added command_wrapper for various other dmenu styled tools

README.MD

@@ -5,16 +5,18 @@ about system status in dmenu. Some of them i.e. `volume` have options (up, down,
 which are selectable options in dmenu.  
 
 ## Tools
-- `pingclock`   performs a single `ping` to a server and returns the response time
-- `battery`     shows the current battery level
-- `brightness`  shows the current backlight level and gives options to adjust it
-- `volume`      shows the current volume level and gives options to adjust and manage it
-- `date`        shows the date
-- `fuzzytime`   shows the fuzzytime clock
-- `wlan`        shows the state of the wireless network interface. SSID connected to and signal level.
-- `nic`         shows the status and/or the ip address of the network interface card
-- `temperature` shows the current CPU temperature
-- `notes`       a simple one liner note taking tool, displaying notes in dmenu/rofi
+- `pingclock`        performs a single `ping` to a server and returns the response time
+- `battery`          shows the current battery level
+- `brightness`       shows the current backlight level and gives options to adjust it
+- `volume`           shows the current volume level and gives options to adjust and manage it
+- `date`             shows the date
+- `fuzzytime`        shows the fuzzytime clock
+- `wlan`             shows the state of the wireless network interface. SSID connected to and signal level.
+- `nic`              shows the status and/or the ip address of the network interface card
+- `temperature`      shows the current CPU temperature
+- `notes`            a simple one liner note taking tool, displaying notes in dmenu/rofi
+- `passmenu_wrapper` a wrapper for passmenu. It basically just styles passmenu with no other features
+- `command_wrapper`  inspired by passmenu_wrapper, a basic tool to run other dmenu related tools with uniform styling
 
 
 ### Example in dmenu:

base.nim

@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ var loop* = false
 var stoploop* = true
 var dmenu* = true
 var rofi* = false
+var passmenu* = false
+var command_wrapper* = false
+var run_command* = ""
 
 proc newInfo*(title: string = "Info"): Info =
   return Info(
@@ -73,9 +76,9 @@ proc newInfo*(title: string = "Info"): Info =
     color: foreground,
     )
 
-proc newDmenuConfig(): Dmenu =
+proc newDmenuConfig(cmd: string = "dmenu"): Dmenu =
   var dmenu = Dmenu()
-  dmenu.command = "dmenu"
+  dmenu.command = cmd
   dmenu.bottom = "-b"
   dmenu.grabkb = "-f"
   dmenu.i_case = "-i"
@@ -97,6 +100,10 @@ proc newRofiConfig(): Dmenu =
 proc newDmenu(): Dmenu =
   if rofi:
     return newRofiConfig()
+  elif passmenu:
+    return newDmenuConfig("passmenu")
+  elif command_wrapper:
+    return newDmenuConfig(run_command)
   return newDmenuConfig()
 
 proc debugLog*(str: string) =
@@ -137,13 +144,7 @@ proc quote*(str: string): string =
   return " \"" & text & "\" "
   #       ^  Add a spaces  ^ so the previous flag isn't touching
 
-proc getLines(num: int): int =
-  if num > MAX_LINES:
-    return MAX_LINES
-  return num + 1
-
-
-proc runDMenu*(data: Info, opts: varargs[string], rofi: bool = false): string =
+proc genDmenuCmd*(data: Info, opts: varargs[string], rofi: bool = false): string =
   # Build dmenu/rofi command
   var cmd = ""
   # if the text is empty, we don't want to create a menu item of it
@@ -157,14 +158,19 @@ proc runDMenu*(data: Info, opts: varargs[string], rofi: bool = false): string =
 
   var dmenu = newDmenu()
   cmd = cmd & dmenu.command & " "
-  cmd = cmd & dmenu.lines_shown & " " & $20 & " "
+  cmd = cmd & dmenu.lines_shown & " " & $MAX_LINES & " "
   cmd = cmd & dmenu.prompt & quote(data.title)
   cmd = cmd & dmenu.norm_bg & quote(data.unselected_bg)
   cmd = cmd & dmenu.norm_fg & quote(data.unselected_fg)
   cmd = cmd & dmenu.sel_bg & quote(data.selected_bg)
   cmd = cmd & dmenu.sel_fg & quote(data.selected_fg)
   cmd = cmd & dmenu.font & quote(font)
+  return cmd
 
+
+
+proc runDMenu*(data: Info, opts: varargs[string], rofi: bool = false): string =
+  let cmd = genDmenuCmd(data, opts, rofi)
   #echo cmd
   #
   # Run command and get output
@@ -194,7 +200,8 @@ proc outputData*(data: Info, args: varargs[string]): string {.discardable.} =
 # Switch bindsym mode back to default as it could be being used.
 switchTwmMode()
 
-for arg in getArguments():
+let args* = getArguments()
+for idx, arg in args:
   case arg:
     of "noloop":
       stoploop = true
@@ -209,5 +216,8 @@ for arg in getArguments():
     of "rofi":
       stoploop = true
       rofi = true
+    of ["pass","passmenu"]:
+      passmenu = true
+      break
 
  

command_wrapper.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import base
+import std/[strutils,osproc]
+
+# Basically just a wrapper to style passmenu nicely
+proc main() =
+  var info = newInfo(capitalizeAscii(run_command))
+  let cmd = genDmenuCmd(info)
+  discard  execCmd(cmd)
+  return
+
+if isMainModule:
+  base.command_wrapper = true
+  for idx, arg in args:
+    case arg:
+      of "-r", "--run":
+        run_command = args[idx + 1]
+      else:
+        echo "No run tag given. Please run again with '--run _cmd_'"
+        break
+
+  if run_command != "":
+    main()

passmenu_wrapper.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import base
+import std/osproc
+
+# Basically just a wrapper to style passmenu nicely
+proc main() =
+  var info = newInfo("Passmenu")
+  let cmd = genDmenuCmd(info)
+  discard  execCmd(cmd)
+  return
+
+if isMainModule:
+  passmenu = true
+  main()