some cpu usage improvements

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

diff --git a/widgets/abase.lua b/widgets/abase.lua
index 1c132cd9decfc211c5a255ea7fb41812fc4ffe7e..fb20d768222e974e83f6af9b2360c05a5290eaf5 100644 (file)
--- a/widgets/abase.lua
+++ b/widgets/abase.lua
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ local function worker(args)
 
     function abase.update()
         async.request(cmd, function(f)
 
     function abase.update()
         async.request(cmd, function(f)

-            output = f:read("*all")
-            f:close()
-            widget = abase.widget
-            settings()
+            output = f
+            if output ~= abase.prev then
+                widget = abase.widget
+                settings()
+                abase.prev = output
+            end

         end)
     end
 
         end)
     end