Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[foutes]

Please don't allow being new scare you. Many members on this thread did not touch conky until about a year ago.

Dabbled with conky off and on since 7.04 and still have no clue what I am doing most days..

[foutes]

here's the latest version of my lua calendar

you can have a curved corner background

--lua calendar script by mrpeachy Feb 2011
--version2.1 with background and glassy effect overlay, background and overlay adjust when calendar gains a line due to month length and start day
require 'cairo'
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function conky_draw_fig()
if conky_window == nil then return end
local cs = cairo_xlib_surface_create(conky_window.display, conky_window.drawable, conky_window.visual, conky_window.width, conky_window.height)
cr = cairo_create(cs)
local updates=tonumber(conky_parse('${updates}'))
--####################################################################################################
if updates>5 then -- starts the display
--####################################################################################################
--####################################################################################################
--title text color
tred,tgreen,tblue,talpha=0.9,0,0.3,1
--title text font
tfont="URW Gothic L"
--title text size
tfontsize=22
--###################################################
--main body text color
bred,bgreen,bblue,balpha=0.6,1,0.6,1
--main body text font
mfont="URW Gothic L"
--main body text size
mfontsize=18
--###################################################
--highlight text color
hred,hgreen,hblue,halpha=1,1,0.2,1
--highlight font
hfont="URW Gothic L"
--highlight size
hfontsize=24
--###################################################
--surrounding numbers (previous and next month) 1=on, 0=off
surround=1
--surrounding dates text color
sred,sgreen,sblue,salpha=0.3,0.5,0.3,1
--surrounding font
sfont="URW Gothic L"
--surounding size
sfontsize=18
--###################################################
--indicator box enter 1 for box or 0 for no box
box=1
--use the following 2 numbers to adjust box position
xadjust=2.5
yadjust=4
--set the box dimensions
width=34
height=23
--box color
xred,xgreen,xblue,xalpha=1,0.2,0.8,1
--##################################################
--position
across=55.5
down=65.5
--rotate - this will require repositioning above
rotate=0
--###################################################
--horizontal gap between dates
gaph=45
--###################################################
--gap between day titles and first line
gapt=30
--###################################################
--gap between calendar line
gapl=30
--###################################################
--spacer -- this can help with alignment enter 0, 1 space or 2 spaces between the ""
spacer=""
--###################################################
--start day, enter 0 for sunday, 1 for monday
sday=0
--###################################################
--## END OF CALENDAR SETUP ##########################
--###################################################
--calendar calcs
year=os.date("%G")
today=tonumber(os.date("%d"))
t1 = os.time( {    year=year,month=03,day=01,hour=00,min=0,sec=0} );
t2 = os.time( {    year=year,month=02,day=01,hour=00,min=0,sec=0} );
