--- Create key and button bindings from simple definitions. -- -- @author James Reed <jcrd@tuta.io> et al. -- @copyright 2019 James Reed -- @module awesome-ez local awful = require("awful") local gtable = require("gears.table") local ez = {} local modifiers = { ["M"] = "Mod4", ["A"] = "Mod1", ["S"] = "Shift", ["C"] = "Control", } --- Split a string on a delimiter. -- -- @param s The string. -- @param sep The delimiter. -- @return A table of strings. local function split(s, sep) sep = sep or "%s" local res = {} for m in string.gmatch(s, string.format("([^%s]+)", sep)) do table.insert(res, m) end return res end ez.util = {} --- Convert a table into a callable function. -- -- The first element of the table should be a function, followed by arguments -- to this function. -- -- @param cb The callback or a table describing the callback. -- @usage local cb = ez.util.cb_from_table({awful.spawn, "xterm"}) -- @return The callback. function ez.util.cb_from_table(cb) if type(cb) == "table" and not (getmetatable(cb) and getmetatable(cb).__call) then local tbl = gtable.clone(cb, false) local func = table.remove(tbl, 1) cb = function () return func(unpack(tbl)) end end return cb end --- Parse a key definition string into modifiers and a key. -- -- Key definition strings consist of modifier characters and a key separated -- by hyphens, e.g. "M-S-x" is the combination of Mod4, Shift, and the x key. -- If the key is surrounded by <>, it is interpreted as a key group, e.g. -- "M-" uses the modifier Mod4 and the key group "numrow". -- -- The modifier key strings are: M = Mod4, A = Mod1, S = Shift, C = Control. -- -- @param keydef The key definition string. -- @usage local modkeys, key = ez.util.parse_key("M-Return") -- @return A table of modifiers and the key. function ez.util.parse_key(keydef) local modkeys = {} for _, key in ipairs(split(keydef, "-")) do if modifiers[key] ~= nil then table.insert(modkeys, modifiers[key]) else local group = string.match(key, "<(%w+)>") if group then return modkeys, nil, group end return modkeys, key end end end --- Parse a button definition string into modifiers and a button. -- -- Button definition strings consist of modifier characters and a key separated -- by hyphens, e.g. "M-S-1" is the combination of Mod4, Shift, and button 1. -- -- The modifier key strings are: M = Mod4, A = Mod1, S = Shift, C = Control. -- -- @param btndef The button definition string. -- @usage local modkeys, btn = ez.util.parse_button("M-1") -- @return A table of modifiers and the button. function ez.util.parse_button(btndef) if type(btndef) == "number" then return {}, btndef end local modkeys = {} for _, key in ipairs(split(btndef, "-")) do if modifiers[key] ~= nil then table.insert(modkeys, modifiers[key]) else return modkeys, tonumber(key) end end end --- Create a key binding from a key definition string and callback. -- -- @param keydef The key definition string. -- @param cb The callback or table describing the callback. -- @return A table with the key objects. function ez.key(keydef, cb) local modkeys, key, group = ez.util.parse_key(keydef) if group then return awful.key { keygroup = group, modifiers = modkeys, on_press = cb, } end return awful.key(modkeys, key, ez.util.cb_from_table(cb)) end --- Create a button binding from a button definition string and callback. -- -- @param btndef The button definition string. -- @param cb The callback or table describing the callback. -- @return A table with the button objects. function ez.btn(btndef, cb) local modkeys, btn = ez.util.parse_button(btndef) return awful.button(modkeys, btn, ez.util.cb_from_table(cb)) end --- Create key bindings for elements of a table. -- -- @param tbl The table of key bindings. -- @return A table containing created key objects. function ez.keytable(tbl) local res = {} for keydef, cb in pairs(tbl) do table.insert(res, ez.key(keydef, cb)) end return res end --- Create button bindings for elements of a table. -- -- @param tbl The table of button bindings. -- @return A table containing created button objects. function ez.btntable(tbl) local res = {} for btndef, cb in pairs(tbl) do table.insert(res, ez.btn(btndef, cb)) end return res end return ez