Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[Sector11]

Cool, I can wait. At least now you know my screen demeinsions and have a better idea of the area I have left over for the conkyWeather.

Thanks mrpeachy and Sector11. For some reason my brain was having a hard time wrapping around how to edit that line. Now I'm straight. Will post screen shot and full script to the Clock_rings.lua and conkyrc when done.

Thank mrpeachy, it took forever but I learned from him.

[AndyOpie150]

I did.

Well..... here is the finished Conky lua with the Tickr RSS feed that Jedcurtis clued me in on.



I found out about the Conky lua from here: http://www.unixmen.com/configure-con...t-howto-conky/
and downloaded it from here: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.p...content=139024
I used Chartreuse 7FFF00/127,255,0 and Violet Red 3 CD3278/205,50,120


Another color that looked really good with the Violet Red 3 was Deepskyblue 1 00BFFF/0,191,255




And the color combo I've finally settled on: Deepskyblue 1 and Chartreuse which is below in the Attached Thumbnails







clock_rings.lua:

--[[
Clock Rings by Linux Mint (2011) reEdited by despot77

This script draws percentage meters as rings, and also draws clock hands if you want! It is fully customisable; all options are described in the script. This script is based off a combination of my clock.lua script and my rings.lua script.

IMPORTANT: if you are using the 'cpu' function, it will cause a segmentation fault if it tries to draw a ring straight away. The if statement on line 145 uses a delay to make sure that this doesn't happen. It calculates the length of the delay by the number of updates since Conky started. Generally, a value of 5s is long enough, so if you update Conky every 1s, use update_num>5 in that if statement (the default). If you only update Conky every 2s, you should change it to update_num>3; conversely if you update Conky every 0.5s, you should use update_num>10. ALSO, if you change your Conky, is it best to use "killall conky; conky" to update it, otherwise the update_num will not be reset and you will get an error.

To call this script in Conky, use the following (assuming that you save this script to ~/scripts/rings.lua):
    lua_load ~/scripts/clock_rings.lua
    lua_draw_hook_pre clock_rings
    
Changelog:
+ v1.0 -- Original release (30.09.2009)
   v1.1p -- Jpope edit londonali1010 (05.10.2009)
*v 2011mint -- reEdit despot77 (18.02.2011)
]]

settings_table = {
    {
        -- Edit this table to customise your rings.
        -- You can create more rings simply by adding more elements to settings_table.
        -- "name" is the type of stat to display; you can choose from 'cpu', 'memperc', 'fs_used_perc', 'battery_used_perc'.
        name='time',
        -- "arg" is the argument to the stat type, e.g. if in Conky you would write ${cpu cpu0}, 'cpu0' would be the argument. If you would not use an argument in the Conky variable, use ''.
        arg='%I.%M',
        -- "max" is the maximum value of the ring. If the Conky variable outputs a percentage, use 100.
        max=12,
        -- "bg_colour" is the colour of the base ring.
        bg_colour=0x7FFF00,
        -- "bg_alpha" is the alpha value of the base ring.
        bg_alpha=0.1,
        -- "fg_colour" is the colour of the indicator part of the ring.
        fg_colour=0xCD3278,
        -- "fg_alpha" is the alpha value of the indicator part of the ring.
        fg_alpha=0.2,
        -- "x" and "y" are the x and y coordinates of the centre of the ring, relative to the top left corner of the Conky window.
        x=100, y=150,
        -- "radius" is the radius of the ring.
        radius=50,
        -- "thickness" is the thickness of the ring, centred around the radius.
        thickness=5,
        -- "start_angle" is the starting angle of the ring, in degrees, clockwise from top. Value can be either positive or negative.
        start_angle=0,
        -- "end_angle" is the ending angle of the ring, in degrees, clockwise from top. Value can be either positive or negative, but must be larger than start_angle.
        end_angle=360
    },
    {
        name='time',
        arg='%M.%S',
        max=60,
        bg_colour=0x7FFF00,
        bg_alpha=0.1,
        fg_colour=0xCD3278,
        fg_alpha=0.4,
        x=100, y=150,
        radius=56,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=0,
        end_angle=360
    },
    {
        name='time',
        arg='%S',
        max=60,
        bg_colour=0x7FFF00,
        bg_alpha=0.1,
        fg_colour=0xCD3278,
        fg_alpha=0.6,
        x=100, y=150,
        radius=62,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=0,
        end_angle=360
    },
    {
        name='time',
        arg='%d',
        max=31,
        bg_colour=0x7FFF00,
        bg_alpha=0.1,
        fg_colour=0xCD3278,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=100, y=150,
        radius=70,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
    {
        name='time',
        arg='%m',
        max=12,
        bg_colour=0x7FFF00,
        bg_alpha=0.1,
        fg_colour=0xCD3278,
        fg_alpha=1,
        x=100, y=150,
        radius=76,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
    {
        name='cpu',
        arg='cpu0',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xCD3278,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x7FFF00,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=50, y=300,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=180
    },
    {
        name='memperc',
        arg='',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0x7FFF00,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0xCD3278,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=75, y=350,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=180
    },
    {
        name='swapperc',
        arg='',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xCD3278,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x7FFF00,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=100, y=400,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=180
    },
    {
        name='fs_used_perc',
        arg='/',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0x7FFF00,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0xCD3278,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=125, y=450,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=180
    },
        {
        name='downspeedf',
        arg='wlan0',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xCD3278,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x7FFF00,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=150, y=500,
        radius=25,
        thickness=4,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=180
    },
        {
        name='upspeedf',
        arg='wlan0',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xCD3278,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x7FFF00,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=150, y=500,
        radius=20,
        thickness=4,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=180
    },
}

