helpers: async_with_shell added

[etc/awesome.git] / helpers.lua

diff --git a/helpers.lua b/helpers.lua
index 7fa85643551c3db0a4de72603243f2aab1ac035a..ab87f769fe5836004c920ad73e63a7c5de706641 100644 (file)
--- a/helpers.lua
+++ b/helpers.lua
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 --]]
 
-local easy_async = require("awful.spawn").easy_async
+local spawn = require("awful.spawn")
 local timer      = require("gears.timer")
 local debug      = require("debug")
 local io         = { lines = io.lines,
@@ -110,7 +110,15 @@ end
 -- @param callback function to execute on cmd output
 -- @return cmd PID
 function helpers.async(cmd, callback)
-    return easy_async(cmd,
+    return spawn.easy_async(cmd,
+    function (stdout, stderr, reason, exit_code)
+        callback(stdout)
+    end)
+end
+
+-- like above, but call spawn.easy_async with a shell
+function helpers.async_with_shell(cmd, callback)
+    return spawn.easy_async_with_shell(cmd,
     function (stdout, stderr, reason, exit_code)
         callback(stdout)
     end)