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Make brew path configurable in BrewInfo #358

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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions Source/BrewInfo.spoon/init.lua
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Expand Up @@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ mod.author = "Diego Zamboni <diego@zzamboni.org>"
mod.homepage = "https://github.com/Hammerspoon/Spoons"
mod.license = "MIT - https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"

--- BrewInfo.brew_path
--- Variable
--- A string specifying the path to the `brew` executable. Defaults to `/usr/local/bin/brew`
mod.brew_path = "/usr/local/bin/brew"

--- BrewInfo.brew_info_delay_sec
--- Variable
--- An integer specifying how long the alerts generated by BrewInfo will stay onscreen
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -95,7 +100,7 @@ function mod:showBrewInfo(pkg, subcommand)
local info = "No package selected"
local st = nil
if pkg and pkg ~= "" then
local cmd=string.format("/usr/local/bin/brew %s info %s", subcommand or "", pkg)
local cmd=string.format("%s %s info %s", self.brew_path, subcommand or "", pkg)
info, st=hs.execute(cmd)
if st == nil then
info = "No information found about formula '" .. pkg .. "'!"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -131,7 +136,7 @@ end
function mod:openBrewURL(pkg, subcommand)
local msg = "No package selected"
if pkg and pkg ~= "" then
local j, st, t, rc=hs.execute(string.format("/usr/local/bin/brew %s cat %s",(subcommand or ""), pkg ))
local j, st, t, rc=hs.execute(string.format("%s %s cat %s", self.brew_path, (subcommand or ""), pkg ))
if st ~= nil then
local url=string.match(j, "\n%s*homepage%s+['\"](.-)['\"]%s*\n")
if url and url ~= "" then
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