feb=(os.difftime(t1,t2))/(24*60*60)
local monthdays={ 31, feb, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 }
local day=tonumber(os.date("%w"))+1-sday
local day_num = today
local remainder=day_num % 7
start_day=day-(day_num % 7)
if start_day<0 then start_day=7+start_day end     
month=os.date("%m")
mdays=monthdays[tonumber(month)]
mdaystm=mdays
x=mdays+start_day
dnum={}
dnumh={}
if mdays+start_day<36 then 
dlen=35
plen=29 
else 
dlen=42 
plen=36
end
for i=1,dlen do
if i<=start_day then dnum[i]="  " 
else dn=i-start_day
if dn=="nil" then dn=0 end
if dn<=9 then dn=(spacer .. dn) end
if i>x then dn="" end
dnum[i]=dn
dnumh[i]=dn
if dn==(spacer .. today) or dn==today then
dnum[i]=""
end 
if dn==(spacer .. today) or dn==today then
dnumh[i]=dn
place=i 
else dnumh[i]="  " 
end 
end
end--for
--###################################################
--glassy look box drawer
-- if combined with another lua script this setup sections
-- needs to be at the start of the main function so that background doesn't cover the display
--set top left coordinates for box
glass_x,glass_y=across-25,down-35
--set box width
glass_w=355
--compensate for changing calendar height
if mdays+start_day<36 then
--height of 5 line calendar 
glass_h=210
else 
--height of 6 line calendar
glass_h=245
end
--set box corner radius
glass_cr=15
--set box corner radius
glass_cr=45
--######################################################
--set how far down the right side for the curve to start
glass_cs=45
--set how far down the left side for the curve to end
glass_ce=glass_h-45
--######################################################
--NOTE to have main curve start on box corner curve set on_curve to 1, else 0
on_curve=1
--set degrees around corner for main curve to start (0 to 90)
on_curvedeg=60
--######################################################
--set gradient colors
--start gradient
glass_sr,glass_sg,glass_sb,glass_sa=0,0,0,0
--end graient
glass_er,glass_eg,glass_eb,glass_ea=1,1,1,0.4
--control curve with these settings
--turn setting displaglass_y on = 1, off =0
displaglass_y=0
--point 1 -- display red circle
glass_angle1=270
glass_length1=glass_w/1.5--should be less than width
--point 2 -- display blue circle
glass_angle2=0
glass_length2=glass_h/1.5--should be less than height
--adjust the gradient - a number 1 or just over
glass_adjust=1.4
--end of setup ###################################################################
--draw background
--set background color
glass_bgr,glass_bgg,glass_bgb,glass_bga=0,0,0,1--46/255,46/255,3/255,1
--set start position for box - topleft corner
x=glass_x
y=glass_y
--set radius of corners
r=glass_cr
--set height and width of box
h=glass_h
w=glass_w
--calculations below
xtl=x+r
ytl=y+r
xtr=(x+r)+((w)-2*r)
ytr=y+r
xbr=(x+r)+((w)-2*r)
ybr=(y+r)+((h)-2*r)
xbl=(x+r)
ybl=(y+r)+((h)-2*r)
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,glass_bgr,glass_bgg,glass_bgb,glass_bga)
cairo_move_to (cr,xtl,ytl-r)
cairo_line_to (cr,xtr,ytr-r)
cairo_arc(cr,xtr,ytr,r,((2*math.pi/4)*3),((2*math.pi/4)*4))
cairo_line_to (cr,xbr+r,ybr)
cairo_arc(cr,xbr,ybr,r,((2*math.pi/4)*4),((2*math.pi/4)*1))
cairo_line_to (cr,xbl,ybl+r)
cairo_arc(cr,xbl,ybl,r,((2*math.pi/4)*1),((2*math.pi/4)*2))
cairo_line_to (cr,xtl-r,ytl)
cairo_arc(cr,xtl,ytl,r,((2*math.pi/4)*2),((2*math.pi/4)*3))
cairo_close_path(cr)
cairo_fill (cr)

