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Re: [Conky-users] if-else-endif problem

[Chris S. <chr...@gm...>]

Hey,
you can escape new lines with a backslash at the end of the line like

${if_up wlan0} \
    ${color grey}WiFi Down:$color ${downspeed wlan0} ${color grey} -
Up:$color ${upspeed wlan0} \
${else} \
    ${color grey}Eth Up:$color ${upspeed p3p1} ${color grey} -
Down:$color ${downspeed p3p1} \
${endif}

Regards,
Chris

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Massimo Canonico <me...@di...> wrote:
> I can out-reply my self.
> It was only a problem concening the blank line that conky add.
> Is there a way to disable it?
>
> I mean, if i write the if-then-endif that in one line like this:
>
> ${if_up wlan0}${color grey}WiFi Down:$color ${downspeed wlan0} ${color grey}
> - Up:$color ${upspeed wlan0} ${else}${color grey}Eth Up:$color ${upspeed
> p3p1} ${color grey} - Down:$color ${downspeed p3p1}${endif}
>
> everything works, but is not "readable".
>
> Thanks,
> M
>
>
> On 01/27/2014 04:33 PM, Massimo Canonico wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm not able to figure out what is wrong with my code:
>
> ${if_up wlan0}
>     ${color grey}WiFi Down:$color ${downspeed wlan0} ${color grey} -
> Up:$color ${upspeed wlan0}
> ${else}
>     ${color grey}Eth Up:$color ${upspeed p3p1} ${color grey} - Down:$color
> ${downspeed p3p1}
> ${endif}
>
> The conky does not show anything about this if-else-endif block.
>
> THe complete config file is attached.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> M
>
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Re: [Conky-users] if-else-endif problem

[Massimo C. <me...@di...>]

I can out-reply my self.
It was only a problem concening the blank line that conky add.
Is there a way to disable it?

I mean, if i write the if-then-endif that in one line like this:
${if_up wlan0}${color grey}WiFi Down:$color ${downspeed wlan0} ${color 
grey} - Up:$color ${upspeed wlan0} ${else}${color grey}Eth Up:$color 
${upspeed p3p1} ${color grey} - Down:$color ${downspeed p3p1}${endif}

everything works, but is not "readable".

Thanks,
M

On 01/27/2014 04:33 PM, Massimo Canonico wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm not able to figure out what is wrong with my code:
>
> ${if_up wlan0}
>     ${color grey}WiFi Down:$color ${downspeed wlan0} ${color grey} - 
> Up:$color ${upspeed wlan0}
> ${else}
>     ${color grey}Eth Up:$color ${upspeed p3p1} ${color grey} - 
> Down:$color ${downspeed p3p1}
> ${endif}
>
> The conky does not show anything about this if-else-endif block.
>
> THe complete config file is attached.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> M
>
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[Conky-users] if-else-endif problem

[Massimo C. <me...@di...>]

Hi,
I'm not able to figure out what is wrong with my code:

${if_up wlan0}
     ${color grey}WiFi Down:$color ${downspeed wlan0} ${color grey} - 
Up:$color ${upspeed wlan0}
${else}
     ${color grey}Eth Up:$color ${upspeed p3p1} ${color grey} - 
Down:$color ${downspeed p3p1}
${endif}

The conky does not show anything about this if-else-endif block.

THe complete config file is attached.

Thanks in advance,
M

[Conky-users] rotating text by 90 degrees

[Globe T. <its...@ya...>]

Hello,

Is it possible to rotate test on conky by 90 degrees? 


Thanks!

[Conky-users] ReReRe.: Getting Conky to act like a panel

[Micha <mar...@gm...>]

@ Martin: Ha, been pleased to early !

Your suggestion doesn't work here. Maybe, the mystery is hidden in the 
conkyrc ?

Have to stuck with my workaround meanwhile.


Micha

[Conky-users] ReRe.: Getting Conky to act like a panel

[Micha <mar...@gm...>]

@ Martin: If someone is watching us here, they might think, we are on 
the wrong mailing list, seems to be more of an OB issue.

I have realized, that the screen space preserving will only work for 
maximized and newly opened windows.

