The conky-ness thread!

Originally Posted by rokytnji I do not know what I am doing half the time using Conky or Linux.

You can always hit me up.
Surely you meant conky and Linux?

Originally Posted by Habitual You can always hit me up. Surely you meant conky and Linux?

Grinning. We'll see.

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# 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 tl
gap_x 35
gap_y 35

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

# Text settings #
use_xft yes
xftfont Sans Serif:size=9
xftalpha 0.8
text_buffer_size 2048

uppercase no

temperature_unit celsius


default_color FFFFFF

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

TEXT
${voffset 8}${color FF6600}${font Sans Serif:size=16}${time %A}${font}${voffset -8}${alignr 50}${color FFFFFF}${font Sans Serif:size=38}${time %e}${font}
${color FFFFFF}${voffset -30}${color FFFFFF}${font Sans Serif:size=18}${time %b}${font}${voffset -3} ${color FFFFFF}${font Sans Serif:size=20}${time %Y}${font}${color FF6600}${hr}
${voffset 140}${font Sans Serif:size=10}${alignr}${time %H:%M}${font}${color}
Bikers Semplice 2.0.4 ${color FF6600}${hr}${color}
#${pre_exec lsb_release -ircs} ${color FF6600}${hr}${color}

Kernel: ${alignr}${kernel}
Uptime: ${alignr}${uptime}
Temperature: ${alignr}${acpitemp}°C
CPU1: ${cpu cpu1}% ${alignr}${color FF6600}${cpugraph cpu1 8,60 FF6600 FFFFFF}${color}
#CPU2: ${cpu cpu2}% ${alignr}${color FF6600}${cpugraph cpu2 8,60 FF6600 FFFFFF}${color}
RAM: $memperc% ${alignr}${color FF6600}${memgraph 8,60 FF6600 FFFFFF}${color}

Top Processes ${color FF6600}${hr}${color}

${top_mem name 1}$alignr${color FF6600}${top_mem cpu 1}${color}${top_mem mem 1}
${top_mem name 2}$alignr${color FF6600}${top_mem cpu 2}${color}${top_mem mem 2}
${top_mem name 3}$alignr${color FF6600}${top_mem cpu 3}${color}${top_mem mem 3}
 
${color ffffff}Free Space:
${color b555b2}/root:${color b555b2} ${fs_free /} ${color ffffff}= ${fs_free_perc /}%
${color b555b2}$fs_bar_free /home
#${color 4ab1ab}/home:${color 4ab1ab} ${fs_free /home} ${color ffffff}= ${fs_free_perc /home}%
#${color 4ab1ab}${fs_bar_free /home}

${font sans:bold:size=9}Up:${upspeed eth0} - Down:${downspeed eth0}

${font DejaVuSansMono:size=8}${color ffffff}Running processes: ${color ffffff}$running_processes$font
${font DejaVuSansMono:size=8}${color ffffff}Name                ${color red}CPU%    ${color 7091c1}MEM%$font
  ${font DejaVuSansMono:size=8}${color ffffff} ${top name 1}  ${color red}${top cpu 1}  ${color 7091c1}${top mem 1}$font
${color ffffff}${time %a %d %b %l:%M:%S%p}
${font Penguin Attack}${color b5550b}Conky ${color b5550b}$conky_version$font

--[[
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
]]

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=0xffffff,
        -- "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=0xFF6600,
        -- "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=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.1,
        fg_colour=0xFF6600,
        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=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.1,
        fg_colour=0xFF6600,
        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=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.1,
        fg_colour=0xFF6600,
        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=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.1,
        fg_colour=0xFF6600,
        fg_alpha=1,
        x=100, y=150,
        radius=76,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    }
}

-- 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,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0)
    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

Semplice Motorcycle shop Desktop with Openbox. The bling is for the customers. (playtoy desktop while they wait). I have not updated this box for a while. As you can see.

Originally Posted by rokytnji Semplice Motorcycle shop Desktop with Openbox. The bling is for the customers. (playtoy desktop while they wait).

