Sublets\015\012\015\012Sublets are small Ruby scripts that provide the data for the statusbar. They are run in an embedded Ruby interpreter and are well included in the main loop of subtle.\015\012\015\012A compending list of the classes with it's functionality can be found in rdoc and informations about the available unit tests in the development section.\015\012\015\012h2. Types\015\012\015\012Currently there are two types of sublets:\015\012* sublets that are updated by given interval in seconds (default 60s)\015\012* sublets that are updated when a file is modified (Via inotify) or via socket\015\012\015\012The sublet data must be of type String, everything else will be ignored.\015\012\015\012h2. Customization\015\012\015\012The color of the ouput of a Sublets can be changed in this way:\015\012\015\012

class Colorful < Subtle::Sublet\015\012  attr_accessor :red, :green, :blue\015\012\015\012  def initialize\015\012    @red   = Subtle::Color.new("#ff0000")\015\012    @green = Subtle::Color.new("#00ff00")\015\012    @blue  = Subtle::Color.new("#0000ff")\015\012  end\015\012\015\012  def run\015\012    self.data = @red + "su" + @green + "bt" + @blue + "le"\015\012  end\015\012end

\015\012\015\012There is also a way to add a X bitmap to a sublet:\015\012\015\012

class Iconized < Subtle::Sublet\015\012  attr_accessor :icon\015\012\015\012  def initialize\015\012    @icon = Subtle::Icon.new("/usr/share/icons/subtle.xbm"\015\012  end\015\012\015\012  def run\015\012    self.data = @icon + "subtle"\015\012  end\015\012end

\015\012\015\012A nice collection of this pixmap can be found Subtle" class="external">here</a> will add a padding of 3px left and right of the pixmap, so keep that in mind when using the click callback._\015\012\015\012h2. Callbacks\015\012\015\012There are two methods that will be called from subtle on certain conditions:\015\012\015\012* click(): Whenever a mouse button is pressed on a sublets. Can have three arguments: button, x, y\015\012* run(): Whenever either the interval time is expired or the watched file is modified\015\012\015\012h2. Examples\015\012\015\012Below is the code of a shipped sublets that displays the time. It should be really straight forward:\015\012\015\012

class Clock < Subtle::Sublet\015\012  def initialize\015\012    self.interval = 60 #< Set interval time\015\012  end\015\012\015\012  def run\015\012    self.data = Time.now.strftime("%d%m%y%H%M") #< Set data\015\012  end\015\012end\015\012

\015\012\015\012Another example for the inotify sublet which is also included within subtle:\015\012\015\012

class Notify < Subtle::Sublet\015\012  attr_accessor :file\015\012\015\012  def initialize\015\012    @file = "/tmp/watch"\015\012\015\012    watch @file\015\012  end\015\012\015\012  def run\015\012    begin\015\012      self.data = IO.readlines(@file).first.chop #< Read data and strip\015\012    rescue => err #< Catch error\015\012      puts err\015\012      self.data = "subtle"\015\012    end\015\012  end\015\012end\015\012

\015\012\015\012The watch command also works with Ruby sockets, but be aware of blocking I/O:\015\012\015\012

class Socket < Subtle::Sublet\015\012  attr_accessor :socket\015\012\015\012  def initialize\015\012    @socket = TCPSocket("localhost", 6600)\015\012\015\012    watch @socket\015\012  end\015\012\015\012  def run\015\012    begin\015\012      self.data = @socket.readline.chop #< Read data and strip\015\012    rescue => err #< Catch error\015\012      puts err\015\012      self.data = "subtle"\015\012    end\015\012  end\015\012end\015\012

\015\012\015\012_Subtle will automatically set sockets to O_NONBLOCK._\015\012\015\012And finally an example with a click callback:\015\012\015\012

class Click < Subtle::Sublet\015\012  def initialize\015\012    self.interval = 999 #< Do nothing\015\012  end\015\012\015\012  def click(button, x, y)\015\012    find_client("xterm").raise\015\012    puts button, x, y\015\012  end\015\012\015\012  def run\015\012    # Do more nothing\015\012  end\015\012end\015\012

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