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abase renamed to watch; #312: wiki updated
[etc/awesome.git] / widgets / watch.lua
similarity index 71%
rename from widgets/abase.lua
rename to widgets/watch.lua
index 300cc1b54d6832274fcfe8e87aca04d05843951c..abca92b62ad4ed07b29323052e3133b9087159e9 100644 (file)
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ local helpers      = require("lain.helpers")
 local textbox      = require("wibox.widget.textbox")
 local setmetatable = setmetatable
 
--- Template for custom asynchronous widgets
--- lain.widgets.abase
+-- Template for asynchronous watcher widgets
+-- lain.widgets.watch
 
 local function worker(args)
-    local abase     = {}
+    local watch     = {}
     local args      = args or {}
     local timeout   = args.timeout or 5
     local nostart   = args.nostart or false
@@ -22,22 +22,22 @@ local function worker(args)
     local cmd       = args.cmd
     local settings  = args.settings or function() widget:set_text(output) end
 
-    abase.widget = args.widget or textbox()
+    watch.widget = args.widget or textbox()
 
-    function abase.update()
+    function watch.update()
         helpers.async(cmd, function(f)
             output = f
-            if output ~= abase.prev then
-                widget = abase.widget
+            if output ~= watch.prev then
+                widget = watch.widget
                 settings()
-                abase.prev = output
+                watch.prev = output
             end
         end)
     end
 
-    abase.timer = helpers.newtimer(cmd, timeout, abase.update, nostart, stoppable)
+    watch.timer = helpers.newtimer(cmd, timeout, watch.update, nostart, stoppable)
 
-    return abase
+    return watch
 end
 
 return setmetatable({}, { __call = function(_, ...) return worker(...) end })