You have a Linux box for customers to play with while waiting! And OpenBox too! Now that's "awesome +1"

Originally Posted by Sector11 You have a Linux box for customers to play with while waiting! And OpenBox too! Now that's "awesome +1"

Well, maybe you'll like this one better. This is on a small partition on the same Desktop. Bikers like girls also so I themed it for that. Windows Manager is E17. Puppy MacPup 529. You can minimize conky to the left shelf when you want it out of the way. E17 can be a tuffy for running conky.

Anyhows. Here is the .conkyrc I use in e17.

P.S. If you just want a black conky without the taskbar window. Just uncomment the

#own_window_hints undecorate,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

###E17 without using feh by Rok###
###Everything below "Text" in /etc/conky.conky.config is in one long line since this is a horizontal conky. ###
#avoid flicker
double_buffer yes

#own window to run simultanious 2 or more conkys
own_window  yes
own_window_transparent no
own_window_type root
#own_window_hints undecorate,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

#borders
draw_borders no
border_margin 3

#shades
draw_shades yes

#position
gap_x 0
gap_y 0
alignment top_middle

#behaviour
update_interval 1

#colour
#default_color  8f8f8f
#default_shade_color 000000
#own_window_colour 262729

#font
use_xft yes
xftfont sans:size=9

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

#to prevent window from moving
use_spacer none
minimum_size 1024 0

#mpd
#mpd_host localhost
#mpd_port 6600

TEXT
${alignc}Date: ${color e0e0e0}${time %d/%m/%y}${color}  Time: ${color e0e0e0}${time %H:%M}${color}  |  Kernel: ${color e0e0e0}$kernel${color}  Uptime: ${color e0e0e0}${uptime_short}${color}  |  Cpu: ${color e0e0e0}${cpu}%${color}  Ram: ${color e0e0e0}${memperc}%${color}  Swap: ${color e0e0e0}${swapperc}%${color}  Disk: ${color e0e0e0}${fs_used_perc /}%${color}  |  ${color}  Cpu: ${color e0e0e0} ${execi 8 sensors | grep -A 1 'temp1' | cut -c13-16 | sed '/^$/d'} C${color}  Disk: ${color e0e0e0}${execi 300 nc localhost 7634 | cut -c29-30 ; hddtemp /dev/sdb} | Down: ${color e0e0e0} ${downspeed eth0}/s  Up: ${color e0e0e0} ${upspeed eth0}/s

What it looks like minimized



What is looks like un-minimized



This desktop really trips them out. To auto start in mine. I made a simple bash file script and put it in ~/Startup which is only in Puppy distros in rox file manager.

#!/bin/sh
conky &

Your e17 distro start-up configuration will be way different than mine due to file location difference in your distro like Bohdi or whatever.
Yours wi8ll be like in /usr/bin or even /usr/local/bin or whatever.

which conky

will lead you to the launcher location for auto startup.

If ya wanna go the manual route without a auto-start. Open a terminal and just do

conky &

after booting up your e17 desktop in a terminal and close terminal when done. Conky will stay there till shutdown or till you use xkill or whatever.

Back to work. Break time is over.

Originally Posted by rokytnji Well, maybe you'll like this one better. This is on a small partition on the same Desktop. Bikers like girls also so I themed it for that. Windows Manager is E17. Puppy MacPup 529. You can minimize conky to the left shelf when you want it out of the way. E17 can be a tuffy for running conky. Anyhows. Here is the .conkyrc I use in e17.

I like girls, my wife is one. , and I have that wallpaper - she loves Egypt stuff. I like the 'statue'
I'm an OB user ... a friend, GG, started with a little bash script to start/stop specific conkys:
ssc-conkyname

#!/bin/bash
## Original idea by: GrouchyGaijin
## This idea by: Stinkeye - Jan 2013
## With another tweak by: arclance
## Final tweak by: Sector11
## click to start, click to stop

##if pgrep -f "conky -c /path/to/conky_file"
##then
##	pkill -xf "conky -c /path/to/conky_file"
##else
##	gnome-terminal -e "conky -c /path/to/conky_file"
##fi

## not running in a terminal
## remove: gnome-terminal -e and the quote marks

## Tweaked

#if pgrep -f "conky -c $1"
#then
#	pkill -xf "conky -c $1"
#else
#	conky -c "$1"
#fi

if pgrep -f "conky -c $HOME/wun/wunrc"
then
	pkill -xf "conky -c $HOME/wun/wunrc"
else
# TO START IT ON A SPECIFIC DESKTOP:
	wmctrl -s 2 && conky -p 2 -c "$HOME/wun/wunrc"
# OR THE DESKTOP YOU ARE ON:
##	conky -c "$HOME/wun/wunrc"
fi

first click starts it, second kills it, leaving all other conkys running.

