lowbat widget and remove old classiclayoutbox

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/awesome/widgets/battery.lua b/awesome/widgets/battery.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6e6860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awesome/widgets/battery.lua
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+local awful = require("awful")
+local wibox = require("wibox")
+local naughty = require("naughty")
+
+local widget = wibox.widget.textbox()
+
+-- update widget on lowbat output
+local lowbat_pid = awful.spawn.with_line_callback("lowbat", {
+	stdout = function(stdout)
+		widget:set_text(stdout)
+	end,
+	stderr = function(stderr)
+		naughty.notify({
+			preset = naughty.config.presets.critical,
+			title = "lowbat error",
+			text = stderr
+		})
+	end,
+})
+
+-- kill current lowbat on refresh/exit
+awesome.connect_signal("exit", function() awful.spawn("kill " .. lowbat_pid) end)
+
+return widget