-- Use these settings to define the origin and extent of your clock.

clock_r=65

-- "clock_x" and "clock_y" are the coordinates of the centre of the clock, in pixels, from the top left of the Conky window.

clock_x=100
clock_y=150

show_seconds=true

require 'cairo'

function rgb_to_r_g_b(colour,alpha)
    return ((colour / 0x10000) % 0x100) / 255., ((colour / 0x100) % 0x100) / 255., (colour % 0x100) / 255., alpha
end

function draw_ring(cr,t,pt)
    local w,h=conky_window.width,conky_window.height
    
    local xc,yc,ring_r,ring_w,sa,ea=pt['x'],pt['y'],pt['radius'],pt['thickness'],pt['start_angle'],pt['end_angle']
    local bgc, bga, fgc, fga=pt['bg_colour'], pt['bg_alpha'], pt['fg_colour'], pt['fg_alpha']

    local angle_0=sa*(2*math.pi/360)-math.pi/2
    local angle_f=ea*(2*math.pi/360)-math.pi/2
    local t_arc=t*(angle_f-angle_0)

    -- Draw background ring

    cairo_arc(cr,xc,yc,ring_r,angle_0,angle_f)
    cairo_set_source_rgba(cr,rgb_to_r_g_b(bgc,bga))
    cairo_set_line_width(cr,ring_w)
    cairo_stroke(cr)
    
    -- Draw indicator ring

    cairo_arc(cr,xc,yc,ring_r,angle_0,angle_0+t_arc)
    cairo_set_source_rgba(cr,rgb_to_r_g_b(fgc,fga))
    cairo_stroke(cr)        
end

function draw_clock_hands(cr,xc,yc)
    local secs,mins,hours,secs_arc,mins_arc,hours_arc
    local xh,yh,xm,ym,xs,ys
    
    secs=os.date("%S")    
    mins=os.date("%M")
    hours=os.date("%I")
        
    secs_arc=(2*math.pi/60)*secs
    mins_arc=(2*math.pi/60)*mins+secs_arc/60
    hours_arc=(2*math.pi/12)*hours+mins_arc/12
        
    -- Draw hour hand
    
    xh=xc+0.7*clock_r*math.sin(hours_arc)
    yh=yc-0.7*clock_r*math.cos(hours_arc)
    cairo_move_to(cr,xc,yc)
    cairo_line_to(cr,xh,yh)
    
    cairo_set_line_cap(cr,CAIRO_LINE_CAP_ROUND)
    cairo_set_line_width(cr,5)
    cairo_set_source_rgba(cr,127/255,255/255,0/255,1.0)
    cairo_stroke(cr)
    
