[SOLVED] Placing Conky next to Tint2?

Do you want the conky and tint2 to overlap or just be side by side?

For side by side, heres some of the relevant settings

tint2rc:

panel_position = top right horizontal
panel_size = 70% 19

conkyrc:

minimum_size 400 0
alignment top_left
gap_x 0
gap_y 0

And here an example of what it would look like:

I did my two conky with tint2 slightly different.

↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ that is an image to click on.

On the right: beside the time is ${uptime_short} and on the left conkyEmail showing the number of new emails in two accounts (0.0)

I have tint2 set to use 80% of my screen width and centered that leaves 10% od the screen width on each side that conky can use.

# Panel
panel_monitor = all
panel_position = bottom center horizontal
panel_size = 86% 22
panel_margin = 0 5
panel_padding = 2 0 0
panel_dock = 0
wm_menu = 0
panel_layer = bottom
panel_background_id = 0

colour background

crazy ... I run a test and see:

Conky: '/home/sector11/Conky/test' modified, reloading...
Conky: /home/sector11/Conky/test: 9: no such configuration: 'own_window_color'

I think we need a bug report!

I had that "in conky" ---> 

It's just that when I'm typing I use my native language rules.  For as much as I tell #! to use Canadian English there are parts of the OS that INSIST on US English.  {sigh}

# Window
#own_window yes
own_window_transparent no
#own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_color #FFA07A

Nice catch though I had "#own_window yes" commented out.
But it didn't help, if you can get it to show a colo(u)r please show entire conky 

can't remember what app it is but it gives you a warning that "colour is depreciated, use color instead",  funny the dictionary doesn't say its depreciated.

I was checking out the differences between your conky that does work and my test conky that didn't:

own_window_type override
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

You have that own_window_type override in there that I didn't have.

Also with that command the second one:

own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

is useless (italics are mine):

So I learn something today, all in all a good day!

I don't like "last questions" it sounds ... so ... final!  So I'll assume (dangerous word that) that you'll ask at least one more ... sometime. 

Answer: I don't know.

minimum_size takes one or two variables:

minimum_size H W

But it's minimum now max.

Show is your conky file and a screenshot there might be a way to "fudge it". 

I think it has to do with you putting two lines of stuff in your conky. If its only one line, Im sure the height will become less.

@ gareim

I can barely read that on mine, tiny tiny tiny 

I see two options change font to:

xftfont Terminus:size=5

to make it smaller.

Or increase tint2 to 25 pixels.

Also you have a couple of errors:

use_spacer no

Response should be either: left, right or none

Change it to:

use_spacer none

and:

border_margin 0

to

#border_margin 0

border_margin depreciated

Or use one of these:

@Sector11

Thanks for the tips! My conky is mostly pieced together from multiple conkys that I find on the internet.

I think I'll go with making it 25 pixels. Setting the font one size lower makes it extremely hard to read. I might try the tint2 on the side one day when I feel like mixing it up, but I'm a conservative person. Thanks for all the help!