Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[42dorian]

@42dorian. Not LAZY just from Windows environment. I've tried linux before but always went back to windows. I tried 11.4 again but found Linux Mint and I love the OS. I don't know anything about Linux but I'm trying.I don't know where anything is located so I have to send a lot of time just searching and not always finding.

You opened my feeble mind up yesterday from the info you gave me. I sent about five hrs. today just fixing my problems. I couldn't solve these. I don't always understand scripts as i'm from windows, so please forgive me. I've never done code so i'm behind the eight ball too. Yes i have un-indented my text editor. unfortunately in the weather section those lines that are indented don't look right on my screen. PLUS .conkyForecast.config file has been updated and filled into three days ago.

thank you for all the help you've given me.

Rusty

Oh, the Lazy thing is just me bugging you. When you come back with such things so often, I get bored. If I don't show when someone is being lazy like this, in an honest attempt to make them laugh at it, I go a little nuts.

Conky really isn't for the first timer to be honest. You need some primers and you need to know certain things or it makes helping you near impossible. It's actually a bit much to ask for a thread marked CONKY to accommodate Linux itself in the help. And it's even more to ask for those of us who are helping you to ~Not~ get frustrated by such things.

~/ means home directory. Specifically /home/yourusername. ~/ is a shortcut in the terminal to get there. It can even work with just the ~. In Linux you'll want the terminal open 24/7, because it's always handy as a backup for one thing or another. Think an actually USEFUL Command Prompt.

There's always man pages. Think Help Files, but with a much longer tradition of being actually helpful. If you have a question about a command, or what all the switches do (the things that usually start with - or -- are switches on a command.) then the man page is where you want to look. Usually a shortened version of that man page is accessible via putting --help afterwards. Kind of like in DOS/Windows with the /? switch. If you had looked at the Conky Objects page and read it from top to bottom, it's a list of objects in Conky. Opening that page and your Conky setup file side by side will teach you what all of the objects in Conky do. And it'll do it very fast. It's a little counter-intuitive, I admit, but having the list of Conky objects next to an open script will actually teach you faster than copying and pasting someone's setup and reverse-engineering it. Don't ask me why. I genuinely don't know. Conky is a little backward in the learning curve. And, had you done this, you would've seen the time object on the page, looked at your code, and said "Hey, I have to look up what those % things are!" and you would've answered your own question. And where to look is right there in the object description. Same goes for the CPUBAR you were just shown.

I'm all for helpin' ya Rusty. But, you gotta get your head straight first. Deep breaths and focus.

[42dorian]

Hi 42dorian, how long have you been writing scripts, it seems that you are just a wealth of useful information. I am currently doing an ubuntu minimal install to see what that is like, it sure is a lot easier then installing gentoo.

Honestly? I was a webmaster in High School, starting almost 15 years ago so being one only needed extremely basic HTML and a bit of original Flash. I coded Basic/VB during some part of that, and got Machine, C++, and basic Python rammed down my throat in College. Promptly, second year, my brain said "NO!" and I ceased being a coder. I was always a systems guy. I can field strip pretty much any computer or laptop ever made, put it back together, and even improve it in a heartbeat. Part of THAT is the dreaded "Tech Support" part of my life. That's where you're getting the idea that I'm a wealth of information. I'm just a Tech Support guy, using simple techniques I learned then. Many pro programmers *Glares At The Programmers In The Audience* forget their manners and procedure for helping people at times. It's not that they know less than I do, it's that I'm actively trying to help people instead of fix some code for them and walk away.

I also have a photographic memory, so I remember a lot of what gets discussed here and can recall it when people need it. I am, by far, not the best coder here. I'm just vocal, and frustrated with where newbies are going with the code these days.

[mrpeachy]

my very fist conkyrc (november 2009 londonali1010's lua rings had just been written and iggykoopa was writing a lua to give us vertical bars)

# conky configuration
#
# The list of variables has been removed from this file in favour
# of keeping the documentation more maintainable.
# Check http://conky.sf.net for an up-to-date-list.
#
# For ideas about how to modify conky, please see:
# http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/59/my-conky-config/
#
# For help with conky, please see:
# http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/2047/conky-help/
#
# Enjoy! :)
##############################################
#  Settings
##############################################
background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont Mono:size=10
xftalpha 1
update_interval 1.0
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type desktop
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 200 200
maximum_width 240
draw_shades yes
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color white
alignment top_right
gap_x 12
gap_y 12
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale no
##############################################
#  Output
##############################################
TEXT
${font sans:bold:size=11}${color yellow}TIME & DATE ${color white}${hr}
${font mono:size=18}${time %I:%M %P}${font}
${color}${font :size=14}${time %B}
${font Mono:size=10}${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/" $DJS "/" "'${color yellow}'"$DJS"'${color}'" "/}
${font sans:bold:size=11}${color yellow}SYSTEM INFO ${color white}${hr} $font$
Host:$alignr$nodename
Uptime:$alignr$uptime
${font sans:bold:size=11}${color yellow}PROCESSOR ${color white}${hr}
$font${cpugraph cpu1}
CPU: ${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1}

