>> > I've been trying to use the ones in the User Contributed Widgets section
>> > on the site, but with no luck.
>> >
>>
>> This one: https://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Asmer_imap_mail_widget
>>
>> --- Mail updater
>> mymail = wibox.widget.textbox()
>> mymail.text = " ? "
>>
>> I thin the hook section is ok right now
>>
>> -- Hook (check mail every 30 seconds)
>>
>> awful.hooks.timer.register(30, function ()
>> local f = io.open("/home/YOUR_USER/tmp/gmail")
>> local l = nil
>> if f ~= nil then
>> l = f:read() -- read output of command
>> else
>> l = " ? "
>> end
>> f:close()
>>
>> mymail.text = l
>> os.execute("~/scripts/unread.py > ~/tmp/gmail &")
>> end)
It doesn't work of course because the timer API have changed. You
should change 'awful.hooks.timer.register' to:
my_email_timer = timer{timeout=30}
my_email_timer:connect_signal("timeout",function()
---- as you wrote above ---
end)
Please check the "new" API to "adapt" old widgets to work :)
Zsolt
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