bump to 0.2.8

Add flags to set window margins

.gitignore

@@ -11,5 +11,8 @@
 # Output of the go coverage tool, specifically when used with LiteIDE
 *.out
 
+# Binaries built with make
+bin
+
 # Dependency directories (remove the comment below to include it)
 # vendor/

README.md

@@ -15,16 +15,18 @@ You may pin applications by right-clicking them. Pinned items will appear above
 a pinned item to unpin it. The pinned items cache is shared with [nwg-menu](https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-menu)
 and `nwggrid`.
 
-![screenshot-01.png](https://scrot.cloud/images/2021/05/30/screenshot-01.png)
+![screenshot.png](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-shell-resources/master/images/nwg-shell/nwg-drawer.png)
 
-[more screenshots](https://scrot.cloud/album/nwg-drawer.Bogd) | [see on YouTube](https://youtu.be/iIgxJQhCQf0)
+[see on YouTube](https://youtu.be/iIgxJQhCQf0)
 
 [![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/nwg-drawer.svg)](https://repology.org/project/nwg-drawer/versions)
 
+To close the window w/o running a program, you may use `Esc` key, or right-click the window next to the icons.
+
 ## v0.2.x note
 
 1. Placing config files in the nwg-panel config directory was a mistake, sorry. The 0.2.0 version migrates them to `~/.config/nwg-drawer`.
-2. From now on you may run the program residently, which should speed it up. See "Running" below.
+2. From now on you may run the program residently, which should speed it up (but also occupy some resources!). See "Running" below.
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ and `nwggrid`.
 Optional (recommended):
 
 - thunar
-- alacritty
+- foot
 
 You may use another file manager and terminal emulator (see command line arguments), but mentioned above have been
 confirmed to work well with the program. Also see **Files** below.
@@ -50,9 +52,6 @@ confirmed to work well with the program. Also see **Files** below.
 3. `make build`
 4. `sudo make install`
 
