X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/awesome.git/blobdiff_plain/251c9f74feff7dc1634a0f9e59aa252bffebc178..089c10dff4317654c8436ddef408d993d617e202:/Widgets.md?ds=inline diff --git a/Widgets.md b/Widgets.md index f6fde73..8a8945b 100644 --- a/Widgets.md +++ b/Widgets.md @@ -1,16 +1,39 @@ -[<- home](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki) +General usage +------------- Every widget is output by a `function`. -Unless otherwise expressly noted, `function` returns a `wibox.widget.textbox`. +For some widgets, `function` returns a `wibox.widget.textbox`, for others a table to be used for notification and update purposes. -We say this because, for some widget, `function` return 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, 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`. + +Here follows an example: + + mycpu = lain.widgets.cpu({ + timeout = 4, + settings = function() + 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) - [borderbox](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/borderbox) -- [calendar](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/caldendar) +- [calendar](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/calendar) - [cpu](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/cpu) - [fs](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/fs) - [imap](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/imap) @@ -19,4 +42,11 @@ We say this because, for some widget, `function` return a table to be used for n - [mpd](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/mpd) - [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) \ No newline at end of file +- [temp](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/temp) +- [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) \ No newline at end of file