lain/helpers.lua

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Lua

--[[
Licensed under GNU General Public License v2
* (c) 2013, Luke Bonham
* (c) 2010-2012, Peter Hofmann
* (c) 2010, Adrian C. <anrxc@sysphere.org>
--]]
local awful = require("awful")
local debug = require("debug")
local pairs = pairs
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
-- }}}
-- {{{
-- If lain.terminal is a string, e.g. "xterm", then "xterm -e " .. cmd is
-- run. But if lain.terminal is a function, then terminal(cmd) is run.
function helpers.run_in_terminal(cmd)
if type(terminal) == "function"
then
terminal(cmd)
elseif type(terminal) == "string"
then
awful.util.spawn(terminal .. ' -e ' .. cmd)
end
end
-- }}}
-- {{{ Format units to one decimal point
function helpers.uformat(array, key, value, unit)
for u, v in pairs(unit) do
array["{"..key.."_"..u.."}"] = string.format("%.1f", value/v)
end
return array
end
-- }}}
-- {{{ Read the first line of a file or return nil.
function helpers.first_line(f)
local fp = io.open(f)
if not fp
then
return nil
end
local content = fp:read("*l")
fp:close()
return content
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