${font sans:bold:size=11}${color yellow}TOP PROCESSES ${color white}${hr}
$font${top_mem name 1}${alignr}${top mem 1} %
$font${top_mem name 2}${alignr}${top mem 2} %
$font${top_mem name 3}${alignr}${top mem 3} %
$font${top_mem name 4}${alignr}${top mem 4} %
$font${top_mem name 5}${alignr}${top mem 5} %

${font sans:bold:size=11}${color yellow}MEMORY ${color white}${hr} $font$
RAM $alignc $mem / $memmax $alignr $memperc%
$membar

${font sans:bold:size=11}${color yellow}DISKS ${color white}${hr} $font$
/ $alignc ${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /} $alignr ${fs_used_perc /}%
${fs_bar /}
/SWAP $alignc ${swap} / ${swapmax} $alignr ${swapperc}%
${swapbar}

${font sans:bold:size=11}${color yellow}SHORTCUT KEYS ${color white}${hr} $font$
Alt+F2$alignr Run Dialog
Alt+F3$alignr Alt Menu
Super+space$alignr Main Menu
Super+tab$alignr Client Menu
Super+t$alignr Terminal
Super+f$alignr File Manager
Super+e$alignr Editor
Super+m$alignr Media Player
Super+w$alignr Web Browser
Super+g$alignr Graphics Editor
Super+c$alignr Clock
Super+l$alignr Lock Screen
Super+v$alignr Volume Control
Super+u$alignr System Update
Super+x$alignr Logout
PrtSc$alignr Screenshot

based off the default conky that came with crunchbang 9.04... it was #! with conky running on startup that started the whole thing for me

behold the lack of curly brackets (and the excessive use of ${font}) and marvel at the antiquity!
soon after it became standard practice to put {} around everything and I got better at writing the code and eventually I only had conky objects where they were needed

i couldnt recommend a better conky that corenominals original to start from
start simple, know what's going on and then move on

now look at this line

${voffset 2}${font StyleBats:size=10}${color2}A${voffset -1}${font DroidSans:size=8.65}${color3}${offset 5}Intel(R)${offset 3}Core(TM)${offset 3}i7${offset 3}CPU${alignr}${font DroidSans:size=8.3}${freq_g cpu1}${offset 1}GHz${font}

2 voffsets, 5 offsets, 4 font changes (one to set droid sans to 8.65 and the next to change it to 8.3)

offset 3 and 5? ... what's wrong with a press of the spacebar?

there are 73 voffset commands in the script that rusty_jones posted, 51 offsets, 138 instances of font

someone who is trying to get conky up and running doesn't need to start here

and i would also add every one of those formatting commands will cost you cpu cycles

i guess that my main point is ... conky doesn't have to be this complicated

it isn't hard, it isn't beyond the "noob" its all about how you go about it

${voffset 2}${font StyleBats:size=10}${color2}A${voffset -1}${font Sans:size=8.65}${color3}${offset 5}Intel(R)${offset 3}Core(TM)${offset 3}i7${offset 3}CPU${alignr}${font DroidSans:size=8.3}${freq_g cpu1}${offset 1}GHz${font}

${font StyleBats:size=10}${color2}A${font Sans:size=9}${color3}${voffset -2} Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU${font Sans:size=8}${alignr}${freq_g cpu1} GHz

[phredbull]

How's it look if you use the own_window_argb_visual/value settings instead of the lua scripts for transparency? I switched to those configuration settings because the Xfce compositing in Debian testing wasn't working too well with lua transpaency - I think part of my issues were how I set up the own_window_type configuration, but it worked out better to go with the argb settings available.

What version of Xfce is Mint using these days? The part I hilighted looks like the KDE transparency issue - has Xfce 4.8 changed the compositing much? Maybe the soulution for KDE at conky pit-stop (linked in a couple signatures) will work for you.

Great call, I fixed it! I ended up changing own_window_type to "desktop" from "override", I added own_window_argb_visual yes, and after some tinkering, did not need to include any own_window_argb_value. Now the .lua backgrounds are displaying correctly and I didn't need to mess w/the XFCE compositor.

The .iso that I installed from came w/XFCE 4.6, but after the first set of upgrades, it went up to 4.8. So far, aside from the panel preferences, I really haven't noticed any difference.

Thanks for the tip!

