fs/alsabar: small fixes

[etc/awesome.git] / helpers.lua

diff --git a/helpers.lua b/helpers.lua
index 503c40eaf0dbc54df0854e2f86f08e90d4799670..9755dc0405e072980b6e937d8e47acb8206c0432 100644 (file)
--- a/helpers.lua
+++ b/helpers.lua
@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@
                                                   
 --]]
 
                                                   
 --]]
 

-local debug  = require("debug")

 
 

-local capi   = { timer = timer }
-local io     = { open  = io.open,
-                 lines = io.lines,
-                 popen = io.popen }
-local rawget = rawget
+local debug      = require("debug")
+local io         = { lines = io.lines,
+                     open  = io.open,
+                     popen = io.popen }
+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
 
 -- Lain helper functions for internal use
 -- lain.helpers


@@ -48,13 +52,25 @@ end
 -- list/table if the file does not exist
 function helpers.lines_from(file)
   if not helpers.file_exists(file) then return {} 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
 
   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)
 -- get first line of a file, return nil if
 -- the file does not exist
 function helpers.first_line(file)


@@ -78,14 +94,11 @@ helpers.timer_table = {}
 
 function helpers.newtimer(_name, timeout, fun, nostart)
     local name = timeout
 
 function helpers.newtimer(_name, timeout, fun, nostart)
     local name = timeout

-

     if not helpers.timer_table[name] then
     if not helpers.timer_table[name] then

-        helpers.timer_table[name] = capi.timer({ timeout = timeout })
+        helpers.timer_table[name] = timer({ timeout = timeout })

         helpers.timer_table[name]:start()
     end
         helpers.timer_table[name]:start()
     end

-

     helpers.timer_table[name]:connect_signal("timeout", fun)
     helpers.timer_table[name]:connect_signal("timeout", fun)

-

     if not nostart then
         helpers.timer_table[name]:emit_signal("timeout")
     end
     if not nostart then
         helpers.timer_table[name]:emit_signal("timeout")
     end


@@ -95,14 +108,27 @@ end
 
 -- {{{ Pipe operations
 
 
 -- {{{ Pipe operations
 

--- read the full output of a pipe (command)
+-- return the full output of an input command (synchronous pipe)
+-- @param cmd the input command
+-- @return command output (string)

 function helpers.read_pipe(cmd)
 function helpers.read_pipe(cmd)

-   local f = assert(io.popen(cmd))
+   local f = io.popen(cmd)

    local output = f:read("*all")
    f:close()
    return output
 end
 
    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
+-- @return cmd PID
+function helpers.async(cmd, callback)
+    return easy_async(cmd,
+    function (stdout, stderr, reason, exit_code)
+        callback(stdout)
+    end)
+end
+

 -- }}}
 
 -- {{{ A map utility
 -- }}}
 
 -- {{{ A map utility


@@ -119,4 +145,44 @@ 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
+
+-- create a lain textbox widget
+function helpers.make_widget_textbox()
+    local w = wibox.widget.textbox('')
+    local t = wibox.widget.base.make_widget(w)
+    t.widget = w
+    return t
+end
+
+-- }}}
+

 return helpers
 return helpers