lain/widgets/base.lua

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Lua

--[[
Licensed under GNU General Public License v2
* (c) 2014, Luke Bonham
--]]
local newtimer = require("lain.helpers").newtimer
local wibox = require("wibox")
local io = io
local setmetatable = setmetatable
-- Basic template for simple widgets
-- lain.widgets.base
local base = {}
local function worker(args)
local args = args or {}
local timeout = args.timeout or 5
local cmd = args.cmd or ""
local settings = args.settings or function() end
base.widget = wibox.widget.textbox('')
function update()
output = io.popen(cmd):read("*all")
widget = base.widget
settings()
end
newtimer(cmd, timeout, update)
return base.widget
end
return setmetatable(base, { __call = function(_, ...) return worker(...) end })