-local utils = { }
+local utils = { }
+local io = { popen = io.popen }
+local string = { match = string.match,
+ lower = string.lower}
+
+utils.rules = { }
+utils.globalkeys = { }
+
+local host = io.popen("hostname")
+utils.host = host:read("*l")
function utils.run_or_kill(command)
-- Check throught the clients if the class match the command
local lower_command=string.lower(command)
for k, c in pairs(client.get()) do
- local class=string.lower(c.class)
- if string.match(class, lower_command) then
- for i, v in ipairs(c:tags()) do
- c:kill()
- return
+ -- apparently some steam games don't have a client class
+ if c.class ~= nil then
+ local class=string.lower(c.class)
+ if string.match(class, lower_command) then
+ for i, v in ipairs(c:tags()) do
+ c:kill()
+ return
+ end
end
end
end
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.get_default_sink()
+ local f = io.popen('ponymix defaults --short')
+ line = f:read('*l')
+ f:close()
+ return string.match(line, "^sink%s*%d*%s*(.-)%s")
+end
+
+function utils.joinTables(t1, t2)
+ for k,v in ipairs(t2) do table.insert(t1, v) end return t1
+end
+
+function utils.rules.append(rules)
+ awful.rules.rules = awful.util.table.join(awful.rules.rules, rules)
+end
+
+function utils.globalkeys.append(keys)
+ globalkeys = awful.util.table.join(globalkeys, keys)
+end
+
return utils