X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/awesome.git/blobdiff_plain/137e0721530e390dccab03268512ae0196443953..3b9f9aa812fbc10fb0376dbeb1ef6f86f71df4e2:/helpers.lua

diff --git a/helpers.lua b/helpers.lua
index 4ece329..137bd6a 100644
--- a/helpers.lua
+++ b/helpers.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 local debug  = require("debug")
 
-local capi   = { timer = timer }
+local capi   = { timer = (type(timer) == 'table' and timer or require ("gears.timer")) }
 local io     = { open  = io.open,
                  lines = io.lines,
                  popen = io.popen }
@@ -77,8 +77,11 @@ end
 
 helpers.timer_table = {}
 
-function helpers.newtimer(name, timeout, fun, nostart)
-    helpers.timer_table[name] = capi.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 })
+    end
     helpers.timer_table[name]:connect_signal("timeout", fun)
     helpers.timer_table[name]:start()
     if not nostart then