Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[alpetjr]

I figured I would do a data dump. I'm really happy with the results so far. Thanks to all that helped.

[akernan]

For my network, I use this:

${font Enlighten:bold:size=16}NETWORK ${hr 2}
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}${font Ubuntu:bold:size=9}Wireless
${font Ubuntu:normal:size=9}IP address: $alignr ${addr wlan0}
SSID: $alignr ${wireless_essid wlan0}
Speed: $alignr ${wireless_bitrate wlan0}
Connection quality: $alignr ${wireless_link_qual_perc wlan0}%
Inbound ${downspeed wlan0} kb/s $alignr Total: ${totaldown wlan0}
Outbound ${upspeed wlan0} kb/s $alignr Total: ${totalup wlan0}

${if_existing /proc/net/route eth1} ${font Ubuntu:italic:size=9} $alignc Ethernet
${font Ubuntu:normal:size=9}IP address: $alignr ${addr eth1}
Inbound: ${downspeed eth1} kb/s $alignr Total: ${totaldown eth1}
Outbound: ${upspeed eth1} kb/s $alignr Total: ${totalup eth1}
${endif}

I can't remember where I picked up the "if" bit, but I was under the impression that it would display that section ONLY when there was activity. I guessed wrong. Or did I do something wrong?

You can also use $if_up for your network, I got it from Pressko in post 17848. Here is the network part of my conky. The $if_existing variable is discussed at Conky Pitstop

${if_up wlan0}${voffset -20}${goto 60}${font size=12}D-Link Wireless${font}
${goto 60}Internal IP: ${addr wlan0}
${goto 60}External IP: ${exec wget -q -O - checkip.dyndns.org | sed -e 's/.*Current IP Address: //' -e 's/<.*$//'}
${goto 60}${downspeedgraph wlan0 25,100 110000 520000 -t} ${upspeedgraph wlan0 25,100 001100 005200 -t}
${voffset -40}${goto 60}Down ${downspeedf wlan0}${alignr}Total Dn ${totaldown wlan0}
${goto 60}UP ${upspeedf wlan0}${alignr}Total UP ${totalup wlan0}
#
${else}${if_up eth0}${voffset -20}${goto 60}${font style=bold}${font}
${goto 60}Internal IP: ${addr eth0}
${goto 60}External IP: ${exec wget -q -O - checkip.dyndns.org | sed -e 's/.*Current IP Address: //' -e 's/<.*$//'}
${goto 60}${downspeedgraph eth0 25,100 110000 520000 -t} ${upspeedgraph eth0 25,100 001100 005200 -t}
${voffset -40}${goto 60}Down ${downspeedf eth0}${alignr}Total Dn ${totaldown eth0}
${goto 60}UP ${upspeedf eth0}${alignr}Total UP ${totalup eth0}${endif}${endif}

[akernan]

You can also use $if_up for your network, I got it from Pressko in post 17848. Here is the network part of my conky. The $if_existing variable is discussed at Conky Pitstop

Disregard the previous message, variable $if_up doesn't work as intended.

[acvar]

Right alignment is fairly easy using lua:

function conky_rjust(command, charwidth, end)
x = conky_parse(command)
x = string.len(x)
x = end - x * charwidth
x = "${goto "..x.."}"..command
return x
end

You would then call it with

${lua_parse rjust ${cpu cpu0} 7 400}

where 7 is the width of your font.

This of course only works for fixed width fonts.

[mrpeachy]

Right alignment is fairly easy using lua:

function conky_rjust(command, charwidth, end)
x = conky_parse(command)
x = string.len(x)
x = end - x * charwidth
x = "${goto "..x.."}"..command
return x
end

You would then call it with

${lua_parse rjust ${cpu cpu0} 7 400}

where 7 is the width of your font.

This of course only works for fixed width fonts.

returning a goto command with lua is a great idea

but it would be trickier than that

first when you give variables to lua in the conkyrc a space is used to seperate the variables so
${cpu cpu0} would be treated as 2 variables, the first read as command and the second read as charwidth

then there are other conky variables that have 3 parts

you could use a character in place of the spaces and then gsub the spaces back
send ${cpu;cpu0} then replace ";" with " "

then you could achieve the right adjust with any font using cairo_text_extents, you would have to send the font and font size to do this

[wnelson]

Man conky is popular 18000+ post and 1800 pages! Way to go everyone!!!!

Walt

[stinkeye]

Man conky is popular 18000+ post and 1800 pages! Way to go everyone!!!!

Walt

Dylan103 (Last Activity: October 23rd, 2006) created the monster and disappeared a day later.

Post all you're .conkyrc files with a screenshot please, Im interested in a basic, one liner at the top that has
CPU Usage, Free space on the hd, Time(12 hour), Ram, and network usage.

