This is a widget-maker tool - it creates a widget based on a JSON definition returned by a script. For example, if your script returns following JSON:

{
  "widget": {
    "icon": "smile",
    "text": "noobie",
    "mouse_actions": {
      "on_right_click": "echo 'right click'"
    }
  }
}

noobie will convert it to the widget:

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More complex example (from a people-in-space plugin) with a menu, each menu item has an icon, title and subtitle:

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For more examples check out plugins repository: noobie-plugins

• dropdown menu:

  

• mouse actions (scroll up/down, right click);

• icon could be either a local file, a feathericons icon or an image from URL;

• a notification with details in case your script failed:

  

Check out existing plugins in this repo: https://github.com/streetturtle/noobie-plugins.

Please consult a noobie.schema.json for details. Below are few important excerpts:

• icon of the widget or menu item can be one of
  • a name of feathericons icon, you can get it here: feathericons.com;
  • an absolute path to the image file;
  • URL to the image file. If you are not sure image exists, you can add a icon_fallback field with an absolute path to the fallback image;
• for a horizontal line in the menu add an item with title equals to '-', like

  { "title":  "-" }

• for a header menu item set header field to true, note that the icon field will be ignored:

  {
    "header": "true",
    "title": "Header Title"
  }

1. Clone the repo under ~/.config/awesome/ folder

2. At the top of rc.lua add an import:

   local noobie_exmaple_1 = require("noobie")
   local noobie_exmaple_2 = require("noobie")

3. Add a widget to wibox and provide a path to your script:

   noobie_exmaple_1{ path = os.getenv("HOME") .. '/.config/awesome/noobie/test.sh' },
   noobie_exmaple_2{ path = os.getenv("HOME") .. '/.config/awesome/noobie/othertest.py' },

If your widget is static you can define it in a JSON file and use like this:

noobie_exmaple_1{ path = 'cat ' .. os.getenv("HOME") .. '/.config/awesome/noobie/test.json' },

In case of any problem / issue / question:

• create an issue
• raise a question on Discussions!
• ping me on AwesomeWM's discord, here's an invite