essentials/dotfiles/awesome/lain/wiki/maildir.md

<- widgets

Shows maildirs status in a textbox.

Maildirs are structured as follows:

~/Mail
.
|-- arch
|   |-- cur
|   |-- new
|   `-- tmp
|-- gmail
|   |-- cur
|   |-- new
|   `-- tmp
.
.
.

therefore the widget checks whether there are files in the new directories. If there's new mails, the textbox will say something like "mail: bugs(3), system(1)", otherwise it says "no mail".

mymaildir = lain.widgets.maildir(args)

input table

Variable	Meaning	Type	Default
timeout	Refresh timeout seconds	int	60
mailpath	Path to your maildir	string	"~/Mail"
ignore_boxes	Boxes to ignore	table of strings	empty table
settings	User settings	function	empty function

settings can use the string newmail, which format will be something like defined above, or "no mail".

output

A textbox.