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[etc/awesome.git] / helpers.lua

diff --git a/helpers.lua b/helpers.lua
index a8c4cd7297bc01c830c06c4df98e0d5e05b1780a..6a47738e56ded7fb130a5f2bf33a8692dbc6b271 100644 (file)
--- a/helpers.lua
+++ b/helpers.lua
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 
 --[[
-                                                      
-     Licensed under GNU General Public License v2     
-      * (c) 2013,      Luke Bonham                    
-      * (c) 2010-2012, Peter Hofmann                  
-                                                      
+                                                  
+     Licensed under GNU General Public License v2 
+      * (c) 2013, Luke Bonham                     
+                                                  
 --]]
 
 local debug  = require("debug")
+
+local assert = assert
+local capi   = { timer = (type(timer) == 'table' and timer or require ("gears.timer")) }
+local io     = { open  = io.open,
+                 lines = io.lines,
+                 popen = io.popen }
 local rawget = rawget
-local io     = { open = io.open }
+local table  = { sort   = table.sort }
+
+local wibox  = require("wibox")
 
 -- Lain helper functions for internal use
 -- lain.helpers
@@ -28,30 +35,70 @@ end
 
 -- }}}
 
--- {{{ Read the first line of a file or return nil.
+-- {{{ File operations
+
+-- see if the file exists and is readable
+function helpers.file_exists(file)
+  local f = io.open(file)
+  if f then
+      local s = f:read()
+      f:close()
+      f = s
+  end
+  return f ~= nil
+end
 
-function helpers.first_line(f)
-    local fp = io.open(f)
-    if not fp
-    then
-        return nil
-    end
+-- get all lines from a file, returns an empty
+-- list/table if the file does not exist
+function helpers.lines_from(file)
+  if not helpers.file_exists(file) then return {} end
+  local lines = {}
+  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
 
-    local content = fp:read("*l")
-    fp:close()
-    return content
+-- get first line of a file, return nil if
+-- the file does not exist
+function helpers.first_line(file)
+    return helpers.lines_from(file)[1]
+end
+
+-- get first non empty line from a file,
+-- returns nil otherwise
+function helpers.first_nonempty_line(file)
+  for k,v in pairs(helpers.lines_from(file)) do
+    if #v then return v end
+  end
+  return nil
 end
 
 -- }}}
 
--- {{{ Timer maker 
+-- {{{ Timer maker
 
 helpers.timer_table = {}
 
-function helpers.newtimer(name, timeout, fun, nostart)
-    helpers.timer_table[name] = timer({ timeout = timeout })
+function helpers.newtimer(_name, timeout, fun, nostart)
+    local name = timeout
+    if not helpers.timer_table[name] then
+        helpers.timer_table[name] = capi.timer({ timeout = timeout })
+        helpers.timer_table[name]:start()
+    end
     helpers.timer_table[name]:connect_signal("timeout", fun)
-    helpers.timer_table[name]:start()
     if not nostart then
         helpers.timer_table[name]:emit_signal("timeout")
     end
@@ -59,6 +106,28 @@ end
 
 -- }}}
 
+-- {{{ Pipe operations
+
+-- read the full output of a command output
+function helpers.read_pipe(cmd)
+   local f = assert(io.popen(cmd))
+   local output = f:read("*all")
+   f:close()
+   return output
+end
+
+-- return line iterator of a command output
+function helpers.pipelines(...)
+    local f = assert(io.popen(...))
+    return function () -- iterator
+        local data = f:read()
+        if data == nil then f:close() end
+        return data
+    end
+end
+
+-- }}}
+
 -- {{{ A map utility
 
 helpers.map_table = {}
@@ -73,4 +142,34 @@ end
 
 -- }}}
 
+-- {{{ Misc
+
+-- 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