Module menubar.utils - awesome API documentation

# Module `menubar.utils`

Utility module for menubar

### Info:

- Copyright: 2009, 2011-2012 Antonio Terceiro, Alexander Yakushev
- Author: Antonio Terceiro

## Functions

rtrim (s) | Remove CR newline from the end of the string.
lookup_icon_uncached (icon_file) | Lookup an icon in different folders of the filesystem.
lookup_icon (icon) | Lookup an icon in different folders of the filesystem (cached).
parse_desktop_file (file) | Parse a .desktop file.
parse_dir (dir_path, callback) | Parse a directory with .desktop files recursively.
compute_text_width (text, s) | Compute text width.

## Fields

terminal | Terminal which applications that need terminal would open in.
wm_name | Name of the WM for the OnlyShowIn entry in the .desktop file.

## Functions

Methods

rtrim (s)
  Remove CR newline from the end of the string.
  - s string to trim
lookup_icon_uncached (icon_file)
  Lookup an icon in different folders of the filesystem.
  - icon_file string Short or full name of the icon.

  ### Returns:

  string or boolean Full name of the icon, or false on failure.
lookup_icon (icon)
  Lookup an icon in different folders of the filesystem (cached).
  - icon Short or full name of the icon.

  ### Returns:

  full name of the icon.
parse_desktop_file (file)
  Parse a .desktop file.
  - file The .desktop file.

  ### Returns:

  A table with file entries.
parse_dir (dir_path, callback)
  Parse a directory with .desktop files recursively.
  - dir_path string The directory path.
  - callback Will be fired when all the files were parsed with the resulting list of menu entries as argument.
    - programs table Paths of found .desktop files.
compute_text_width (text, s)
  Compute text width.
  - text str Text.
  - s number or screen Screen

  ### Returns:

  int Text width.

## Fields

terminal
  Terminal which applications that need terminal would open in.
wm_name
  Name of the WM for the OnlyShowIn entry in the .desktop file.

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