src/plugins/view_workdir.lua

   1 --
   2 -- Copyright (c) 2008, Bart Trojanowski <bart@jukie.net>
   3 --
   4 -- This plugin binds Mod1-' to create a terminal with the same working
   5 -- directory as the last directory entered on the shell[*] in that view.
   6 --
   7 -- [*] you will have to modify your zshrc or bashrc to generate the
   8 --     "ShellChangeDir" wmii event.
   9 --
  10 -- zshrc:
  11 --      chpwd_functions+='zsh_wmii_chpwd'
  12 --      function zsh_wmii_chpwd () { echo "ShellChangeDir $PWD" | wmiir write /event ; }
  13 --
  14 -- bashrc:
  15 --      function cd () { builtin cd $@ && \
  16 --                       ( echo "ShellChangeDir $PWD" | wmiir write /event ) ; }
  17 --
  18 local wmii = require("wmii")
  19 local os = require("os")
  20 local io = require("io")
  21 local math = require("math")
  22 local type = type
  23 local error = error
  24 local tostring = tostring
  25
  26 module("view_workdir")
  27 api_version = 0.1
  28
  29 local view_workdirs = {}
  30
  31 wmii.add_event_handler("ShellChangeDir",
  32         function(ev,arg)
  33                 wmii.log("view_workdir: arg is " .. type(arg))
  34                 if type(arg) == 'string' then
  35                         local view = wmii.get_view()
  36                         wmii.log("view_workdir: view is " .. type(view))
  37                         if type(view) == 'string' then
  38                                 wmii.log("view_workdir: view_workdirs["..view.."] = "..arg)
  39                                 view_workdirs[view] = arg
  40                         end
  41                 end
  42         end)
  43
  44 wmii.add_key_handler("Mod1-apostrophe",
  45         function (key)
  46                 local xterm = wmii.get_conf("xterm") or "xterm"
  47                 local cd_cmd = ''
  48
  49                 local view = wmii.get_view()
  50                 wmii.log("view_workdir: view is " .. type(view))
  51                 if type(view) == 'string' then
  52                         local dir = view_workdirs[view]
  53                         if type(dir) == 'string' then
  54                                 cd_cmd = "cd '"..dir.."' ; "
  55                         end
  56                 end
  57
  58                 wmii.log ("    executing: " .. cd_cmd .. xterm)
  59                 os.execute (cd_cmd .. xterm .. " &")
  60         end)
  61