(a bit redundant, but I'll share all relevant scripts...)

time:

conky configuration

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background yes

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes
xftfont Sawasdee:bold:size=8
text_buffer_size 2048
xftalpha 1.0

# Print everything to console?
out_to_console no

# mail spool
#mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1

# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0

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

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

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text?
draw_borders 

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders no

# border margins
border_inner_margin 1

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color 000000
color1 7a7a7a
color2 9a9a9a
color3 81c53c
color4 6571a8
color5 8480c2
color6 b980c2
color7 ad6a9f
color8 866aad
default_shade_color cbe5b3
default_outline_color 05110d

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 256
maximum_width 256

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
alignment top_left
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 36
gap_y 16

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

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

# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 1

# number of net samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 1

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale yes

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer yes

# load .lua background script
lua_load ~/Scripts/draw_bg.lua
lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
${voffset -6}${font Sawasdee:bold:size=22}${color1}${time %H:%M}${font Sawasdee:bold:size=13}${time :%S}${font Sawasdee:bold:size=8} ${time %P}${color}${font}
${font Sawasdee:bold:size=14}${color2}${time %A, %B %d, %Y}${font}

weather:

conky configuration

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background yes

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes
xftfont Sawasdee:bold:size=8
text_buffer_size 2048
xftalpha 1.0

# Print everything to console?
out_to_console no

# mail spool
#mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 600

# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0

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

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

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text?
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders no

# border margins
border_inner_margin 1

# border width
border_width 0

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color 000000
color1 7a7a7a
color2 9a9a9a
color3 81c53c
color4 6571a8
color5 8480c2
color6 b980c2
color7 ad6a9f
color8 866aad
default_shade_color cbe5b3
default_outline_color 05110d

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 256
maximum_width 256

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
alignment top_left
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 36
gap_y 96

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

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

# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 1

# number of net samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 1

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale yes

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer yes

# load .lua background script
lua_load ~/Scripts/draw_bg.lua
lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
${voffset -2}${font Sawasdee:bold:size=12}${color1}weather ${hr 2}${font}
${execpi 1800 conkyForecast --location=USIL0228 --template=~/Scripts/conkyForecast}

system:

conky configuration

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background yes

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes
xftfont Sawasdee:bold:size=8
text_buffer_size 2048
xftalpha 1.0

# Print everything to console?
out_to_console no

# mail spool
#mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1

# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0

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

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

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text?
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders no

# border margins
border_inner_margin 1

# border width
border_width 0

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color 000000
color1 7a7a7a
color2 9a9a9a
color3 81c53c
color4 6571a8
color5 8480c2
color6 b980c2
color7 ad6a9f
color8 866aad
default_shade_color cbe5b3
default_outline_color 05110d

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 520
maximum_width 520

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
alignment top_left
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 312
gap_y 96

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

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

# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 1

# number of net samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 1

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale yes

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer yes

# load .lua background script
lua_load ~/Scripts/draw_bg.lua
lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
${voffset -2}${font Sawasdee:bold:size=12}${color1}system ${hr 2}${font}
${color2}[$nodename]${alignr 264}${color1}[$kernel]
${color2}[$machine]:${alignr 264}${color1}${freq}MHz
${color2}uptime:${alignr 264}${color1}$uptime
${color2}cpu load: ${alignr 264}${color1}${cpu}%
${color3}${cpugraph 16,256}
${voffset 2}${color2}core temp:${alignr 264}${color1}${hwmon tempf 1}°F
${color2}ram usage: ${color1}$memperc%${alignr 264}$mem/$memmax
${color3}${memgraph 16,256}
${voffset 2}${color2}swap usage: ${color1}$swapperc%${alignr 264}$swap/$swapmax
${voffset -6}${color3}${swapbar 4,256}
${color2}/($fs_type): ${color1}${fs_used_perc /}%${alignr 264}${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}
${voffset -6}${color3}${fs_bar 4,256 /}
${color2}/home($fs_type): ${color1}${fs_used_perc /home}%${alignr 264}${fs_used /home}/${fs_size /home}
${voffset -6}${color3}${fs_bar 4,256 /home}${voffset -226}
${offset 272}${font Sawasdee:bold:size=9}${color2}processes: ${color1}$processes${alignr}${color2}running: ${color1}$running_processes${font}
${offset 272}${color2}top cpu processes:${alignr}${color1}cpu %
${offset 272}${font Sawasdee:bold:size=7}${color1}${top name 1}${alignr}${color2}${top cpu 1}
${offset 272}${color1}${top name 2}${alignr}${color2}${top cpu 2}
${offset 272}${color1}${top name 3}${alignr}${color2}${top cpu 3}
${offset 272}${color1}${top name 4}${alignr}${color2}${top cpu 4}
${offset 272}${color1}${top name 5}${alignr}${color2}${top cpu 5}${color}${font}
${offset 272}${color2}top mem processes:${alignr}${color1}MiB
${offset 272}${font Sawasdee:bold:size=7}${color1}${top_mem name 1}${alignr}${color2}${top_mem mem_res 1}
${offset 272}${color1}${top_mem name 2}${alignr}${color2}${top_mem mem_res 2}
${offset 272}${color1}${top_mem name 3}${alignr}${color2}${top_mem mem_res 3}
${offset 272}${color1}${top_mem name 4}${alignr}${color2}${top_mem mem_res 4}
${offset 272}${color1}${top_mem name 5}${alignr}${color2}${top_mem mem_res 5}${font}${voffset 24}

wireless:

conky configuration

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background yes

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes
xftfont Sawasdee:bold:size=8
text_buffer_size 2048
xftalpha 1.0

