conkyrc request

[spyd4r]

conkyrc request

hey guys;

Does anyone have example of a conky config that would have a countdown timer to a specific date/time.

Thanks in advance.

[nhandler]

Here is a small perl script that should do what you want.


#!/usr/bin/perl
#Script Name: howLong.pl
#Author: Nathan Handler <nhandler@ubuntu.com>

use strict;
use warnings;
use Date::Manip;

my $target=$ARGV[0] || "April 23, 2009";
my $delta = DateCalc(ParseDate("today"),ParseDate($target),1);

$delta=~s/^[+-]//;
my($y,$m,$w,$d,$h,$min,$s) = split(/:/,$delta,7);

print $y . "y " if($y>0);
print $m . "m " if($m>0);
print $w . "w " if($w>0);
print $d . "d " if($d>0);
print "$h:$min:$s" if($h>0||$min>0||$s>0);


Before it will work, you need to install the 'libdate-manip-perl' package from the repositories. You also need to make this script executable.

If you run 'perl ./howLong.pl', it will display how long until Jaunty is released on April 23, 2009. You can also pass a date as a command line argument to the script. For instance, I could run 'perl ./howLong.pl "January 1, 2009"' to see how long until New Years. The date that you pass to the script can be in any format supported by the Date::Manip (http://search.cpan.org/~sbeck/Date-Manip-5.54/lib/Date/Manip.pod) perl module.

To make this script work with conky, add something like this to your conkyrc file.


${execi 300 /usr/bin/perl /path/to/howLong.pl "January 1, 2009"} until 2009

The 300 is how long (in seconds) conky should wait before running the script again.

[spyd4r]

Thanks ;)

[Bruce M.]

Hi Folks,

I'm using Xubuntu 8.04-64bit

I installed: libdate-manip-perl.

I copied:

#!/usr/bin/perl
#Script Name: howLong.pl
#Author: Nathan Handler <nhandler@ubuntu.com>

use strict;
use warnings;
use Date::Manip;

my $target=$ARGV[0] || "April 23, 2009";
my $delta = DateCalc(ParseDate("today"),ParseDate($target),1);

$delta=~s/^[+-]//;
my($y,$m,$w,$d,$h,$min,$s) = split(/:/,$delta,7);

print $y . "y " if($y>0);
print $m . "m " if($m>0);
print $w . "w " if($w>0);
print $d . "d " if($d>0);
print "$h:$min:$s" if($h>0||$min>0||$s>0);
to ~/Conky/scripts/HowLong.pl and made it executable.

Added the following to my conky:

${execi 300 /usr/bin/perl ~/Conky/scripts/HowLong.pl "January 1, 2009"} until New Years
${execi 300 /usr/bin/perl /home/bruloo/Conky/scripts/HowLong.pl "January 1, 2009"} until New Years
and I see:

until New Years
until New Years
Opened terminal and did what was suggested:

bruloo@bruloo:~$ perl ~/Conky/scripts/HowLong.pl
ERROR: Date::Manip unable to determine Time Zone.
at /usr/share/perl5/Date/Manip.pm line 3659
Date::Manip::Date_TimeZone() called at /usr/share/perl5/Date/Manip.pm line 686
Date::Manip::Date_Init() called at /usr/share/perl5/Date/Manip.pm line 1456
Date::Manip::ParseDate('today') called at /home/bruloo/Conky/scripts/HowLong.pl line 10
bruloo@bruloo:~$

Rebooted and got the same results.
Any help out there?

CHIMO!
Bruce

[Sealbhach]

If you run 'perl ./howLong.pl', it will display how long until Jaunty is released on April 23, 2009.


Shakespeare's birthday (also his deathday).

Also St. George's Day.:)


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[ddnev45]

Opened terminal and did what was suggested:

bruloo@bruloo:~$ perl ~/Conky/scripts/HowLong.pl
ERROR: Date::Manip unable to determine Time Zone.
at /usr/share/perl5/Date/Manip.pm line 3659
Date::Manip::Date_TimeZone() called at /usr/share/perl5/Date/Manip.pm line 686
Date::Manip::Date_Init() called at /usr/share/perl5/Date/Manip.pm line 1456
Date::Manip::ParseDate('today') called at /home/bruloo/Conky/scripts/HowLong.pl line 10
bruloo@bruloo:~$

Rebooted and got the same results.
Any help out there?

CHIMO!
Bruce

What timezone is your computer actually set to (I see that there are four times in your conky (http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/7924/screenshotzl3.gif)?

All I can think of for you to try is verify your timezone set up and try the script again.

[Bruce M.]

What timezone is your computer actually set to (I see that there are four times in your conky (http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/7924/screenshotzl3.gif)?

All I can think of for you to try is verify your timezone set up and try the script again.

My timezone is: Buenos Aires.

What you see in conky are simply displays of other timezones.
UTC: obvious
Man: - my sister
Ont: - my boys

[ddnev45]

My timezone is: Buenos Aires.

What you see in conky are simply displays of other timezones.
UTC: obvious
Man: - my sister
Ont: - my boys

Instead of using the Orage clock, trying using the "Time and Date" settings that are located in the system sub-menu (see the attached images) to set your time zone. If I set my computer to Buenos Aires with the Orage clock settings, the script doesn't work -- same error you get; if I use the System > Time and Date, the conky works just fine.

If it works, I suggest you use the "clock" not the "orage clock" in your xfce panel (assuming you use a panel).

[Bruce M.]

Instead of using the Orage clock, trying using the "Time and Date" settings that are located in the system sub-menu (see the attached images) to set your time zone. If I set my computer to Buenos Aires with the Orage clock settings, the script doesn't work -- same error you get; if I use the System > Time and Date, the conky works just fine.

I know where the Time & Date are set. Orage clock was just faster to get to.


If it works, I suggest you use the "clock" not the "orage clock" in your xfce panel (assuming you use a panel).

I have the "Clock" on my panel and it is telling the correct time for Buenos Aires.

But the script still is not working, and I reinstalled Xubuntu yesterday.

EDIT: Don't know what happened, but today it started working. Colour me -> happy.

EDIT: DUH! I saw and applied this from the first post:

Before it will work, you need to install the 'libdate-manip-perl' package from the repositories. You also need to make this script executable.

CHIMO!
Bruce