X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/awesome.git/blobdiff_plain/b371de56f8bf19f982a4f6887f2110444b590f74..1793f94b00c04639e97bad43b50bbc111a8f393d:/widgets/base.lua?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/widgets/base.lua b/widgets/base.lua index 39b0863..cd84e36 100644 --- a/widgets/base.lua +++ b/widgets/base.lua @@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ --]] local newtimer = require("lain.helpers").newtimer +local read_pipe = require("lain.helpers").read_pipe + local wibox = require("wibox") -local io = { popen = io.popen } local setmetatable = setmetatable -- Basic template for custom widgets @@ -25,11 +26,12 @@ local function worker(args) base.widget = wibox.widget.textbox('') function base.update() - local f = assert(io.popen(cmd)) - output = f:read("*a") - f:close() - widget = base.widget - settings() + output = read_pipe(cmd) + if output ~= base.prev then + widget = base.widget + settings() + base.prev = output + end end newtimer(cmd, timeout, base.update)