--###################################################
cairo_rotate (cr,(math.pi/180)*(rotate))
--print calendar titles
--###################################################
cairo_select_font_face (cr, tfont, CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
cairo_set_font_size (cr, tfontsize);
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,tred,tgreen,tblue,talpha)
if sday==0 then
dys={"SU","MO","TU","WE","TH","FR","SA"}
else
dys={"MO","TU","WE","TH","FR","SA","SU"}
end
--------------------------------
--use these settings to mess around with positioning
turn=0
ta=0
move=0
rot=0
--------------------------------
for i=1,7 do
cairo_move_to (cr, across+(gaph*(i-1)), down+(i*move))
cairo_rotate (cr,(math.pi/180)*(rot))
cairo_show_text (cr, dys[i])
cairo_stroke (cr)
cairo_rotate (cr,(math.pi/180)*(rot*-1))
end
cairo_select_font_face (cr, mfont, CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
cairo_set_font_size (cr, mfontsize);
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,bred,bgreen,bblue,balpha)
for i=1,plen,7 do
fn=i
for i=fn,fn+6 do
cairo_move_to (cr, across+(gaph*(i-fn))-((((fn-1)/7)+ta)*turn), (i*move)+down+gapt+(gapl*((fn-1)/7)))
cairo_rotate (cr,(math.pi/180)*(rot))
cairo_show_text (cr, dnum[i])
cairo_stroke (cr)
cairo_rotate (cr,(math.pi/180)*(rot*-1))
end
end
cairo_select_font_face (cr, hfont, CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
cairo_set_font_size (cr, hfontsize);
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,hred,hgreen,hblue,halpha)
for i=1,plen,7 do
fn=i
for i=fn,fn+6 do
cairo_move_to (cr, across+(gaph*(i-fn))-((((fn-1)/7)+ta)*turn), (i*move)+down+gapt+(gapl*((fn-1)/7)))
cairo_rotate (cr,(math.pi/180)*(rot))
cairo_show_text (cr, dnumh[i])
cairo_stroke (cr)
cairo_rotate (cr,(math.pi/180)*(rot*-1))
end
end
--###############################################################################
if surround==1 then
thisstart=tonumber(start_day)+1
thisend=tonumber(start_day)+mdays
previous=tonumber(start_day)
nextmon=dlen-thisend
pmon=tonumber(month)-1
if pmon==0 then pmon=12 end
pmon=monthdays[pmon]
snum={}
for i=1,dlen do
snum[i]=""
end
for i=tonumber(thisend)+1,tonumber(thisend)+nextmon do
snum[i]=i-tonumber(thisend)
end
for i=1,previous do
snum[i]=pmon-(previous-(i))
end
cairo_select_font_face (cr, sfont, CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
cairo_set_font_size (cr, sfontsize);
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,sred,sgreen,sblue,salpha)
for i=1,plen,7 do
fn=i
for i=fn,fn+6 do
cairo_move_to (cr, across+(gaph*(i-fn))-((((fn-1)/7)+ta)*turn), (i*move)+down+gapt+(gapl*((fn-1)/7)))
cairo_rotate (cr,(math.pi/180)*(rot))
cairo_show_text (cr, snum[i])
cairo_stroke (cr)
cairo_rotate (cr,(math.pi/180)*(rot*-1))
end
end
end
--box aound
if box==1 then
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,xred,xgreen,xblue,xalpha)
cairo_set_line_width (cr,1)
if place>0 and place<8 then
cy=down+gapt
elseif
place>7 and place<15 then
cy=down+gapt+gapl
elseif
place>13 and place<23 then
cy=down+gapt+gapl+gapl
elseif
place>21 and place<29 then
cy=down+gapt+gapl+gapl+gapl
elseif
place>28 and place<36 then
cy=down+gapt+gapl+gapl+gapl+gapl
end
placey=place %7
if placey==1 then
cx=across
elseif
placey==2 then
cx=across+(gaph*1)
elseif
placey==3 then
cx=across+(gaph*2)
elseif
placey==4 then
cx=across+(gaph*3)
elseif
placey==5 then
cx=across+(gaph*4)
elseif
placey==6 then
cx=across+(gaph*5)
elseif
placey==0 then
cx=across+(gaph*6)
end
cairo_rectangle (cr,cx-xadjust,cy+yadjust,width,-height)
cairo_stroke (cr)
end
--###################################################
cairo_rotate (cr,(math.pi/180)*(rotate*-1))
--end of calendar
--###################################################
--call drawing function ##########################################################
-- if combined with another lua script the call to the drawing function
-- needs to be at the end of the main function so that the effect covers the display
glass(glass_x,glass_y,glass_h,glass_w,glass_cs,glass_ce,glass_sr,glass_sg,glass_sb,glass_sa,glass_er,glass_eg,glass_eb,glass_ea,displaglass_y,glass_angle1,glass_length1,glass_angle2,glass_length2,glass_adjust,on_curve,on_curvedeg)
----------------------------------------------------------------
--#################################################################################
