removed whitespaced signatures; wiki updated

[etc/awesome.git] / helpers.lua

diff --git a/helpers.lua b/helpers.lua
index 7c446480c0cf6955698f8b5fd5835cd44ac8db3c..7fa85643551c3db0a4de72603243f2aab1ac035a 100644 (file)
--- a/helpers.lua
+++ b/helpers.lua
@@ -1,23 +1,18 @@
-
 --[[
-                                                  
-     Licensed under GNU General Public License v2 
-      * (c) 2013, Luke Bonham                     
-                                                  
---]]
 
+     Licensed under GNU General Public License v2
+      * (c) 2013, Luke Bonham
+
+--]]
 
+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,
-                     popen = io.popen }
+                     open  = io.open }
 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 = {}
@@ -110,16 +105,6 @@ end
 
 -- {{{ Pipe operations
 
--- 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
@@ -177,14 +162,6 @@ function helpers.spairs(t)
     end
 end
 
--- 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
-
 -- }}}
 
 return helpers