Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[phoch_00]

I haven't done much that's original or made up by me. Most of it is hacked together from others' scripts, conkyrcs, etc.

Wallpaper is from Deviant Art. I'm using the "ssc.sh" script to start three conkys - left, middle, and right. The middle conky displays lyrics using lyricsdownloader when music is playing and nothing (except that little square!) when no music. I'd love it if someone could tell me how to show absolutely nothing when there is no music but if I have to live with that little square I probably can. On the left side, I'm using a tweaked version of a stockcheck perl script I found. I hacked it up a bit to make it look like I wanted to and not as the original author intended. I'm happy to post it but it's still kind of a work in process. Let me know and I'll post it or email it. Also using a twittersearch script, gmail script and the usual weather script.

Music Playing:

music.jpg

No Music Playing:

nomusic.jpg

Here are the conkyrcs:

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background no
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 2
out_to_console no

total_run_times 0

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont Sans:size=10

own_window_transparent no
#own_window_colour hotpink
# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

on_bottom yes
# mail spool
mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 3
# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar
own_window_type override

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 150 5
maximum_width 580

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders no

# border margins
border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color 395E6A
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color black
color1 395E6A
color2 E65C29

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
#minimum_size 10 10
gap_x 10
gap_y 10
alignment top_left
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer no

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

# none, xmms, bmp, audacious, infopipe (default is none)
# xmms_player none

text_buffer_size 3048


TEXT

${color2}
${font Sans:size=12}
Stock    Change              Last    Quant.    Value
${font LiberationMono:size=10}${execpi 120 ~/scripts/stockcheck.pl NASDAQ SIRI 10}
${font LiberationMono:size=10}${execpi 120 ~/scripts/stockcheck.pl NASDAQ JAVA 10}

${font Sans:size=12}
${execpi 900 conkyForecast --location=USTX0328 --template=/home/phoch/scripts/weather.template -i}

${color2}
${font Sans:size=12}Twitter replies:
${color1}${font Sans:size=10}${execi 600 ~/scripts/twittersearch @phoch00 | head -n 5}

${color2}${font Sans:size=12}@${execpi 600 python ~/scripts/gmail_parser.py myuser mypass 3}
${color2}
${font StyleBats:size=12}P${font Sans:size=12}  Work:  
${color1}${font Sans:size=10}  ${uptime_short}

${color2}${font Sans:size=12}Using Conky:
${color1}${font Sans:size=10}  ${conky_version}

midle:

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background no

cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 2

out_to_console no

use_xft yes
xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=8

own_window_transparent no
xftalpha 0.8

# on_bottom yes

mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 3

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_transparent no
own_window_colour E65C29
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar
own_window_type override

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# Minimum size of text area
#minimum_size 150 5
#maximum_width 900

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders no

# border margins
border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color 395E6A
default_shade_color E65C29
default_outline_color black
color1 395E6A
color2 E65C29

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
alignment top_left
#minimum_size 10 10
gap_x 630
#gap_y 10
#alignment top_middle
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer no

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

# none, xmms, bmp, audacious, infopipe (default is none)
# xmms_player none
#mpd
mpd_host localhost
mpd_port 6600     

text_buffer_size 6076


TEXT
${if_running amarokapp}
${font Sans:size=9}${execi 10 ~/scripts/lyricsdownloader.py | fold -sw60 }${font}
${endif}

right:

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background no

cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 2

out_to_console no

use_xft yes
xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=8

own_window_transparent no
xftalpha 0.8

on_bottom yes

mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 3

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar
own_window_type override

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 150 5
maximum_width 900

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders no

# border margins
border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color 395E6A
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color black
color1 395E6A
color2 E65C29

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
#minimum_size 10 10
gap_x 10
gap_y 10
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer no

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

# none, xmms, bmp, audacious, infopipe (default is none)
# xmms_player none
#mpd
mpd_host localhost
mpd_port 6600     

text_buffer_size 6076


TEXT

${color2}
${font Sans:size=22}${time %A, %d %B %Y}${font Sans:size=8}
${color1}
${font FFF Tusj:size=100}${alignr}${time %I:%M}${font Sans:size=10}

Overall I'm very pleased with it. I also recently got a new GIANT monitor so my native resolution is now 1920 x 1080!!! which gives me a lot of room to fill up.

[Ng Oon-Ee]

@Ng Oon-Ee: I did try transparency via Compiz, but found that I didn't like the overall effect. not only was the background color (black in my case) a certain % transparent, but so was the foreground... all the fonts bars and graphs. It ended up looking very washed out and muted.

Yea it makes the text and such transparent too so its harder to read. The only thing I can think that you could do is use the fake transparency that comes with conky and set the background in compiz to the same as the one that is set by gnome or nautilus or w/e is drawing your normal background. However, this way you will only be able to keep the conky window on 1 viewport.