I'll give yours a test run - no E17 here though
Thank you

Originally Posted by rokytnji Back to work. Break time is over.

${longer_breaks required -30}

debian wheezy with extended /var/logs/

Logs - interactive




Start it: conky -c /media/5/Conky/S11_LOGS.conky &
Kill it: pkill -xf "conky -c /media/5/Conky/S11_LOGS.conky" &

Originally Posted by Sector11 From another place .... Here's my version of v9000i - the interactive weather ... mrpeachy and falldown are an awesome mix! I to them! If anyone is interested in my template I'll post it. Basically for non-US users. HH:MM:SS - DD MM YY some things can't be changed yet.

New wun conky (weatherunderground) info...

This is really nice. I looks very cool.

I have tried for while to get line art sorted out in conky so that I can use this with google calendar & gcalcli. I found these instructions but I could not get it to work. I have finally managed it, so if anyone else is interested, this is what worked for me:

Install fonts-liberation.

Convert the gcalcli output to include line art with this shell script (eg /home/user/bin/gcal.sh):

#!/bin/sh
#Draw line art

gcalcli --conky calw 4 |
    sed -e 's/^[(0\x71^[(B/─/g' \
        -e 's/^[(0\x78^[(B/│/g' \
        -e 's/^[(0\x6A^[(B/┘/g' \
        -e 's/^[(0\x6B^[(B/┐/g' \
        -e 's/^[(0\x6C^[(B/┌/g' \
        -e 's/^[(0\x6D^[(B/└/g' \
        -e 's/^[(0\x6E^[(B/┼/g' \
        -e 's/^[(0\x74^[(B/├/g' \
        -e 's/^[(0\x75^[(B/┤/g' \
        -e 's/^[(0\x76^[(B/┴/g' \
        -e 's/^[(0\x77^[(B/┬/g'

**Note that "^[" is an escape sequence and need to be entered as "Ctrl-V" & ESC. With vi I just used ":%s/\^\[/*/g" where *="Ctrl-V" followed by ESC

Add this text to ~/.conkyrc

TEXT
${color #ff0000}$stippled_hr
${color #ff0000}${font Goudy Bookletter 1911:style=Bold:size=20}Date: ${color #00ff00}${time %A,%d %B} ${color #ff0000}Time: ${color #00ff00}${time %k:%M}${font}
${color #ff0000}$stippled_hr

${font Liberation Mono:style=Bold:size=12}

${execpi 600 /home/user/bin/gcal.sh }

This is what it looks like:


Regards,
Stefan

Here's my Conky. You can find .conkyrc from here.

glad i did find this thread

im using now

${user_names}

nice to c if someone gets root :PPP


are there any rules about how big pictures should be posted?
like should i use medium size pics?

mine hasn't really changed much in awhile.

# Conky, a system monitor, based on torsmo
#
# Any original torsmo code is licensed under the BSD license
#
# All code written since the fork of torsmo is licensed under the GPL
#
# Please see COPYING for details
#
# Copyright (c) 2004, Hannu Saransaari and Lauri Hakkarainen
# Copyright (c) 2005-2009 Brenden Matthews, Philip Kovacs, et. al. (see AUTHORS)
# All rights reserved.
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
#

alignment top_right
background no
border_width 1
cpu_avg_samples 2
#default_color E4B475
default_color light grey
default_outline_color black
default_shade_color black
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes 
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
use_xft yes
xftfont DejaVu Sans Mono:size=13
gap_x 10
gap_y 10
net_avg_samples 2
double_buffer yes
out_to_console no
own_window yes
own_window_class conky
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,sticky,skip_pager
maximum_width 300
stippled_borders 0
update_interval 3.0
uppercase no