# Print everything to console?
out_to_console no

# mail spool
#mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1

# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0

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

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

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text?
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders no

# border margins
border_inner_margin 1

# border width
border_width 0

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color 000000
color1 7a7a7a
color2 9a9a9a
color3 81c53c
color4 6571a8
color5 8480c2
color6 b980c2
color7 ad6a9f
color8 866aad
default_shade_color cbe5b3
default_outline_color 05110d

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 256
maximum_width 256

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
alignment top_left
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 852
gap_y 96

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

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

# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 1

# number of net samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 1

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale yes

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer yes

# load .lua background script
lua_load ~/Scripts/draw_bg.lua
lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
${voffset -2}${font Sawasdee:bold:size=12}${color1}wireless ${hr 2}${font}
${color2}up speed: ${color1}${upspeed wlan0}${color2}$alignr total up: ${color1}${totalup wlan0}
${color3}${upspeedgraph wlan0 16,256}
${voffset 2}${color2}external ip:$alignr${color1}${execi 3600 wget -O - http://ip.tupeux.com | tail}
${color2}signal: ${color1}${wireless_bitrate wlan0}$alignr ${wireless_link_qual_perc wlan0}%
${voffset -6}${color3}${wireless_link_bar 4,256 wlan0}
${color2}internal ip:${alignr}${color1}${addr wlan0}
${voffset 8}${color3}${downspeedgraph wlan0 16,256}
${voffset -3}${color2}dn speed: ${color1}${downspeed wlan0}${color2}$alignr total dn: ${color1}${totaldown wlan0}${color}${voffset 10}

key commands:

conky configuration

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background yes

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes
xftfont Sawasdee:bold:size=8
text_buffer_size 2048
xftalpha 1.0

# Print everything to console?
out_to_console no

# mail spool
#mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 600

# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0

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

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

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text?
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders no

# border margins
border_inner_margin 1

# border width
border_width 0

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color 000000
color1 7a7a7a
color2 9a9a9a
color3 81c53c
color4 6571a8
color5 8480c2
color6 b980c2
color7 ad6a9f
color8 866aad
default_shade_color cbe5b3
default_outline_color 05110d

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 256
maximum_width 256

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
alignment top_left
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 1128
gap_y 96

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

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

# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 1

# number of net samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 1

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale yes

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer yes

# load .lua background script
lua_load ~/Scripts/draw_bg.lua
lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
${font Sawasdee:bold:size=12}${color1}keyboard commands ${hr 2}${font}
${color1}win + c:${alignr}${color3}c${color2}onky
${color1}win + d:${alignr}${color3}d${color2}esktop
${color1}win + e:${alignr}${color2}text ${color3}e${color2}ditor
${color1}win + f:${alignr}${color3}f${color2}ile browser
${color1}win + shift + f:${alignr}${color2}root ${color3}f${color2}ile browser
${color1}win + i:${alignr}${color2}Mint${color3}I${color2}nstall
${color1}win + m:${alignr}${color3}m${color2}aximize
${color1}win + shift + m:${alignr}${color3}(m)${color2}fill
${color1}win + up:${alignr}${color2}maximize ${color3}vert${color2}
${color1}win + rt:${alignr}${color2}maximize ${color3}horiz${color2}
${color1}win + p:${alignr}${color3}p${color2}ackage manager
${color1}win + r:${alignr}${color2}xf${color3}r${color2}un4
${color1}win + t:${alignr}${color3}t${color2}erminal
${color1}win + w:${alignr}${color3}w${color2}eb browser
${color1}win + x:${alignr}${color3}x${color2}flock4
${color1}win + tab:${alignr}${color3}next${color2} window
${color1}win + shift + tab:${alignr}${color3}prev${color2} window
${color1}win + pg up:${alignr}${color3}raise${color2} window
${color1}win + pg dn:${alignr}${color3}lower${color2} window
${color1}win + 1:${alignr}${color2}workspace ${color3}1${color2}
${color1}win + 2:${alignr}${color2}workspace ${color3}2${color2}
${color1}win + 3:${alignr}${color2}workspace ${color3}3${color2}
${color1}win + 4:${alignr}${color2}workspace ${color3}4${color2}
${color1}ctrl + alt + up:${alignr}${color3}prev${color2} workspace
${color1}ctrl + alt + dn:${alignr}${color3}next${color2} workspace
${color1}ctrl + alt + back:${alignr}${color2}restart ${color3}X${voffset 12}

.lua backgrounds:

--[[    Background by londonali1010 (2009)
    VinDSL Background Hack (2010-2011)

This script draws a background to the Conky window. It covers the whole of the Conky window, but you can specify rounded corners, if you wish.

