Module screen

awesome screen API

Author:

Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>

Copyright© 2008-2009 Julien Danjou

Functions

add_signal (name, func) Add a signal to a screen.
count () Get the number of screen.
emit_signal (name, ...) Emit a signal to a screen.
remove_signal (name, func) Remove a signal to a screen.
tags (tags_table) Get or set screen tags.

Tables

screen Screen is a table where indexes are screen number.


Functions

add_signal (name, func)
Add a signal to a screen.

Parameters

  • name: A signal name.
  • func: A function to call when the signal is emitted.
count ()
Get the number of screen.

Return value:

The screen count, at least 1.
emit_signal (name, ...)
Emit a signal to a screen.

Parameters

  • name: A signal name.
  • ...: Various arguments, optional.
remove_signal (name, func)
Remove a signal to a screen.

Parameters

  • name: A signal name.
  • func: A function to remove
tags (tags_table)
Get or set screen tags.

Parameters

  • tags_table: None or a table of tags to set to the screen. The table must contains at least one tag.

Tables

screen
Screen is a table where indexes are screen number. You can use screen[1] to get access to the first screen, etc. Each screen has a set of properties. Fields
  • geometry: The screen coordinates. Immutable.
  • workarea: The screen workarea.
  • index: The screen number.

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