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--- bin/launchprogram.lua
+++ bin/launchprogram.lua
#!/usr/bin/env lua5.4
--- A lua program launcher script
+-- A Lua program launcher script
--- Enforce Lua 5.4+ (for potential luafilesystem if expanded)
+-- Enforce Lua 5.4
if not _VERSION:match("5.4") then
io.stderr:write("Error: Lua 5.4 required (got " .. _VERSION .. ").\n")
os.exit(1)
end
-- Dependencies
-local ui = require("aestel.ui")
+local colors = require("aestel.colors")
+local display = require("aestel.display")
local input = require("aestel.input")
+local menu = require("aestel.menu")
--- Functin for error handling
--- Checks for lfs which is needed for logging
-local ok, lfs = pcall(require, "lfs")
-if not ok then
- lfs = nil
-end
+local TITLE = "Program Launcher"
--- Function for building a sorted list of programs
local function build_list()
+
+ local BINDIR = os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.local/bin"
+
local programs = {
- ["File Browser"] = "st -e browsefiles",
- ["Office Suite libreoffice"] = "libreoffice",
- ["Set Background"] = "st -e setbackground",
- ["Web Browser librewolf"] = "librewolf",
- ["Web Browser netsurf"] = "netsurf"
+ ["File Browser"] = {command = "st -e " .. BINDIR .. "/browsefiles", type = "app" },
+ ["Office Suite libreoffice"] = {command = "libreoffice", type = "app" },
+ ["Set Background"] = {command = "st -e " .. BINDIR .. "/setbackground", type = "app" },
+ ["Web Browser librewolf"] = {command = "librewolf", type = "app" },
+ ["Web Browser netsurf"] = {command = "netsurf", type = "app" },
}
-local sorted_items = {}
- for name, command in pairs(programs) do
- table.insert(sorted_items, {name = name, command = command})
+ local sorted_items = {}
+
+ for name, entry in pairs(programs) do
+ table.insert(sorted_items, { name = name, command = entry.command, type = entry.type })
end
table.sort(sorted_items, function(a, b)
return sorted_items
end
--- Function for launcher script log
-local function log(message, level)
- if not lfs then return end -- No logging if lfs unavailable
-
- local home_dir = os.getenv("HOME")
- if not home_dir then return end
-
- local log_file = "~/.local/var/log/aestel_launchprogram.log"
- local expanded_path = log_file:gsub("^~", home_dir)
-
- -- Ensure log dir exists
- local log_dir = expanded_path:match("^(.*)/[^/]+$")
- if log_dir and log_dir ~= "" then
- lfs.mkdir(log_dir)
- end
-
- local file = io.open(expanded_path, "a")
- if file then
- file:write(os.date("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") .. " [" .. (level or "INFO") .. "] " .. message .. "\n")
- file:close()
- end
-end
-
--- Function for main interactive loop
local function launch_program()
+
local items = build_list()
- log("Script started", "INFO")
- -- Clear screen and print title manually (ui.menu handles the list only)
- input.clear_and_position(1, 1)
- io.write("🚀 Program Launcher\r\n\n")
+ display.clear_and_position(1, 1)
+ io.write(colors.BOLD .. TITLE .. colors.RESET .. "\n\n")
io.flush()
- -- Display menu starting at row 3 (after the title); pass full items
- local selected_index = ui.menu(nil, items, 3)
+ local selected_index = menu.menu(nil, items, 3)
if selected_index then
local sel = items[selected_index]
- log("Launching: " .. sel.name, "INFO")
- -- Launch the selected program detached from terminal
os.execute("nohup " .. sel.command .. " > /dev/null 2>&1 &")
- print("\n" .. "... Launching " .. sel.name)
- print("... " .. sel.name .. " launched")
- print("... Exiting Program Launcher")
+ display.status_line("... Launched " .. sel.name, colors.REVERSE)
+ os.execute("sleep 2")
+ display.status_line("... Exiting " .. TITLE, colors.REVERSE)
+ os.execute("sleep 2")
else
- log("No program selected", "INFO")
- print("\n... No program selected for launching")
- print("... Exiting Program Launcher")
+ display.status_line("... No program selected for launching", colors.REVERSE)
+ os.execute("sleep 2")
+ display.status_line("... Exiting Program Launcher", colors.REVERSE)
+ os.execute("sleep 2")
end
- print()
- os.execute("sleep 2")
+
+ display.clear_screen()
end
--- Run the script with error handling
local success, err = pcall(launch_program)
if not success then
input.disable_raw()
- log("Fatal error: " .. tostring(err), "FATAL")
- print("\nFatal error: " .. tostring(err))
+ print("\nFatal error: " .. tostring(err) .. "\n")
os.exit(1)
end
-input.disable_raw() -- Restore terminal on normal exit