TEXT
${font DejaVu Sans Mono:bold:size=15}${alignc} Welcome to What It Is 
${font DejaVu Sans Mono:bold:size=15}${alignc} What It Was
${font DejaVu Sans Mono:bold:size=15}${alignc} What It Shall Be
${hr 3}${font}
${font DejaVu Sans Mono:bold:size=15}${alignc}${time %A %B %d}
${hr 3}${font}
${alignc}${color}RAM Usage:$color $memperc%  $mem/$memmax
${membar 8} 
${alignc}CPU Usage:$color $cpu%   CPU Temp: ${hwmon 0 temp 1}C
${cpubar 8}
${alignc}I haz a $freq_g GHz CPU
${hr 3}
${alignc} Processes:$color $processes    Running:$color $running_processes 
${hr 3}
${hr 3}
${alignc}${font DejaVu Sans Mono:bold:size=15} Live From USB  
${alignc}${font DejaVu Sans Mono:bold:italic:size=15} It's Porteus 64-LXDE
${alignc}${font DejaVu Sans Mono:bold:size=15} $kernel
${hr 3}${color}${font}
${hr 3}${color}${font}
${alignc}---Top CPU User---
 Name            PID    CPU%
${alignc}  ${top name 1}${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} 
${alignc}  ${top name 2}${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} 
${alignc}  ${top name 3}${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} 
${alignc}---Top Memory User---
 Name            PID    MEM%
${alignc} ${top_mem name 1}${top pid 1} ${top_mem mem 1}
${alignc} ${top_mem name 2}${top pid 2} ${top_mem mem 2}
${alignc} ${top_mem name 3}${top pid 3} ${top_mem mem 3}
${hr 3}${color}
${alignc}--It's A Series Of Tubes--
${alignc}Networking:
${alignc} Up:$color ${upspeed eth0}    Down:$color ${downspeed eth0}
${alignc} Connections:  
${alignc} In: ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count}      Out: ${tcp_portmon 1  65535 count}

Originally Posted by ////// glad i did find this thread im using now nice to c if someone gets root :PPP are there any rules about how big pictures should be posted? like should i use medium size pics?

I would say that ... your image is too big. Most forums prefer the use of thumbnails.
Even though it is one of mine.

Lets keep this thread alive, CrunchBang is no more - we are working on a continuation of the CrunchBang distro and philosophy ...
a simple setup .... of BunsenLabs.


The conky is simple and designed to work on any machine ... OK 98%

# For commands above TEXT check:
# http://conky.sourceforge.net/config_settings.html
#
# For commands available below TEXT check:
# http://conky.sourceforge.net/variables.html

# Bunsen Labs Conky help threads
# http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=371424#p371424

# beta tested by: smacz
# Enjoy! :)

# pkill -xf "conky -c $HOME/.config/conky/BL-Right-lua.conkyrc" &
###  Begin Window Settings  #####################
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager,sticky
own_window_colour 000000
own_window_class Conky
own_window_title Bunsen Labs Default Right Conky

### ARGB can be used for real transparency
### NOTE that a composite manager is required for real transparency.
### This option will not work as desired (in most cases) in conjunction with
### own_window_type normal
# own_window_argb_visual yes # Options: yes or no

### When ARGB visuals are enabled, this use this to modify the alpha value
### Use: own_window_type normal
### Use: own_window_transparent no
### Valid range is 0-255, where 0 is 0% opacity, and 255 is 100% opacity.
# own_window_argb_value 50

minimum_size 200 0  ### width | height
maximum_width 200

gap_x 20	### left | right
gap_y 45	### up | down

alignment tr
#######################  End Window Settings  ###
###  Font Settings  #############################
# Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
use_xft yes
xftfont Liberation Mono:bold:size=9
#xftfont Liberation Sans:size=11



# Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0 ###
xftalpha 1
# Force UTF8? requires XFT ###
override_utf8_locale yes

uppercase no
#########################  End Font Settings  ###
###  Color Settings  ############################
draw_shades no #yes
default_shade_color 000000

draw_outline no # amplifies text if yes
default_outline_color 000000

#default_color 656667 # Waldorf original colour
#default_color 7a7a7a # Flame  & Bunsen Grey
#default_color 929292 # Labs Grey
default_color C0C0C0 # Silver
color0 B0E0E6 # PowderBlue
color1 778899 # LightSlateGray
color2 D8BFD8 # Thistle
color3 9ACD32 # YellowGreen
color4 FFA07A # LightSalmon
color5 FFDEAD # NavajoWhite
color6 00BFFF # DeepSkyBlue
color7 5F9EA0 # CadetBlue
color8 BDB76B # DarkKhaki
color9 CD5C5C # IndianRed
########################  End Color Settings  ###
###  Borders Section  ###########################
draw_borders no
# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 5
# border margins
border_inner_margin 5
border_outer_margin 0
# border width
border_width 2
# graph borders
draw_graph_borders yes #no
#default_graph_size 15 40
#######################  End Borders Section  ###
###  Miscellaneous Section  #####################
# Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when started.
background yes

# Adds spaces around certain objects to stop them from moving other things
# around, this only helps if you are using a mono font
# Options: right, left or none
use_spacer none

# Default and Minimum size is 256 - needs more for single commands that
# "call" a lot of text IE: bash scripts
text_buffer_size 6144

# Subtract (file system) buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# change GiB to G and MiB to M
short_units yes

# Like it says, ot pads the decimals on % values
# doesn't seem to work since v1.7.1
pad_percents 2

# Imlib2 image cache size, in bytes. Default 4MiB Increase this value if you use
# $image lots. Set to 0 to disable the image cache.
imlib_cache_size 0

# Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker)
# It is highly recommended to use own window with this one
# so double buffer won't be so big.
double_buffer yes

#   Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in config file
#  (default is 16384 bytes)
# max_user_text 16384

# Desired output unit of all objects displaying a temperature. Parameters are
# either "fahrenheit" or "celsius". The default unit is degree Celsius.
# temperature_unit Fahrenheit

#################  End Miscellaneous Section  ###
###  LUA Settings  ##############################
## Above and After TEXT - requires a composite manager or blinks.
##
# lua_load /media/5/Conky/LUA/draw-bg.lua
#TEXT
#${lua conky_draw_bg 125 0 0 0 0 0x000000 0.2}
#
#${lua conky_draw_bg corner_radius x_position y_position width height color alpha}
##
## OR Both above TEXT (No composite manager required - no blinking!)
#
#--------------------------------
lua_load $HOME/.config/conky/LUA/draw-bg.lua
#lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg 15 0 0 0 0 0xffffff 0.05
#lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg 15 0 0 0 0 0x656667 0.35
lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg 15 0 0 0 0 0x000000 0.25
#
# TEXT
#${lua conky_draw_bg 10 0 0 0 0 0x000000 0.2}
############################ End LUA Settings ###

update_interval 1

TEXT
${font Liberation Mono:bold:size=10}${alignc}${color5}${time %X}
${goto 27}${color0}SU MO ${color5}${time %b %Y}${color0} FR SA
${goto 27}${color1}${execpi 7200 LAR=`date +%-d`; ncal -bh | sed '2d' | sed -e '1d' -e 's/\<'$LAR'\>/${color5}&${color1}/' | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/\n${goto 27}/g'}${color}${font}
${alignc}S Y S T E M    I N F O
${hr}
Host:${alignr}${nodename}
Uptime:${alignr}${uptime}

${goto 60}Used${alignr}Size
Root${goto 60}${fs_used /}${alignr}${fs_size /}
Home${goto 60}${fs_used /home}${alignr}${fs_size /home}

${goto 60}MEM${alignr}MAX
RAM${goto 60}${mem}${alignr}${memmax}
Swap${goto 60}${swap}${alignr}${swapmax}

CPU:${goto 60}Used${alignr}GHz
Avg${goto 60}${if_match ${cpu cpu0}<10}${color1}00${color}${cpu cpu0}\
${else}${if_match ${cpu cpu0}<100}${color1}0${color}${cpu cpu0}\
${else}${cpu cpu0}${endif}${endif}%${alignr}${freq_g}

