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+
+--[[
+                                                  
+     Licensed under GNU General Public License v2 
+      * (c) 2014, Luke Bonham                     
+                                                  
+--]]
+
+local newtimer     = require("lain.helpers").newtimer
+local wibox        = require("wibox")
+
+local io           = { popen = io.popen }
+local setmetatable = setmetatable
+
+-- Basic template for custom widgets
+-- lain.widgets.base
+
+local function worker(args)
+    local base     = {}
+    local args     = args or {}
+    local timeout  = args.timeout or 5
+    local cmd      = args.cmd or ""
+    local settings = args.settings or function() end
+
+    base.widget = wibox.widget.textbox('')
+
+    function base.update()
+        local f = assert(io.popen(cmd))
+        output = f:read("*a")
+        f:close()
+        widget = base.widget
+        settings()
+    end
+
+    newtimer(cmd, timeout, base.update)
+
+    return setmetatable(base, { __index = base.widget })
+end
+
+return setmetatable({}, { __call = function(_, ...) return worker(...) end })