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Topic: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

I'm not that great with Conky and I've been beating my head against a wall trying to figure out how to keep the clock from moving the sections below it left and right when the time changes.

Anyone that can fix this I'd greatly appreciate it and any other problems you see in the script.


THANKS

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont verdana:size=8

# Text alignment 
alignment tr

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

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

# Update interval in seconds (Causes Conky to shift left and right when starting)
#update_interval 1.0

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

# own window options
own_window               no
own_window_transparent   yes
own_window_type          desktop
own_window_type          override
own_window_hints         undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

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

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Minimum size of text area
#minimum_size  230 230
#maximum_width 900

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 10

# border width
border_width 1

default_shade_color    grey
default_outline_color  black

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 0
gap_y 0

# My font names so I won't forget them.
# Asenine Wide
# Night Sky
# Radio Space
# Zegoe Light

# Stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen.

TEXT


${offset -5}${color cfc571}${font Night Sky:size=21}${time %A} * ${font Night Sky:size=21}${time %d %B %Y} * ${font Night Sky:size=21}${time %I:%M %P}





${offset 390}${color cfc571}${font Zegoe Light:size=15}BANDWIDTH
${offset 390}${color ffffff}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}v${font}   Up: ${upspeed wlan0} Kb/s 
${offset 390}${color ffffff}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}r${font}   Down: ${downspeed wlan0} Kb/s 

${offset 390}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}M${font}   Upload: ${totalup wlan0}
${offset 390}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}S${font}   Download: ${totaldown wlan0}



${offset 390}${color cfc571}${font Zegoe Light:size=15}SYSTEM
${offset 390}${color ffffff}${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font}  CPU0: ${cpu cpu0}% ${acpitemp}C ${cpubar cpu0 6,30}
${offset 390}${color F8DF58}${font StyleBats:size=16}8${font} Battery: ${battery_percent BAT1}% ${battery_bar 6,30}



${offset 390}${color cfc571}${font Zegoe Light:size=15}RAM & UPTIME
${offset 390}${color C2E078}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}J${font}   $mem / $memmax
${offset 390}${font StyleBats:size=18}P${font}  Work:  ${uptime_short}
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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

have you tried setting minimum_width ?

im guessing the window could be resizing as the clock line changes.
eithe that or change the clock to have leading 0s or spaces so it doesn't change width.

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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

benj1 wrote:

have you tried setting minimum_width ?

im guessing the window could be resizing as the clock line changes.
eithe that or change the clock to have leading 0s or spaces so it doesn't change width.


Ahh no I haven't tried minimum_width, I don't really know much about conky, all I have tried is the minimum_size  230 230.

For minimum_width I don't really know what to put in it.

Also how would I change the clock to have leading 0s or spaces?


THANKS

Last edited by DasFox (2010-07-16 12:43:08)

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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

Here's some info. about min_width: http://conky.sourceforge.net/config_settings.html

For the time with leading zeroes, use 

${time %H:%M}

For the time with leading spaces, use:

${time %l:%M}

For more info. on the various date/time options, see: http://www.manpagez.com/man/3/strftime/

For general Conky help, there's this thread: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … onky-help/

For example Conky configs, see this thread: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … ky-config/

Hope that helps! :-)

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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

safetycopy wrote:

Here's some info. about min_width: http://conky.sourceforge.net/config_settings.html

For the time with leading zeroes, use 

${time %H:%M}

For the time with leading spaces, use:

${time %l:%M}

For more info. on the various date/time options, see: http://www.manpagez.com/man/3/strftime/

For general Conky help, there's this thread: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … onky-help/

For example Conky configs, see this thread: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … ky-config/

Hope that helps! :-)


Sorry I don't get what we're trying to say here about this. to me when you say leading zeros I think there is going to be a zero in front of the time like I had before, this just changes it to 24hr time and this leading spaces one you shows me keeps it 12hr time and removes the zero in front.

Here's what I have now and conky is still moving...