${alignc}S H O R T C U T    K E Y S
${hr}
[Alt] + F2${alignr}Run Dialog
[Alt] + F3${alignr}Alt Menu
[S] + Space${alignr}Main Menu
[S] + Tab${alignr}Client Menu
[S] + t${alignr}Terminal
[S] + f${alignr}File Manager
[S] + e${alignr}Editor
[S] + m${alignr}Media Player
[S] + w${alignr}Web Browser
[S] + h${alignr}Task Manager
[S] + l${alignr}Lock Screen
[S] + v${alignr}Volume Control
[S] + x${alignr}Logout
[PrtSc]${alignr}Screenshot

draw-bk.lua

--[[Background originally by londonali1010 (2009)
    ability to set any size for background mrpeachy 2011
    ability to set variables for bg in conkyrc dk75

  the change is that if you set width and/or height to 0
  then it assumes the width and/or height of the conky window

so:

Above and After TEXT  (requires a composite manager or it blinks!)

 lua_load ~/wea_conky/draw_bg.lua
 TEXT
 ${lua conky_draw_bg 10 0 0 0 0 0x000000 0.2}

OR Both above TEXT (no composite manager required - no blinking!)

 lua_load ~/wea_conky/draw_bg.lua
 lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg 10 0 0 0 0 0x000000 0.2
 TEXT

Note
${lua conky_draw_bg 20 0 0 0 0 0x000000 0.2}
  See below:        1  2 3 4 5 6        7

${lua conky_draw_bg corner_radius x_position y_position width height color alpha}

covers the whole window and will change if you change the minimum_size setting

1 = 20             corner_radius
2 = 0             x_position l|r
3 = 0             y_position u|d
4 = 0             width
5 = 0             height
6 = 0x000000      color
7 = 0.4           alpha

######### calendar function ##################################################

then to use it, you activate the calendar function BELOW TEXT like this

${lua luacal {settings}}

#${lua luacal {x=,y=,tf="",tfs=,tc=,ta=,bf="",bfs=,bc=,ba=,hf="",hfs=,hc=,ha=,sp="",gh=,gt=,gv=,sd=}}
#    x=x position top left
#    y=y position top left
#    tf=title font, eg "mono" must be in quotes
#    tfs=title font size
#    tc=title color
#    ta=title alpha
#    bf=body font, eg "mono" must be in quotes
#    bfs=body font size
#    bc=body color
#    ba=body alpha
#    hf=highlight font, eg "mono" must be in quotes
#    hfs=highlight font size
#    hc=highlight color
#    ha=highlight alpha
#    sp=spacer, eg " " or sp="0"... 0,1 or 2 spaces can help with positioning of non-monospaced fonts

#    gt=gap from title to body
#    gh=gap horizontal between columns
#    gv=gap vertical between rows
#    sd=start day, 0=Sun, 1=Mon

#    hstyle = heading style, 0=just days, 1=date insert
#    tdf=title date font, eg "mono" must be in quotes
#    tdfs=title date font size
#    tdc=title date color
#    tda=title date alpha

# test line
-- ${lua luacal {x=40,y=40,tf="Monofur",tfs=24,tc=0xFFDEAD,ta=1,bf="Monofur",bfs=24,bc=0xFFDEAD,ba=1,hf="Monofur",hfs=24,hc=0x00BFFF,ha=1,sp=" ",gh=40,gt=25,gv=20,sd=0,hstyle=1,tdf="Monofur",tdfs=24,tdc=0x00BFFF,tda=1}}


