Merge pull request #90 from jepugs/master

[etc/awesome.git] / asyncshell.lua

diff --git a/asyncshell.lua b/asyncshell.lua
index c05fb6b4784ffacb47a9aeb96933a841fd9308ef..4a01caad7f9160a8a6cc9d18f35723df12afd155 100644 (file)
--- a/asyncshell.lua
+++ b/asyncshell.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 -- ...asynchronously:
 -- asyncshell.request('wscript -Kiev', function(f) wwidget.text = f:read("*l") end)
 -- ...synchronously
 -- ...asynchronously:
 -- asyncshell.request('wscript -Kiev', function(f) wwidget.text = f:read("*l") end)
 -- ...synchronously

--- wwidget.text = asyncshell.demand('wscript -Kiev', 5):read("*l") or "Error"
+-- widget:set_text(asyncshell.demand('wscript -Kiev', 5):read("*l") or "Error")
+
+-- This is more cpu demanding, but makes things faster.

 
 local spawn = require('awful.util').spawn
 
 
 local spawn = require('awful.util').spawn
 


@@ -37,9 +39,9 @@ end
 function asyncshell.request(command, callback)
    local id = next_id()
    local tmpfname = asyncshell.file_template .. id
 function asyncshell.request(command, callback)
    local id = next_id()
    local tmpfname = asyncshell.file_template .. id

-   asyncshell.request_table[id] = {callback = callback}
+   asyncshell.request_table[id] = { callback = callback }

    local req =
    local req =

-      string.format("bash -c '%s > %s; " ..
+      string.format("sh -c '%s > %s; " ..

                     'echo "asyncshell.deliver(%s)" | ' ..
                     "awesome-client' 2> /dev/null",
                     string.gsub(command, "'", "'\\''"), tmpfname,
                     'echo "asyncshell.deliver(%s)" | ' ..
                     "awesome-client' 2> /dev/null",
                     string.gsub(command, "'", "'\\''"), tmpfname,