awesome/utils/awesome-client

#!/bin/sh

READ_OPTIONS="-r"

tty 2>&1 > /dev/null
ISATTY=$?

if [ "$ISATTY" = 0 ]
then
    # rlwrap provides readline to stuff which doesn't know readline by itself
    RLWRAP=$(which rlwrap 2>/dev/null)
    if [ "$RLWRAP" != "" ]
    then
        if [ "$A_RERUN" = "" ]
        then
            A_RERUN="no" exec $RLWRAP $0
        fi
    else
        if [ "$BASH" ]
        then
            READ_OPTIONS=" -e"
        fi
    fi

    if [ $BASH ]
    then
        READ_OPTIONS="$READ_OPTIONS -p awesome# "
    fi
fi

DBUS_SEND=dbus-send

which ${DBUS_SEND} > /dev/null
if test $? = 1
then
    echo "E: Unable to find" ${DBUS_SEND}
    exit 1
fi

DBUS_PATH=/
DBUS_DEST=org.naquadah.awesome.awful
DBUS_METHOD=${DBUS_DEST}.Remote.Eval

a_dbus_send()
{
    $DBUS_SEND --dest=$DBUS_DEST --type=method_call --print-reply $DBUS_PATH \
        $DBUS_METHOD string:"$1" | tail -n +2
}

if [ "$ISATTY" = 0 ]
then
    while read ${READ_OPTIONS} line
    do
        a_dbus_send "$line"
    done
else
    a_dbus_send "`cat`"
fi