1 files changed, 31 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/panel.py b/panel.py
index 467daa3..10abafe 100755
--- a/panel.py
+++ b/panel.py
@@ -45,9 +45,12 @@ class Fmt:
         return f'%{{A{btn}:{cmd}:}}{s}%{{A}}'
 
 class Mod:
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, spacing=1, spacing_l=None, spacing_r=None):
         self.e_repaint = None
 
+        self.spacing_l = spacing_l if spacing_l is not None else spacing
+        self.spacing_r = spacing_r if spacing_r is not None else spacing
+
         # changes should be applied atomically, as the main thread may read
         # this at any time.
         self.out = None
@@ -59,20 +62,32 @@ class Mod:
         if callable(getattr(self, 'work', None)):
             threading.Thread(target=self.work, daemon=True).start()
 
+    def to_paint(self):
+        if (buf := self.out):
+            if self.spacing_l:
+                buf = Fmt.spacer(self.spacing_l) + buf
+            if self.spacing_r:
+                buf += Fmt.spacer(self.spacing_r)
+            return buf
+
     def process_cmd(self, cmd):
         pass
 
 class ModRight(Mod):
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        kwargs.setdefault('spacing', 0)
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.out = '%{r}'
 
 class ModSpacer(Mod):
-    def __init__(self, n=1):
+    def __init__(self, n=1, **kwargs):
+        kwargs.setdefault('spacing', 0)
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.out = Fmt.spacer(n)
 
 class ModDate(Mod):
-    def __init__(self, fmts=None, tzs=None):
-        super().__init__()
+    def __init__(self, fmts=None, tzs=None, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.e = threading.Event()
 
         self.fmts = fmts or ('%H:%M',)
@@ -150,8 +165,8 @@ class HLWMClient():
 class ModHLWMBase(Mod):
     client = HLWMClient()
 
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.q = queue.Queue()
         self.cbs = []
 
@@ -173,8 +188,8 @@ class ModHLWMBase(Mod):
         return self.client.exec(*args);
 
 class ModHLWMTags(ModHLWMBase):
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.listen('tag_', self.refresh)
 
     def post_start(self):
@@ -214,8 +229,8 @@ class ModHLWMTags(ModHLWMBase):
         subprocess.run(('herbstclient', *cmd.split()))
 
 class ModHLWMTitle(ModHLWMBase):
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.listen('focus_changed', self.refresh)
         self.listen('window_title_changed', self.refresh)
 
@@ -228,8 +243,8 @@ class ModHLWMTitle(ModHLWMBase):
         self.repaint()
 
 class ModInputUnavail(Mod):
-    def __init__(self, path, label=''):
-        super().__init__()
+    def __init__(self, path, label='', **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.path = path
         self.label = label
 
@@ -310,21 +325,18 @@ class Panel:
         while True:
                 self.e_repaint.wait()
                 self.e_repaint.clear()
-                print(''.join([m.out for m in self.mods if m.out]),
+                print(''.join([s for m in self.mods if (s := m.to_paint())]),
                     file=self.panel.stdin, flush=True)
 
 Panel(
-    ModHLWMTags(),
-    ModSpacer(),
+    ModHLWMTags(spacing=0),
     ModHLWMTitle(),
     ModRight(),
     ModInputUnavail(
         '/dev/input/by-id/usb-HID_Keyboard_HID_Keyboard-event-kbd',
         label='NO KEYBOARD'),
-    ModSpacer(2),
     ModDate(
         fmts=('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', '%H:%M'),
         tzs=({'id': None}, {'id': 'UTC'},
-            {'id': 'Asia/Yerevan', 'label': 'AMT'})),
-    ModSpacer()
+            {'id': 'Asia/Yerevan', 'label': 'AMT'}))
 ).run()