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

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Stackoverflow widget

When clicked, widget shows latest questions from stackoverflow.com with a given tag(s).

Customization

It is possible to customize widget by providing a table with all or some of the following config parameters:

Name	Default	Description
icon	/.config/awesome/awesome-wm-widgets/stackoverflow-widget/so-icon.svg	Path to the icon
limit	5	Number of items to show in the widget
tagged	awesome-wm	Tag, or comma-separated tags
timeout	300	How often in seconds the widget refreshes

Installation

1. Clone this repo (if not cloned yet) under ~/.config/awesome/:

   git clone https://github.com/streetturtle/awesome-wm-widgets.git ~/.config/awesome/
   

2. Require widget at the top of the rc.lua:

   local stackoverflow_widget = require("awesome-wm-widgets.stackoverflow-widget.stackoverflow")
   

3. Add widget to the tasklist:

   s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget
       { -- Right widgets
           layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
           ...
           --default
           stackoverflow_widget(),
           --customized
           stackoverflow_widget({
               limit = 10
           })
           ...