dotfiles/.config/awesome/awesome-wm-widgets/ram-widget

Ram widget

This widget shows the RAM usage. When clicked another widget appears with more detailed information:

Note: this widget is compatible with Awesome v4.3+, as it is using awful.popup

Customization

It is possible to customize widget by providing a table with all or some of the following config parameters:

Name	Default	Description
color_used	beautiful.bg_urgent	Color for used RAM
color_free	beautiful.fg_normal	Color for free RAM
color_buf	beautiful.border_color_active	Color for buffers/cache
widget_height	25	Height of the widget
widget_width	25	Width of the widget
widget_show_buf	false	Whether to display buffers/cache separately in the tray widget. If false, buffers/cache are considered free RAM.
timeout	1	How often in seconds the widget refreshes

Installation

Please refer to the installation section of the repo.

Clone repo, include widget and use it in rc.lua:

local ram_widget = require("awesome-wm-widgets.ram-widget.ram-widget")
...
s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget
	{ -- Right widgets
    	layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
		...
		ram_widget(),
    		...
	}
	...