awesome/lib/wibox/widget/textclock.lua

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--- Text clock widget.
--
-- @author Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
-- @copyright 2009 Julien Danjou
-- @classmod wibox.widget.textclock
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local setmetatable = setmetatable
local os = os
local textbox = require("wibox.widget.textbox")
local timer = require("gears.timer")
local DateTime = require("lgi").GLib.DateTime

local textclock = { mt = {} }

--- This lowers the timeout so that it occurs "correctly". For example, a timeout
-- of 60 is rounded so that it occurs the next time the clock reads ":00 seconds".
local function calc_timeout(real_timeout)
    return real_timeout - os.time() % real_timeout
end

--- Create a textclock widget. It draws the time it is in a textbox.
--
-- @tparam[opt=" %a %b %d, %H:%M "] string format The time format.
-- @tparam[opt=60] number timeout How often update the time (in seconds).
-- @treturn table A textbox widget.
-- @function wibox.widget.textclock
function textclock.new(format, timeout)
    format = format or " %a %b %d, %H:%M "
    timeout = timeout or 60

    local w = textbox()
    local t
    function w._private.textclock_update_cb()
        w:set_markup(DateTime.new_now_local():format(format))
        t.timeout = calc_timeout(timeout)
        t:again()
        return true -- Continue the timer
    end
    t = timer.weak_start_new(timeout, w._private.textclock_update_cb)
    t:emit_signal("timeout")
    return w
end

function textclock.mt:__call(...)
    return textclock.new(...)
end

--@DOC_widget_COMMON@

--@DOC_object_COMMON@

return setmetatable(textclock, textclock.mt)

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