lain/net.md

<- widgets

Monitors network interfaces and shows current traffic in a textbox.

mynet = lain.widgets.net()

The function takes a table as optional argument, which can contain:

Variable	Meaning	Type	Default
iface	Network device	string	autodetected
refresh_timeout	Refresh timeout seconds	int	2
units	Units	int	1024 (kilobytes)
spr	Separator text between download and upload values	string	" "
header	Text to show before value	string	iface
header_color	Header color	string	beautiful.fg_normal or "#FFFFFF"
footer	Text to append after value	string	""
color_up	Upload value color	string	beautiful.fg_focus or "#FFFFFF"
color_down	Download value color	string	beautiful.fg_focus or "#FFFFFF"
app	Net program to spawn on click	string	"sudo wifi-menu"

Note: spr and footer can be a markup text.

Possible value for units are stored in table lain.widgets.net.units, which contains:

     ["b"] = 1,
     ["kb"] = 1024,
     ["mb"] = 1024^2,
     ["gb"] = 1024^3