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Add more arguments to hs.application.find() to allow hs.application.g…
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…et() to work more as expected. Closes #3423 (#3425)
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cmsj authored Mar 13, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ objectMT.name=objectMT.title
--- Notes:
--- * see also `hs.application.find`
function application.get(hint)
return tpack(application.find(hint,false),nil)[1] -- just to be sure, discard extra results
return tpack(application.find(hint,false,true),nil)[1] -- just to be sure, discard extra results
end

--- hs.application.find(hint) -> hs.application object(s)
--- hs.application.find(hint, exact, stringLiteral) -> hs.application object(s)
--- Constructor
--- Finds running applications
---
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--- - a bundle ID string as per `hs.application:bundleID()`
--- - a string pattern that matches (via `string.find`) the application name as per `hs.application:name()` (for convenience, the matching will be done on lowercased strings)
--- - a string pattern that matches (via `string.find`) the application's window title per `hs.window:title()` (for convenience, the matching will be done on lowercased strings)
--- * exact - a boolean, true to check application names for exact matches, false to use Lua's string:find() method. Defaults to false
--- * stringLiteral - a boolean, true to interpret the hint string literally, false to interpret it as a Lua Pattern. Defaults to false.
---
--- Returns:
--- * one or more hs.application objects for running applications that match the supplied search criterion, or `nil` if none found
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--- -- by window title
--- hs.application'bash':name() --> Terminal
local findSpotlightWarningGiven = false
function application.find(hint,exact)
function application.find(hint,exact,stringLiteral)
if hint==nil then return end
local typ=type(hint)
if typ=='number' then return application.applicationForPID(hint)
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local apps=application.runningApplications()

if exact then for _,a in ipairs(apps) do if a:name()==hint then r[#r+1]=a end end
else for _,a in ipairs(apps) do local aname=a:name() if aname and aname:lower():find(hint:lower()) then r[#r+1]=a end end end
else for _,a in ipairs(apps) do local aname=a:name() if aname and aname:lower():find(hint:lower(), 0, stringLiteral) then r[#r+1]=a end end end

if spotlightEnabled then
for _, v in ipairs(table.pack(realNameFor(hint, exact))) do
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