Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

**Crinos512** · December 13th, 2009

Oh and looking at the calender some more:

Code:

# Build $TOPLINE
j=31
k=$FIRSTDAY
while [ $j -gt 0 ]; do
  case "$k" in
    1) TOPLINE="$TOPLINE $Mon";;
    2) TOPLINE="$TOPLINE $Tue";;
    3) TOPLINE="$TOPLINE $Wed";;
    4) TOPLINE="$TOPLINE $Thu";;
    5) TOPLINE="$TOPLINE $Fri";;
    6) TOPLINE="$TOPLINE \${color FF8C00}$Sat\${color}";;
    7) TOPLINE="$TOPLINE \${color FFFF00}$Sun\${color}";;
    8) k=1
       TOPLINE="$TOPLINE $Mon"
       ;;
  esac
  j=$[$j-1]
  k=$[$k+1]
done

can be done like so:

Code:

# Build $TOPLINE
j=31
k=$FIRSTDAY
while [ $j -gt 0 ]; do
  case "$k" in
    1) TOPLINE="$TOPLINE $Mon";;
    2) TOPLINE="$TOPLINE $Tue";;
    3) TOPLINE="$TOPLINE $Wed";;
    4) TOPLINE="$TOPLINE $Thu";;
    5) TOPLINE="$TOPLINE $Fri";;
    6) TOPLINE="$TOPLINE \${color FF8C00}$Sat\${color}";;
    7) TOPLINE="$TOPLINE \${color FFFF00}$Sun\${color}"
       k=0
       ;;
  esac
  j=$[$j-1]
  k=$[$k+1]
done

optimizations, gotta love 'em.

**WorldTripping** · December 13th, 2009

Originally Posted by Crinos512

Something like this perhaps...

http://conky.linux-hardcore.com/?page_id=3002

Oh Crinos...not fair.

Someone asking for help in the shallow end of the conky pool, and you direct them to the lua deep end.

**Crinos512** · December 13th, 2009

Sink or Swim!

... but seriously, if that appeals to you and you can't get it working there are many of us here that are willing to help.

welcome to the CCCC (or C-4) where our code is EXPLOSIVE!

**WorldTripping** · December 13th, 2009

Originally Posted by Crinos512

Sink or Swim!

... but seriously, if that appeals to you and you can't get it working there are many of us here that are willing to help.

welcome to the CCCC (or C-4) where our code is EXPLOSIVE!

lol

Yeah, I'm of the school of thought that goes:

swim == rape n paste

then

sink == looking for a misplaced comma for two hours

..and aside yeah, plenty of help here. It has been known that even I have an occasional nugget of knowledge to proffer.

**WorldTripping** · December 13th, 2009

Seriously though, I just found out something cool.

You can layer conkys over each other.

I've been playing with Xft and transparencies. Turns out that you can only have one transparent font per conky.

That is OK if you have one font per conky, but where you use the 'weather' conky you have two fonts, only one of which is capable of being transparent.

So either the text or the weather icons have transparency applied to them, not both.

Solution - two conkys layered over each other, just a question of layout.

Still playing around but it looks feasible.

Welcome to my over-engineered 'Plan B' !

**Bruce M.** · December 13th, 2009

Originally Posted by Crinos512

Something like this perhaps...

http://conky.linux-hardcore.com/?page_id=3002

You took the link right outta my mouse-click!

CHIMO!
Bruce

**dmillerct** · December 13th, 2009

Originally Posted by Bruce M.

You took the link right outta my mouse-click!

CHIMO!
Bruce

Thought you were goin to bed.

@Crinos - C4, I like that.

**Bruce M.** · December 13th, 2009

Originally Posted by WorldTripping

Seriously though, I just found out something cool.

You can layer conkys over each other.

I've been playing with Xft and transparencies. Turns out that you can only have one transparent font per conky.

That is OK if you have one font per conky, but where you use the 'weather' conky you have two fonts, only one of which is capable of being transparent.

So either the text or the weather icons have transparency applied to them, not both.

Solution - two conkys layered over each other, just a question of layout.

Still playing around but it looks feasible.

Welcome to my over-engineered 'Plan B' !

hehehehe Plan-B probably gets put into actiopn a lot more then Plan A, but why the "font" why not use the images and call it Plan C?

Have a nice day.
Bruce

**WorldTripping** · December 13th, 2009

Originally Posted by Bruce M.

hehehehe Plan-B probably gets put into actiopn a lot more then Plan A, but why the "font" why not use the images and call it Plan C?

Have a nice day.
Bruce

Damn you and your 'third way'.

I've kinda avoided Conky for the past few months as I thought that I was happy with the layout etc. but now I see that I've been missing a trick.

(And it consumes too many late nights.)

Looks pretty simple to incorporate this as I am already using K's script for the weather.

Cheers for the heads up, I never knew that this was possible.

WorldTripping.