[modules] Add module-specific configuration

Big oversight in my previous commits: Widgets need to be able to have
specific configurations (i.e. the path for different instances of the
"disk" module has to be different).

To account for that, it is now possible to assign an "alias" to a module
instance using ":" (for example: -m "disk:home"). This alias is then
used for the configuration parameter resolution automatically, for
example:

-m disk:home -p home.path=/home

As a consequence, parameter names in the module code are now relative to
the module, which means: shorter!
This commit is contained in:
Tobias Witek 2016-11-05 14:26:02 +01:00
parent 9f9b27ad7a
commit 4e648cf009
11 changed files with 62 additions and 40 deletions

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@ -35,6 +35,23 @@ class print_usage(argparse.Action):
80, initial_indent=self._indent*2, subsequent_indent=self._indent*4)
print ""
class ModuleConfig(object):
def __init__(self, config, prefix):
self._prefix = prefix
self._config = config
def set(self, name, value):
name = self._prefix + name
return self._config.set(name, value)
def parameter(self, name, default=None):
name = self._prefix + name
return self._config.parameter(name, default)
def increase(self, name, limit, default):
name = self._prefix + name
return self._config.increase(name, limit, default)
class Config(object):
def __init__(self, args):
self._raw = args
@ -69,7 +86,11 @@ class Config(object):
return self._args.theme
def modules(self):
return self._args.modules
result = []
for m in self._args.modules:
items = m.split(":")
result.append({ "name": items[0], "alias": items[1] if len(items) > 1 else None })
return result
def _parser(self):
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="display system data in the i3bar")