enhancement: unique timers for widgets; #114

[etc/awesome.git] / widgets / alsa.lua

diff --git a/widgets/alsa.lua b/widgets/alsa.lua
index 7d250962374a2df2c78180bae4fbadbf092c183c..979d9fd106470025942e650e99ac4e172d714fed 100644 (file)
--- a/widgets/alsa.lua
+++ b/widgets/alsa.lua
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ local function worker(args)
     local timeout  = args.timeout or 5
     local settings = args.settings or function() end
 
-    alsa.card    = args.card or "0"
+    alsa.cmd     = args.cmd or "amixer"
     alsa.channel = args.channel or "Master"
 
     alsa.widget = wibox.widget.textbox('')
 
     function alsa.update()
-        local f = assert(io.popen(string.format("amixer -c %s -M get %s", alsa.card, alsa.channel)))
+        local f = assert(io.popen(string.format("%s get %s", alsa.cmd, alsa.channel)))
         local mixer = f:read("*a")
         f:close()
 
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ local function worker(args)
         settings()
     end
 
-    newtimer("alsa", timeout, alsa.update)
+    timer_id = string.format("alsa-%s-%s", alsa.cmd, alsa.channel)
+
+    newtimer(timer_id, timeout, alsa.update)
 
     return setmetatable(alsa, { __index = alsa.widget })
 end