end--end if 5
end--end main function
--glassy drawing function put this after the main function
function glass(glass_x,glass_y,glass_h,glass_w,glass_cs,glass_ce,glass_sr,glass_sg,glass_sb,glass_sa,glass_er,glass_eg,glass_eb,glass_ea,displaglass_y,glass_angle1,glass_length1,glass_angle2,glass_length2,glass_adjust,on_curve,on_curvedeg)
--set start position for box - topleft corner
x=glass_x
y=glass_y
--set radius of corners
r=glass_cr
--set height and width of box
h=glass_h
w=glass_w
--calculations below
xtl=x+r
ytl=y+r
xtr=(x+r)+((w)-2*r)
ytr=y+r
xbr=(x+r)+((w)-2*r)
ybr=(y+r)+((h)-2*r)
xbl=(x+r)
ybl=(y+r)+((h)-2*r)
if on_curve==0 then
startglass_x=glass_x+glass_w
startglass_y=glass_y+glass_cs
else
rad=glass_cr
arc=((2*math.pi)/360)*(on_curvedeg)
oncurve_x=0+rad*(math.sin(arc))
oncurve_y=0-rad*(math.cos(arc))
startglass_x=oncurve_x+xtr
startglass_y=oncurve_y+ytr
end
endglass_x=glass_x
endglass_y=glass_y+glass_ce--
rad=glass_length1
arc=((2*math.pi)/360)*(glass_angle1)
c1glass_x=0+rad*(math.sin(arc))
c1glass_y=0-rad*(math.cos(arc))
glass_center1glass_x=c1glass_x+startglass_x
glass_center1glass_y=c1glass_y+startglass_y
rad=glass_length2
arc=((2*math.pi)/360)*(glass_angle2)
c2glass_x=0+rad*(math.sin(arc))
c2glass_y=0-rad*(math.cos(arc))
glass_center2glass_x=c2glass_x+endglass_x
glass_center2glass_y=c2glass_y+endglass_y
if displaglass_y==1 then
cairo_set_line_width (cr,1)----------------------
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,1,0,1,1)---------------
cairo_move_to (cr,startglass_x,startglass_y)-----------------
cairo_line_to (cr,glass_center1glass_x,glass_center1glass_y)-------------
cairo_stroke (cr)--------------------------------
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,1,0,0,1)---------------
cairo_arc (cr,startglass_x,startglass_y,3,0,2*math.pi)-------
cairo_fill (cr)----------------------------------
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,1,0,0,1)---------------
cairo_arc (cr,startglass_x,startglass_y,glass_length1,0,2*math.pi)
cairo_stroke (cr)--------------------------------
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,0,1,0,1)---------------
cairo_arc (cr,glass_center1glass_x,glass_center1glass_y,3,0,2*math.pi)---
cairo_fill (cr)----------------------------------
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,1,0,1,1)---------------
cairo_move_to (cr,endglass_x,endglass_y)---------------------
cairo_line_to (cr,glass_center2glass_x,glass_center2glass_y)-------------
cairo_stroke (cr)--------------------------------
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,0,1,1,1)---------------
cairo_arc (cr,endglass_x,endglass_y,3,0,2*math.pi)-----------
cairo_fill (cr)----------------------------------
cairo_arc (cr,endglass_x,endglass_y,glass_length2,0,2*math.pi)-----
cairo_stroke (cr)--------------------------------
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,1,1,0,1)---------------
cairo_arc (cr,glass_center2glass_x,glass_center2glass_y,3,0,2*math.pi)---
cairo_fill (cr)----------------------------------
end
if glass_w>glass_h then
cc=glass_w
else
cc=glass_h
end
ccglass_x=glass_x+cc
ccglass_y=glass_y+cc
pat = cairo_pattern_create_radial (ccglass_x,ccglass_y, 1,
                                   ccglass_x,ccglass_y, cc*glass_adjust);
cairo_pattern_add_color_stop_rgba (pat, 1,glass_er,glass_eg,glass_eb,glass_ea);
cairo_pattern_add_color_stop_rgba (pat, 0,glass_sr,glass_sg,glass_sb,glass_sa);
cairo_set_source (cr,pat)
cairo_set_line_width (cr,1)
if on_curve==0 then
cairo_move_to (cr,xtl,ytl-r)
cairo_line_to (cr,xtr,ytr-r)
cairo_arc(cr,xtr,ytr,r,((2*math.pi/4)*3),((2*math.pi/4)*4))
cairo_line_to (cr,glass_x+glass_w,glass_y+glass_cs)
cairo_curve_to (cr,glass_center1glass_x,glass_center1glass_y,glass_center2glass_x,glass_center2glass_y,endglass_x,endglass_y)
cairo_line_to (cr,xtl-r,ytl)
cairo_arc(cr,xtl,ytl,r,((2*math.pi/4)*2),((2*math.pi/4)*3))
cairo_close_path(cr)
cairo_fill (cr)
else
cairo_move_to (cr,xtl,ytl-r)
cairo_line_to (cr,xtr,ytr-r)
cairo_arc(cr,xtr,ytr,r,((math.pi/180)*-90),((math.pi/180)*(on_curvedeg-90)))
cairo_curve_to (cr,glass_center1glass_x,glass_center1glass_y,glass_center2glass_x,glass_center2glass_y,endglass_x,endglass_y)
cairo_line_to (cr,xtl-r,ytl)
cairo_arc(cr,xtl,ytl,r,((2*math.pi/4)*2),((2*math.pi/4)*3))
cairo_close_path(cr)
cairo_fill (cr)
end
end

