IMAP wiget is now asynchronous

asyncshell.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+
+--[[
+                                                  
+     Licensed under GNU General Public License v2 
+      * (c) 2013, Alexander Yakushev              
+                                                  
+--]]
+
+-- Asynchronous io.popen for Awesome WM.
+-- How to use...
+-- ...asynchronously:
+-- asyncshell.request('wscript -Kiev', function(f) wwidget.text = f:read("*l") end)
+-- ...synchronously
+-- wwidget.text = asyncshell.demand('wscript -Kiev', 5):read("*l") or "Error"
+
+local spawn = require('awful.util').spawn
+
+asyncshell               = {}
+asyncshell.request_table = {}
+asyncshell.id_counter    = 0
+asyncshell.folder        = "/tmp/asyncshell"
+asyncshell.file_template = asyncshell.folder .. '/req'
+
+-- Create a directory for asynchell response files
+os.execute("mkdir -p " .. asyncshell.folder)
+
+-- Returns next tag - unique identifier of the request
+local function next_id()
+   asyncshell.id_counter = (asyncshell.id_counter + 1) % 100000
+   return asyncshell.id_counter
+end
+
+-- Sends an asynchronous request for an output of the shell command.
+-- @param command Command to be executed and taken output from
+-- @param callback Function to be called when the command finishes
+-- @return Request ID
+function asyncshell.request(command, callback)
+   local id = next_id()
+   local tmpfname = asyncshell.file_template .. id
+   asyncshell.request_table[id] = {callback = callback}
+   local req =
+      string.format("bash -c '%s > %s; " ..
+                    'echo "asyncshell.deliver(%s)" | ' ..
+                    "awesome-client' 2> /dev/null",
+                    string.gsub(command, "'", "'\\''"), tmpfname,
+                    id, tmpfname)
+   spawn(req, false)
+   return id
+end
+
+-- Calls the remembered callback function on the output of the shell
+-- command.
+-- @param id Request ID
+-- @param output The output file of the shell command to be delievered
+function asyncshell.deliver(id)
+   if asyncshell.request_table[id] and
+      asyncshell.request_table[id].callback then
+      local output = io.open(asyncshell.file_template .. id, 'r')
+      asyncshell.request_table[id].callback(output)
+   end
+end
+
+-- Sends a synchronous request for an output of the command. Waits for
+-- the output, but if the given timeout expires returns nil.
+-- @param command Command to be executed and taken output from
+-- @param timeout Maximum amount of time to wait for the result
+-- @return File handler on success, nil otherwise
+function asyncshell.demand(command, timeout)
+   local id = next_id()
+   local tmpfname = asyncshell.file_template .. id
+   local f = io.popen(string.format("(%s > %s; echo asyncshell_done) & " ..
+                                    "(sleep %s; echo asynchell_timeout)",
+                                    command, tmpfname, timeout))
+   local result = f:read("*line")
+   if result == "asyncshell_done" then
+      return io.open(tmpfname)
+   end
+end
+
+return asyncshell

widgets/alsa.lua

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ local function worker(args)
 
     function alsa.update()
         local f = assert(io.popen('amixer -M get ' .. channel))
-        local mixer = f:read("*all")
+        local mixer = f:read("*a")
         f:close()
 
         volume_now = {}

widgets/alsabar.lua

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ local function worker(args)
     function alsabar.update()
         -- Get mixer control contents
         local f = io.popen("amixer -M get " .. alsabar.channel)
-        local mixer = f:read("*all")
+        local mixer = f:read("*a")
         f:close()
 
         -- Capture mixer control state:          [5%] ... ... [on]

widgets/base.lua

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ local function worker(args)
 
     function base.update()
         local f = assert(io.popen(cmd))
-        output = f:read("*all")
+        output = f:read("*a")
         f:close()
         widget = base.widget
         settings()

widgets/calendar.lua

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function calendar:show(t_out, inc_offset)
              .. calendar.font_size .. "'><b>"
              .. f:read() .. "</b>\n\n"
              .. f:read() .. "\n"
-             .. f:read("*all"):gsub("\n*$", "")
+             .. f:read("*a"):gsub("\n*$", "")
              .. "</span></tt>"
     f:close()
 

widgets/cpu.lua

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ local function worker(args)
         local dactive = active - cpu.last_active
         local dtotal = total - cpu.last_total
 
-        cpu_now = {}
+        cpu_noj = {}
         cpu_now.usage = tostring(math.ceil((dactive / dtotal) * 100))
 
         widget = cpu.widget

widgets/fs.lua

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function fs:show(t_out)
     fs:hide()
 
     local f = io.popen(helpers.scripts_dir .. "dfs")
-    ws = f:read("*all"):gsub("\n*$", "")
+    ws = f:read("*a"):gsub("\n*$", "")
     f:close()
 
     notification = naughty.notify({

widgets/imap.lua

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 --]]
 
 local helpers      = require("lain.helpers")
+local async        = require("lain.asyncshell")
 
 local naughty      = require("naughty")
 local wibox        = require("wibox")
 
-local io           = { popen  = io.popen }
 local string       = { format = string.format,
                        gsub   = string.gsub }
 local tonumber     = tonumber
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ local function worker(args)
     if not is_plain
     then
         local f = io.popen(password)
-        password = f:read("*all"):gsub("\n", "")
+        password = f:read("*a"):gsub("\n", "")
         f:close()
     end
 
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ local function worker(args)
         curl = string.format("%s --url imaps://%s:%s/INBOX -u %s:%s %s -k",
                head_command, server, port, mail, password, request)
 
-        f = io.popen(curl)
-        ws = f:read("*all")
+        async.request(curl, function(f) 
+            ws = f:read("*a")
             f:close()
 
             _, mailcount = string.gsub(ws, "%d+", "")
@@ -82,9 +82,12 @@ local function worker(args)
             end
 
             helpers.set_map(mail, mailcount)
+        end)
+
     end
 
     helpers.newtimer(mail, timeout, update, true)
+
     return setmetatable(imap, { __index = imap.widget })
 end
 

widgets/maildir.lua

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ local function worker(args)
                 local np = io.popen("find " .. line ..
                                     "/new -mindepth 1 -type f " ..
                                     "-not -name '.*' -printf a")
-                local mailstring = np:read("*all")
+                local mailstring = np:read("*a")
 
                 -- Strip off leading mailpath.
                 local box = string.match(line, mailpath .. "/*([^/]+)")

widgets/net.lua

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ local net = {
 
 function net.get_device()
     f = io.popen("ip link show | cut -d' ' -f2,9")
-    ws = f:read("*all")
+    ws = f:read("*a")
     f:close()
     ws = ws:match("%w+: UP")
     if ws ~= nil then

widgets/sysload.lua

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ local function worker(args)
 
     function update()
         local f = io.open("/proc/loadavg")
-        local ret = f:read("*all")
+        local ret = f:read("*a")
         f:close()
 
         load_1, load_5, load_15 = string.match(ret, "([^%s]+) ([^%s]+) ([^%s]+)")

widgets/temp.lua

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ local function worker(args)
         local f = io.open(tempfile)
         if f ~= nil
         then
-            coretemp_now = tonumber(f:read("*all")) / 1000
+            coretemp_now = tonumber(f:read("*a")) / 1000
             f:close()
         else
             coretemp_now = "N/A"