[PATCH 2/2] gnu: wm: Add quickswitch-i3.

[Ivan Vilata i Balaguer <ivan@selidor.net>]

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Thanks to Brendan Tildesley, Leo Famulari and Hartmut Goebel for testing and
advice.

* gnu/packages/wm.scm (quickswitch-i3): New variable.
---
 .../patches/quickswitch-fix-dmenu-check.patch      | 26 ++++++++++++
 gnu/packages/wm.scm                                | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 72 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/quickswitch-fix-dmenu-check.patch

diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/quickswitch-fix-dmenu-check.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/quickswitch-fix-dmenu-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3328af3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/quickswitch-fix-dmenu-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Fix Debian-specific check for dmenu.
+
+See <https://github.com/proxypoke/quickswitch-for-i3/pull/28>.
+
+--- quickswitch-for-i3-2.2/quickswitch.py	2016-09-18 19:59:10.257765542 +0200
++++ quickswitch-for-i3-2.2/quickswitch.py	2016-09-19 11:00:51.147101323 +0200
+@@ -37,11 +37,14 @@
+ 
+ def check_dmenu():
+     '''Check if dmenu is available.'''
+-    devnull = open(os.devnull)
+-    retcode = subprocess.call(["which", "dmenu"],
+-                              stdout=devnull,
+-                              stderr=devnull)
+-    return True if retcode == 0 else False
++    with open(os.devnull, 'w') as devnull:
++        try:
++            retcode = subprocess.call(["dmenu", "-v"],
++                                      stdout=devnull,
++                                      stderr=devnull)
++            return retcode == 0
++        except OSError:
++            return False
+ 
+ 
+ def dmenu(options, dmenu):
diff --git a/gnu/packages/wm.scm b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
index 39ecb20..a8db05f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/wm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages gperf)
   #:use-module (gnu packages imagemagick)
   #:use-module (gnu packages lua)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages suckless)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix git-download))
 
@@ -246,6 +247,51 @@ subscribe to events.")
 (define-public python2-i3-py
   (package-with-python2 python-i3-py))
 
+(define-public quickswitch-i3
+  (let ((commit "ed692b1e8f43b95bd907ced26238ce8ccb2ed28f")
+        (revision "1")) ; Guix package revision
+      (package
+        (name "quickswitch-i3")
+        (version (string-append "2.2-" revision "."
+                                (string-take commit 7)))
+        (source
+         (origin
+           ;; The latest commit is a few years old and just a couple commits
+           ;; after the last tagged release, so we use that latest commit
+           ;; instead of the release.
+           (method git-fetch)
+           (uri (git-reference
+                 (url "https://github.com/proxypoke/quickswitch-for-i3.git")
+                 (commit commit)))
+           (sha256
+            (base32
+             "0447077sama80jcdg5p64zjsvafmz5rbdrirhm1adcdjhkh6iqc5"))
+           (patches (search-patches "quickswitch-fix-dmenu-check.patch"))
+           (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))))
+        (build-system python-build-system)
+        (arguments
+         `(#:tests? #f ; no tests yet
+           #:phases
+           (alist-cons-after
+            'install 'install-doc
+            ;; Copy readme file to documentation directory.
+            (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+              (let ((doc (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "out")
+                                        "/share/doc/" ,name "-" ,version)))
+                (mkdir-p doc)
+                (copy-file "README.rst" (string-append doc "/README.rst"))))
+            %standard-phases)))
+        (propagated-inputs
+         `(("python-i3-py" ,python-i3-py)
+           ("dmenu" ,dmenu)))
+        (home-page "https://github.com/proxypoke/quickswitch-for-i3")
+        (synopsis "Quickly change to and locate windows in the i3 window manager")
+        (description "This utility for the i3 window manager allows you to quickly
+switch to and locate windows on all your workspaces, using an interactive
+dmenu prompt.  It has since gained a lot of other functionality to make
+working with i3 even more efficient.")
+        (license (license:non-copyleft "http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/")))))
+
 (define-public xmonad
   (package
     (name "xmonad")
-- 
2.10.0


-- 
Ivan Vilata i Balaguer -- https://elvil.net/

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