awesome/utils/awesome-client

#!/bin/sh

# rlwrap provides readline to stuff which doesn't know readline by itself
RLWRAP=$(which rlwrap 2>/dev/null)
READ_OPTIONS="-r"

if [ "$RLWRAP" != "" ]
then
    if [ "$A_RERUN" = "" ]
    then
        A_RERUN="no" exec $RLWRAP $0
    fi
else
    if [ "$BASH" ]
    then
        READ_OPTIONS=" -e"
    fi
fi

if [ $BASH ]
then
    READ_OPTIONS="$READ_OPTIONS -p awesome# "
fi

DBUS_SEND=dbus-send

which ${DBUS_SEND} > /dev/null
if test $? = 1
then
    echo "E: Unable to find" ${DBUS_SEND}
    exit 1
fi

DBUS_PATH=/
DBUS_DEST=org.naquadah.awesome.awful
DBUS_METHOD=${DBUS_DEST}.Remote.Eval

a_dbus_send()
{
    $DBUS_SEND --dest=$DBUS_DEST --type=method_call --print-reply $DBUS_PATH \
        $DBUS_METHOD string:"$1" | tail -n +2
}

while read ${READ_OPTIONS} line
do
    a_dbus_send "$line"
done