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-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.
-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.
-Here follows a simple example, see the sections for all the details:
+`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()
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).
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