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4 Licensed under GNU General Public License v2
5 * (c) 2013, Luke Bonham
10 local easy_async = require("awful.spawn").easy_async
11 local timer = require("gears.timer")
12 local debug = require("debug")
13 local io = { lines = io.lines,
16 local table = { sort = table.sort }
18 -- Lain helper functions for internal use
22 helpers.lain_dir = debug.getinfo(1, 'S').source:match[[^@(.*/).*$]]
23 helpers.icons_dir = helpers.lain_dir .. 'icons/'
24 helpers.scripts_dir = helpers.lain_dir .. 'scripts/'
28 function helpers.wrequire(table, key)
29 local module = rawget(table, key)
30 return module or require(table._NAME .. '.' .. key)
35 -- {{{ File operations
37 -- see if the file exists and is readable
38 function helpers.file_exists(file)
39 local f = io.open(file)
48 -- get all lines from a file, returns an empty
49 -- list/table if the file does not exist
50 function helpers.lines_from(file)
51 if not helpers.file_exists(file) then return {} end
53 for line in io.lines(file) do
54 lines[#lines + 1] = line
59 -- match all lines from a file, returns an empty
60 -- list/table if the file or match does not exist
61 function helpers.lines_match(regexp, file)
63 for index,line in pairs(helpers.lines_from(file)) do
64 if string.match(line, regexp) then
71 -- get first line of a file, return nil if
72 -- the file does not exist
73 function helpers.first_line(file)
74 return helpers.lines_from(file)[1]
77 -- get first non empty line from a file,
78 -- returns nil otherwise
79 function helpers.first_nonempty_line(file)
80 for k,v in pairs(helpers.lines_from(file)) do
81 if #v then return v end
90 helpers.timer_table = {}
92 function helpers.newtimer(name, timeout, fun, nostart, stoppable)
93 if not name or #name == 0 then return end
94 name = (stoppable and name) or timeout
95 if not helpers.timer_table[name] then
96 helpers.timer_table[name] = timer({ timeout = timeout })
97 helpers.timer_table[name]:start()
99 helpers.timer_table[name]:connect_signal("timeout", fun)
101 helpers.timer_table[name]:emit_signal("timeout")
103 return stoppable and helpers.timer_table[name]
108 -- {{{ Pipe operations
110 -- run a command and execute a function on its output (asynchronous pipe)
111 -- @param cmd the input command
112 -- @param callback function to execute on cmd output
114 function helpers.async(cmd, callback)
115 return easy_async(cmd,
116 function (stdout, stderr, reason, exit_code)
125 helpers.map_table = {}
127 function helpers.set_map(element, value)
128 helpers.map_table[element] = value
131 function helpers.get_map(element)
132 return helpers.map_table[element]
139 -- check if an element exist on a table
140 function helpers.element_in_table(element, tbl)
141 for _, i in pairs(tbl) do
149 -- iterate over table of records sorted by keys
150 function helpers.spairs(t)
153 for k in pairs(t) do keys[#keys+1] = k end
157 -- return the iterator function
162 return keys[i], t[keys[i]]