From 22d656903563f75678f3634964731ccf93355dfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ache Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 23:17:19 +0100 Subject: Init commit --- lain/widgets/base.lua | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 lain/widgets/base.lua (limited to 'lain/widgets/base.lua') diff --git a/lain/widgets/base.lua b/lain/widgets/base.lua new file mode 100644 index 0000000..39b0863 --- /dev/null +++ b/lain/widgets/base.lua @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ + +--[[ + + 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 }) -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf