small fixes to calls; wiki updated

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

diff --git a/widgets/base.lua b/widgets/base.lua
index 88478b0512df99887d318bc26237b7c0a099d02e..cd84e361220f79f2d24c98d3a1e5fe198437ddce 100644 (file)
--- a/widgets/base.lua
+++ b/widgets/base.lua
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
                                                   
 --]]
 
-local helpers      = require("lain.helpers")
+local newtimer     = require("lain.helpers").newtimer
+local read_pipe    = require("lain.helpers").read_pipe
+
 local wibox        = require("wibox")
 
 local setmetatable = setmetatable
@@ -17,24 +19,22 @@ local setmetatable = setmetatable
 local function worker(args)
     local base     = {}
     local args     = args or {}
-    local timeout  = args.timeout or 1
+    local timeout  = args.timeout or 5
     local cmd      = args.cmd or ""
     local settings = args.settings or function() end
 
     base.widget = wibox.widget.textbox('')
-    helpers.set_map(cmd, '')
 
     function base.update()
-        output = helpers.read_pipe(cmd)
-
-        if helpers.get_map(cmd) ~= output then
+        output = read_pipe(cmd)
+        if output ~= base.prev then
             widget = base.widget
             settings()
-            helpers.set_map(cmd, output)
+            base.prev = output
         end
     end
 
-    helpers.newtimer(cmd, timeout, base.update)
+    newtimer(cmd, timeout, base.update)
 
     return setmetatable(base, { __index = base.widget })
 end