home/zsh+pkgs: Add watch-while for long commands lol

3 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index 2953063..5ab245a 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ pkgs: {
 
   mcping = pkgs.callPackage ./mcping {};
 
+  watch-while = pkgs.callPackage ./watch-while {};
+
   # TODO: These should be contained in the 'vimPlugins' attrset. This turns out
   # to be non-trivial because this module is both consumed in a flake output
   # context and an overlay context.
diff --git a/pkgs/watch-while/default.nix b/pkgs/watch-while/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb29441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/watch-while/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  zsh,
+  mpv,
+  stdenvNoCC,
+}:
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "watch-while";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  src = ./watch-while.zsh;
+  unpackPhase = ":";
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    substituteAll $src ${pname}
+    chmod +x ${pname}
+  '';
+  inherit zsh mpv;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    mv ${pname} $out/bin/
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/watch-while/watch-while.zsh b/pkgs/watch-while/watch-while.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d38d393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/watch-while/watch-while.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!@zsh@/bin/zsh
+
+set -ue
+
+# This file should be a (symbolik link to a) file which we want to watch. Once
+# we're finished with that movie, we just read the next.
+movie=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/watch-while/movie
+
+if [ -f $movie ]; then
+	@mpv@/bin/mpv --save-position-on-quit --autofit='90%x90%' -- $movie >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+	mpv_pid=$?
+	trap 'kill -s QUIT $mpv_pid' EXIT
+
+	# We don't exec because we want our exec handler to fire.
+	"$@" || exit $?
+else
+	# In this case where we don't have any movie we just transparently run the command.
+	exec "$@"
+fi