---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- @author Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
-- @copyright 2008 Julien Danjou
-- @release @AWESOME_VERSION@
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- Grab environment we need
local os = os
local io = io
local assert = assert
local loadstring = loadstring
local debug = debug
local print = print
local capi =
{
    awesome = awesome,
    mouse = mouse
}

--- Utility module for awful
module("awful.util")

function deprecate()
    print("W: awful: function is deprecated")
    print(debug.traceback())
end

--- Strip alpha part of color.
-- @param color The color.
-- @return The color without alpha channel.
function color_strip_alpha(color)
    if color:len() == 9 then
        color = color:sub(1, 7)
    end
    return color
end

--- Make i cycle.
-- @param t A length.
-- @param i An absolute index to fit into #t.
-- @return The object at new index.
function cycle(t, i)
    while i > t do i = i - t end
    while i < 1 do i = i + t end
    return i
end

--- Create a directory
-- @param dir The directory.
-- @return mkdir return code
function mkdir(dir)
    return os.execute("mkdir -p " .. dir)
end

--- Spawn a program.
-- @param cmd The command.
-- @param screen The screen where to spawn window.
-- @return The awesome.spawn return value.
function spawn(cmd, screen)
    if cmd and cmd ~= "" then
        return capi.awesome.spawn(cmd .. "&", screen or capi.mouse.screen)
    end
end

-- Read a program output and returns its output as a string.
-- @param cmd The command to run.
-- @return A string with the program output.
function pread(cmd)
    if cmd and cmd ~= "" then
        local f = io.popen(cmd, 'r')
        local s = f:read("*all")
        f:close()
        return s
    end
end

--- Eval Lua code.
-- @return The return value of Lua code.
function eval(s)
    return assert(loadstring("return " .. s))()
end

--- Escape a string from XML char.
-- Useful to set raw text in textbox.
-- @param text Text to escape.
-- @return Escape text.
function escape(text)
    if text then
        text = text:gsub("&", "&amp;")
        text = text:gsub("<", "&lt;")
        text = text:gsub(">", "&gt;")
        text = text:gsub("'", "&apos;")
        text = text:gsub("\"", "&quot;")
    end
    return text
end

--- Unescape a string from entities.
-- @param text Text to unescape.
-- @return Unescaped text.
function unescape(text)
    if text then
        text = text:gsub("&amp;", "&")
        text = text:gsub("&lt;", "<")
        text = text:gsub("&gt;", ">")
        text = text:gsub("&apos;", "'")
        text = text:gsub("&quot;", "\"")
    end
    return text
end

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