Re: [Conky-users] conky dynamic configuration

[Phil <n0...@us...>]

Hi,

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:42:53PM +0530, J. Bakshi wrote:
> I am a newbie in conky and actually migrated from gkrellm.  I have
> designed a simple shellscript and call it from conky which check the
> internet , if  present then shows the wan IP  and if not then just
> display "no-internet". it is working well but I need some more
> modification. I like to display the "no-internet" in red color in conky.
> Is there any option in conky which can alow me to do so ?

Just use $execp to call your script, as this will parse the script's
output for valid conky syntax (i.e., if your script outputs something
like '${color red}no-internet$color' it will print in red colour.

Have Phun, Phil