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any & !title=^trans$

Make sure in the Window Decorations plugin you have !title=^trans$ .... note the "!"

To make it resize and position corerctly try loading the terminals in a script before compiz loads i.e:



#!/bin/sh
gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=trans1 &
gnome-terminal...

Make it sticky

I will show how to create a conky'esque transparent shell using only gnome-terminal and Compiz-fusion. Check out the attached screenshots.

Part 1:

Create a new profile in gnome-terminal...

I wrote a howto to have a live terminal in your desktop that looks and behaves like a conky:

HOWTO: Put a conky'esque shell on your desktop (requires Compiz-Fusion)

Thankx, I made it for the setup. I put up a link to the Photoshop PSD with all the elements on individual layers in my post so if u want to modify something its all there.

Heres my latest. A nice and clean one. There are 3 conkys. (Top left, center, and right in screenshot)
Its calibrated for a 1440x900 display, if thats not you then you're gonna have to play with...

your desk is very well done. could i ask what emerald/metacity theme you are using?

very nice conky btw.

Calendar script that highlights the current calendar day:



- CAL ( ${execi 360 cal | awk 'NR==1 {print $1 " " $2}' } ) ${hr 1}

${execi 360 cal | awk 'NR>1' | sed -e 's/ / /g' -e 's/[^...

Heres what im currently using. It needs no external scripts.



background yes
use_xft no
xftfont Sans:size=8
xftalpha 0.8
update_interval 1
total_run_times 0

Heres my new one. This one is horizontal. Made for screen width of 1440 .

on the screen shot notice the space between the kernel version and the word "Processors". its not really spaces but a...

np. just did. cant stand the file size restriction on png tho. makes it impossible to upload a 1440x900 screens.

background: request_gray_1920.jpg
dock: kiba-dock
theme: murrinaAquaish (for murrina-engine-gtk)
icons: gorilla
stats: conky

link to full res screenshot

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