dotfiles/.config/awesome/helpers.lua

-- {{{ License
-- Awesome helpers
-- 2012, Emmanuel Bouthenot <kolter@openics.org>
--
-- This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY
--
-- }}}

-- {{{ Libraries
-- Notification library
require('naughty')
-- User libraries
require('utils')
-- }}}

-- {{{ Functions
function whereis(program)
    local fh = io.popen('which ' .. program)
    path = string.trim(fh:read('*a'))
    fh:close()
    if path == "" then
        path = nil
    end
    return path
end

function runonce(cmd, screen)
    if cmd then
        awful.util.spawn_with_shell("pgrep -f -u $USER -x '" .. cmd .. "' >/dev/null 2>&1 || (" .. cmd .. " ; echo Starting '" .. cmd .. "')", screen)
    end
end

function debug(message)
    naughty.notify({ preset = naughty.config.presets.critical,
        title = "Debug message", text = message})
end
-- }}}

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