Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[Bruce M.]

OK then, here is the big secret.
(With HUGE thanks to t-mo_ ! )

Crinos512 - t-mo
You guys are great!

Thank You!

What a great idea!
Stole ... errr ... borrowed!

[t-mo_]

Ok then, here is mine... Hope you like it as much as I do. The analog clock is made with 3 different fonts and scripts. Have to change a few things in this fonts, then I am going to post them.

@ crinos512:
I can see stripes and gaps in your transparent Background To avoid them, use font size 13.5. I am still working on smaller/bigger fonts.

[ddnev45]

OK then, here is the big secret.
(With HUGE thanks to t-mo_ ! )

I have figured out how to have a semi-transparent background behind your conky, WITHOUT gimping all of your wallpapers!

Basically, it's simply laying a special font which is the "Template" on first, then using voffset -x to place the info on top. you can overlay each single line of the template multiple times to acheive the darkness desired. You will likely need to bump up your max_user_text to accomidate the extra characters, but I think it's worth it!

Here is my .conkyrc with the template section in Purple

#!/usr/bin/conky -d -c
##	.conkyrc configuration
alignment top_right
background yes
border_margin 5
border_width 5
color0 555555			#
color1 483D8B			# Dark Slate Blue
color2 B8860B			# Dark goldenrod
color3 4682B4			# Steelblue
color4 8B0000			# Dark red
color5 008080			# Teal
color6 333333			# Gray20
color7 C8C8FF			#  (COOL)
color8 FFFFCC			#  (WARM)
color9 FCCCCC			#  (HOT)
cpu_avg_samples 2
default_color F8F8FF		# Ghost white
default_outline_color 000000 	# Black
default_shade_color 000000	# Black
double_buffer yes
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
gap_x 0
gap_y 50
max_specials 512
max_user_text 20000
maximum_width 360
minimum_size 850
net_avg_samples 2
no_buffers yes
override_utf8_locale yes
own_window yes
own_window_colour 000000	# Black
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type normal
pad_percents 2
short_units yes
stippled_borders 3
text_buffer_size 4000
total_run_times 0
update_interval 1.0
uppercase no
use_spacer right
use_xft yes
xftalpha 0.75
xftfont Liberation Sans:size=9

#After this begins text to be formatted on screen
TEXT
${font conkybackgroundfi:size=19}${color black}${goto  2}EDDDDDDF${goto  2}EDDDDDDF${goto  2}EDDDDDDF${goto  2}EDDDDDDF${goto  2}EDDDDDDDDF
${voffset -2}${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD
${voffset -2}${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD
${voffset -2}${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD
${voffset -2}${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD
${voffset -2}${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD
${voffset -2}${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD
${voffset -2}${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD
${voffset -2}${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD
${voffset -2}${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD
${voffset -2}${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD
${voffset -2}${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD
${voffset -2}${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD
${voffset -2}${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD
${voffset -2}${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD
${voffset -2}${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD
${voffset -2}${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD
${voffset -2}${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD${goto  2}DDDDDDDD
${voffset -2}${goto  2}GDDDDDDC${goto  2}GDDDDDDC${goto  2}GDDDDDDC${goto  2}GDDDDDDC${goto  2}GDDDDDDC${font}${color}
${voffset -800}${goto 20}${font tattoo:size=50}${color1}c${goto 310}c${font}${color}
${voffset -50}${font Algerian:Bold:size=16}${alignc}${color3}$nodename${font}
${font Liberation Sans:Bold:size=10}${alignc}~ $kernel ~
${alignc}~ K${pre_exec lsb_release -i | cut -f 2| tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"} ${pre_exec lsb_release -c | cut -f 2} ( ${pre_exec lsb_release -r | cut -f 2} ) ~ ${pre_exec kde4-config --version | grep 'KDE' | head --bytes=11} ~${color}${font}
${execi 60 date +"%B %Y" | tr "[:lower:]" "[:upper:]"} ${color1}${hr 1}${color}
${font Liberation Mono:size=9}${execpi 60 DJS=`date +%_d`; cal | sed '1d' | sed '/./!d' | sed 's/$/                     /' | fold -w 21 | sed -n '/^.\{21\}/p' | sed 's/^/${alignc} /' | sed /" $DJS "/s/" $DJS "/" "'${color2}'"$DJS"'${color}'" "/}

Core Systems: ${color1}${hr 1}${color}
 ${color2}${pre_exec dmidecode --string=processor-version | tail -n1}${color}${font Liberation Mono:size=9}
 ${cpugraph 25,360 000000 4682B4}
${voffset -48}
  `Core 0 (${color2}${cpu cpu1}%${color})${goto 150}..:: ${color2}${freq_dyn_g cpu1}Ghz${color} ::..${alignr}${font Liberation Mono:Bold:size=9}${execpi 6 sensors | grep Core0 | paste -s | cut -c15-18 | xargs ~/.conky/colorize.sh}°C ${color}${font Liberation Mono:size=9}
  `Core 1 (${color2}${cpu cpu2}%${color})${goto 150}..:: ${color2}${freq_dyn_g cpu2}Ghz${color} ::..${alignr}${font Liberation Mono:Bold:size=9}${execpi 6 sensors | grep Core1 | paste -s | cut -c15-18 | xargs ~/.conky/colorize.sh}°C ${color}${font}
    ${color3}$cpubar${color}

