Merge pull request #284 from BarbUk/master

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

diff --git a/widgets/base.lua b/widgets/base.lua
index 88478b0512df99887d318bc26237b7c0a099d02e..87b0c8522cdec56b407e0f157d329010b6e8588a 100644 (file)
--- a/widgets/base.lua
+++ b/widgets/base.lua
@@ -8,33 +8,32 @@
 
 local helpers      = require("lain.helpers")
 local wibox        = require("wibox")
 
 local helpers      = require("lain.helpers")
 local wibox        = require("wibox")

-

 local setmetatable = setmetatable
 
 -- Basic template for custom widgets
 -- lain.widgets.base
 
 local function worker(args)
 local setmetatable = setmetatable
 
 -- Basic template for custom widgets
 -- lain.widgets.base
 
 local function worker(args)

-    local base     = {}
-    local args     = args or {}
-    local timeout  = args.timeout or 1
-    local cmd      = args.cmd or ""
-    local settings = args.settings or function() end
+    local base      = helpers.make_widget_textbox()
+    local args      = args or {}
+    local timeout   = args.timeout or 5
+    local nostart   = args.nostart or false
+    local stoppable = args.stoppable or false
+    local cmd       = args.cmd or ""
+    local settings  = args.settings or function() end

 
 

-    base.widget = wibox.widget.textbox('')
-    helpers.set_map(cmd, '')
+    base.widget = wibox.widget.textbox()

 
     function base.update()
         output = helpers.read_pipe(cmd)
 
     function base.update()
         output = helpers.read_pipe(cmd)

-
-        if helpers.get_map(cmd) ~= output then
+        if output ~= base.prev then

             widget = base.widget
             settings()
             widget = base.widget
             settings()

-            helpers.set_map(cmd, output)
+            base.prev = output

         end
     end
 
         end
     end
 

-    helpers.newtimer(cmd, timeout, base.update)
+    base.timer = helpers.newtimer(cmd, timeout, base.update, nostart, stoppable)

 
     return setmetatable(base, { __index = base.widget })
 end
 
     return setmetatable(base, { __index = base.widget })
 end