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asyncshell.lua
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--[[
Licensed under GNU General Public License v2
* (c) 2015, worron
* (c) 2013, Alexander Yakushev
--]]
-- Asynchronous io.popen for Awesome WM.
-- How to use:
-- asyncshell.request('wscript -Kiev', function(output) wwidget.text = output end)
-- Grab environment
local awful = require('awful')
-- Initialize tables for module
asyncshell = { request_table = {}, id_counter = 0 }
-- Request counter
local function next_id()
asyncshell.id_counter = (asyncshell.id_counter + 1) % 10000
return asyncshell.id_counter
end
-- Remove given request
function asyncshell.clear(id)
if asyncshell.request_table[id] then
if asyncshell.request_table[id].timer then
asyncshell.request_table[id].timer:stop()
asyncshell.request_table[id].timer = nil
end
asyncshell.request_table[id] = nil
end
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
-- @param timeout Maximum amount of time to wait for the result (optional)
function asyncshell.request(command, callback, timeout)
local id = next_id()
asyncshell.request_table[id] = { callback = callback }
local formatted_command = string.gsub(command, '"','\"')
local req = string.format(
"echo \"asyncshell.deliver(%s, [[\\\"$(%s)\\\"]])\" | awesome-client &",
id, formatted_command
)
awful.util.spawn_with_shell(req)
if timeout then
asyncshell.request_table[id].timer = timer({ timeout = timeout })
asyncshell.request_table[id].timer:connect_signal("timeout", function() asyncshell.clear(id) end)
asyncshell.request_table[id].timer:start()
end
end
-- Calls the remembered callback function on the output of the shell command
-- @param id Request ID
-- @param output Shell command output to be delievered
function asyncshell.deliver(id, output)
local output = string.sub(output, 2, -2)
if asyncshell.request_table[id] then
asyncshell.request_table[id].callback(output)
asyncshell.clear(id)
end
end
return asyncshell