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Updated alsabar (markdown)
[etc/awesome.git] / Widgets.md
index 7130cc396cb8692e74ec540075b4a928841b1d7b..981e4e16966fd71596a6a4a1934f0c9fd2f4f0b1 100644 (file)
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 Every widget is output by a `function`.
 
 Every widget is output by a `function`.
 
-Unless otherwise expressly noted, `function` returns a `wibox.widget.textbox`.
-
-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.
 
 
 Every widget may take either a table or a list of variables as argument.
 
@@ -12,17 +10,19 @@ 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.
 
 
 You can feed `set_markup` with predefined arguments, see the sections for all the details.
 
-`widget` is a textbox, so you can also threat it like any other `wibox.widget.textbox`.
+`widget` is a textbox, so you can threat it like any other `wibox.widget.textbox`.
 
 Here follows an example: 
 
     mycpu = lain.widgets.cpu({
         timeout = 4,
         settings = function()
 
 Here follows an example: 
 
     mycpu = lain.widgets.cpu({
         timeout = 4,
         settings = function()
-            widget:set_markup("Cpu " .. usage)
+            widget:set_markup("Cpu " .. cpu_now.usage)
         end
     })
 
         end
     })
 
+If you want to see more complex applications, check [awesome-copycats](https://github.com/copycat-killer/awesome-copycats).
+
 ---
 
 - [alsa](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/alsa)
 ---
 
 - [alsa](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/alsa)