From: Simon Désaulniers <sim.desaulniers@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 12:05:41 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: menu_iterator: naughty.notify based menu utility
X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/awesome.git/commitdiff_plain/b94e701ff210085f73dbcd6f85f41914f4d696f4

menu_iterator: naughty.notify based menu utility
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diff --git a/util/menu_iterator.lua b/util/menu_iterator.lua
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+--[[
+
+     Licensed under GNU General Public License v2
+      * (c) 2017, Simon Désaulniers <sim.desaulniers@gmail.com>
+      * (c) 2017, Uli Schlachter
+      * (c) 2017, Jeferson Siqueira <jefersonlsiq@gmail.com>
+
+--]]
+
+-- Menu iterator using naughty.notify
+
+local naughty = require("naughty")
+
+local state = { cid = nil }
+
+local function naughty_destroy_callback(reason)
+    if reason == naughty.notificationClosedReason.expired or
+        reason == naughty.notificationClosedReason.dismissedByUser then
+        local actions = state.index and state.menu[state.index - 1][2]
+        if actions then
+            for _,action in pairs(actions) do
+                -- don't try to call nil callbacks
+                if action then action() end
+            end
+            state.index = nil
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+-- Iterates over a list of pairs {label, {callbacks}}. After timeout, the last
+-- visited choice associated callbacks are executed.
+-- * menu:    a list of pairs {label, {callbacks}
+-- * timeout: time to wait before confirming menu selection
+-- * icon:    icon to display left to the choiced label
+local function iterate(menu, timeout, icon)
+    timeout = timeout or 4 -- default timeout for each menu entry
+    icon    = icon or nil  -- icon to display on the menu
+
+    -- Build the list of choices
+    if not state.index then
+        state.menu = menu
+        state.index = 1
+    end
+
+    -- Select one and display the appropriate notification
+    local label, action
+    local next  = state.menu[state.index]
+    state.index = state.index + 1
+
+    if not next then
+        label = "Cancel"
+        state.index = nil
+    else
+        label, _ = unpack(next)
+    end
+    state.cid = naughty.notify({
+        text = label,
+        icon = icon,
+        timeout = timeout,
+        screen = mouse.screen,
+        replaces_id = state.cid,
+        destroy = naughty_destroy_callback
+    }).id
+end
+
+return { iterate = iterate }