From 22d656903563f75678f3634964731ccf93355dfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ache <ache@ache.one>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 23:17:19 +0100
Subject: Init commit

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+
+--[[
+                                                  
+     Licensed under GNU General Public License v2 
+      * (c) 2013, Luke Bonham                     
+                                                  
+--]]
+
+local debug  = require("debug")
+
+local capi   = { timer = timer }
+local io     = { open  = io.open,
+                 lines = io.lines }
+local rawget = rawget
+
+-- Lain helper functions for internal use
+-- lain.helpers
+local helpers = {}
+
+helpers.lain_dir    = debug.getinfo(1, 'S').source:match[[^@(.*/).*$]]
+helpers.icons_dir   = helpers.lain_dir .. 'icons/'
+helpers.scripts_dir = helpers.lain_dir .. 'scripts/'
+
+-- {{{ Modules loader
+
+function helpers.wrequire(table, key)
+    local module = rawget(table, key)
+    return module or require(table._NAME .. '.' .. key)
+end
+
+-- }}}
+
+-- {{{ File operations
+
+-- see if the file exists and is readable
+function helpers.file_exists(file)
+  local f = io.open(file)
+  if f then
+      local s = f:read()
+      f:close()
+      f = s
+  end
+  return f ~= nil
+end
+
+-- get all lines from a file, returns an empty
+-- list/table if the file does not exist
+function helpers.lines_from(file)
+  if not helpers.file_exists(file) then return {} end
+  lines = {}
+  for line in io.lines(file) do
+    lines[#lines + 1] = line
+  end
+  return lines
+end
+
+-- get first line of a file, return nil if
+-- the file does not exist
+function helpers.first_line(file)
+    return helpers.lines_from(file)[1]
+end
+
+-- get first non empty line from a file,
+-- returns nil otherwise
+function helpers.first_nonempty_line(file)
+  for k,v in pairs(helpers.lines_from(file)) do
+    if #v then return v end
+  end
+  return nil
+end
+
+-- }}}
+
+-- {{{ Timer maker
+
+helpers.timer_table = {}
+
+function helpers.newtimer(name, timeout, fun, nostart)
+    helpers.timer_table[name] = capi.timer({ timeout = timeout })
+    helpers.timer_table[name]:connect_signal("timeout", fun)
+    helpers.timer_table[name]:start()
+    if not nostart then
+        helpers.timer_table[name]:emit_signal("timeout")
+    end
+end
+
+-- }}}
+
+-- {{{ A map utility
+
+helpers.map_table = {}
+
+function helpers.set_map(element, value)
+    helpers.map_table[element] = value
+end
+
+function helpers.get_map(element)
+    return helpers.map_table[element]
+end
+
+-- }}}
+
+return helpers
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