But I have never used OBs application settings for positioning windows, 
just wrongly thought, they had to follow the
margin settings, like other new windows too.

I was really sure, there must be a more natural solution than that mess 
with the three rc.xmls...

So, thanks that you've presented this here, now I can clean up my OB-dir 
a little !


Micha

Re: [Conky-users] Re.: Getting Conky to act like a panel

[Martin S. (I. IT OS DC CD) <Mar...@in...>]

On 2013-09-08 22:18, Micha wrote:
> [...]
> Does anybody have a better solution ?
> 
Running openbox 3.5 on Debian jessy, the following in my rc.xml
works fine:

  <margins>
    <top>0</top>
    <bottom>0</bottom>
    <left>106</left>
    <right>0</right>
  </margins>

  <applications>
    <application name="Conky" class="Conky">
      <desktop>all</desktop>
      <position>
        <x>0</x>
        <y>0</y>
      </position>
      <skip_pager>yes</skip_pager>
      <skip_taskbar>yes</skip_taskbar>
    </application>
  </applications>

So basically, set a margin AND fix conky to the top left corner.

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[Conky-users] Re.: Getting Conky to act like a panel

[Micha <mar...@gm...>]

Hi again !

Sorry, just noticed, I was not over-informative, regarding my system
specifications:

This issue takes place on a 64 bit Debian "Wheezy" clone ( #! 11),
with Openbox 3.5 as its windowmanager.

The unwanted border I got rid of by eliminating the last color settings
in the conkyrc.

Meanwhile, I doubt that Conky itself can preserve any screenspace.
The relevant text in the configuration doc might get misinterpreted...

In my case, that does mean, only Openbox will deal with the margin
settings and screenspace preserving, when Conkys config variable
"own_window_typ" = panel or dock.

That does led me to figure out this workaround:

#!/bin/bash
#==============================================================================
#
# Call this inside your ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh after conky is displayed.
#
# You need 3 OB-rcxmls:  rc.xml - The start-rc, don't set any margins here, but
#                                 be sure you have the wanted workspace names
#                                 set here.
#                                 Tint2 don't take new workspace names settings
#                                 from thesecond_rc.xml into account.
#
#                   bup_rc.xml -  The backup of the start rc.xml.
#
#                second_rc.xml -  The rc.xml with the new margin settings, after
#Conky  has been displayed.Specify here the
#screen  area. Specify here the screen area to
#                                 be preserved.
#
# If you change any names here, also change the names for the related
# files in ~/.config/openbox/.
#
# And don't forget to make this script executable.
#
# Use at your own risc !
#
#===============================================================================

     

mv ~/.config/openbox/second_rc.xml ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml 2>/dev/null

sleep 1s

openbox --reconfigure

sleep 1s

mv ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml ~/.config/openbox/second_rc.xml 2>/dev/null

sleep 1s

cp ~/.config/openbox/bup_rc.xml ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml 2>/dev/null

exit 0

That's all what does come into my mind, just leave any WM margin
settings untouched before you have displayed Conky, and after
Conky has settled down, then set the screen margins.

Does anybody have a better solution ?

Micha

[Conky-users] Getting Conky to act like a panel

[Micha <mar...@gm...>]

Hi all !

When I'm trying to place Conky at bottom_middle without any border, using
own_window_typ panel, Conky always appears at top_middle with a border.

The panel style I need to preserve screen space from getting covered by
maximised windows.

You can view my conkyrc in the attachment.

What can I do, to achieve the desired behaviour ?

Thanks in advance,

Micha

[Conky-users] xclock in conky?

[Johnny <ygg...@gm...>]

hi, 

I am new to conky and having set up a simple system monitor and a mpd
conky, i now try to set up a simple analogue clock. Anything simple will
do, and actually xclock is kindof nice for this. I found a thread [1] with
an example that I've tried to get to behave nicely. 

Problem is that this starts xclock in it's own window, actually filling
the whole window rather than respecting the sizing I thought I
specified. What I want is a small static analogue (x)clock in the bottom
right corner of the screen, stuck on the desktop that doesn't go away
when minimising other windows. 

Could someone plese point out what I am doing wrong here? I attach my
changes to the script on the link below [2].

Thanks...

Footnotes: 
[1]  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1786898

[2]  

[Conky-users] Conky disappearing also

[Craig B. <cr...@my...>]

Hello All,

Like Pete, after I boot up and click on the desktop Conky disappears.
Any ideas why this could be happening?

Thanks,

Craig Boyd
Kubuntu 13.04

[Conky-users] Conky disappearing

[Pete <pon...@ho...>]

Hi,
Something else strange thats happening is, after boot-up, I click on a 
desktop icon and conky disappears. I have to type in Terminal 'conky &' 
to get it back.

Pete

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[Conky-users] Weather in Conky

[Pete <pon...@ho...>]

Hi,
I'm new to the world of Conky and I'mtrying to set my own up but I'm not 
having much success, although I am putting in bits from other conkyrc files.

I want to add weather info into minebut I've tried grabbing bits from 
others but they're not working as I want.
my weather code is UKEN3964 and that's as far as I've got.

I also want to add temps for the HD's and CPU, I have the one for my GPU 
but I'm rather suspicious of the reading as it's never been as high as 
the reading I have now, it's usually in the low 50's but now it's 
showing in the 70's and I'm not doing anything graphicheavy.

Pete
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[Conky-users] Problem with font rendering

[gt <sta...@gm...>]

Hello list

I have a problem with conky rendering japanese fonts in cli mode.

This happens when using the scroll option.

Take a look here (notice the boxes with x inside):

http://i.imgur.com/diJwQjU.jpg

This happens when the text is not in full view.

When the whole text is in full view, it displays fine:

http://i.imgur.com/0hIPQFe.jpg

It seems like a buffering problem to me, but I am not sure.

I am using conky with i3bar in these screenshots, but the same happens
with dwm's bar.

Here's my .conkyrc:
--------------------

out_to_x no
out_to_console yes
background no
update_interval 2
total_run_times 0
use_spacer right
use_xft yes
xftfont Droid Sans Mono:size=10

TEXT
${if_existing /home/user/.cmus/socket}
${scroll 50 5 ${execi 10 cat /tmp/cmus.conky}} |\
${endif} \
${hwmon temp 1}°C / ${hwmon fan 1} rpm - cpu: $cpu% -  mem: $memperc% -
vol:$mixer% - ${time %a, %d %b %Y %H:%M}
------------------------------------------

Does anyone have an idea why this happens, and what is the solution for
this?

A big thanks to the developers and the community for their efforts.

Re: [Conky-users] conky.be taken by a domain grabber?

[Brenden M. <br...@di...>]

I did not have ownership of the conky.be domain, and it seems to have been
lost.

I've registered a replacement (conky.cc), which should be working shortly.

On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 11:02 PM, Martin Schuster (IFKL IT OS DS CD) <
Mar...@in...> wrote:

> It looks like conky.be has been taken over by a domain
> grabber, so now all links from http://conky.sourceforge.net/
> to the Wiki, http://wiki.conky.be/ result in a 404.
>
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[Conky-users] conky.be taken by a domain grabber?

[Martin S. (I. IT OS DS CD) <Mar...@in...>]

It looks like conky.be has been taken over by a domain
grabber, so now all links from http://conky.sourceforge.net/
to the Wiki, http://wiki.conky.be/ result in a 404.

cheers,
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[Conky-users] when can we use Xinerama+Double Buffering Patch??

[Nacho _ <pkb...@gm...>]

Hello,

I have spotted this patch by Jim Duchek that claims to solve double
buffering flicker with Xinerama.

This is great news!! Unfortunately I cannot apply it because the code of
the 1.9 release I have appears to be in C while Duchek's is in C++.

I do not know why this happens, so I would like to know how we can get a
patched version of the code, or some pointers as to how to patch it.

Many thanks, and regards.

Keep up the good work

Nachoparker

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3516901&group_id=143975&atid=757310

[Conky-users] Shadow under text not draw correctly with Cantarell and Arial fonts

[Fabrice D. <del...@gm...>]

Hello.

