X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/awesome.git/blobdiff_plain/5f902517ffea8033605752f4755d81d4a9ba4aec..1129e88960205b9193b0d8b1c9358acd9c8d27b0:/helpers.lua

diff --git a/helpers.lua b/helpers.lua
index 137bd6a..309162e 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)
@@ -81,9 +93,9 @@ 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