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+General usage
+-------------
+
 Every widget is output by a `function`.
 
-Unless otherwise expressly noted, `function` returns a `wibox.widget.textbox`.
+For some widgets, `function` returns a `wibox.widget.textbox`, for others a table to be used for notification and update purposes.
+
+Every widget may take either a table or a list of variables as argument.
+
+If it takes a table, you have to define a function variable called `settings` in it, in order to make your customizations.
+
+To markup the textbox, call `widget:set_markup(...)` within `settings`.
+
+You can feed `set_markup` with predefined arguments, see the sections for all the details.
+
+`widget` is a textbox, so you can threat it like any other `wibox.widget.textbox`.
 
-We say this because, for some widget, `function` return a table to be used for notification and update purposes.
+Here follows an example: 
+
+    mycpu = lain.widgets.cpu({
+        timeout = 4,
+        settings = function()
+            widget:set_markup("Cpu " .. cpu_now.usage)
+        end
+    })
+
+If you want to see more complex applications, check [awesome-copycats](https://github.com/copycat-killer/awesome-copycats).
+
+Index
+-----
 
 - [alsa](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/alsa)
 - [alsabar](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/alsabar)
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 - [net](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/net)
 - [sysload](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/sysload)
 - [temp](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/temp)
-- [yawn](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/yawn)
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+- [yawn](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/yawn)
+
+Users contributed
+----------------
+
+- [task](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/task)
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