    -- Draw minute hand
    
    xm=xc+clock_r*math.sin(mins_arc)
    ym=yc-clock_r*math.cos(mins_arc)
    cairo_move_to(cr,xc,yc)
    cairo_line_to(cr,xm,ym)
    
    cairo_set_line_width(cr,3)
    cairo_stroke(cr)
    
    -- Draw seconds hand
    
    if show_seconds then
        xs=xc+clock_r*math.sin(secs_arc)
        ys=yc-clock_r*math.cos(secs_arc)
        cairo_move_to(cr,xc,yc)
        cairo_line_to(cr,xs,ys)
    
        cairo_set_line_width(cr,1)
        cairo_stroke(cr)
    end
end

function conky_clock_rings()
    local function setup_rings(cr,pt)
        local str=''
        local value=0
        
        str=string.format('${%s %s}',pt['name'],pt['arg'])
        str=conky_parse(str)
        
        value=tonumber(str)
        pct=value/pt['max']
        
        draw_ring(cr,pct,pt)
    end
    
    -- Check that Conky has been running for at least 5s

    if conky_window==nil then return end
    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)    
    
    local updates=conky_parse('${updates}')
    update_num=tonumber(updates)
    
    if update_num>5 then
        for i in pairs(settings_table) do
            setup_rings(cr,settings_table[i])
        end
    end
    
    draw_clock_hands(cr,clock_x,clock_y)
end

The conkyrc:

# Conky settings #
background no
update_interval 1

cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 2

override_utf8_locale yes

double_buffer yes
no_buffers yes

text_buffer_size 2048
#imlib_cache_size 0

temperature_unit fahrenheit

# Window specifications #

own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorate,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager,below

border_inner_margin 0
border_outer_margin 0

minimum_size 200 250
maximum_width 200

alignment tr
gap_x 35
gap_y 55

# Graphics settings #
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no

# Text settings #
use_xft yes
xftfont caviar dreams:size=8
xftalpha 0.5

uppercase no

temperature_unit fahrenheit


default_color 7FFF00

# Lua Load  #
lua_load ~/.conky/clock_rings.lua
lua_draw_hook_pre clock_rings

TEXT
${voffset 8}${color CD3278}${font caviar dreams:size=16}${time %A}${font}${voffset -8}${alignr 50}${color 7FFF00}${font caviar dreams:size=38}${time %e}${font}
${color 7FFF00}${voffset -30}${color 7FFF00}${font caviar dreams:size=18}${time %b}${font}${voffset -3} ${color 7FFF00}${font caviar dreams:size=20}${time %Y}${font}${color CD3278}${hr}
${voffset 140}${font caviar dreams:size=10}${alignr}HOME${font}
${font caviar dreams:size=12}${color 7FFF00}${alignr}${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ KBOW temperature temperature 30} °F${font}
${image ~/.conky/new-ubuntu-logo.png -p 64,125 -s 70x20}

${color 7FFF00}${goto 25}${voffset 35}${cpu cpu0}%
${color CD3278}${goto 25}CPU
${color CD3278}${goto 50}${voffset 23}${memperc}%
${color 7FFF00}${goto 50}RAM
${color 7FFF00}${goto 75}${voffset 23}${swapperc}%
${color CD3278}${goto 75}Swap
${color CD3278}${goto 100}${voffset 23}${fs_used_perc /}%
${color 7FFF00}${goto 100}Disk
${color 7FFF00}${goto 125}${voffset 25}${downspeed wlan0}
${color 7FFF00}${goto 125}${upspeed wlan0}
${color CD3278}${goto 125}Net



${color 7FFF00}${font caviar dreams:size=8}Uptime: ${uptime_short}
${color 7FFF00}${font caviar dreams:size=8}Processes: ${processes}
${color 7FFF00}${font caviar dreams:size=8}Running: ${running_processes}


${color 7FFF00}${font caviar dreams:size=8}${alignr}${nodename}
${color 7FFF00}${font caviar dreams:size=8}${alignr}${pre_exec cat /etc/issue.net}  $machine
${color 7FFF00}${font caviar dreams:size=8}${alignr}Kernel: ${kernel}

I am looking forward to, with great anticipation, being able to fit the conkyWeather by arclance onto the screen as well.