-Building the gotk3 library takes quite a lot of time. If your machine is x86_64, you may skip steps 2-3, and
-install the provided binary by executing step 4.
-
 ## Command line arguments
 
 ```text
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ Edit `~/.config/nwg-drawer/drawer.css` to your taste.
 
 When the search phrase is at least 3 characters long, your XDG user directories are being searched.
 
-![screenshot-03.png](https://scrot.cloud/images/2021/05/30/screenshot-03.png)
+![screenshot-02.png](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-shell/main/images/nwg-drawer/search.png)
 
 Use the **left mouse button** to open a file with the `xdg-open` command. As configuring file associations for it is
 PITA, you may override them, by creating the `~/.config/nwg-panel/preferred-apps.json` file with your own definitions.

main.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gotk3/gotk3/gtk"
 )
 
-const version = "0.2.4"
+const version = "0.2.8"
 
 var (
 	appDirs         []string
@@ -100,9 +100,8 @@ var (
 	statusLabel             *gtk.Label
 	status                  string
 	ignore                  string
-	showWindowTrigger       bool
 	desktopTrigger          bool
-	pinnedTrigger           bool
+	pinnedItemsChanged      chan interface{} = make(chan interface{}, 1)
 )
 
 func defaultStringIfBlank(s, fallback string) string {
@@ -121,6 +120,10 @@ var targetOutput = flag.String("o", "", "name of the Output to display the drawe
 var displayVersion = flag.Bool("v", false, "display Version information")
 var overlay = flag.Bool("ovl", false, "use OVerLay layer")
 var iconSize = flag.Int("is", 64, "Icon Size")
+var marginTop = flag.Int("mt", 0, "Margin Top")
+var marginLeft = flag.Int("ml", 0, "Margin Left")
+var marginRight = flag.Int("mr", 0, "Margin Right")
+var marginBottom = flag.Int("mb", 0, "Margin Bottom")
 var fsColumns = flag.Uint("fscol", 2, "File Search result COLumns")
 var columnsNumber = flag.Uint("c", 6, "number of Columns")
 var itemSpacing = flag.Uint("spacing", 20, "icon spacing")
@@ -148,6 +151,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Gentle SIGTERM handler thanks to reiki4040 https://gist.github.com/reiki4040/be3705f307d3cd136e85
 	// v0.2: we also need to support SIGUSR from now on
+	showWindowChannel := make(chan interface{}, 1)
 	signalChan := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(signalChan, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGUSR1)
 
@@ -164,7 +168,7 @@ func main() {
 					// let's just set e helper variable here. We'll be checking it with glib.TimeoutAdd.
 					if !win.IsVisible() {
 						log.Debug("SIGUSR1 received, showing the window")
-						showWindowTrigger = true
+						showWindowChannel <- struct{}{}
 					} else {
 						log.Debug("SIGUSR1 received, hiding the window")
 						restoreStateAndHide()
@@ -251,6 +255,7 @@ func main() {
 	pinned, err = loadTextFile(pinnedFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		pinned = nil
+		savePinned()
 	}
 	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Found %v pinned items", len(pinned)))
 
@@ -342,6 +347,11 @@ func main() {
 			layershell.SetLayer(win, layershell.LAYER_SHELL_LAYER_TOP)
 		}
 
+		layershell.SetMargin(win, layershell.LAYER_SHELL_EDGE_TOP, *marginTop)
+		layershell.SetMargin(win, layershell.LAYER_SHELL_EDGE_LEFT, *marginLeft)
+		layershell.SetMargin(win, layershell.LAYER_SHELL_EDGE_RIGHT, *marginRight)
+		layershell.SetMargin(win, layershell.LAYER_SHELL_EDGE_BOTTOM, *marginBottom)
+
 		layershell.SetKeyboardMode(win, layershell.LAYER_SHELL_KEYBOARD_MODE_EXCLUSIVE)
 	}
 
@@ -425,7 +435,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	resultWindow.Connect("button-release-event", func(sw *gtk.ScrolledWindow, e *gdk.Event) bool {
 		btnEvent := gdk.EventButtonNewFromEvent(e)
-		if btnEvent.Button() == 1 || btnEvent.Button() == 3 {
+		if btnEvent.Button() == 3 {
 			if !*resident {
 				gtk.MainQuit()
 			} else {
@@ -491,20 +501,15 @@ func main() {
 	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("UI created in %v ms. Thank you for your patience.", t.Sub(timeStart).Milliseconds()))
 
 	// Check if showing the window has been requested (SIGUSR1)
-	glib.TimeoutAdd(uint(1), func() bool {
-		if showWindowTrigger && win != nil && !win.IsVisible() {
-			win.ShowAll()
-			// focus 1st element
-			b := appFlowBox.GetChildAtIndex(0)
-			if b != nil {
-				button, err := b.GetChild()
-				if err == nil {
-					button.ToWidget().GrabFocus()
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		showWindowTrigger = false
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-showWindowChannel:
+				log.Debug("Showing window")
+				glib.TimeoutAdd(0, func() bool {
+					if win != nil && !win.IsVisible() {
 
+						// Refresh files before displaying the root window
 						// some .desktop file changed
 						if desktopTrigger {
 							log.Debug(".desktop file changed")
@@ -514,15 +519,35 @@ func main() {
 							desktopTrigger = false
 						}
 
-		// pinned file changed
-		if pinnedTrigger {
+						// Show window and focus the search box
+						win.ShowAll()
+						if fileSearchResultWrapper != nil {
+							fileSearchResultWrapper.Hide()
+						}
+						// focus 1st element
+						b := appFlowBox.GetChildAtIndex(0)
+						if b != nil {
+							button, err := b.GetChild()
+							if err == nil {
+								button.ToWidget().GrabFocus()
+							}
+						}
+					}
+
+					return false
+				})
+
+			case <-pinnedItemsChanged:
+				glib.TimeoutAdd(0, func() bool {
 					log.Debug("pinned file changed")
-			pinnedTrigger = false
 					pinned, _ = loadTextFile(pinnedFile)
 					pinnedFlowBox = setUpPinnedFlowBox()
-		}
-		return true
+
+					return false
 				})
+			}
+		}
+	}()
 
 	go watchFiles()
 

tools.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
+	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -578,7 +579,19 @@ func launch(command string, terminal bool) {
 	msg := fmt.Sprintf("env vars: %s; command: '%s'; args: %s\n", envVars, elements[cmdIdx], elements[1+cmdIdx:])
 	log.Info(msg)
 
-	cmd.Start()
+	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
+		Setsid: true,
+	}
+
+	if cmd.Start() != nil {
+		log.Warn("Unable to launch terminal emulator!")
+	} else {
+		// Collect the exit code of the child process to prevent zombies
+		// if the drawer runs in resident mode
+		go func() {
+			_ = cmd.Wait()
+		}()
+	}
 
 	if *resident {
 		restoreStateAndHide()
@@ -604,7 +617,15 @@ func open(filePath string, xdgOpen bool) {
 	}
 	log.Infof("Executing: %s", cmd)
 
-	cmd.Start()
+	if cmd.Start() != nil {
+		log.Warn("Unable to execute command!")
+	} else {
+		// Collect the exit code of the child process to prevent zombies
+		// if the drawer runs in resident mode
+		go func() {
+			_ = cmd.Wait()
+		}()
+	}
 
 	if *resident {
 		restoreStateAndHide()

watcher.go

@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ func watchFiles() {
 						event.Op.String() == "RENAME") {
 					desktopTrigger = true
 				} else if event.Name == pinnedFile {
-					pinnedTrigger = true
+					// TODO: This can be used to propagate information about the changed file to the
+					//       GUI to avoid recreating everything
+					pinnedItemsChanged <- struct{}{}
 				}
 
 			case err := <-watcher.Errors: