net issue when 2 widgets

[stobenski]

When we have 2 net widgets at same time (one for download speed and one for upload):

    net_widgetdl = lain.widgets.net({
        settings = function()
            widget:set_markup(markup.font("Tamsyn 1", " ") .. net_now.received .. space2)
        end
    })

    widget_netdl = wibox.widget.imagebox()
    widget_netdl:set_image(beautiful.widget_netdl)
    netwidgetdl = wibox.widget.background()
    netwidgetdl:set_widget(net_widgetdl)
    netwidgetdl:set_bgimage(beautiful.widget_display)

    net_widgetul = lain.widgets.net({
        settings = function()
            widget:set_markup(markup.font("Tamsyn 1", " ") .. net_now.sent .. space2)
        end
    })

    widget_netul = wibox.widget.imagebox()
    widget_netul:set_image(beautiful.widget_netul)
    netwidgetul = wibox.widget.background()
    netwidgetul:set_widget(net_widgetul)
    netwidgetul:set_bgimage(beautiful.widget_display)

there is strange issue, download speed freeze from start at 294754.4 or 6574.0 and such, also upload speed not displayin real speed.

When 1 net widget (with: .. net_now.received .. " - " .. net_now.sent .. ) - everything ok.

How to make it work when 2 net widgets at same time?

[stobenski]

I think 2 instances of net widget can't work at same time (same issue with vicious widget), but like workaround we can duplicate lain/widgets/net.lua as lain/widgets/net2.lua and do this trick:

    net_widgetdl = lain.widgets.net({
        settings = function()
            widget:set_markup(markup.font("Tamsyn 1", " ") .. net_now.received .. space2)
        end
    })

    net_widgetul = lain.widgets.net2({
        settings = function()
            widget:set_markup(markup.font("Tamsyn 1", " ") .. net_now.sent .. space2)
        end
    })

and everything works!

[lcpz]

Two net widgets are highly inefficient, you can use just one for your purpose: the widget inner function is in the main scope, so you can update any textbox in your rc.lua from it. Here follows a snippet.

netdowninfo = wibox.widget.textbox()
netupinfo = lain.widgets.net({
    settings = function()
        widget:set_markup(markup("#e54c62", net_now.sent .. " "))
        netdowninfo:set_markup(markup("#87af5f", net_now.received .. " "))
    end
})

This is already achieved in copycats multicolor and powerarrow-darker.

The same technique should work with vicious as well.