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[etc/awesome.git] / helpers.lua
index 70ca0293ea44cd3799e02f8ef2c9e3349c9eb9d6..4e5ce1facc505c5a78617fa40181120b4f1f5826 100644 (file)
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
                                                   
 --]]
 
-local debug  = require("debug")
 
-local capi   = { timer = (type(timer) == 'table' and timer or require ("gears.timer")) }
-local io     = { open  = io.open,
-                 lines = io.lines,
-                 popen = io.popen }
-local rawget = rawget
+local easy_async = require("awful.spawn").easy_async
+local timer      = require("gears.timer")
+local debug      = require("debug")
+local io         = { lines = io.lines,
+                     open  = io.open }
+local rawget     = rawget
+local table      = { sort  = table.sort }
 
 -- Lain helper functions for internal use
 -- lain.helpers
@@ -48,13 +49,25 @@ end
 -- list/table if the file does not exist
 function helpers.lines_from(file)
   if not helpers.file_exists(file) then return {} end
-  lines = {}
+  local lines = {}
   for line in io.lines(file) do
     lines[#lines + 1] = line
   end
   return lines
 end
 
+-- match all lines from a file, returns an empty
+-- list/table if the file or match does not exist
+function helpers.lines_match(regexp, file)
+       local lines = {}
+       for index,line in pairs(helpers.lines_from(file)) do
+               if string.match(line, regexp) then
+                       lines[index] = line
+               end
+       end
+       return lines
+end
+
 -- get first line of a file, return nil if
 -- the file does not exist
 function helpers.first_line(file)
@@ -76,25 +89,33 @@ end
 
 helpers.timer_table = {}
 
-function helpers.newtimer(name, timeout, fun, nostart)
-    helpers.timer_table[name] = capi.timer({ timeout = timeout })
+function helpers.newtimer(name, timeout, fun, nostart, stoppable)
+    if not name or #name == 0 then return end
+    name = (stoppable and name) or timeout
+    if not helpers.timer_table[name] then
+        helpers.timer_table[name] = timer({ timeout = timeout })
+        helpers.timer_table[name]:start()
+    end
     helpers.timer_table[name]:connect_signal("timeout", fun)
-    helpers.timer_table[name]:start()
     if not nostart then
         helpers.timer_table[name]:emit_signal("timeout")
     end
+    return stoppable and helpers.timer_table[name]
 end
 
 -- }}}
 
 -- {{{ Pipe operations
 
--- read the full output of a pipe (command)
-function helpers.read_pipe(cmd)
-   local f = assert(io.popen(cmd))
-   local output = f:read("*all")
-   f:close()
-   return output
+-- run a command and execute a function on its output (asynchronous pipe)
+-- @param cmd the input command
+-- @param callback function to execute on cmd output
+-- @return cmd PID
+function helpers.async(cmd, callback)
+    return easy_async(cmd,
+    function (stdout, stderr, reason, exit_code)
+        callback(stdout)
+    end)
 end
 
 -- }}}
@@ -113,4 +134,36 @@ end
 
 -- }}}
 
+-- {{{ Misc
+
+-- check if an element exist on a table
+function helpers.element_in_table(element, tbl)
+    for _, i in pairs(tbl) do
+        if i == element then
+            return true
+        end
+    end
+    return false
+end
+
+-- iterate over table of records sorted by keys
+function helpers.spairs(t)
+    -- collect the keys
+    local keys = {}
+    for k in pairs(t) do keys[#keys+1] = k end
+
+    table.sort(keys)
+
+    -- return the iterator function
+    local i = 0
+    return function()
+        i = i + 1
+        if keys[i] then
+            return keys[i], t[keys[i]]
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+-- }}}
+
 return helpers