]]

require 'cairo'
local    cs, cr = nil
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(r,x,y,w,h,color,alpha)
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 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)
w=w
h=h
if w=="0" then w=tonumber(conky_window.width) end
if h=="0" then h=tonumber(conky_window.height) end
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,rgb_to_r_g_b(color,alpha))
--top left mid circle
local xtl=x+r
local ytl=y+r
--top right mid circle
local xtr=(x+r)+((w)-(2*r))
local ytr=y+r
--bottom right mid circle
local xbr=(x+r)+((w)-(2*r))
local ybr=(y+r)+((h)-(2*r))
--bottom right mid circle
local xbl=(x+r)
local ybl=(y+r)+((h)-(2*r))
-----------------------------
cairo_move_to (cr,xtl,ytl-r)
cairo_line_to (cr,xtr,ytr-r)
cairo_arc(cr,xtr,ytr,r,((2*math.pi/4)*3),((2*math.pi/4)*4))
cairo_line_to (cr,xbr+r,ybr)
cairo_arc(cr,xbr,ybr,r,((2*math.pi/4)*4),((2*math.pi/4)*1))
cairo_line_to (cr,xbl,ybl+r)
cairo_arc(cr,xbl,ybl,r,((2*math.pi/4)*1),((2*math.pi/4)*2))
cairo_line_to (cr,xtl-r,ytl)
cairo_arc(cr,xtl,ytl,r,((2*math.pi/4)*2),((2*math.pi/4)*3))
cairo_close_path(cr)
cairo_fill (cr)
------------------------------------------------------------
cairo_surface_destroy(cs)
cairo_destroy(cr)
return ""
end
-- ###### calendar function ##################################################
function conky_luacal(caltab) -- {x=,y=,tf="",tfs=,tc=,ta=,bf="",bfs=,bc=,ba=,hf="",hfs=,hc=,ha=,sp="",gt=,gh=,gv=,sd=,hstyle=,tdf=,tdfs=,tdc=,tda=}
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)
--############################################################################
if caltab.x==nil then
caltab=loadstring("return" .. caltab)()
end
local cal_x=caltab.x
local cal_y=caltab.y
local tfont=caltab.tf		or "mono"
local tfontsize=caltab.tfs	or 12
local tc=caltab.tc			or 0xffffff
local ta=caltab.ta			or 1
local bfont=caltab.bf		or "mono"
local bfontsize=caltab.bfs	or 12
local bc=caltab.bc			or 0xffffff
local ba=caltab.ba			or 1
local hfont=caltab.hf		or "mono"
local hfontsize=caltab.hfs	or 12
local hc=caltab.hc			or 0xff0000
local ha=caltab.ha			or 1
local spacer=caltab.sp		or " "
local gaph=caltab.gh		or 20
local gapt=caltab.gt		or 15
local gapl=caltab.gv		or 15
local sday=caltab.sd		or 0
local hstyle=caltab.hstyle	or 0
--convert colors
--local font=string.gsub(font,"_"," ")
local tred,tgreen,tblue,talpha=rgb_to_r_g_b(tc,ta)
--main body text color
local bred,bgreen,bblue,balpha=rgb_to_r_g_b(bc,ba)
--highlight text color
local hred,hgreen,hblue,halpha=rgb_to_r_g_b(hc,ha)
--############################################################################
--calendar calcs
local year=os.date("%G")
local today=tonumber(os.date("%d"))
local t1 = os.time( {    year=year,month=03,day=01,hour=00,min=0,sec=0} );
local t2 = os.time( {    year=year,month=02,day=01,hour=00,min=0,sec=0} );
local feb=(os.difftime(t1,t2))/(24*60*60)
local monthdays={ 31, feb, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 }
local day=tonumber(os.date("%w"))+1-sday
local day_num = today
local remainder=day_num % 7
local start_day=day-(day_num % 7)
if start_day<0 then start_day=7+start_day end
local month=os.date("%m")
local mdays=monthdays[tonumber(month)]
local x=mdays+start_day
local dnum={}
local dnumh={}
if mdays+start_day<36 then
dlen=35
plen=29
else
dlen=42
plen=36
end
for i=1,dlen do
    if i<=start_day then
    dnum[i]="  "
    else
    dn=i-start_day
        if dn=="nil" then dn=0 end
        if dn<=9 then dn=(spacer .. dn) end
        if i>x then dn="" end
        dnum[i]=dn
        dnumh[i]=dn
        if dn==(spacer .. today) or dn==today then
        dnum[i]=""
        end
        if dn==(spacer .. today) or dn==today then
        dnumh[i]=dn