Actually, the link I posted gives an additional plugin to compiz which allows transparency of a single colour to be set. So you'd set the background of your conky to be entirely that colour, and get transparency on the background, with full opacity for the text. Obviously just setting CLASS=conky transparency would affect text and such.

Am just frustrated that conky doesn't allow me to place files etc. in my Desktop at its location. I may switch to Kubuntu, then the desktop can be simply shown a a widget on the wallpaper, like a single folder. Maybe when Jaunty comes out (KDE 4.3? =) )

[Bruce M.]

I'd love it if someone could tell me how to show absolutely nothing when there is no music but if I have to live with that little square I probably can.

But you don't need to if you really don't want to.

Try this in your middle conky

TEXT
${if_running amarokapp}${font Sans:size=9}${execi 10 ~/scripts/yricsdownloader.py | fold -sw60 }${font}${endif}${else}

It's a one liner with ${else} on the end!

Overall I'm very pleased with it. I also recently got a new GIANT monitor so my native resolution is now 1920 x 1080!!! which gives me a lot of room to fill up.

WoW!!!!!!!!!! I can fill that for you, like this:

[phoch_00]

Try this in your middle conky

TEXT
${if_running amarokapp}${font Sans:size=9}${execi 10 ~/scripts/yricsdownloader.py | fold -sw60 }${font}${endif}${else}

Now it yells and quits:

Conky: $else: no matching $if_*
Conky: desktop window (1e000a9) is subwindow of root window (8b)
Conky: window type - override
Conky: drawing to created window (0x5000001)
Conky: drawing to double buffer
Conky: you don't need that many fonts, sorry.

I love the last line. No idea what that means!

[Ng Oon-Ee]

I believe you should have:-

TEXT
${if_running amarokapp}${font Sans:size=9}${execi 10 ~/scripts/yricsdownloader.py | fold -sw60 }${font}${else}${endif}

Basically, if amarok is NOT running, then that line is just blank. Without even a newline.

[rjmdomingo2003]

Just a simple one:

own_window no
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorate,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
short_units yes
use_xft yes
update_interval 2
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
xftfont AvantGardeLTMedium:bold:pixelsize=16
minimum_size 1280 0
default_color 8eeb1c
alignment top_left
gap_x 15
gap_y 15

TEXT
${font AvantGardeLTMedium:pixelsize=8}${execi 1800 python ~/scripts/conkyForecast.py --location=AEXX0004 --datatype=CC}
${font}${color ffffff}${voffset -6}${execi 1800 python ~/scripts/conkyForecast.py --location=AEXX0004 --datatype=HT}${font AvantGardeLTMedium:bold:pixelsize=8}${color 77a73e}
${voffset -1}${cpugraph cpu1 10,40}
${cpugraph cpu2 10,40}${color ffffff}
${offset 12}${voffset -23}${cpu cpu1}%
${offset 12}${cpu cpu2}%
${voffset -2}${font AvantGardeLTMedium:pixelsize=6}${execi 3600 remind '-kecho %s'}

[NuttyMonk]

I really like the simplicity of Conky and the way it works.

But i was wondering if there is anything in Linux/Ubuntu which works in a similar way to Samurize for Windows?

Samurize has more of a graphical element to it which Conky doesn't have and seems to be more fully developed.

I know you can use Desklets and Screenlets, but making your own setups using those is far harder than using Samurize. You need to be able to write code, rather than just working with a GUI and Conky has very little in the way of graphical elements.

Cheers

NM

[kaivalagi]

I really like the simplicity of Conky and the way it works.

But i was wondering if there is anything in Linux/Ubuntu which works in a similar way to Samurize for Windows?

Samurize has more of a graphical element to it which Conky doesn't have and seems to be more fully developed.

I know you can use Desklets and Screenlets, but making your own setups using those is far harder than using Samurize. You need to be able to write code, rather than just working with a GUI and Conky has very little in the way of graphical elements.

Cheers

NM

You could try my app, see the link in my sig...

Not everyones cup of tea, but it provides html based output with a variety of plugins and shell commands in templates for custom solutions...

We also have a few users on the thread already so you can get some assistance with the initial steps if need be.

There are default templates for all the plugins, which by the way are based on my conky scripts. If you want something new in output format you need to work with html and/or css. Plenty of examples are there so for the not so established it still should be too tricky.

[Piraja]

I haven't done much that's original or made up by me. Most of it is hacked together from others' scripts, conkyrcs, etc.

Wowie zowie! That's original enough, and beautiful too!

[Piraja]

WoW!!!!!!!!!! I can fill that for you, like this:

Hey Bruce, that's nice! Except for the poker ad that popped up to fill my screen... I guess I'm waging an Anti-Imagesuck campaign. Those ads do bug me (no, I didn't have popup-blocker on... oops, actually I did — and in spite of that!).