Removed a misplaced space in mpd_notification_preset variable declaration

[etc/awesome.git] / Widgets.md

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-Every widget is output by a `function`.
+General usage
+-------------
 
-Unless otherwise expressly noted, `function` returns a `wibox.widget.textbox`.
+Every widget is output by a `function`.
 
-This is said because, for some widgets, `function` returns a table to be used for notification and update purposes.
+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: with this you can markup textboxes using predefined variables and do whatever customization you want.
+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`.
 
-I'll give an example just to take a grasp, see the sections for all the details: 
+Here follows an example: 
 
     mycpu = lain.widgets.cpu({
         timeout = 4,
         settings = function()
-            widgets:set_markup("Cpu " .. usage)
+            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)
 - [bat](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/bat)
@@ -31,4 +43,10 @@ I'll give an example just to take a grasp, see the sections for all the details:
 - [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)
+- [tpbat](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/tpbat)
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