Awesome WM - panel & script question

Question

Hi forum, I want to ask how can I show text output from my bash scripit in awesome panel. I cannot find any help on the Internet...

Answer 1

JackH79 wrote:
You could also make up your own widget. Try something like:
-- myScript Widget
local function script_output()
local f = io.popen("/home/me/my_script")
local out = f:read("*a")
f:close()
return { out }
end
mywidget = widget({ type = "textbox" })
vicious.register(mywidget, script_output, "$1")
Edit: the function should be local. Also, come to think of it, you could also pipe your script output to naughty.notify via notify-send if that fits your needs.
You can use aweful.util.pread instead of popen, read, and close.
-- myScript Widget
local function script_output()
return { awful.util.pread("/home/me/my_script") }
end
mywidget = widget({ type = "textbox" })
vicious.register(mywidget, script_output, "$1")