        place=i
        else dnumh[i]="  "
        end
    end
end--for
cairo_select_font_face (cr, tfont, CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
cairo_set_font_size (cr, tfontsize);
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,tred,tgreen,tblue,talpha)
local extents=cairo_text_extents_t:create()
tolua.takeownership(extents)
if hstyle==0 then
    if tonumber(sday)==0 then
    dys={"SU","MO","TU","WE","TH","FR","SA"}
    else
    dys={"MO","TU","WE","TH","FR","SA","SU"}
    end
    --draw calendar titles
elseif hstyle==1 then
    if tonumber(sday)==0 then
    dys={"SU","MO"," ","  ","  ","FR","SA"}
    cairo_text_extents(cr,"MO",extents)
    local s=extents.x_advance+gaph
    local f=gaph*5
    local tdfont=caltab.tdf        or "mono"
    local tdfontsize=caltab.tdfs    or 12
    local tdc=caltab.tdc        or 0xffffff
    local tda=caltab.tda        or 1
    cairo_select_font_face (cr, tdfont, CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
    cairo_set_font_size (cr, tdfontsize);
    local tdred,tdgreen,tdblue,tdalpha=rgb_to_r_g_b(tdc,tda)
    cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,tdred,tdgreen,tdblue,tdalpha)
    local insert=os.date("%b %y")
    cairo_text_extents(cr,insert,extents)
    local w=extents.x_advance
    cairo_move_to (cr, cal_x+((s+f)/2)-(w/2), cal_y)
    cairo_show_text (cr,insert)
    cairo_stroke (cr)
    else
    dys={"MO","TU"," ","  ","  ","SA","SU"}
    cairo_text_extents(cr,"TU",extents)
    local s=extents.x_advance+gaph
    local f=gaph*5
    local tdfont=caltab.tdf        or "mono"
    local tdfontsize=caltab.tdfs    or 12
    local tdc=caltab.tdc        or 0xffffff
    local tda=caltab.tda        or 1
    cairo_select_font_face (cr, tdfont, CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
    cairo_set_font_size (cr, tdfontsize);
    local tdred,tdgreen,tdblue,tdalpha=rgb_to_r_g_b(tdc,tda)
    cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,tdred,tdgreen,tdblue,tdalpha)
    local insert=os.date("%b %y")
    cairo_text_extents(cr,insert,extents)
    local w=extents.x_advance
    cairo_move_to (cr, cal_x+((s+f)/2)-(w/2), cal_y)
    cairo_show_text (cr,insert)
    cairo_stroke (cr)
    end
end
--draw calendar titles
for i=1,7 do
cairo_select_font_face (cr, tfont, CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
cairo_set_font_size (cr, tfontsize);
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,tred,tgreen,tblue,talpha)
cairo_move_to (cr, cal_x+(gaph*(i-1)), cal_y)
cairo_show_text (cr, dys[i])
cairo_stroke (cr)
end
--draw calendar body
cairo_select_font_face (cr, bfont, CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
cairo_set_font_size (cr, bfontsize);
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,bred,bgreen,bblue,balpha)
for i=1,plen,7 do
local fn=i
    for i=fn,fn+6 do
    cairo_move_to (cr, cal_x+(gaph*(i-fn)),cal_y+gapt+(gapl*((fn-1)/7)))
    cairo_show_text (cr, dnum[i])
    cairo_stroke (cr)
    end
end
--highlight
cairo_select_font_face (cr, hfont, CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
cairo_set_font_size (cr, hfontsize);
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,hred,hgreen,hblue,halpha)
for i=1,plen,7 do
local fn=i
    for i=fn,fn+6 do
    cairo_move_to (cr, cal_x+(gaph*(i-fn)),cal_y+gapt+(gapl*((fn-1)/7)))
    cairo_show_text (cr, dnumh[i])
    cairo_stroke (cr)
    end
end
--############################################################################
caltab=nil
dlen=nil
plen=nil
cairo_destroy(cr)
cairo_surface_destroy(cs)
cr=nil
return ""
end
-- end main function #########################################################

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