[layr]

Sector recommended newer background .lua script and i moved to that one:

--[[Background originally by londonali1010 (2009)
    ability to set any size for background mrpeachy 2011
    ability to set variables for bg in conkyrc dk75

the conky bits that matter (sample):
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
lua_load ~/lua/background.lua

TEXT
${lua conky_draw_bg 10 100 100 100 100 0x000000 0.2}
${lua conky_draw_bg 10 200 200 100 100 0x000000 0.2}
${lua conky_draw_bg 10 100 300 100 100 0x000000 0.2}

#${lua conky_draw_bg corner_radius x_position y_position width height color alpha}

${execpi 1800 conkyForecast --template=~/lua/test.template}
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
test template:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
${image [--datatype=WI --startday=1]  -p 100,100 -s 90x90}
${image [--datatype=WI --startday=2]  -p 200,200 -s 90x90}
${image [--datatype=WI --startday=3]  -p 100,300 -s 90x90}
${image [--datatype=WI --startday=4]  -p 200,400 -s 90x90}
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

or you can have one background over the whole window
and others to highlight parts of the conky
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TEXT
${lua conky_draw_bg 50 0 0 400 800 0x000000 0.2} # whole background
${lua conky_draw_bg 20 100 100 100 100 0x000000 0.2} # dark shade
${lua conky_draw_bg 0 200 200 100 100 0xffffff 0.2} # light square
${lua conky_draw_bg 50 100 300 100 100 0xff0000 0.2} # red circle
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

]]

require 'cairo'
local    cs, cr = nil
function rgb_to_r_g_b(colour,alpha)
return ((colour / 0x10000) % 0x100) / 255., ((colour / 0x100) % 0x100) / 255., (colour % 0x100) / 255., alpha
end
function conky_draw_bg(r,x,y,w,h,color,alpha)
if conky_window == nil then return end
if cs == nil then cairo_surface_destroy(cs) end
if cr == nil then cairo_destroy(cr) end
local cs = cairo_xlib_surface_create(conky_window.display, conky_window.drawable, conky_window.visual, conky_window.width, conky_window.height)
local cr = cairo_create(cs)
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,rgb_to_r_g_b(color,alpha))
--top left mid circle
local xtl=x+r
local ytl=y+r
--top right mid circle
local xtr=(x+r)+((w)-(2*r))
local ytr=y+r
--bottom right mid circle
local xbr=(x+r)+((w)-(2*r))
local ybr=(y+r)+((h)-(2*r))
--bottom right mid circle
local xbl=(x+r)
local ybl=(y+r)+((h)-(2*r))
-----------------------------
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_surface_destroy(cs)
cairo_destroy(cr)
return ""
end

It works flawlessly on the main conky, which is aligned right, but the one on the left is a bit problematic - right hand corners won't get rounded.

[acvar]

first when you give variables to lua in the conkyrc a space is used to seperate the variables so
${cpu cpu0} would be treated as 2 variables, the first read as command and the second read as charwidth

This is no longer true. You must be using an old version. The lua api now recognizes conky commands as a single variable.

[mrpeachy]

Sector recommended newer background .lua script and i moved to that one:

--[[Background originally by londonali1010 (2009)
    ability to set any size for background mrpeachy 2011
    ability to set variables for bg in conkyrc dk75

the conky bits that matter (sample):
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
lua_load ~/lua/background.lua

TEXT
${lua conky_draw_bg 10 100 100 100 100 0x000000 0.2}
${lua conky_draw_bg 10 200 200 100 100 0x000000 0.2}
${lua conky_draw_bg 10 100 300 100 100 0x000000 0.2}

#${lua conky_draw_bg corner_radius x_position y_position width height color alpha}

${execpi 1800 conkyForecast --template=~/lua/test.template}
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
test template:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
${image [--datatype=WI --startday=1]  -p 100,100 -s 90x90}
${image [--datatype=WI --startday=2]  -p 200,200 -s 90x90}
${image [--datatype=WI --startday=3]  -p 100,300 -s 90x90}
${image [--datatype=WI --startday=4]  -p 200,400 -s 90x90}
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

or you can have one background over the whole window
and others to highlight parts of the conky
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TEXT
${lua conky_draw_bg 50 0 0 400 800 0x000000 0.2} # whole background
${lua conky_draw_bg 20 100 100 100 100 0x000000 0.2} # dark shade
${lua conky_draw_bg 0 200 200 100 100 0xffffff 0.2} # light square
${lua conky_draw_bg 50 100 300 100 100 0xff0000 0.2} # red circle
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

]]

require 'cairo'
local    cs, cr = nil
function rgb_to_r_g_b(colour,alpha)
return ((colour / 0x10000) % 0x100) / 255., ((colour / 0x100) % 0x100) / 255., (colour % 0x100) / 255., alpha
end
function conky_draw_bg(r,x,y,w,h,color,alpha)
if conky_window == nil then return end
if cs == nil then cairo_surface_destroy(cs) end
if cr == nil then cairo_destroy(cr) end
local cs = cairo_xlib_surface_create(conky_window.display, conky_window.drawable, conky_window.visual, conky_window.width, conky_window.height)
local cr = cairo_create(cs)
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,rgb_to_r_g_b(color,alpha))
--top left mid circle
local xtl=x+r
local ytl=y+r
--top right mid circle
local xtr=(x+r)+((w)-(2*r))
local ytr=y+r
--bottom right mid circle
local xbr=(x+r)+((w)-(2*r))
local ybr=(y+r)+((h)-(2*r))
--bottom right mid circle
local xbl=(x+r)
local ybl=(y+r)+((h)-(2*r))
-----------------------------
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_surface_destroy(cs)
cairo_destroy(cr)
return ""
end

It works flawlessly on the main conky, which is aligned right, but the one on the left is a bit problematic - right hand corners won't get rounded.

post your conkyrc also