To call this script in Conky, use (assuming you have saved this script to ~/Scripts/):
    lua_load ~/Scripts/draw_bg.lua
    lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg

Changelog:
    + v3.0    VinDSL Hack (01.28.2011) Killed memory leak.
    + v2.4    VinDSL Hack (01.25.2011) Declared all variables in local.
    + v2.3    VinDSL Hack (12.31.2010) Added shading example(s).
    + v2.2    VinDSL Hack (12.30.2010) Cleaned up the code a bit.
    + v2.1    VinDSL Hack (12.24.2010) Added cairo destroy function(s).
    + v2.0    VinDSL Hack (12.21.2010) Added height adjustment variable.
    + v1.0    Original release (07.10.2009)

]]

--------------START OF PARAMETERS ------------
-- Change these settings to affect your background:

-- "corner_r" is the radius, in pixels, of the rounded corners. If you don't want rounded corners, use 0.

    local corner_r = 8

-- Set the colour and transparency (alpha) of your background (0.00 - 0.99).

--    (Light Shading Example)
--    local bg_colour = 0x4d4d4d
--    local bg_alpha = 0.50

--    (Medium Shading Example)
--    local bg_colour = 0x222222
--    local bg_alpha = 0.50

--    (Dark Shading Example)
--    local bg_colour = 0x000000
--    local bg_alpha = 0.50

    local bg_colour = 0xd2d2d2
    local bg_alpha = .4

-- Tweaks the height of your background, in pixels. If you don't need to adjust the height, use 0.

--    (Default Setting)
--    local vindsl_hack_height = 0

    local vindsl_hack_height = -14
---------------END OF PARAMETERS -------------

require 'cairo'
local    cs, cr = nil

local 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()
    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 w = conky_window.width
    local h = conky_window.height
    local v = vindsl_hack_height
    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_move_to(cr,corner_r,0)
    cairo_line_to(cr,w-corner_r,0)
    cairo_curve_to(cr,w,0,w,0,w,corner_r)
    cairo_line_to(cr,w,h+v-corner_r)
    cairo_curve_to(cr,w,h+v,w,h+v,w-corner_r,h+v)
    cairo_line_to(cr,corner_r,h+v)
    cairo_curve_to(cr,0,h+v,0,h+v,0,h+v-corner_r)
    cairo_line_to(cr,0,corner_r)
    cairo_curve_to(cr,0,0,0,0,corner_r,0)
    cairo_close_path(cr)

    cairo_set_source_rgba(cr,rgb_to_r_g_b(bg_colour,bg_alpha))
    cairo_fill(cr)

    cairo_surface_destroy(cs)
    cairo_destroy(cr)
    end

conkyForecast:

${color1}${font Sawasdee:bold:size=9}[--datatype=CT]
${color3}${offset 4}${font ConkyWeather:size=22}[--datatype=WF]${offset 77}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=22}[--datatype=BS]${offset 77}${font Moon Phases:size=16}[--datatype=MF]${font}
${voffset -4}${color1}${font Sawasdee:bold:size=8}[--datatype=HT --imperial --hideunits --centeredwidth=3]/[--datatype=LT --imperial --centeredwidth=3]${goto 104}[--datatype=WS --imperial]-[--datatype=WD]
#
${voffset 2}${font Sawasdee:bold:size=7}${color2}[--datatype=DW --startday=1]${goto 72}[--datatype=DW --startday=2]${goto 144}[--datatype=DW --startday=3]${goto 216}[--datatype=DW --startday=4]
${voffset 2}${offset 3}${color3}${font ConkyWeather:size=18}[--datatype=WF --startday=1 --endday=4 --spaces=8]${font}
${voffset -4}${font Sawasdee:bold:size=7}${color2}[--datatype=HT --startday=1 --imperial --hideunits --centeredwidth=3]/[--datatype=LT --startday=1 --imperial --centeredwidth=3]${goto 72}[--datatype=HT --startday=2 --imperial --hideunits --centeredwidth=3]/[--datatype=LT --startday=2 --imperial --centeredwidth=3]${goto 144}[--datatype=HT --startday=3 --imperial --hideunits --centeredwidth=3]/[--datatype=LT --startday=3 --imperial --centeredwidth=3]${goto 216}[--datatype=HT --startday=4 --imperial --hideunits --centeredwidth=3]/[--datatype=LT --startday=4 --imperial --centeredwidth=3]${font}
#
${color2}station:$alignr ${color1}[--datatype=OB]
${color2}humidity:$alignr ${color1}[--datatype=HM]
${color2}barometer:$alignr ${color1}[--datatype=BR] - [--datatype=BD]
${color2}sunrise/set:$alignr ${color1}[--datatype=SR]/[--datatype=SS]
${font Sawasdee:bold:size=6}${color2}last update:$alignr ${color1}[--datatype=LU]${color}${font}

