From: luke bonham Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 12:10:25 +0000 (+0200) Subject: abase widget added X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/awesome.git/commitdiff_plain/ece196a6b092b8d90218a920d1e1a43e51a367f2 abase widget added --- diff --git a/widgets/abase.lua b/widgets/abase.lua new file mode 100644 index 0000000..20cc955 --- /dev/null +++ b/widgets/abase.lua @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ + +--[[ + + Licensed under GNU General Public License v2 + * (c) 2014, Luke Bonham + +--]] + +local newtimer = require("lain.helpers").newtimer +local async = require("lain.asyncshell") +local wibox = require("wibox") + +local io = io +local setmetatable = setmetatable + +-- Basic template for custom widgets +-- Asynchronous version +-- lain.widgets.abase + +local function worker(args) + local abase = {} + local args = args or {} + local timeout = args.timeout or 5 + local cmd = args.cmd or "" + local settings = args.settings or function() end + + abase.widget = wibox.widget.textbox('') + + function abase.update() + async.request(cmd, function(f) + output = f:read("*a") + f:close() + widget = abase.widget + settings() + end) + end + + newtimer(cmd, timeout, abase.update) + + return setmetatable(abase, { __index = abase.widget }) +end + +return setmetatable({}, { __call = function(_, ...) return worker(...) end })