Howto: Get a beautiful Conky 1.4.2 setup

[HarshReality]

Why do you need a script? Granted my system is using ACPI but...

Battery Status: ${battery BAT1} $alignr ${battery_time BAT1}

Screenshot is here:
http://harrea.100webspace.net/Shot-3.png

incidentally, the powers that be indicated the battery_bar only works in current SVN for conky.

[fwojciec]

Why do you need a script? Granted my system is using ACPI but...

Battery Status: ${battery BAT1} $alignr ${battery_time BAT1}

Screenshot is here:
http://harrea.100webspace.net/Shot-3.png

incidentally, the powers that be indicated the battery_bar only works in current SVN for conky.

Silly me - no need for the script anymore Thanks.

Edit: I spoke too soon... I knew there was a reason why I had to use this script. The battery variable, I was just reminded, works correctly only with the AC cord plugged in; when the laptop is on battery power $battery returns "full" all the time (which is pretty useless, naturally). It's probably a hardware/bios issue - ACPI on my laptop is pretty sketchy...

[pt123]

Is it possible for Conky to read a text file and output the text file over the desktop with the rest of the CPU load etc.

[HarshReality]

example of usage please?

[pt123]

example of usage please?

I want to try and get a text file with my todo list on my desktop.

[HarshReality]

So, your wanting a list of sorts.. perhaps using the calander might be of more acceptable use?

[a5benwillis]

Hi all!

I just wanted to share my conky config files!

I've written a script to show weather information from yahoo in conky, but it is still using too many resources, so i will try to optimize it in the future.

ENJOY!

Has anyone gotten this weather script to work?

[Nessa]

Can conky show the internet speed?

[OffHand]

Can conky show the internet speed?

Yes, it can.

[Nessa]

Can anyone share the how?