[alpetjr]

Here ya go:

${goto 100}${font Zekton:size=20}${color9}[--datatype=HT]${font}${image [--datatype=WI] -p 10,20 -s 80x80}
${goto 100}${voffset 0}${color3}FL: ${color}[--datatype=LT --night]
${goto 100}${color3}Low: ${color}[--startday=0 --datatype=LT --night] ${color3}  High: ${color}[--startday=0 --datatype=HT --night]
${goto 100}${color3}Visibility:${color} [--datatype=VI]
${goto 100}${color3}Dew Point: ${color}[--datatype=DP]${color}
${goto 100}${color3}Humidity: ${color}[--datatype=HM]
${goto 100}${color3}UV: ${color}[--datatype=UI] - ${color}[--datatype=UT]
${goto 40}${color3}Pressure: ${color}[--datatype=BR] - [--datatype=BD]${color}
${goto 10}${color9}${font Zekton:bold:size=12}[--datatype=CC]${font}
${goto 30}${voffset 10}${color3}[--datatype=WS]${color}
${voffset 55}${goto 25}${color}([--datatype=WA]) ${color}[--datatype=WD]${goto 115}${color}[--datatype=DW --shortweekday --startday=1]: ${color}[--datatype=HT --hideunits --hidedegreesymbol --startday=1]${color}/${color3}[--datatype=LT --hideunits --hidedegreesymbol --startday=1]${image [--datatype=BI] -p 35,175 -s 50x50}${image [--datatype=WI --startday=1] -p 115,175 -s 50x50}
${voffset 55}${goto 25}${color}[--datatype=DW --shortweekday --startday=2]: ${color}[--datatype=HT --hideunits --hidedegreesymbol --startday=2]${color}/${color3}[--datatype=LT --hideunits --hidedegreesymbol --startday=2]${goto 115}${color}[--datatype=DW --shortweekday --startday=3]: ${color}[--datatype=HT --hideunits --hidedegreesymbol --startday=3]${color}/${color3}[--datatype=LT --hideunits --hidedegreesymbol --startday=3]${image [--datatype=WI --startday=3] -p 35,247 -s 50x50}${image [--datatype=WI --startday=3] -p 115,247 -s 50x50}
${voffset 55}${goto 25}${color}[--datatype=DW --shortweekday --startday=4]: ${color}[--datatype=HT --hideunits --hidedegreesymbol --startday=4]${color}/${color3}[--datatype=LT --hideunits --hidedegreesymbol --startday=4]${goto 115}${color}[--datatype=DW --shortweekday --startday=5]: ${color}[--datatype=HT --hideunits --hidedegreesymbol --startday=5]${color}/${color3}[--datatype=LT --hideunits --hidedegreesymbol --startday=5]${image [--datatype=WI --startday=5] -p 35,317 -s 50x50}${image [--datatype=WI --startday=5] -p 115,317 -s 50x50}
${voffset 55}${goto 25}${color}[--datatype=DW --shortweekday --startday=6]: ${color}[--datatype=HT --hideunits --hidedegreesymbol --startday=6]${color}/${color3}[--datatype=LT --hideunits --hidedegreesymbol --startday=6]${goto 115}${color}[--datatype=DW --shortweekday --startday=7]: ${color}[--datatype=HT --hideunits --hidedegreesymbol --startday=7]${color}/${color3}[--datatype=LT --hideunits --hidedegreesymbol --startday=7]${image [--datatype=WI --startday=6] -p 35,387 -s 50x50}${image [--datatype=WI --startday=7] -p 115,387 -s 50x50}${color}

thanks alot.

[rusty_jones]