 ${memgraph 25,360 000000 4682B4}
${voffset -60}${font Liberation Mono:size=9}
 RAM Usage: ${color2}$memperc%${color}${goto 225}${color2}$mem${color} of ${color2}$memmax${color}
  Processes Loaded: ${color2}$processes${color}${goto 225}Cached: ${color2}$cached${color}
  Processes Running: ${color2}$running_processes${color}${goto 225}Buffers: ${color2}$buffers${color}${font}
    ${color3}$membar${color}

Graphics: ${color1}${hr 1}${color}
  ${color2}${pre_exec lspci | grep VGA | tail -c+36}${color}
  Driver Version: ${color2}NVIDIA ${pre_exec nvidia-settings -q nVidiaDriverVersion -t}${color}${alignr}Screen: ${color2}${pre_exec nvidia-settings -q FrontEndResolution -t}${color} @ ${color2}${pre_exec nvidia-settings -q RefreshRate3 -t}${color}

File Systems: ${color1}${hr 1}${color}
  /dev/sda (${pre_exec hddtemp /dev/sda | cut -c11-28 })${alignr}${font Liberation Mono:Bold:size=9}${execpi 6 hddtemp /dev/sda -n | xargs ~/.conky/colorize.sh}°C${color}${font}
    ${color3}${fs_bar 15 /}${color}
${voffset -20}       / ${alignr}${fs_free /} (${fs_free_perc /}%) free of ${fs_size /}
    ${color3}${fs_bar 15 /home}${color}
${voffset -20}       /home ${alignr}${fs_free /home} (${fs_free_perc /home}%) free of ${fs_size /home}

  /dev/sdb ${if_mounted /media/PTAH}(${pre_exec hddtemp /dev/sdb | cut -c11-29})
    ${color3}${fs_bar 15 /media/PTAH}${color}
${voffset -20}       /media/PTAH ${alignr}${fs_free /media/PTAH} (${fs_free_perc /media/PTAH}%) free of ${fs_size /media/PTAH}${else}( -- )
    ${color 000000}${fs_bar 15 /media/PTAH}${color}
${voffset -20}     /media/PTAH ${alignr}- NOT MOUNTED -${endif}

Network: (Internal: ${color2}${addrs eth1}${color}, External: ${color2}${pre_exec wget -O - http://whatismyip.org/ | tail}${color} ) ${color1}${hr 1}${color}
${downspeedgraph eth1 25,180 000000 ff0000} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth1 25,180 000000 00ff00}
${voffset -35}   ` down ${color2}${downspeedf eth1} k/s ${color}${goto 190}up ${color3}${upspeedf eth1} k/s${color}
   ` total down: ${color2}${totaldown eth1}${color}${goto 190}total up: ${color3}${totalup eth1}${color}

Weather: ( ${color2}${execi 1000 python ~/.conky/conkyLatLong.py}${color} ) ${color1}${hr 1}${color}
${execpi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USOK0233 --template=/home/crinos/.conky/weather.template}

${color1}( Conky ${conky_version}${alignr}${pre_exec conkyForecast -V} )${color}
${texeci 1000 feh --bg-scale "`grep 'wallpaper=' ~/.kde/share/config/plasma-appletsrc | tail -n1 | tail --bytes=+11`"}

Here's the conkybackground font by t-mo_:
(drop the contents into your ~/.fonts directory.) Attachment 109058

And a few screenshots:
Attachment 109059Attachment 109060Attachment 109061

Excellent work.

One question, is your RAM use usually at 20-some percent -- KDE-4.x correct?

[t-mo_]

Excellent work.

One question, is your RAM use usually at 20-some percent -- KDE-4.x correct?

I noticed a remarkable higher CPU usage with my latest conky. Conky itself stays at 1% but X needs 2 - 3 times more, obviously. And my ugly scripts for the clock may be a reason too...

RAM is not really affected. The difference between Running/stopped conky is 2MB.

[oh n0es]

Also, does anybody know how to add a stroke around text?
Say if I was using a font coloured white, is there anything I can enter into my .conkyrc file that will add a stroke of black (for example) around the text?

[Crinos512]

what do you mean by "stroke"? like a background color?

(if so, see top of page)

[oh n0es]

what do you mean by "stroke"? like a background color?

(if so, see top of page)

Like this;
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEff...roke_joins.png
With a stroke of black around the white text (ignore the red background). Like that but with the stroke not being as thick?

[SomeGuyDude]

By the way, simplest way to keep windows from going over Conky?

Use your panel, put them both in the same line (so your taskbar is beside the conky file). It's what I'm doing and oh yes. It's sexy.

[SkonesMickLoud]

Like this;
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEff...roke_joins.png
With a stroke of black around the white text (ignore the red background). Like that but with the stroke not being as thick?

http://conky.sourceforge.net/config_settings.html

See "draw_outline" and "default_outline_color".

[oh n0es]

http://conky.sourceforge.net/config_settings.html

See "draw_outline" and "default_outline_color".

Nice one, thanks a lot.