From 923eb46350b1102749eb05cd2120c96cc6a715d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Keller <tjk@tjkeller.xyz>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 21:49:17 -0500
Subject: initial commit

---
 util/widgets.lua | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 util/widgets.lua

(limited to 'util/widgets.lua')

diff --git a/util/widgets.lua b/util/widgets.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..301f25b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/widgets.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+local wibox = require("wibox")
+local gears = require("gears")
+
+local widgets = {}
+
+function widgets.watchfn(callback, timeout, base_widget)
+	local widget = (base_widget or wibox.widget.textbox)()
+	gears.timer({
+		timeout = timeout or 5,
+		call_now = true,
+		autostart = true,
+		callback = function()
+			callback(widget)
+		end
+	})
+	return widget
+end
+
+return widgets
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