Merge branch 'master' of tardis:/dotfiles

[dotfiles.git] / awesome / utils.lua

diff --git a/awesome/utils.lua b/awesome/utils.lua
index 0ec93aa355f14c5abd5dfd22df7486bf29b01576..8bbf3400941d2cf8de6cd4c353bdef8b9c537ab7 100644 (file)
--- a/awesome/utils.lua
+++ b/awesome/utils.lua
@@ -23,6 +23,24 @@ function utils.run_or_kill(command)
     awful.util.spawn(command)
 end
 
+-- http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Autostart#Simple_way
+function utils.run_once(prg,arg_string,pname,screen)
+    if not prg then
+        do return nil end
+    end
+
+    if not pname then
+       pname = prg
+    end
+
+    if not arg_string then 
+        awful.util.spawn_with_shell("pgrep -f -u $USER -x '" .. pname .. "' || (" .. prg .. ")",screen)
+    else
+        awful.util.spawn_with_shell("pgrep -f -u $USER -x '" .. pname .. " ".. arg_string .."' || (" .. prg .. " " .. arg_string .. ")",screen)
+    end
+end
+
+
 function utils.joinTables(t1, t2)
     for k,v in ipairs(t2) do table.insert(t1, v) end return t1
 end