Merge pull request #439 from gregflynn/201908_gf_customize_pulsebar_notification_char...

add configuration arguments for pulsebar notification characters

diff --git a/widget/pulsebar.lua b/widget/pulsebar.lua
index 8846a4c6f70a8ffd3bc3a2adc215d2060fe42f2f..51290f8cd9f84ef01213cd8b7f7d7b6d563d0326 100644 (file)
--- a/widget/pulsebar.lua
+++ b/widget/pulsebar.lua
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ local function factory(args)
     local paddings   = args.paddings or 1
     local ticks      = args.ticks or false
     local ticks_size = args.ticks_size or 7
+    local tick       = args.tick or "|"
+    local tick_pre   = args.tick_pre or "["
+    local tick_post  = args.tick_post or "]"
+    local tick_none  = args.tick_none or " "
 
     pulsebar.colors              = args.colors or pulsebar.colors
     pulsebar.followtag           = args.followtag or false
@@ -138,8 +142,13 @@ local function factory(args)
             end
 
             int = math.modf((pulsebar._current_level / 100) * tot)
-            preset.text = string.format("[%s%s]", string.rep("|", int),
-                          string.rep(" ", tot - int))
+            preset.text = string.format(
+                "%s%s%s%s",
+                tick_pre,
+                string.rep(tick, int),
+                string.rep(tick_none, tot - int),
+                tick_post
+            )
 
             if pulsebar.followtag then preset.screen = awful.screen.focused() end