${color cfc571}${font Night Sky:size=21}${time %A} * ${font Night Sky:size=21}${time %d %B %Y} * ${font Night Sky:size=21}${time %I:%M %P}

I'm also trying: ( To try and keep the clock off the edge to the right in hopes this might work but it's not)

gap_x 15

There's also no min_width listed on that link there's only minimum_size, but I don't know how to use this, set it to what?

THANKS

Last edited by DasFox (2010-07-17 02:59:04)

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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

It's minimum_size and maximum_width. You can set the same values for both minimum_size and maximum_width:

minimum_size 230 230
maximum_width 230

This should prevent the clock from moving. Make sure that 230 is enough, though; you might have to set higher width (the first value in minimum_size, that is) so that the clock will fit into your conky.

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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

Piraja wrote:

It's minimum_size and maximum_width. You can set the same values for both minimum_size and maximum_width:

minimum_size 230 230
maximum_width 230

This should prevent the clock from moving. Make sure that 230 is enough, though; you might have to set higher width (the first value in minimum_size, that is) so that the clock will fit into your conky.


I have that already, but I changed the max_width but it's not helping conky is still moving left and right.

Here's the code now with some other changes and to the clock as well.

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont verdana:size=8

# Text alignment 
alignment tr

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

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

# Update interval in seconds (Causes Conky to shift left and right when starting)
#update_interval 1.0

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

# own window options
own_window               no
own_window_transparent   yes
own_window_type          desktop
own_window_type          override
own_window_hints         undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

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

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size  230 230
maximum_width 500

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 10

# border width
border_width 1

default_shade_color    grey
default_outline_color  black

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 15
gap_y 0

# My font names so I won't forget them.
# Asenine Wide
# Night Sky
# Radio Space
# Zegoe Light

# Stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen.

TEXT


${color cfc571}${font Night Sky:size=21}${time %A} * ${font Night Sky:size=21}${time %d %B %Y} *${font Night Sky:size=21}${time %l:%M %P}




${offset 340}${color cfc571}${font Zegoe Light:size=15}BANDWIDTH
${offset 340}${color ffffff}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}v${font}   Up: ${upspeed wlan0} Kb/s 
${offset 340}${color ffffff}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}r${font}   Down: ${downspeed wlan0} Kb/s 

${offset 340}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}M${font}   Upload: ${totalup wlan0}
${offset 340}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}S${font}   Download: ${totaldown wlan0}



${offset 340}${color cfc571}${font Zegoe Light:size=15}SYSTEM
${offset 340}${color ffffff}${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font}  CPU0: ${cpu cpu0}% ${acpitemp}C ${cpubar cpu0 6,30}
${offset 340}${color F8DF58}${font StyleBats:size=16}8${font} Battery: ${battery_percent BAT1}% ${battery_bar 6,30}



${offset 340}${color cfc571}${font Zegoe Light:size=15}RAM & UPTIME
${offset 340}${color C2E078}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}J${font}   $mem / $memmax
${offset 340}${font StyleBats:size=18}P${font}  Work:  ${uptime_short}
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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

backup your conkyrc, then change the {offset 340} to {goto 340}, and have a try.

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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

machinebacon wrote:

backup your conkyrc, then change the {offset 340} to {goto 340}, and have a try.

{goto 340} moves the 3 sections below the clock over to the middle of the screen so 340 needs to be changed.

So should I change the numbers and try using {goto} instead, or is this a shot in the dark, no one can see in my script what cause conky to shift left and right when the time changes?


THANKS

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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

Your conkyrc has this:

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size  230 230
maximum_width 500

What I suggested is that you set the minimum width (minimum_size, left value, now 230) and maximum_width (now 500!) to an identical value. 500 pixels seems over the top. See my previous post.

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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

I would be happy to see a screenshot of the problem.

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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

Sorry, I did not realize you want to use either "offset 340" or "goto 340" for some reason – and that is why you probably need the 500 pixel maximum width. But why do you use offset or goto? Also I would like to see a screenshot to get a better idea.

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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

Try copying a script from the Conky thread into your rc file and then make the changes you need (font, etc). Or use the original, if you have it. In other words, start again.

Note: I've just copied your script into my rc file and it worked fine.

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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

Piraja wrote:

Your conkyrc has this:

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size  230 230
maximum_width 500

What I suggested is that you set the minimum width (minimum_size, left value, now 230) and maximum_width (now 500!) to an identical value. 500 pixels seems over the top. See my previous post.

It has to be 500 or else the day time and clock get cut off on the right side of the screen.



Piraja wrote:

Sorry, I did not realize you want to use either "offset 340" or "goto 340" for some reason – and that is why you probably need the 500 pixel maximum width. But why do you use offset or goto? Also I would like to see a screenshot to get a better idea.


Here's the code with no offset:

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont verdana:size=8

# Text alignment 
alignment tr

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

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

# Update interval in seconds (Causes Conky to shift left and right when starting)
#update_interval 1.0

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

# own window options
own_window               no
own_window_transparent   yes
own_window_type          desktop
own_window_type          override
own_window_hints         undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

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

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size  230 230
maximum_width 500

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 10

# border width
border_width 1

default_shade_color    grey
default_outline_color  black

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 15
gap_y 0

# My font names so I won't forget them.
# Asenine Wide
# Night Sky
# Radio Space
# Zegoe Light

# Stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen.

TEXT


${color cfc571}${font Night Sky:size=21}${time %A} * ${font Night Sky:size=21}${time %d %B %Y} *${font Night Sky:size=21}${time %l:%M %P}




${color cfc571}${font Zegoe Light:size=15}BANDWIDTH
${color ffffff}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}v${font}   Up: ${upspeed wlan0} Kb/s 
${color ffffff}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}r${font}   Down: ${downspeed wlan0} Kb/s 

${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}M${font}   Upload: ${totalup wlan0}
${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}S${font}   Download: ${totaldown wlan0}



${color cfc571}${font Zegoe Light:size=15}SYSTEM
${color ffffff}${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font}  CPU0: ${cpu cpu0}% ${acpitemp}C ${cpubar cpu0 6,30}
${color F8DF58}${font StyleBats:size=16}8${font} Battery: ${battery_percent BAT1}% ${battery_bar 6,30}



${color cfc571}${font Zegoe Light:size=15}RAM & UPTIME
${color C2E078}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}J${font}   $mem / $memmax
${font StyleBats:size=18}P${font}  Work:  ${uptime_short}

Here's a screenshot of what happens without the offset:


http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/5331/74738534.th.jpg

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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

Double post by mistake. sad

Last edited by DasFox (2010-07-18 03:32:49)

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  • Posts: 514

Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

Ah, now I see. A very pretty desktop. I would suggest that you make two different conkies, one for the clock and another for the rest. Or at least that's what I would do and have done, too. And then you can create a script to launch both at once, like this:

#!/bin/sh

# start / stop Conky

if pidof conky | grep [0-9] > /dev/null
then
 exec killall conky
else
sleep 2
conky -c /home/piraja/.conkies/conkyrc-clock -q &
sleep 20
conky -c /home/piraja/.conkies/conkyrc -q &
sleep 5
conky -c /home/piraja/.conkies/conkympd-cass -q &
sleep 5
#conky -c /home/piraja/.conkies/conkympd-45rpm -q &
 exit
fi

That's the one I have been using: it has no less than four conky instances that can be both started and stopped with this script; it has been copied from Bruce M's original script. I will later post a screenshot... or add one to this post and explain a little more, if you wish.

Later: Here's one screenshot to show the quadruple conky setup in action.

Last edited by Piraja (2010-07-17 19:48:32)

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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

Piraja is right, this would work much better with 2 conky's. The upper one would stay like it is, so have gap_x 15 gap_y 0 and only the clock. The lower one needs to set the gap of x and y where you want to have the first line starting. You would actually just need to change this value and the value for minimum size and maximum width, no need to offset the text.

