--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Timer objects and functions. -- -- @usage -- -- Create a widget and update its content using the output of a shell -- -- command every 10 seconds: -- local mybatterybar = wibox.widget { -- { -- min_value = 0, -- max_value = 100, -- value = 0, -- paddings = 1, -- border_width = 1, -- forced_width = 50, -- border_color = "#0000ff", -- id = "mypb", -- widget = wibox.widget.progressbar, -- }, -- { -- id = "mytb", -- text = "100%", -- widget = wibox.widget.textbox, -- }, -- layout = wibox.layout.stack, -- set_battery = function(self, val) -- self.mytb.text = tonumber(val).."%" -- self.mypb.value = tonumber(val) -- end, -- } -- -- gears.timer { -- timeout = 10, -- call_now = true, -- autostart = true, -- callback = function() -- -- You should read it from `/sys/class/power_supply/` (on Linux) -- -- instead of spawning a shell. This is only an example. -- awful.spawn.easy_async( -- {"sh", "-c", "acpi | sed -n 's/^.*, \([0-9]*\)%/\1/p'"}, -- function(out) -- mybatterybar.battery = out -- end -- ) -- end -- } -- -- @author Uli Schlachter -- @copyright 2014 Uli Schlachter -- @classmod gears.timer --------------------------------------------------------------------------- local capi = { awesome = awesome } local ipairs = ipairs local pairs = pairs local setmetatable = setmetatable local table = table local tonumber = tonumber local traceback = debug.traceback local unpack = unpack or table.unpack -- luacheck: globals unpack (compatibility with Lua 5.1) local glib = require("lgi").GLib local object = require("gears.object") local protected_call = require("gears.protected_call") local gdebug = require("gears.debug") --- Timer objects. This type of object is useful when triggering events repeatedly. -- The timer will emit the "timeout" signal every N seconds, N being the timeout -- value. Note that a started timer will not be garbage collected. Call `:stop` -- to enable garbage collection. -- @tfield number timeout Interval in seconds to emit the timeout signal. -- Can be any value, including floating point ones (e.g. 1.5 seconds). -- @tfield boolean started Read-only boolean field indicating if the timer has been -- started. -- @table timer --- When the timer is started. -- @signal start --- When the timer is stopped. -- @signal stop --- When the timer had a timeout event. -- @signal timeout local timer = { mt = {} } --- Start the timer. function timer:start() if self.data.source_id ~= nil then gdebug.print_error(traceback("timer already started")) return end self.data.source_id = glib.timeout_add(glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT, self.data.timeout * 1000, function() protected_call(self.emit_signal, self, "timeout") return true end) self:emit_signal("start") end --- Stop the timer. function timer:stop() if self.data.source_id == nil then gdebug.print_error(traceback("timer not started")) return end glib.source_remove(self.data.source_id) self.data.source_id = nil self:emit_signal("stop") end --- Restart the timer. -- This is equivalent to stopping the timer if it is running and then starting -- it. function timer:again() if self.data.source_id ~= nil then self:stop() end self:start() end --- The timer is started. -- @property started -- @param boolean --- The timer timeout value. -- **Signal:** property::timeout -- @property timeout -- @param number local timer_instance_mt = { __index = function(self, property) if property == "timeout" then return self.data.timeout elseif property == "started" then return self.data.source_id ~= nil end return timer[property] end, __newindex = function(self, property, value) if property == "timeout" then self.data.timeout = tonumber(value) self:emit_signal("property::timeout") end end } --- Create a new timer object. -- @tparam table args Arguments. -- @tparam number args.timeout Timeout in seconds (e.g. 1.5). -- @tparam[opt=false] boolean args.autostart Automatically start the timer. -- @tparam[opt=false] boolean args.call_now Call the callback at timer creation. -- @tparam[opt=nil] function args.callback Callback function to connect to the -- "timeout" signal. -- @tparam[opt=false] boolean args.single_shot Run only once then stop. -- @treturn timer -- @function gears.timer function timer.new(args) args = args or {} local ret = object() ret.data = { timeout = 0 } --TODO v5 rename to ._private setmetatable(ret, timer_instance_mt) for k, v in pairs(args) do ret[k] = v end if args.autostart then ret:start() end if args.callback then if args.call_now then args.callback() end ret:connect_signal("timeout", args.callback) end if args.single_shot then ret:connect_signal("timeout", function() ret:stop() end) end return ret end --- Create a timeout for calling some callback function. -- When the callback function returns true, it will be called again after the -- same timeout. If false is returned, no more calls will be done. If the -- callback function causes an error, no more calls are done. -- @tparam number timeout Timeout in seconds (e.g. 1.5). -- @tparam function callback Function to run. -- @treturn timer The timer object that was set up. -- @function gears.timer.start_new -- @see gears.timer.weak_start_new function timer.start_new(timeout, callback) local t = timer.new({ timeout = timeout }) t:connect_signal("timeout", function() local cont = protected_call(callback) if not cont then t:stop() end end) t:start() return t end --- Create a timeout for calling some callback function. -- This function is almost identical to `gears.timer.start_new`. The only difference -- is that this does not prevent the callback function from being garbage -- collected. After the callback function was collected, the timer returned -- will automatically be stopped. -- @tparam number timeout Timeout in seconds (e.g. 1.5). -- @tparam function callback Function to start. -- @treturn timer The timer object that was set up. -- @function gears.timer.weak_start_new -- @see gears.timer.start_new function timer.weak_start_new(timeout, callback) local indirection = setmetatable({}, { __mode = "v" }) indirection.callback = callback return timer.start_new(timeout, function() local cb = indirection.callback if cb then return cb() end end) end local delayed_calls = {} capi.awesome.connect_signal("refresh", function() for _, callback in ipairs(delayed_calls) do protected_call(unpack(callback)) end delayed_calls = {} end) --- Call the given function at the end of the current main loop iteration -- @tparam function callback The function that should be called -- @param ... Arguments to the callback function -- @function gears.timer.delayed_call function timer.delayed_call(callback, ...) assert(type(callback) == "function", "callback must be a function, got: " .. type(callback)) table.insert(delayed_calls, { callback, ... }) end function timer.mt.__call(_, ...) return timer.new(...) end return setmetatable(timer, timer.mt) -- vim: filetype=lua:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:textwidth=80