X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/awesome.git/blobdiff_plain/1738f98c04158ecd7099ad15e97702818d793b2c..27fc95570cce74f4f0ea086d51951f0df38abe5b:/helpers.lua?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/helpers.lua b/helpers.lua index 5e958c3..8fb794c 100644 --- a/helpers.lua +++ b/helpers.lua @@ -49,13 +49,25 @@ end -- list/table if the file does not exist function helpers.lines_from(file) if not helpers.file_exists(file) then return {} end - lines = {} + 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 + -- get first line of a file, return nil if -- the file does not exist function helpers.first_line(file) @@ -77,8 +89,11 @@ 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