awesome-wm-widgets/_widgets/ram-widget.md

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# Ram widget
This widget shows the RAM usage. When clicked another widget appears with more detailed information:
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![screenshot](./out.gif)
Note: this widget is compatible with Awesome v4.3+, as it is using [awful.popup](https://awesomewm.org/doc/api/classes/awful.popup.html)
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## Customization
It is possible to customize widget by providing a table with all or some of the following config parameters:
| Name | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `color_used` | `beautiful.bg_urgent` | Color for used RAM |
| `color_free` | `beautiful.fg_normal` | Color for free RAM |
| `color_buf` | `beautiful.border_color_active` | Color for buffers/cache |
| `widget_show_buf` | `false` | Whether to display buffers/cache separately in the tray widget. If `false`, buffers/cache are considered free RAM. |
| `timeout` | 1 | How often (in seconds) the widget refreshes |
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## Installation
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Please refer to the [installation](https://github.com/streetturtle/awesome-wm-widgets#installation) section of the repo.
Clone repo, include widget and use it in **rc.lua**:
```lua
local ram_widget = require("awesome-wm-widgets.ram-widget.ram-widget")
...
s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget
{ -- Right widgets
layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
...
ram_widget(),
...
}
...
```