lain/yawn.md

(YAhoo! Weather Notification)

Yawn provides brief and compact Yahoo! Weather notification.

Usage

You can register Yawn to get a set of widgets, or attach it to an existent widget.

register

yawn = lain.widgets.yawn(id, args)

• id

  An integer that defines the WOEID code of your city. To obtain it you can google 'yahoo weather %CITYNAME%' and follow the first link. It will look like:

    http://weather.yahoo.com/united-states/california/san-diego-2487889/
  

  and the last number in that link will be the ID you need.

• args

  A required table which can contain:

  Variables	Meaning	Type	Possible values	Default value
  u	Units	string	"c" (Celsius), "f" (Fahrenheit)	"c"
  timeout	Refresh timeout seconds	int	integers	600
  settings	User settings	function	function	empty function

  settings can use strings forecast, units, and can modify notification_preset table, which will be the preset for the naughty notifications. Check here for the list of variables it can contain.

The function register creates an imagebox icon and a textbox widget. Add them to you wibox like this:

right_layout:add(yawn.icon)
right_layout:add(yawn.widget)

Hovering over yawn.icon will display the notification.

attach

lain.widgets.yawn.attach(widget, id, args)

Arguments:

• widget

  The widget which you want to attach Yawn to.

• id

  Same as in register.

• args

  Same as in register.

Hovering over widget will display the notification.

Popup shortcut

You can also create a keybinding for the weather popup like this:

awful.key( { "Mod1" }, "w", function () yawn.show(5) end )

where show argument is an integer defining timeout seconds.

Localization

Default language is English, but Yawn can be localized.

Move to localizations subdirectory and fill localization_template.

Once you're done, rename it like your locale id. In my case:

$ lua
Lua 5.2.2  Copyright (C) 1994-2013 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
> print(os.getenv("LANG"):match("(%S*$*)[.]"))
it_IT
>

hence I named my file "it_IT" (Italian localization).

NOTE: If you create a localization, feel free to send me! I will add it.