forgotten
Registry (persistent variables storage) module for Lua scripts and Awesome WM
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#Forgotten: A simple registry system
This module is designed to make persistent data storage easy. It is intended to be used with AwesomeWM, but can be ported to any other Lua scripts.
##Installation
And add this to your rc.lua:
You are done!
##Usage Use Forgotten is easy. It does everything for you. To add/set a variable:
This will:
- Create the domaine path
- Create the varible if it doesn't already exist
- Save it to the disk after 5 seconds
Acessing your stored data is as easy:
##Supported data types
- boolean
- number
- string
- arrays
Not supported:
- functions
- userdata
- thread
##Special variables and functions
| Name | Description | Read | Write | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| auto_save | Enable or disable automatic serialization | yes | yes | false |
| load() | Force reloading | N\A | N\A | N\A |
| save() | Serialize now | N\A | N\A | N\A |