app_configs.lua

-- this module contains functions related to the menu setup of an application. 
-- This includes details like which group an app belongs to, what icon displays with it
-- and how to invoke/run it.



function NewApp(source, name, title, exec)
local app={}

app.type="app"
app.title=title
app.name=string.lower(name)
app.termapp=false
app.ignore=false
app.query=false
app.fileselect=false
app.source=source
app.exec=exec

return app
end



function AppConfigAdd(item)
local existing, name, field, i
local fields={"title", "groups", "icons", "exec", "invoke", "implies", "query:title", "query:filter"}


if item == nil then return end

name=string.lower(item.name)
existing=app_configs[name]

if existing == nil then app_configs[name]=item
else
  for i,field in ipairs(fields)
  do
    if strutil.strlen(item[field]) > 0 then existing[field] = item[field] end
  end
  
  if existing.icon == nil then existing.icon=item.icon end
  return existing
end


return item
end



function AppConfigFind(name)
return app_configs[string.lower(name)]
end