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Updated imap (markdown)
[etc/awesome.git] / imap.md
diff --git a/imap.md b/imap.md
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@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-Show mail status in a textbox over IMAP protocol.
+[<- widgets](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/Widgets)
 
-Dependencies:
+**Please be warned**: this is a temporary solution, I am working on something much more solid.
 
-- python3
+---
+
+Shows mail status in a textbox over IMAP protocol.
 
 New mails are notified through a notification like this:
 
@@ -24,27 +26,22 @@ Text will be cut if the mail is too long.
 
 The function takes a table as argument. Required table parameters are:
 
-Variable | Type
---- | --- 
-`server` | string
-`mail` | string
-`password` | string
+Variable | Meaning | Type
+--- | --- | ---
+`server` | Mail server | string
+`mail` | User mail | string
+`password` | User password | string
 
 while the optional are:
 
 Variable | Meaning | Type | Default
 --- | --- | --- | ---
 `port` | IMAP port | int | 993
-`refresh_timeout` | Refresh timeout seconds | int | 60
-`header` | Text to show before value | string | " Mail "
-`header_color` | Header color | string | `beautiful.fg_normal` or "#FFFFFF"
-`color_newmail` | New mail value color | string | `beautiful.fg_focus` or "#FFFFFF"
-`color_nomail` | No mail value color | string | `beautiful.fg_normal` or "#FFFFFF"
-`mail_encoding` | Mail character encoding | string | autodetected
+`timeout` | Refresh timeout seconds | int | 60
+`encoding` | Mail character encoding | string | autodetected
 `maxlen` | Maximum chars to display in notification | int | 200
-`app` | Mail program to spawn on click | string | "mutt"
-`shadow` | Hide widget when there are no mails | boolean | false
 `is_plain` | Define whether `password` is a plain password (true) or a function that retrieves it (false) | boolean | false
+`settings` | User settings | function
 
 Let's focus better on `is_plain`.
 
@@ -61,6 +58,20 @@ and you'll have the same security provided by `~/.netrc`.
 
 When `is_plain == false`, it *executes* `password` before using it, so you can also use whatever password fetching solution you want.
 
-You can also define your custom icon for the naughty notification. Just set `lain_mail_notify` into `theme.lua`:
+`settings` can use the string `mailcount`, whose possible values are:
+
+- "0"
+- "invalid credentials"
+- string number
+
+and can modify `notification_preset` table, which will be the preset for the naughty notifications. Check [here](http://awesome.naquadah.org/doc/api/modules/naughty.html#notify) for the list of variables it can contain. Default definition:
+
+    notification _preset = {
+       icon = lain/icons/mail.png,
+       timeout = 8,
+       position = "top_left"
+    }
+
+### output 
 
-    theme.lain_mail_notify = "/path/to/my/icon"
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+A textbox.
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