imap: password can now be a string, a table or a function to execute

[etc/awesome.git] / helpers.lua

diff --git a/helpers.lua b/helpers.lua
index b1a195caafe9a9e9f44125012bbda2cda2cf1ba7..0305722bf99fb0cd170c25ff58873c74fb9b3108 100644 (file)
--- a/helpers.lua
+++ b/helpers.lua
@@ -177,27 +177,10 @@ function helpers.spairs(t)
     end
 end
 
     end
 end
 

--- create a textbox with no spacing issues
+-- create a lain textbox

 function helpers.make_widget_textbox()
 function helpers.make_widget_textbox()

-    local w = wibox.widget.textbox()
-    local t = wibox.widget.base.make_widget(w)
-    t.widget = w
-    return t
-end
-
--- shallow copy a table
-function helpers.table_shallowcopy(orig)
-    local orig_type = type(orig)
-    local copy
-    if orig_type == 'table' then
-        copy = {}
-        for orig_key, orig_value in pairs(orig) do
-            copy[orig_key] = orig_value
-        end
-    else -- number, string, boolean, etc
-        copy = orig
-    end
-    return copy
+    local w = { widget = wibox.widget.textbox() }
+    return setmetatable(w, { __index = w.widget })

 end
 
 -- }}}
 end
 
 -- }}}