From 216094d0d58ff861eebbee5934fe8e5829016435 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ksaper <ofek4430@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2023 00:24:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gears.cache didn't work this, make the cache manually to stop
 it from leaking

---
 widget/app_launcher/init.lua | 24 +++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/widget/app_launcher/init.lua b/widget/app_launcher/init.lua
index 4f1bb9b..256cedb 100644
--- a/widget/app_launcher/init.lua
+++ b/widget/app_launcher/init.lua
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ local awful = require("awful")
 local gobject = require("gears.object")
 local gtable = require("gears.table")
 local gtimer = require("gears.timer")
-local gcache = require("gears.cache")
 local wibox = require("wibox")
 local beautiful = require("beautiful")
 local prompt_widget = require(... .. ".prompt")
@@ -91,7 +90,11 @@ local function scroll(self, dir, page_dir)
     end
 end
 
-local app_widget = gcache.new(function(self, app)
+local function app_widget(self, app)
+    if self._private.apps_widgets_cache[app.name] then
+        return self._private.apps_widgets_cache[app.name]
+    end
+
     local widget = nil
 
     if self.app_template == nil then
@@ -249,8 +252,10 @@ local app_widget = gcache.new(function(self, app)
     function app:unselect() widget:unselect() end
     function app:is_selected() widget:is_selected() end
 
+    self._private.apps_widgets_cache[app.name] = widget
+
     return widget
-end)
+end
 
 local function generate_apps(self)
     self._private.all_apps = {}
@@ -468,7 +473,7 @@ function app_launcher:refresh()
     for index, app in ipairs(self._private.matched_apps) do
         -- Only add widgets that are between this range (part of the current page)
         if index > min_app_index_to_include and index <= max_app_index_to_include then
-            self:get_grid():add(app_widget:get(self, app))
+            self:get_grid():add(app_widget(self, app))
         end
     end
 end
@@ -486,7 +491,7 @@ function app_launcher:search()
         self._private.matched_apps = self._private.all_apps
         for _, matched_app in ipairs(self._private.matched_apps) do
             if #self:get_grid().children + 1 <= self._private.max_apps_per_page then
-                self:get_grid():add(app_widget:get(self, matched_app))
+                self:get_grid():add(app_widget(self, matched_app))
             else
                 break
             end
@@ -500,7 +505,7 @@ function app_launcher:search()
                         table.insert(self._private.matched_apps, app)
                          -- Only add the widgets for apps that are part of the first page
                         if #self:get_grid().children + 1 <= self._private.max_apps_per_page then
-                            self:get_grid():add(app_widget:get(self, app))
+                            self:get_grid():add(app_widget(self, app))
                         end
                     end
                 end
@@ -581,7 +586,7 @@ function app_launcher:page_forward(dir)
     for index, app in ipairs(self._private.matched_apps) do
         -- Only add widgets that are between this range (part of the current page)
         if index > min_app_index_to_include and index <= max_app_index_to_include then
-            self:get_grid():add(app_widget:get(self, app))
+            self:get_grid():add(app_widget(self, app))
         end
     end
 
@@ -628,7 +633,7 @@ function app_launcher:page_backward(dir)
     for index, app in ipairs(self._private.matched_apps) do
         -- Only add widgets that are between this range (part of the current page)
         if index > min_app_index_to_include and index <= max_app_index_to_include then
-            self:get_grid():add(app_widget:get(self, app))
+            self:get_grid():add(app_widget(self, app))
         end
     end
 
@@ -691,7 +696,7 @@ function app_launcher:reset()
     for index, app in ipairs(self._private.all_apps) do
         -- Only add the apps that are part of the first page
         if index <= self._private.apps_per_page then
-            self:get_grid():add(app_widget:get(self, app))
+            self:get_grid():add(app_widget(self, app))
         else
             break
         end
@@ -793,6 +798,7 @@ local function new(args)
     ret._private.text = ""
     ret._private.pages_count = 0
     ret._private.current_page = 1
+    ret._private.apps_widgets_cache = {}
     ret._private.search_timer = gtimer {
         timeout = 0.05,
         call_now = false,