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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

Ok Piraja and machinebacon I'll do two then...

By the way I'm only going to use two so does this script looked commented ok now for two?

Also what's with all the different sleep numbers, 2,20,5?

#!/bin/sh

# start / stop Conky

if pidof conky | grep [0-9] > /dev/null
then
 exec killall conky
else
sleep 2
conky -c /home/sar/.conkies/conkyrc-clock -q &
sleep 20
conky -c /home/sar/.conkies/conkyrc -q &
#sleep 5
#conky -c /home/sar/.conkies/conkympd-cass -q &
#sleep 5
#conky -c /home/sar/.conkies/conkympd-45rpm -q &
 exit
fi

THANKS guys

Last edited by DasFox (2010-07-18 03:38:38)

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  • Registered: 2009-02-19
  • Posts: 514

Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

The sleep numbers: I guess you could just comment out "sleep 2" in the case of the clock conky. I have added a 20 seconds delay ("sleep 20") before the "main" conky starts because it has features that require a working network connection (the weather information, especially).

I named the script "ssc.sh" (from "Start/Stop Conky"), put it in my ~/bin folder, made it executable (chmod +x ~/bin/ssc.sh) and added it to ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh, like this:

# Start/Stop Conky
ssc.sh &

I guess you could also remove the "sleep" lines from the script and write the line in autostart.sh as follows:

# Start/Stop Conky
(sleep 20s && ssc.sh) &

You can naturally remove the two unnecessary instances of Conky from the script instead of just commenting them out. Like this:

#!/bin/sh

# start / stop Conky

if pidof conky | grep [0-9] > /dev/null
then
exec killall conky
else
sleep 2
conky -c /home/sar/.conkies/conkyrc-clock -q &
sleep 20
conky -c /home/sar/.conkies/conkyrc -q &
exit
fi

Looking forward to seeing another screenshot of your conkies in action... Good luck!

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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

I try to start the script and I get:

line 5: pidof: command not found

So I made a simple script:.

#!/bin/bash

# start / stop Conky

conky -c /home/sar/.conky/conkyrc-clock &

conky -c /home/sar/.conky/conkyrc

Found info here for making that.

http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/howto/h … y_sessions

WELL it's not as bad running two versions BUT when the time changes the day/date/clock still move a little left and right. Also I noticed when the cpu bar moves left and right it cause that bottom section of system monitors, all of them as one to move a little left and right, or it will cause the wallpaper beneath it to move left and right.

Darn how can I get all of it to stop moving?

Here's the scripts now for both of them:


conkyrc-clock - day/date/time

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont verdana:size=8

# Text alignment 
alignment tr

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

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1.0

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

# own window options
own_window               yes
own_window_transparent   yes
own_window_type          desktop
own_window_type          override
own_window_hints         undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

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

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Minimum size of text area
#minimum_size  230 230
#maximum_width 575

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 10

# border width
border_width 1

default_shade_color    grey
default_outline_color  black

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 30
gap_y 0

# My font names so I won't forget them.
# Asenine Wide
# Night Sky
# Radio Space
# Zegoe Light

# Stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen.

TEXT


${color cfc571}${font Night Sky:size=21}${time %A} * ${font Night Sky:size=21}${time %d %B %Y} *${font Night Sky:size=21}${time %l:%M %P}



conkyrc - system monitors

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont verdana:size=8

# Text alignment 
alignment tr

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

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1.0

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

# own window options
own_window               yes
own_window_transparent   yes
own_window_type          desktop
own_window_type          override
own_window_hints         undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

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

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Minimum size of text area
#minimum_size  230 230
#maximum_width 500

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 10

# border width
border_width 1

default_shade_color    grey
default_outline_color  black

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 20
gap_y 200

# My font names so I won't forget them.
# Asenine Wide
# Night Sky
# Radio Space
# Zegoe Light

# Stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen.

TEXT


${color cfc571}${font Zegoe Light:size=15}BANDWIDTH
${color ffffff}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}v${font}   Up: ${upspeed wlan0} Kb/s 
${color ffffff}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}r${font}   Down: ${downspeed wlan0} Kb/s 