Thanks again to everybody that helped this old newb. That means you too PaulInBHC

[cain071546]

Hello Again Fellow Ubuntu Users

[mrpeachy]

I did.
It's become obvious over the last couple of weeks that mrpeachy and arclance have a heck of a lot to be thanked for.

your list is entirely incomplete without Sector11 (and many others)

[Sector11]

Hello Again Fellow Ubuntu Users

I'll basically say what mrpeachy said above, you left out a lot of conky users here.

This thread is one of the main meeting places for conky lovers of a lot of distros.

More like and inter-distro thread hosted by Ubuntu for Conky.

Sorry, Nice conky - care to share it?

[cecilpierce]

I just installed Manjaro Linux and I can't figure out where the conky file is to change the weather to my location and to fahrenheit, anyone know ?

Thanks

[Sector11]

I just installed Manjaro Linux and I can't figure out where the conky file is to change the weather to my location and to fahrenheit, anyone know ?

Thanks

Don't know that distro but "usually" it's a hidden file in your home folder:

~/.conkyrc

however if this came with the distro maybe in a hidden folder:

~/.conky/conkyrc

Another thing to do is check for some form of 'conky' in the startup script or application.

[cecilpierce]

@Sector11

Thanks for the info, but this distro has something ive never seen before, 'conky-control' I looked around in .conky and its beound me !
I guess you have to have this DE installed to fiure it out...

[AndyOpie150]

your list is entirely incomplete without Sector11 (and many others)

I'll basically say what mrpeachy said above, you left out a lot of conky users here.

This thread is one of the main meeting places for conky lovers of a lot of distros.

More like and inter-distro thread hosted by Ubuntu for Conky.

Sorry, Nice conky - care to share it?

I am sorry! Didn't mean to imply or not imply anything. Was just trying to thank all those that had helped me. Got a little carried away with an observation from my short time here and in the CrunchBang Linux forums. Have edited my post.

Everybody here has been extremely helpful. I'm the same way.
I get freely, I give freely.

How do I share it? I included the links to where I got it from, the text files I edited, and the colors (and color codes) I used. What have I forgotten? I apologize for acting like such a newb.

PS: Try as I might I can't seem to figure out how to generate just a thumbnail of my screen shots, or I would have. Maybe I need to change to a different image hosting site?

[AndyOpie150]

@Sector11

Thanks for the info, but this distro has something ive never seen before, 'conky-control' I looked around in .conky and its beound me !
I guess you have to have this DE installed to fiure it out...

I don't know how much you know or don't know so bear with me if I give you too much info (or not enough).
Have you looked in all the files shown in the first thumbnail until you find some text line like this (this is in my .conkyrc text file):

TEXT
${voffset 8}${color CD3278}${font caviar dreams:size=16}${time %A}${font}${voffset -8}${alignr 50}${color 7FFF00}${font caviar dreams:size=38}${time %e}${font}
${color 7FFF00}${voffset -30}${color 7FFF00}${font caviar dreams:size=18}${time %b}${font}${voffset -3} ${color 7FFF00}${font caviar dreams:size=20}${time %Y}${font}${color CD3278}${hr}
${voffset 140}${font caviar dreams:size=10}${alignr}HOME${font}
${font caviar dreams:size=12}${color 7FFF00}${alignr}${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ LQBK temperature temperature 30} °F${font}
${image ~/.conky/new-ubuntu-logo.png -p 64,125 -s 70x20}

This is the line you need to edit: {weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/obs...etar/stations/ LQBK temperature temperature 30} °C${font}.
In place of the LQBK you need to put the code for the NOAA reporting station nearest you (usually an Airport)
Change the C to and F

Also around line 16 and 48 you need to change the temerature_unit celcius to farhenheit