",
>    function(c)
>       c.ontop=c.floating
>    end
>                  )
> 
> does not work either.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

You should be using rules:

  awful.rules.rules = {
    { rule = { class = "Gimp" }, properties = { floating = true } },
  }                                                                             
                          

See the FAQ for more details:

   
http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/FAQ#How_to_start_clients_on_specific_tags_and_others_as_floating.3F

rgh
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