lain/helpers.lua

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Lua

--[[
Licensed under GNU General Public License v2
* (c) 2013, Luke Bonham
* (c) 2010-2012, Peter Hofmann
--]]
local debug = require("debug")
local capi = { timer = timer }
local io = { open = io.open,
lines = io.lines }
local rawget = rawget
-- Lain helper functions for internal use
-- lain.helpers
local helpers = {}
helpers.lain_dir = debug.getinfo(1, 'S').source:match[[^@(.*/).*$]]
helpers.icons_dir = helpers.lain_dir .. 'icons/'
helpers.scripts_dir = helpers.lain_dir .. 'scripts/'
-- {{{ Modules loader
function helpers.wrequire(table, key)
local module = rawget(table, key)
return module or require(table._NAME .. '.' .. key)
end
-- }}}
-- {{{ File operations
-- see if the file exists
function helpers.file_exists(file)
local f = io.open(file, "rb")
if f then f:close() end
return f ~= nil
end
-- get all lines from a file, returns an empty
-- list/table if the file does not exist
function helpers.lines_from(file)
if not helpers.file_exists(file) then return {} end
lines = {}
for line in io.lines(file) do
lines[#lines + 1] = line
end
return lines
end
-- get first line of a file, return nil if
-- the file does not exist
function helpers.first_line(file)
return helpers.lines_from(file)[1]
end
-- get first non empty line from a file,
-- returns nil otherwise
function helpers.first_nonempty_line(file)
for k,v in pairs(helpers.lines_from(file)) do
if #v then return v end
end
return nil
end
-- }}}
-- {{{ Timer maker
helpers.timer_table = {}
function helpers.newtimer(name, timeout, fun, nostart)
helpers.timer_table[name] = capi.timer({ timeout = timeout })
helpers.timer_table[name]:connect_signal("timeout", fun)
helpers.timer_table[name]:start()
if not nostart then
helpers.timer_table[name]:emit_signal("timeout")
end
end
-- }}}
-- {{{ A map utility
helpers.map_table = {}
function helpers.set_map(element, value)
helpers.map_table[element] = value
end
function helpers.get_map(element)
return helpers.map_table[element]
end
-- }}}
return helpers