Merge pull request #256 from wimstefan/master

[etc/awesome.git] / helpers.lua

diff --git a/helpers.lua b/helpers.lua
index 6c0c3c46ec155fc8fbc485186567f2f5874ca171..50254c1651d59959252afa12a2f363066d4d7a83 100644 (file)
--- a/helpers.lua
+++ b/helpers.lua
@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@
 local debug  = require("debug")
 
 local assert = assert
-local capi   = { timer = (type(timer) == 'table' and timer or require ("gears.timer")) }
+local capi   = { timer = require ("gears.timer") }
 local io     = { open  = io.open,
                  lines = io.lines,
                  popen = io.popen }
 local rawget = rawget
 local table  = { sort   = table.sort }
 
+local wibox  = require("wibox")
+
 -- Lain helper functions for internal use
 -- lain.helpers
 local helpers = {}
@@ -140,7 +142,9 @@ end
 
 -- }}}
 
---{{{ Iterate over table of records sorted by keys
+-- {{{ Misc
+
+-- iterate over table of records sorted by keys
 function helpers.spairs(t)
     -- collect the keys
     local keys = {}
@@ -157,7 +161,15 @@ function helpers.spairs(t)
         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