awesome-copycats/menugen/init.lua

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Lua

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- @author Harvey Mittens
-- @copyright 2014 Harvey Mittens
-- @email teknocratdefunct@riseup.net
-- @release v3.5.5
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
local menu_gen = require("menubar.menu_gen")
local menu_utils = require("menubar.utils")
local pairs = pairs
local ipairs = ipairs
local table = table
local string = string
local next = next
module("menugen")
-- Built in menubar should be checking local applications directory
menu_gen.all_menu_dirs = { '/usr/share/applications/', '/usr/local/share/applications/', '~/.local/share/applications', '~/.nix-profile/share/applications' }
-- Expecting an wm_name of awesome omits too many applications and tools
menu_utils.wm_name = ""
-- Use MenuBar Parsing Utils to build StartMenu for Awesome
-- @return awful.menu compliant menu items tree
function build_menu()
local result = {}
local menulist = menu_gen.generate()
for k,v in pairs(menu_gen.all_categories) do
table.insert(result, {k, {}, v["icon"] } )
end
for k, v in ipairs(menulist) do
for _, cat in ipairs(result) do
if cat[1] == v["category"] then
table.insert( cat[2] , { v["name"], v["cmdline"], v["icon"] } )
break
end
end
end
-- Cleanup Things a Bit
for k,v in ipairs(result) do
-- Remove Unused Categories
if not next(v[2]) then
table.remove(result, k)
else
--Sort entries Alphabetically (by Name)
table.sort(v[2], function (a,b) return string.byte(a[1]) < string.byte(b[1]) end)
-- Replace Catagory Name with nice name
v[1] = menu_gen.all_categories[v[1]].name
end
end
-- Sort Categories Alphabetically Also
table.sort(result, function(a,b) return string.byte(a[1]) < string.byte(b[1]) end)
return result
end