Hi,
I've been using awesome-client with success to execute some lua code
through dbus, but I'm wondering how to obtain a reply from this code.
If I have a function like this un my rc.lua file:
dbus_test = function()
-- do something...
-- let's try to return a value
return "test"
end
when I call it through dbus, I dont get any response. The code is
executed, but the return statement is not handled properly, a dbus
reply is not generated (awesome-client is calling dbus-send
with the argument --print-reply):
$ echo "dbus_test()" | awesome-client
I would expect the following output:
$ echo "dbus_test()" | awesome-client
string "test"
After digging in /usr/share/awesome/lib/awful/remote.lua, I can see
how the call is made:
dbus.add_signal("org.naquadah.awesome.awful.Remote", function(data, code)
if data.member == "Eval" then
local f, e = loadstring(code)
if f then
results = { f() } <-- call is made here
...
But the results table is always empty, and I don't understand
why. If anyone have an idea or a proper example how to get a reply
from a dbus call, I would appreciate.
My version of awesome:
awesome v3.4.15 (Never Gonna Give You Up)
• Build: Feb 17 2013 21:10:46 for x86_64 by gcc version 4.7.2
(buildd@barber)
• D-Bus support: ✔
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Gerome Fournier
http://foutaise.org
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