${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}M${font}   Upload: ${totalup wlan0}
${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}S${font}   Download: ${totaldown wlan0}



${color cfc571}${font Zegoe Light:size=15}SYSTEM
${color ffffff}${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font}  CPU0: ${cpu cpu0}% ${acpitemp}C ${cpubar cpu0 6,30}
${color F8DF58}${font StyleBats:size=16}8${font} Battery: ${battery_percent BAT1}% ${battery_bar 6,30}



${color cfc571}${font Zegoe Light:size=15}RAM & UPTIME
${color C2E078}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}J${font}   $mem / $memmax
${font StyleBats:size=18}P${font}  Work:  ${uptime_short}


THANKS

Last edited by DasFox (2010-07-18 12:31:25)

  • From: Lost River Lake
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  • Posts: 514

Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

The reason for their moving is that you have commented out these lines:

# Minimum size of text area
#minimum_size  230 230
#maximum_width 575

And in the second conky:

# Minimum size of text area
#minimum_size  230 230
#maximum_width 500

Uncomment the lines and set the widths identical, as follows:

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size  500 230
maximum_width 500

And:

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size  230 230
maximum_width 230

Of course, you might have to change the width value (500/230) to something else, just make sure that the width is identical on both lines.

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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

Width identical on both lines?


This is what I put for the system monitors:

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size  140 140
maximum_width 140


Clock:

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size  500 230
maximum_width 500

It seems to work ok for me, are these numbers then ok?

One other thing I just noticed, when the CPU percentage increases it cause the cpu bar to increase in size, then when the percentage decreases the bar goes back to the original size,
how can I keep the cpubar static in size? I'm saying the box size changes not just the bar inside the box, I only want the bar inside the box to move.


Here's the box size original when there's no load on the cpu: (This is the size I want it to remain)

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/3954/28316075.th.jpg

Here's the box now bigger with a cpu load: (See it got bigger, out to the right, the bigger numbers move it...)

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/8222/27548207.th.jpg

THANKS

Last edited by DasFox (2010-07-18 13:59:35)

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  • Registered: 2009-02-19
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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

If the values work for you and no output gets cut away, then they are OK. On my desktop, I have adjusted them so that Conky takes only as much screen estate as the output requires. The main reason for that is the right-click menu: the more compact the Conky window is, the more space is spared for clicking the menu. Good to hear that the instructions were helpful.

EDIT: I replied only to the earlier version of your post, without the screenshots and the CPU bar question. I have never used those bars myself, but I find it a little surprising that the increasing output increases the width of the bar (or the Conky window?), especially when you have set the minimum and maximum width as identical... On a second thought: is it only the bar that gets bigger? The window size should not change now.

Last edited by Piraja (2010-07-18 14:33:32)

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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

Piraja wrote:

If the values work for you and no output gets cut away, then they are OK. On my desktop, I have adjusted them so that Conky takes only as much screen estate as the output requires. The main reason for that is the right-click menu: the more compact the Conky window is, the more space is spared for clicking the menu. Good to hear that the instructions were helpful.

EDIT: I replied only to the earlier version of your post, without the screenshots and the CPU bar question. I have never used those bars myself, but I find it a little surprising that the increasing output increases the width of the bar (or the Conky window?), especially when you have set the minimum and maximum width as identical... On a second thought: is it only the bar that gets bigger? The window size should not change now.


Look up I edited and added screen shots... wink

  • Registered: 2010-06-05
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Re: Clock Make Script Move Left And Right

I've been playing with it, trying to make the gap wider between the percentage and temp and it doesn't matter how much space is in between them, as soon as the percentage goes from a single digit to a double digit it makes the bar get bigger, as soon as it drops back down to a single digit the bar goes back to normal.

There must be a way to keep this bar in place?


THANKS