Conky: can't parse X color ''
Conky: can't parse X color ''
Conky: one or more $endif's are missing
Conky: forked to background, pid is 6274
stanley@Silver-flake ~ $ 
Conky: desktop window (1e000a5) is subwindow of root window (15a)
Conky: window type - override
Conky: drawing to created window (0x1400001)
Conky: drawing to double buffer
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.py", line 1700, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.py", line 1697, in main
    forecastinfo.writeOutput()
  File "/usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.py", line 1473, in writeOutput
    output = self.getDatasetOutput(self.options.location, self.options.datatype, self.options.startday, self.options.endday, self.options.night, self.options.shortweekday, self.options.imperial, self.options.beaufort, self.options.metrespersecond, self.options.hideunits, self.options.hidedegreesymbol, self.options.spaces, self.options.minuteshide, self.options.centeredwidth)
  File "/usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.py", line 1309, in getDatasetOutput
    output += self.getDatatypeFromSet(location, datatype, self.forecast_data[location].day[daynumber], shortweekday, imperial, beaufort, metrespersecond, tempunit, speedunit, distanceunit, pressureunit, minuteshide, centeredwidth)
IndexError: list index out of range
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.py", line 1700, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.py", line 1697, in main
    forecastinfo.writeOutput()
  File "/usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.py", line 1473, in writeOutput
    output = self.getDatasetOutput(self.options.location, self.options.datatype, self.options.startday, self.options.endday, self.options.night, self.options.shortweekday, self.options.imperial, self.options.beaufort, self.options.metrespersecond, self.options.hideunits, self.options.hidedegreesymbol, self.options.spaces, self.options.minuteshide, self.options.centeredwidth)
  File "/usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.py", line 1309, in getDatasetOutput
    output += self.getDatatypeFromSet(location, datatype, self.forecast_data[location].day[daynumber], shortweekday, imperial, beaufort, metrespersecond, tempunit, speedunit, distanceunit, pressureunit, minuteshide, centeredwidth)
IndexError: list index out of range

I finally got my Conkyscript running the way that I want but when I ran terminal I got this printout. I know there's something wrong but I can't read the configuration. Can someone tell me whats going on.

Thanks in advance

[Neon612]

Conky: can't parse X color ''
Conky: can't parse X color ''
Conky: one or more $endif's are missing
Conky: forked to background, pid is 6274
stanley@Silver-flake ~ $ 
Conky: desktop window (1e000a5) is subwindow of root window (15a)
Conky: window type - override
Conky: drawing to created window (0x1400001)
Conky: drawing to double buffer
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.py", line 1700, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.py", line 1697, in main
    forecastinfo.writeOutput()
  File "/usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.py", line 1473, in writeOutput
    output = self.getDatasetOutput(self.options.location, self.options.datatype, self.options.startday, self.options.endday, self.options.night, self.options.shortweekday, self.options.imperial, self.options.beaufort, self.options.metrespersecond, self.options.hideunits, self.options.hidedegreesymbol, self.options.spaces, self.options.minuteshide, self.options.centeredwidth)
  File "/usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.py", line 1309, in getDatasetOutput
    output += self.getDatatypeFromSet(location, datatype, self.forecast_data[location].day[daynumber], shortweekday, imperial, beaufort, metrespersecond, tempunit, speedunit, distanceunit, pressureunit, minuteshide, centeredwidth)
IndexError: list index out of range
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.py", line 1700, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.py", line 1697, in main
    forecastinfo.writeOutput()
  File "/usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.py", line 1473, in writeOutput
    output = self.getDatasetOutput(self.options.location, self.options.datatype, self.options.startday, self.options.endday, self.options.night, self.options.shortweekday, self.options.imperial, self.options.beaufort, self.options.metrespersecond, self.options.hideunits, self.options.hidedegreesymbol, self.options.spaces, self.options.minuteshide, self.options.centeredwidth)
  File "/usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.py", line 1309, in getDatasetOutput
    output += self.getDatatypeFromSet(location, datatype, self.forecast_data[location].day[daynumber], shortweekday, imperial, beaufort, metrespersecond, tempunit, speedunit, distanceunit, pressureunit, minuteshide, centeredwidth)
IndexError: list index out of range

I finally got my Conkyscript running the way that I want but when I ran terminal I got this printout. I know there's something wrong but I can't read the configuration. Can someone tell me whats going on.

Thanks in advance

It looks to me like you are asking for a day that is not part of the allowed days. Either your startday flags are off or your asking for a higher day number than the MAX_ALLOWED flag in the .conkyForecast.config file.

[Sector11]

The Sunset/Sunrise thing doesn't work that way anymore. Not even close.

POO!! POO!!

Nothing wrong with the following!!

Sunrise${offset 1}${execi 1800 conkyForecast -d SR}${color3}${offset 2}|${offset 2}${color4}Sunset${offset 1}${execi 1800 conkyForecast -d SS}

It was, it is and always has been the proper use for Sunrise and Sunset times. You really should get your facts straight!!

  16:00 ~
         $ conkyForecast --version
conkyForecast v.2.20
  16:01 ~
         $ conkyForecast --help
Usage: conkyForecast.py [options]

