X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/awesome.git/blobdiff_plain/56ebe9158e0de45c56e789d626fad927cc5e75a5..af3427c7dfcf991c56a099ac1450e54db867ae51:/helpers.lua?ds=inline

diff --git a/helpers.lua b/helpers.lua
index 4e5ce1f..313579f 100644
--- a/helpers.lua
+++ b/helpers.lua
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-
 --[[
-                                                  
-     Licensed under GNU General Public License v2 
-      * (c) 2013, Luke Bonham                     
-                                                  
---]]
 
+     Licensed under GNU General Public License v2
+      * (c) 2013, Luca CPZ
 
-local easy_async = require("awful.spawn").easy_async
+--]]
+
+local spawn      = require("awful.spawn")
 local timer      = require("gears.timer")
 local debug      = require("debug")
 local io         = { lines = io.lines,
@@ -112,12 +110,29 @@ end
 -- @param callback function to execute on cmd output
 -- @return cmd PID
 function helpers.async(cmd, callback)
-    return easy_async(cmd,
+    return spawn.easy_async(cmd,
     function (stdout, stderr, reason, exit_code)
-        callback(stdout)
+        callback(stdout, exit_code)
     end)
 end
 
+-- like above, but call spawn.easy_async with a shell
+function helpers.async_with_shell(cmd, callback)
+    return spawn.easy_async_with_shell(cmd,
+    function (stdout, stderr, reason, exit_code)
+        callback(stdout, exit_code)
+    end)
+end
+
+-- run a command and execute a function on its output line by line
+function helpers.line_callback(cmd, callback)
+    return spawn.with_line_callback(cmd, {
+        stdout = function (line)
+            callback(line)
+        end,
+    })
+end
+
 -- }}}
 
 -- {{{ A map utility
@@ -164,6 +179,29 @@ function helpers.spairs(t)
     end
 end
 
+-- create trivial partition of a set. The trivial partition set is the simplest
+-- partition of a set. For e.g., the trivial partition set of {a, b, c}, is
+-- simply {{a}, {b}, {c}}.
+function helpers.trivial_partition_set(set)
+    local ss = {}
+    for _,e in pairs(set) do
+        ss[#ss+1] = {e}
+    end
+    return ss
+end
+
+-- creates the powerset of a given set
+function helpers.powerset(s)
+    if not s then return {} end
+    local t = {{}}
+    for i = 1, #s do
+        for j = 1, #t do
+            t[#t+1] = {s[i],unpack(t[j])}
+        end
+    end
+    return t
+end
+
 -- }}}
 
 return helpers