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+local easy_async = require("awful.spawn").easy_async
+local timer = require("gears.timer")
local debug = require("debug")
local io = { lines = io.lines,
local debug = require("debug")
local io = { lines = io.lines,
- open = io.open,
- popen = io.popen }
local rawget = rawget
local table = { sort = table.sort }
local rawget = rawget
local table = { sort = table.sort }
-local easy_async = require("awful.spawn").easy_async
-local timer = require("gears.timer")
-local wibox = require("wibox")
-
-- Lain helper functions for internal use
-- lain.helpers
local helpers = {}
-- Lain helper functions for internal use
-- lain.helpers
local helpers = {}
--- return the full output of an input command (synchronous pipe)
--- @param cmd the input command
--- @return command output (string)
-function helpers.read_pipe(cmd)
- local f = io.popen(cmd)
- local output = f:read("*all")
- f:close()
- return output
-end
-
-- 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
-- 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
--- create a textbox with no spacing issues
-function helpers.make_widget_textbox()
- local w = wibox.widget.textbox()
- local t = wibox.widget.base.make_widget(w)
- t.widget = w
- return t
-end
-