--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Spawning of programs. -- -- This module provides methods to start programs and supports startup -- notifications, which allows for callbacks and applying properties to the -- program after it has been launched. This requires currently that the -- applicaton supports them. -- -- @author Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info> -- @author Emmanuel Lepage Vallee <elv1313@gmail.com> -- @copyright 2008 Julien Danjou -- @copyright 2014 Emmanuel Lepage Vallee -- @release @AWESOME_VERSION@ -- @module awful.spawn --------------------------------------------------------------------------- local capi = { awesome = awesome, mouse = mouse, client = client, } local lgi = require("lgi") local Gio = lgi.Gio local GLib = lgi.GLib local util = require("awful.util") local spawn = {} spawn.snid_buffer = {} function spawn.on_snid_callback(c) local props = spawn.snid_buffer[c.startup_id] if props then c:emit_signal("spawn::completed_with_payload", props) spawn.snid_buffer[c.startup_id] = nil end end function spawn.on_snid_cancel(id) if spawn.snid_buffer[id] then spawn.snid_buffer[id] = nil end end --- Spawn a program, and optionally apply properties and/or run a callback. -- -- Applying properties or running a callback requires the program/client to -- support startup notifications. -- -- See `awful.rules.execute` for more details about the format of `sn_rules`. -- -- @tparam string|table cmd The command. -- @tparam[opt=true] table|boolean sn_rules A table of properties to be applied -- after startup; `false` to disable startup notifications. -- @tparam[opt] function callback A callback function to be run after startup. -- @treturn[1] integer The forked PID. -- @treturn[1] ?string The startup notification ID, if `sn` is not false, or -- a `callback` is provided. -- @treturn[2] string Error message. function spawn.spawn(cmd, sn_rules, callback) if cmd and cmd ~= "" then local enable_sn = (sn_rules ~= false or callback) enable_sn = not not enable_sn -- Force into a boolean. if not sn_rules and callback then sn_rules = {callback=callback} elseif callback then sn_rules.callback = callback end local pid, snid = capi.awesome.spawn(cmd, enable_sn) -- The snid will be nil in case of failure if snid and type(sn_rules) == "table" then spawn.snid_buffer[snid] = sn_rules end return pid, snid end -- For consistency return "Error: No command to execute" end --- Spawn a program using the shell. -- This calls `cmd` with `$SHELL -c` (via `awful.util.shell`). -- @tparam string cmd The command. function spawn.with_shell(cmd) if cmd and cmd ~= "" then cmd = { util.shell, "-c", cmd } return capi.awesome.spawn(cmd, false) end end --- Spawn a program and asynchronously and capture its output line by line. -- @tparam string|table cmd The command. -- @tab callbacks Table containing callbacks that should be -- invoked on various conditions. -- @tparam[opt] function callbacks.stdout Function that is called with each line of -- output on stdout, e.g. `stdout(line)`. -- @tparam[opt] function callbacks.stderr Function that is called with each line of -- output on stderr, e.g. `stderr(line)`. -- @tparam[opt] function callbacks.output_done Function to call when no more output -- is produced. -- @tparam[opt] function callbacks.exit Function to call when the spawned process -- exits. This function gets the exit reason and code as its argument. The -- reason can be "exit" or "signal". For "exit", the second argument is the exit -- code. For "signal", the second argument is the signal causing process -- termination. -- @treturn[1] Integer the PID of the forked process. -- @treturn[2] string Error message. function spawn.with_line_callback(cmd, callbacks) local stdout_callback, stderr_callback, done_callback, exit_callback = callbacks.stdout, callbacks.stderr, callbacks.output_done, callbacks.exit local have_stdout, have_stderr = stdout_callback ~= nil, stderr_callback ~= nil local pid, _, stdin, stdout, stderr = capi.awesome.spawn(cmd, false, false, have_stdout, have_stderr, exit_callback) if type(pid) == "string" then -- Error return pid end local done_before = false local function step_done() if have_stdout and have_stderr and not done_before then done_before = true return end if done_callback then done_callback() end end if have_stdout then spawn.read_lines(Gio.UnixInputStream.new(stdout, true), stdout_callback, step_done, true) end if have_stderr then spawn.read_lines(Gio.UnixInputStream.new(stderr, true), stderr_callback, step_done, true) end assert(stdin == nil) return pid end --- Read lines from a Gio input stream -- @tparam Gio.InputStream input_stream The input stream to read from. -- @tparam function line_callback Function that is called with each line -- read, e.g. `line_callback(line_from_stream)`. -- @tparam[opt] function done_callback Function that is called when the -- operation finishes (e.g. due to end of file). -- @tparam[opt=false] boolean close Should the stream be closed after end-of-file? function spawn.read_lines(input_stream, line_callback, done_callback, close) local stream = Gio.DataInputStream.new(input_stream) local function done() if close then stream:close() end if done_callback then xpcall(done_callback, function(err) print(debug.traceback("Error while calling done_callback:" .. tostring(err), 2)) end) end end local start_read, finish_read start_read = function() stream:read_line_async(GLib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT, nil, finish_read) end finish_read = function(obj, res) local line, length = obj:read_line_finish(res) if type(length) ~= "number" then -- Error print("Error in awful.spawn.read_lines:", tostring(length)) done() elseif #line ~= length then -- End of file done() else -- Read a line xpcall(function() -- This needs tostring() for older lgi versions which returned -- "GLib.Bytes" instead of Lua strings (I guess) line_callback(tostring(line)) end, function(err) print(debug.traceback("Error while calling line_callback: " .. tostring(err), 2)) end) -- Read the next line start_read() end end start_read() end --- Read a program output and return its output as a string. -- @tparam string cmd The command to run. -- @treturn string A string with the program output, or the error if one -- occured. function spawn.pread(cmd) if cmd and cmd ~= "" then local f, err = io.popen(cmd, 'r') if f then local s = f:read("*all") f:close() return s else return err end end end capi.awesome.connect_signal("spawn::canceled" , spawn.on_snid_cancel ) capi.awesome.connect_signal("spawn::timeout" , spawn.on_snid_cancel ) capi.client.connect_signal ("manage" , spawn.on_snid_callback ) capi.client.add_signal ("spawn::completed_with_payload" ) return setmetatable(spawn, { __call = function(_, ...) return spawn.spawn(...) end }) -- vim: filetype=lua:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:textwidth=80