Add the ability to change the position of a module in the i3bar

Create a method `move' in modules.py to insert the module's json in a different position than the default 0.

i3pystatus/core/__init__.py

@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ class Status:
         """Register a new module."""
 
         if module:
-            self.modules.append(module, *args, **kwargs)
+            return self.modules.append(module, *args, **kwargs)
+        else:
+            return None
 
     def run_command_endpoint(self):
         for command in io.JSONIO(io=io.IOHandler(sys.stdin, open(os.devnull,"w")), skiplines=1).read():

i3pystatus/core/modules.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ __all__ = [
 
 class Module(SettingsBase):
     output = None
+    position = 0
 
     def registered(self, status_handler):
         """Called when this module is registered with a status handler"""
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ class Module(SettingsBase):
             if "name" not in self.output:
                 self.output["name"] = self.__name__
             self.output["instance"] = str(id(self))
-            json.insert(0, self.output)
+            json.insert(self.position, self.output)
 
     def on_click(self, button):
         if button == 1: # Left mouse button
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ class Module(SettingsBase):
         elif button == 3: # Right mouse button
             self.on_rightclick()
 
+    def move(self, position):
+        self.position = position
+
     def on_leftclick(self):
         pass
 

i3pystatus/core/util.py

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class ModuleList(collections.UserList):
         module = self.finder.instanciate_class_from_module(module, *args, **kwargs)
         module.registered(self.status_handler)
         super().append(module)
+        return module
 
     def get_by_id(self, find_id):
         find_id = int(find_id)