I have tried displaying text with the Cantarell and Arial fonts, but the
shadows are offset: see for example the image at the address

http://fdelente.free.fr/conky.png

that I created with the following conky script:

background no

use_xft yes

update_interval 1.0
total_run_times 0

own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,sticky,skip_pager

double_buffer yes

alignment tl
gap_x 16
gap_y 16

# maximum_width 512
minimum_size 128 128

draw_shades yes
draw_outlines yes

TEXT

${image /home/fab/.conky_covers/.ASoT_2012.jpg -s 128x128}${offset
134}${font Cantarell:size=7:style=Bold}Armin van Buuren
${offset 134}${font Cantarell:size=7}A State Of Trance
${offset 134}${font Cantarell:size=6}YearMix 2012
${offset 134}27:56

I tried both with Cantarell and Arial. Is it a problem with these fonts? Or
else, what did I do wrong?

Thanks!

-- 
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Re: [Conky-users] Conky project dead?

[Kees de J. <kee...@gm...>]

Understandably, I'm looking forward for the release, good luck.

Thank you!


On za, 2012-04-28 at 12:16 -0700, Brenden Matthews wrote:
> The project is not dead by any means. I simply haven't found a block
> of time to do the work necessary for a release.  I will do one in the
> future, but I can't say if that will be next week or next month.
> 
> On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 2:55 AM, Kees de Jong <kee...@gm...>
> wrote:
>         Hi,
>         
>         
>         I would like to know if the Conky project is dead or not since
>         the
>         activity on this project seems to on hold. There hasn't been a
>         release for almost 2 years while there are hideous bugs. I've
>         read in
>         January that a release was on it's way, but evidently there
>         hasn't been
>         one. I'll do a request to remove Conky from the Debian archive
>         if there
>         will be no response or a confirmation that the project is dead
>         because
>         the software is unmaintained for far too long.
>         
>         I hope a release will happen soon, i.e. within one or two
>         months in
>         order to include it into Debian before the big freeze for
>         Debian 7.
>         
>         
>         
>         Kind regards,
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Re: [Conky-users] Conky project dead?

[Brenden M. <br...@di...>]

The project is not dead by any means. I simply haven't found a block of
time to do the work necessary for a release.  I will do one in the future,
but I can't say if that will be next week or next month.

On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 2:55 AM, Kees de Jong <kee...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> I would like to know if the Conky project is dead or not since the
> activity on this project seems to on hold. There hasn't been a
> release for almost 2 years while there are hideous bugs. I've read in
> January that a release was on it's way, but evidently there hasn't been
> one. I'll do a request to remove Conky from the Debian archive if there
> will be no response or a confirmation that the project is dead because
> the software is unmaintained for far too long.
>
> I hope a release will happen soon, i.e. within one or two months in
> order to include it into Debian before the big freeze for Debian 7.
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
> Kees
>
>
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[Conky-users] Conky project dead?

[Kees de J. <kee...@gm...>]

Hi,


I would like to know if the Conky project is dead or not since the
activity on this project seems to on hold. There hasn't been a
release for almost 2 years while there are hideous bugs. I've read in
January that a release was on it's way, but evidently there hasn't been
one. I'll do a request to remove Conky from the Debian archive if there
will be no response or a confirmation that the project is dead because
the software is unmaintained for far too long.

I hope a release will happen soon, i.e. within one or two months in
order to include it into Debian before the big freeze for Debian 7.



Kind regards, 
Kees

Re: [Conky-users] Conky-users Digest, Vol 40, Issue 3

[Kevin L. <kev...@gm...>]

It should not grow over time unless you do something silly in your
configuration.

Kevin Lyles

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 07:12, Kilpatrick, Jeffrey <
Jef...@sp...> wrote:

