modules/backlight/backlight.fish

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/fish
+#
+# Usage:
+#   backlight get
+#   backlight set [value]
+#   backlight max
+#
+# Returns:
+#	Set - nothing
+#	Get, max - Number between 0 and 100 (eg: 0, 25.445283, 100)
+#
+
+function backlight
+	switch $argv[1]
+		case "get"
+			xbacklight -get
+		case "max"
+			echo 100
+		case "set"
+			xbacklight -set $argv[2]
+		case "up"
+			xbacklight -inc $argv[2]
+		case "down"
+			xbacklight -dec $argv[2]
+		case "*"
+			echo "Unknown function \"$argv[1]\""
+			echo ""
+			echo "Usage:"
+			echo "  backlight get"
+			echo "  backlight set [value]"
+			echo "  backlight max"
+			return 0
+	end
+	return 1
+end
+
+backlight $argv

modules/backlight/util.lua

@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 local backlight = {}
 
+-- The space at the end is important!
+local script = conf_dir .. "modules/backlight/backlight.fish"
+script = script .. " "
+
+
 backlight.get = function(callback)
 	awful.spawn.easy_async(
-		"xbacklight -get",
+		script .. "get",
 		function(stdout, stderr, exitreason, exitcode)
 			callback(tonumber(stdout))
 		end
@@ -10,12 +15,12 @@ backlight.get = function(callback)
 end
 
 backlight.set = function(value)
-	awful.spawn("xbacklight -set " .. value, false)
+	awful.spawn(script .. "set " .. value, false)
 end
 
 backlight.watch = function(timeout, callback, widget)
 	awful.widget.watch(
-		"xbacklight -get",
+		script .. "get",
 		timeout,
 		callback,
 		widget
@@ -25,7 +30,7 @@ end
 
 backlight.backlight_up = function(value)
 	awful.spawn.easy_async(
-		"xbacklight -inc " .. value,
+		script .. "up " .. value,
 		function(stdout, stderr, exitreason, exitcode)
 			awesome.emit_signal("module::backlight:update_read")
 		end
@@ -34,7 +39,7 @@ end
 
 backlight.backlight_down = function(value)
 	awful.spawn.easy_async(
-		"xbacklight -dec " .. value,
+		script .. "down " .. value,
 		function(stdout, stderr, exitreason, exitcode)
 			awesome.emit_signal("module::backlight:update_read")
 		end