From 7c28ded77ed3019041553155bd920a702f2b1855 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: streetturtle Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 22:00:45 -0500 Subject: email readme update --- email-widget/README.md | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 email-widget/README.md (limited to 'email-widget/README.md') diff --git a/email-widget/README.md b/email-widget/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9d532a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/email-widget/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +# Email widget + +This widget consists of an icon with counter which shows number of unread emails: ![email icon](./em-wid-1.png) +and a popup message which appears when mouse hovers over an icon: ![email popup](./em-wid-1.png) + +Note that widget uses the Arc icon theme, so it should be [installed](https://github.com/horst3180/arc-icon-theme#installation) first under **/usr/share/icons/Arc/** folder. + +## Installation + +To install it put **email.lua** and **email-widget** folder under **~/.config/awesome**. Then + + - in **email.lua** cahnge path to python scripts; + - in python scripts add your credentials (note that password should be encrypted using pgp for example); + - add widget to awesome: + +```lua +require("email") +... +s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget + { -- Right widgets + layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal, + ... + email_icon, + email_widget, + ... +``` + +## How it works + +This widget uses the output of two python scripts, first is called every 20 seconds - it returns number of unread emails and second is called when mouse hovers over an icon and displays content of those emails. For both of them you'll need to provide your credentials and imap server. For testing they can simply be called from console: + +``` bash +python ~/.config/awesome/email/count_unread_emails.py +python ~/.config/awesome/email/read_emails.py +``` \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3