lain/widgets/base.lua

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Lua

--[[
Licensed under GNU General Public License v2
* (c) 2014, Luke Bonham
--]]
local helpers = require("lain.helpers")
local wibox = require("wibox")
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 1
local cmd = args.cmd or ""
local settings = args.settings or function() end
base.widget = wibox.widget.textbox('')
helpers.set_map(cmd, '')
function base.update()
output = helpers.read_pipe(cmd)
if helpers.get_map(cmd) ~= output then
widget = base.widget
settings()
helpers.set_map(cmd, output)
end
end
helpers.newtimer(cmd, timeout, base.update)
return setmetatable(base, { __index = base.widget })
end
return setmetatable({}, { __call = function(_, ...) return worker(...) end })