72 lines
1.9 KiB
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72 lines
1.9 KiB
Markdown
# CPU widget
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[](https://github.com/streetturtle/awesome-wm-widgets/labels/cpu)
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This widget shows the average CPU load among all cores of the machine:
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## How it works
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To measure the load I took Paul Colby's bash [script](http://colby.id.au/calculating-cpu-usage-from-proc-stat/) and rewrote it in Lua, which was quite simple.
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So awesome simply reads the first line of /proc/stat:
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```bash
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$ cat /proc/stat | grep '^cpu '
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cpu 197294 718 50102 2002182 3844 0 2724 0 0 0
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```
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and calculates the percentage.
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## Customization
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It is possible to customize widget by providing a table with all or some of the following config parameters:
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| Name | Default | Description |
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| `width` | 50 | Width of the widget |
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| `step_width` | 2 | Width of the step |
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| `step_spacing` | 1 | Space size between steps |
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| `color` | `beautiful.fg_normal` | Color of the graph |
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| `enable_kill_button` | false | Show button which kills the process |
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| `process_info_max_length` | -1 | Truncate the process information. Some processes may have a very long list of parameters which won't fit in the screen, this options allows to truncate it to the given length. |
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| `timeout` | 1 | How often in seconds the widget refreshes |
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### Example
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```lua
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cpu_widget({
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width = 70,
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step_width = 2,
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step_spacing = 0,
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color = '#434c5e'
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})
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```
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The config above results in the following widget:
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## Installation
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Clone/download repo and use widget in **rc.lua**:
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```lua
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local cpu_widget = require("awesome-wm-widgets.cpu-widget.cpu-widget")
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...
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s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget
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{ -- Right widgets
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layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
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...
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-- default
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cpu_widget(),
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-- or custom
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cpu_widget({
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width = 70,
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step_width = 2,
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step_spacing = 0,
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color = '#434c5e'
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})
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...
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```
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