> Thank you for your reply.
>
> Is it expected that conky would grow in memory over time, as it
> accumulates more data? Or will the memory foot print remain relatively
> stable? If we are trying to detect if the system as a whole is consuming
> more and more memory, conky might confuse our results.
>
> -Jeff
>
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:08:17 -0300
> From: "Kilpatrick, Jeffrey" <Jef...@sp...>
> Subject: [Conky-users] Where does conky store its data?
> To: "'con...@li...'"
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> Good morning,
>
> I'm interested in using Conky on some of my lab servers, to help identify
> memory and performance issues. They are all embeded systems, so we have
> certain constraints. Our base filesystem is read-only, with a writable
> union on top. That writable union is on a RAM disk, so any data storage on
> it would affect our memory readouts.
>
> Where and how goes conky store its information? Is it only a memory
> snapshot, or does it write out to a file?
>
>
> Jeff Kilpatrick
> Senior Integration Analyst
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> Besides the config file, conky does not require any disk space (everything
> is in memory).  However, you can add things to the configuration that will
> cause conky to create files if you want (exec*, texeci, and lua are very
> flexible).  If your goal is to avoid creating files, it should be easy to
> achieve.
>
> Kevin Lyles
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 05:08, Kilpatrick, Jeffrey <
> Jef...@sp...> wrote:
>
> > Good morning,
> >
> > I'm interested in using Conky on some of my lab servers, to help identify
> > memory and performance issues. They are all embeded systems, so we have
> > certain constraints. Our base filesystem is read-only, with a writable
> > union on top. That writable union is on a RAM disk, so any data storage
> on
> > it would affect our memory readouts.
> >
> > Where and how goes conky store its information? Is it only a memory
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Re: [Conky-users] Conky-users Digest, Vol 40, Issue 3

[Kilpatrick, J. <Jef...@sp...>]

Thank you for your reply.

Is it expected that conky would grow in memory over time, as it accumulates more data? Or will the memory foot print remain relatively stable? If we are trying to detect if the system as a whole is consuming more and more memory, conky might confuse our results.

-Jeff


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Good morning,

I'm interested in using Conky on some of my lab servers, to help identify memory and performance issues. They are all embeded systems, so we have certain constraints. Our base filesystem is read-only, with a writable union on top. That writable union is on a RAM disk, so any data storage on it would affect our memory readouts.

Where and how goes conky store its information? Is it only a memory snapshot, or does it write out to a file?

 
Jeff Kilpatrick
Senior Integration Analyst


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Besides the config file, conky does not require any disk space (everything
is in memory).  However, you can add things to the configuration that will
cause conky to create files if you want (exec*, texeci, and lua are very
flexible).  If your goal is to avoid creating files, it should be easy to
achieve.

Kevin Lyles

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 05:08, Kilpatrick, Jeffrey <
Jef...@sp...> wrote:

> Good morning,
>
> I'm interested in using Conky on some of my lab servers, to help identify
> memory and performance issues. They are all embeded systems, so we have
> certain constraints. Our base filesystem is read-only, with a writable
> union on top. That writable union is on a RAM disk, so any data storage on
> it would affect our memory readouts.
>
> Where and how goes conky store its information? Is it only a memory
> snapshot, or does it write out to a file?
>
>
> Jeff Kilpatrick
> Senior Integration Analyst
>
>
>

Re: [Conky-users] Where does conky store its data?

[Kevin L. <kev...@gm...>]

Besides the config file, conky does not require any disk space (everything
is in memory).  However, you can add things to the configuration that will
cause conky to create files if you want (exec*, texeci, and lua are very
flexible).  If your goal is to avoid creating files, it should be easy to
achieve.

Kevin Lyles

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 05:08, Kilpatrick, Jeffrey <
Jef...@sp...> wrote:

> Good morning,
>
> I'm interested in using Conky on some of my lab servers, to help identify
> memory and performance issues. They are all embeded systems, so we have
> certain constraints. Our base filesystem is read-only, with a writable
> union on top. That writable union is on a RAM disk, so any data storage on
> it would affect our memory readouts.
>
> Where and how goes conky store its information? Is it only a memory
> snapshot, or does it write out to a file?
>
>
> Jeff Kilpatrick
> Senior Integration Analyst
>
>
>
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[Conky-users] Where does conky store its data?

[Kilpatrick, J. <Jef...@sp...>]

Good morning,

I'm interested in using Conky on some of my lab servers, to help identify memory and performance issues. They are all embeded systems, so we have certain constraints. Our base filesystem is read-only, with a writable union on top. That writable union is on a RAM disk, so any data storage on it would affect our memory readouts.

Where and how goes conky store its information? Is it only a memory snapshot, or does it write out to a file?

 
Jeff Kilpatrick
Senior Integration Analyst