On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Uli Schlachter <psyc...@znc.in> wrote:
>> +function table.apply(t, filter, callback)
>> + for _, i in pairs(t) do
>> + if filter(i) and callback(i) == false then return end
>> + end
>> +end
>
> Dunno how often something like that is needed. Only thing which I can think of
> right would be awful.rules.
Rules, together with menu and naughty, is my favorite part :).
> Anyway, what do you think about also using this for searching?
The previous patch series was headed in the wrong direction -- I was
dressing up _for_ without any significant gains. The attached patches
better reflect what I was trying to do. Something like:
local urxvt = function (c) return awful.rule.match(c, {class = "URxvt"))
for c in awful.client.cycle(urxvt) do
awful.client.floating.set(c)
end
Now you can do this using rules, but my function adds a more dynamic,
natural, and concise feel to it. You can use it create menus on the
fly. Makes it more fun to script awesome from the shell with
awesome-client:
local filter = function (c)
return awful.rule.match(c, {class = "URxvt", except = {instance = "term"}})
end
for c in awful.client.cycle(urxvt) do
c:kill()
end
My own selfish reason to push this into awful is to simplify run or
raise implementation. I think it is a nice to have feature but people
(including myself) have all sort of complicated implementations (just
see the wiki page) which causes new users to shy away from it.
>> The functionality to terminate matching by returning false can be
>> useful if one wants to take an action on only the first matching item,
>> like raising a client, etc.
>
> Hm. For something like this, my table.find() might be a better fit. Possibly.
With the new implementation, we won't really need it, because all
awful is providing is an easy way to iterate a select list of clients.
Do whatever you want in the body of 'for': break iteration, return
from function ... whatever suits the need.
--
Anurag Priyam
From 3106c952a52d80c3ef30e7cc0c37eacb1e84dcca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anurag Priyam <anurag08pri...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:30:41 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add awful.util.table.cycle to iterate through elements
that match given condition
This will help writing concise code when one wants to apply a function to
(read, take some action) on a select list of elements in a table (of say,
clients and tags).
Signed-off-by: Anurag Priyam <anurag08pri...@gmail.com>
---
lib/awful/util.lua.in | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/awful/util.lua.in b/lib/awful/util.lua.in
index 1c719a7..026e7d8 100644
--- a/lib/awful/util.lua.in
+++ b/lib/awful/util.lua.in
@@ -367,4 +367,25 @@ function table.clone(t)
return c
end
+---
+-- Returns an iterator to cycle through, starting from the first element or the
+-- given index, all elments of a table that match a given criteria.
+-- @param t the table to iterate
+-- @param filter a function that returns true to indicate a positive match
+-- @param start what index to start iterating from. Default is 1 (=> start of
+-- the table)
+function table.cycle(t, filter, start)
+ local count = 0
+ local index = start or 1
+ local length = #t
+
+ return function ()
+ while count < length do
+ local item = t[index]
+ index = cycle(#t, index + 1)
+ count = count + 1
+ if filter(item) then return item end
+ end
+ end
+end
-- vim: filetype=lua:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:textwidth=80
--
1.7.9
From a1256797c2c292edd894bfa4c6f0bbac952e1ba5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anurag Priyam <anurag08pri...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:32:28 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add awful.client.cycle to iterate through clients that
match a given condition
A common use case is to cycle through clients that match a given rule and take
certain action on them: raise, set or get property, etc.; see usage example in
the docs.
Signed-off-by: Anurag Priyam <anurag08pri...@gmail.com>
---
lib/awful/client.lua.in | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/awful/client.lua.in b/lib/awful/client.lua.in
index 2d5ec45..aae9144 100644
--- a/lib/awful/client.lua.in
+++ b/lib/awful/client.lua.in
@@ -862,6 +862,30 @@ function property.set(c, prop, value)
c:emit_signal("property::" .. prop)
end
+---
+-- Returns an iterator to cycle through, starting from the client in focus or
+-- the given index, all clients that match a given criteria.
+-- @param filter a function that returns true to indicate a positive match
+-- @param start what index to start iterating from. Defaults to using the
+-- index of the currently focused client.
+-- @usage e.g.: un-minimize all urxvt instances
+-- <p><code>
+-- local urxvt = function (c) <br/>
+-- return awful.rules.match(c, {class = "URxvt"}) <br/>
+-- end <br/>
+-- </br>
+-- for c in awful.client.cycle(urxvt) do <br/>
+-- c.minimized = false <br/>
+-- end <br/>
+--
+-- </code></p>
+function cycle(filter, start)
+ local clients = capi.client.get()
+ local focused = capi.client.focus
+ local start = start or util.table.hasitem(clients, focussed)
+ return util.table.cycle(clients, filter, start)
+end
+
-- Register standards signals
capi.client.add_signal("property::floating_geometry")
capi.client.add_signal("property::floating")
--
1.7.9
