Google Calendar into Conky

[sbjaved]

I switched to the git version as well which implements oauth2 so u dont even a need a .gcalclirc

[Jacoobic]

Hi there, i'm kinda new here, so if this post is in a bad section, i'm sorry for that
So, i tried to use conky for viewing my google calendar, using a .conkyrc file as follows /found that one in a how-to somewhere/:

alignment top_right
background no
border_width 0
cpu_avg_samples 2
default_color white
default_outline_color white
default_shade_color white
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
use_xft yes
xftfont DejaVu Sans Mono:size=12
gap_x 5
gap_y 60
minimum_size 5 5
net_avg_samples 2
double_buffer yes
out_to_console no
out_to_stderr no
extra_newline no
own_window yes
own_window_class Conky
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
stippled_borders 0
update_interval 1.0
uppercase no
use_spacer none
show_graph_scale no
show_graph_range no
text_buffer_size 8096

TEXT
${execi 300 gcalcli --nc --cals=owner calw 4}

but when i run conky from terminal, the output looks like this:

jakub@jakub-AO531h ~ $ conkyConky: desktop window (e00029) is subwindow of root window (ab)
Conky: window type - override
Conky: drawing to created window (0x3000001)
Conky: drawing to double buffer
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gcalcli", line 1524, in <module>
    BowChickaWowWow()
  File "/usr/bin/gcalcli", line 1469, in BowChickaWowWow
    gcal.CalQuery(args[0], count=int(args[1]))
  File "/usr/bin/gcalcli", line 1011, in CalQuery
    self._GraphEvents(cmd, start, count, eventList)
  File "/usr/bin/gcalcli", line 712, in _GraphEvents
    PrintMsg(CLR_NRM(), line + "\n")
  File "/usr/bin/gcalcli", line 239, in PrintMsg
    sys.stdout.write(unicode(msg, 'UTF-8'))
TypeError: decoding Unicode is not supported

I've read many websites about this, yet still haven't found a solution, if i delete the .conkyrc file, conky works /then it looks like in an enclosed screenshot/.
Thanks for any help
J.

Screenshot from 2013-05-08 08:19:32.png

[GrouchyGaijin]

Does gcalcli work correctly in the terminal? What version of gcalcli are you running?

[Jacoobic]

yes, gcalcli works correctly.....i'm using version 2.1, obtained via apt-get

[GrouchyGaijin]

Hmmm then it seems the problem is that Conky can't handle the unicode text.
I know there is a command specifically to set Conky to display unicode.
The man to ask about this is Sector_11. He hangs out on the Post your Conky Screenshot Thread here:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=281865

On another note, does the version you are using have the bug that causes a crash when trying to access Goolge via ssl?
You should probably switch to the latest version from GitHub. See my signature for a link.

[Jacoobic]

thank you, i will ask there as well......also, i have found the 2.4 on github, but i'm not sure about how to install it, could you help me a bit?

[GrouchyGaijin]

Sure - I'm in class now, but can write some instructions this evening.

[Jacoobic]

great, thank you