awesomewm/aweswt.lua

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-- aweswt.lua
-- Application switcher using dmenu
--
local io = io
local table = table
local pairs = pairs
local awful = awful
local client = client
local string = string
local USE_NAME = true
module("aweswt")
function get_out (a)
local f = io.popen(a)
t = {}
for line in f:lines() do
table.insert(t, line)
end
return t
end
function get_input (a)
local dmenu = "dmenu -nf '#888888' -nb '#222222' -sf '#ffffff' -sb '#285577' -p 'switch to application:' -fn 'Terminus 8' -i"
s1 = 'echo "' .. a .. '" | ' .. dmenu
return get_out(s1)
end
function switch ()
local clients = client.get()
if table.getn(clients) == 0 then
return
end
local client_list_table = {}
local apps = {}
for key, client in pairs(clients) do
local app
if USE_NAME then
--app = key .. ':' .. string.sub(client['name'], 1, 20)
app = client['name']
else
app = key .. ':' .. client['instance'] .. '.' .. client['class']
end
table.insert(client_list_table, app)
apps[app] = client
end
table.sort(client_list_table, function(a, b)
return string.lower(a) < string.lower(b)
end)
local client_list = table.concat(client_list_table, "\n")
local client_selected = apps[get_input(client_list)[1]]
if client_selected then
local ctags = client_selected:tags()
awful.tag.viewonly(ctags[1])
client.focus = client_selected
client_selected:raise()
end
end
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