400 lines of lua code may be a bit overkill for a calendar... but oh well... i think it looks good

there is a bug that will occur if the calendar gains a line when a month starts on a day late in the week, need to make the background and overlay change to compensate
-EDIT fixed above in code

Looking good!

[42dorian]

Please don't allow being new scare you. Many members on this thread did not touch conky until about a year ago.

According to my earliest file creation date, I only started Conky 6 months ago.

[MarcusA]

I use conky color, now I want it to look like vinDSL's conky. Do I need to disable conky colors or is it basically the same thing and I just need to edit my conky color file to change the appearance? Thx

[42dorian]

I use conky color, now I want it to look like vinDSL's conky. Do I need to disable conky colors or is it basically the same thing and I just need to edit my conky color file to change the appearance? Thx

Neither. You start from scratch. Conky Colors just sets it up for you and does the work for you. It's not running in the background. If you want VinDSL's setup, start from scratch and learn the long way, working toward it. Don't take the shortcuts, because you won't understand what goes wrong when something isn't working for your particular hardware.

VinDSL's setup can't be copied directly anymore. He has too many little adjustments you need to make when your hardware is different from his. You need to learn how to use spacing and syntax before you attempt it.

Here's a small handful of links to get you started.
Conky Configuration Variables (Above the TEXT section.)
Conky Objects (Below the TEXT section.)
Conky Pitstop (Source for how-to-use scripts.)
kaivalagi's weather script.
kaivalagi's misc scripts.
Other kaivalagi python scripts for use with Conky.

[MarcusA]

Allrighty, figured that would be the case. Just wanted something that looked better then conky colors, Am just starting reading things in this thread. Haha, I can already tell it will be hard for me to succeed in having a nice looking conky seeing as it took me long enough to finally get my weather report in conky colors, But I shall succeed!

[42dorian]

Allrighty, figured that would be the case. Just wanted something that looked better then conky colors, Am just starting reading things in this thread. Haha, I can already tell it will be hard for me to succeed in having a nice looking conky seeing as it took me long enough to finally get my weather report in conky colors, But I shall succeed!

It's actually significantly easier when you do it by hand. Conky Color is for people to set-it-and-forget-it in Conky. When you didn't put everything in Conky yourself, you can easily lose track of what all the tags and objects do. Put it together yourself, or, even better, by taking snips out of other people's Conky (though not all at once.) then you gain a better understanding of what does what, and how each little change looks on your own personal hardware setup.

By all means, aspire to get to VinDSL's Conky. And by all means, copy from other people. One section or another that you like. But make no mistake, you need to know how spacing and objects work before you'll actually be able to go all-in and copy VinDSL's Conky as a whole. In everyone's .conkyrc setup, they usually document what does what. Sometimes a little, sometimes it's a big honkin' marquee that says "THIS IS WHAT THIS DOES!!", so have a browse. Though I wouldn't suggest my own code unless you're a masochist, I'd suggest Sector11 for the most examples of Code. He's got a metric ton of code you can nab from. If you want VinDSL's stuff, you need to look at his setup file (.conkyrc) to read some fine print. Like his fonts he uses (VERY important.) and what scripts he makes use of. (Read: kaivalagi's scripts, very useful to all of us.)

Don't get discouraged! Once you get your hands dirty you'll never want it auto-generated for you ever again!

[foutes]

It's actually significantly easier when you do it by hand. Conky Color is for people to set-it-and-forget-it in Conky. When you didn't put everything in Conky yourself, you can easily lose track of what all the tags and objects do. Put it together yourself, or, even better, by taking snips out of other people's Conky (though not all at once.) then you gain a better understanding of what does what, and how each little change looks on your own personal hardware setup.

By all means, aspire to get to VinDSL's Conky. And by all means, copy from other people. One section or another that you like. But make no mistake, you need to know how spacing and objects work before you'll actually be able to go all-in and copy VinDSL's Conky as a whole. In everyone's .conkyrc setup, they usually document what does what. Sometimes a little, sometimes it's a big honkin' marquee that says "THIS IS WHAT THIS DOES!!", so have a browse. Though I wouldn't suggest my own code unless you're a masochist, I'd suggest Sector11 for the most examples of Code. He's got a metric ton of code you can nab from. If you want VinDSL's stuff, you need to look at his setup file (.conkyrc) to read some fine print. Like his fonts he uses (VERY important.) and what scripts he makes use of. (Read: kaivalagi's scripts, very useful to all of us.)

Don't get discouraged! Once you get your hands dirty you'll never want it auto-generated for you ever again!

I think it is safe to say that we all copy from other people.

Sometimes the code it's self

Sometimes the idea.

Whenever someone posts a screen shot and code of a shiny new addition to their conky it starts turning up in many of the conkys posted here.

For example.

My conky is VinDsl with some additions of my own and other peoples

My lua is wlourf with other peoples code as I am in the beginning stages of learning lua

There is nothing wrong with copying other peoples work but, I would suggest reading up on conky (there is an enormous amount of information in this thread and in the links a couple post up from this one))followed by typing the code yourself.Manual input of a section at a time will aid greatly in understanding how the code works.

Do not be afraid to ask question or be a code pirate like the rest of us.

[MarcusA]

Well since I'm pretty new to all this, I pretty much have to steal to get me started (offcourse I would like to do amazing things with it myself but that might take me quite a bit of time to do so). Besides, it's pretty much a compliment. In the meanwhile, it's already looking like this:

[VinDSL]

Well since I'm pretty new to all this, I pretty much have to steal to get me started (offcourse I would like to do amazing things with it myself but that might take me quite a bit of time to do so). Besides, it's pretty much a compliment. In the meanwhile, it's already looking like this:

Good job!

A tweak here and a tweak there...

See, it's not as hard as it looks!