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -C FILE, --config=FILE
                        [default: ~/.conkyForecast.config] The path to the
                        configuration file, allowing multiple config files to
                        be used.
  -l CODE, --location=CODE
                        location code for weather data [default set in
                        config]. Use the following url to determine your
                        location code by city name:
                        http://xoap.weather.com/search/search?where=Norwich
  -d DATATYPE, --datatype=DATATYPE
                        [default: HT] The data type options are: DW (Day of
                        Week), WF (Weather Font output), WI (Weather Icon
                        Path), LT (Forecast:Low Temp,Current:Feels Like Temp),
                        HT (Forecast:High Temp,Current:Current Temp), CC
                        (Current Conditions), CT (Conditions Text), PC
                        (Precipitation Chance), HM (Humidity), VI
                        (Visibility), WD (Wind Direction), WA (Wind Angle - in
                        degrees), WS (Wind Speed), WG (Wind Gusts), BF
                        (Bearing Font), BI (Bearing Icon Path), BS (Bearing
                        font with Speed), CN (City Name), CO (Country), OB
                        (Observatory), SR (SunRise), SS (SunSet), DL
                        (DayLight), MP (Moon Phase), MF (Moon Font), MI (Moon
                        Icon Path), BR (Barometer Reading), BD (Barometer
                        Description), UI (UV Index), UT (UV Text), DP (Dew
                        Point), WM (weather map fetch and image path
                        returned),  LU (Last Update at weather.com), LF (Last
                        Fetch from weather.com). Not applicable at command
                        line when using templates.
  -s NUMBER, --startday=NUMBER
                        define the starting day number, if omitted current
                        conditions are output. Not applicable at command line
                        when using templates.
  -e NUMBER, --endday=NUMBER
                        define the ending day number, if omitted only starting
                        day data is output. Not applicable at command line
                        when using templates.
  -S NUMBER, --spaces=NUMBER
                        [default: 1] Define the number of spaces between
                        ranged output. Not applicable at command line when
                        using templates.
  -t FILE, --template=FILE
                        define a template file to generate output in one call.
                        A displayable item in the file is in the form
                        [--datatype=HT --startday=1]. The following are
                        possible options within each item: --location,--
                        datatype,--startday,--endday,--night,--shortweekday,--
                        imperial,--beaufort,--metrespersecond,--hideunits,--
                        hidedegreesymbol,--spaces,--minuteshide. Note that the
                        short forms of the options are not supported! If any
                        of these options is set from the commandline, it sets
                        the default value of the option for all template
                        items.
  -L LOCALE, --locale=LOCALE
                        override the system locale for language output
                        (bg=bulgarian, cs=czech, de=german, es=spanish,
                        en=english, es=spanish, fj=fijian, fr=french,
                        it=italian, nl=dutch, pl=polish, ro=romanian,
                        sk=slovak, more to come)
  -i, --imperial        request imperial units, if omitted output is in
                        metric.
  -b, --beaufort        request beaufort scale for wind speeds, if omitted
                        output is either metric/imperial.
  -M, --metrespersecond
                        request metres per second for wind speeds, if omitted
                        output is either metric/imperial.
  -n, --night           switch output to night data, if omitted day output
                        will be output.
  -w, --shortweekday    Shorten the day of week data type to 3 characters.
  -u, --hideunits       Hide units such as mph or C, degree symbols (°) are
                        still shown.
  -x, --hidedegreesymbol
                        Hide the degree symbol used with temperature output,
                        this is only valid if used in conjunction with
                        --hideunits.
  -m NUMBER, --minuteshide=NUMBER
                        Works only with LU and LF. If present, hides the date
                        part of the LU or LF timestamp if the day of the
                        timestamp is today. The time part is also hidden, if
                        the timestamp is older than minutes specified in this
                        argument. If set to 0, the time part is always shown.
                        If set to -1, the value EXPIRY_MINUTES from the config
                        file is used.
  -c WIDTH, --centeredwidth=WIDTH
                        If used the output will be centered in a string of the
                        set width, padded out with spaces, if the output width
                        is greater than the setting it will be truncated
  -r, --refetch         Fetch data regardless of data expiry.
  -v, --verbose         Request verbose output, not a good idea when running
                        through conky!
  -V, --version         Displays the version of the script.
  --errorlogfile=FILE   If a filepath is set, the script appends errors to the
                        filepath.
  --infologfile=FILE    If a filepath is set, the script appends info to the
                        filepath.

  16:01 ~
         $

[YesWeCan]

Well I just got Conky working. I am new to it but not new to linux. I wouldn't call it trivial to set up and I couldn't have done it without this thread. So thanks all you experts . Conky is really impressive.

The advent of Unity has caused me to look in to my drab desktop set-up. I am awestruck by the excellent enhancements people are using, such as Conky and Cairo-dock and others. I can't help wondering why Ubuntu doesn't come pre-loaded with some of these...the vanilla Ubuntu looks awfully primitive and clunky by comparison. I'm not so sure one needs Unity to get a close to Unity functionality.

Happy camper.

[Sector11]

I have a couple of problems which I can seem to fix.

1. Under Time it's supposed to show sunrise/sunset time with no go.
2.Under processors, memory Hdd etc... it's should have a bar .
3.Just above Date There is a Saturday I can't get rid off.

Rusty

In case you did not see it the correct answers to your questions were given by Icche Ghuri post #17456.

He's right, you did not use any bars at all in your code, what makes you think there should be bars?