Conky one line changes

[VastOne]

I loathe conky... I think it gets way too much attention on distros and takes away from what the distro is actually about.  I am glad that is not the case here

I do use conky, the one line top conky has been my simple use for it for years... I have recently made a change that people who use gmail may (or may not) care about...  I used to use to conky's but have now combined them to one ... here is what it looks like



This is how it is done ... three files

.conkyrc - NOTE you will need to edit this and change -WYOURZIPCODE to your zip code so it looks like -W42056 (or yours)

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# .conkyrc - Edited from various examples across the 'net
# Used by VastOne on VSIDO

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
#own_window yes
#own_window_type normal
#own_window_transparent no
#own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

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

# fiddle with window
use_spacer right

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes
xftfont Liberation Sans:size=14.2
xftalpha 0.9
text_buffer_size 2048

# 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

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

# Minimum size of text area
#minimum_size 1024 0
#maximum_width 1024

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no
own_window_argb_visual yes
own_window_type desktop
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_class conky-semi

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 0

# border margins
# border_margin 0

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
#default_color grey
#color2=white
#color3=grey
#default_shade_color black
#default_outline_color grey
own_window_colour 000000

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_middle
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 0
gap_y 5
minimum_size 1200 29
maximum_width 1200
# 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 2

# number of net samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 2

# 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 none

# lua_load ~/Conky/LUA/draw-bg.lua
# lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg 10 0 0 0 0 0x000000 0.3
# ${color 7D8C93}Wyatt ${color 55688A} ${execi 600 inxi -W63882 | cut -c31-34}°
TEXT
${image $HOME/images/vsidoorb_blk.png -s 42x42 -p 1,-1}        ${voffset 6}${color 7D8C93} $kernel ${color 73AEB4} ${color lime green}${uptime_short} ${color 73AEB4} C ${color 7D8C93}${cpu cpu0}%  ${color 73AEB4}M ${color 7D8C93}${memperc}% ${mem} / ${memmax}  ${color 73AEB4} HD ${color 7D8C93} ${execi 5 hddtemp -n /dev/sda}° ${color 73AEB4}N${color 7D8C93}  ${voffset 1}${downspeedgraph wlan0 12,85 000000 ff0000}  ${upspeedgraph wlan0 12,85 000000 00ff00}${color lime green}   ${time %I:%M%P}${color 7D8C93} ${color 55688A} OD ${execi 600 inxi -WYOURZIPCODE | cut -c31-34}°

.conkyrc2  -  NOTE You will need to edit this and change yourgmailusername yourpassword to your gmail login name and your gmail password

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# .conkyrc - Edited from various examples across the 'net
# Used by VastOne on VSIDO

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
#own_window yes
#own_window_type normal
#own_window_transparent no
#own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

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

# fiddle with window
use_spacer right

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes
xftfont Liberation Sans:size=14.2
xftalpha 0.9
text_buffer_size 4096

# 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

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

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 236 400
maximum_width 236
#maximum_width 1024

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no
own_window_argb_visual yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_class conky-semi

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 0

# border margins
# border_margin 0

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
#default_color grey
#color2=white
# color3=grey
#default_shade_color black
#default_outline_color grey
# own_window_colour 070809

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_middle
#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 190
gap_y -15

# 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 2

# number of net samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 2

# 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 none
TEXT

${color 7D8C93}${voffset 5}G-Mail  - ${execpi 15 python ~/gmail_parser.py yourgmailusername yourpassword 3}

gmail_parser.py

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## check-gmail.py -- A command line util to check GMail -*- Python -*-
## modified to display mailbox summary for conky

# ======================================================================
# Copyright (C) 2006 Baishampayan Ghose <b.ghose@ubuntu.com>
# Modified 2008 Hunter Loftis <hbloftis@uncc.edu>
# Time-stamp: Mon Jul 31, 2006 20:45+0530
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
# published by the Free Software Foundation.
# ======================================================================

import sys
import urllib             # For BasicHTTPAuthentication
import feedparser         # For parsing the feed
from textwrap import fill

_URL = "https://mail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom"

uname = sys.argv[1]
password = sys.argv[2]
maxlen = sys.argv[3]

urllib.FancyURLopener.prompt_user_passwd = lambda self, host, realm: (uname, password)

def auth():
    '''The method to do HTTPBasicAuthentication'''
    opener = urllib.FancyURLopener()
    f = opener.open(_URL)
    feed = f.read()
    return feed


def readmail(feed, maxlen):
'''Parse the Atom feed and print a summary'''
atom = feedparser.parse(feed)
print '${color3} %s new email(s)\n' % (len(atom.entries))
# for i in range(min(len(atom.entries), maxlen)):
# print '${color2}%s' % fill(atom.entries[i].title,38)
#uncomment the following line if you want to show the name of the sender
# print '          ${color2}%s' % atom.entries[i].author
# if len(atom.entries) > maxlen:
# print ' ${color}more...'

if __name__ == "__main__":
    f = auth()  # Do auth and then get the feed
    readmail(f, int(maxlen)) # Let the feed be chewed by feedparser


Final Notes - On VSIDO most of these files are already there so you will need to rename as you see fit

gmail_parser.py needs to be executable and relies on this file python-feedparser

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sudo apt-get install python-feedparser

[PackRat]

Looks good.

although, in case anyone tries a copy anf paste, shouldn't

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${execi 600 inxi -YOURZIPCODE | cut -c31-34}°

be

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${execi 600 inxi -W YOURZIPCODE | cut -c31-34}°

to get local weather conditions?

I don't have inxi on this particular computer, otherwise I would verify it myself.

[lwfitz]

VastOne I was just thinking maybe we could remove all unnecessary apps and just have a conky os? 

[VastOne]

^ I saw that one coming all the way from Cali!    

[VastOne]

Looks good.

although, in case anyone tries a copy anf paste, shouldn't

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${execi 600 inxi -YOURZIPCODE | cut -c31-34}°

be

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${execi 600 inxi -W YOURZIPCODE | cut -c31-34}°

to get local weather conditions?

I don't have inxi on this particular computer, otherwise I would verify it myself.

Thanks!  You are correct, and it has been corrected... when i copied n pasted, I did it in haste and wasted it ... 

[lwfitz]

^ I saw that one coming all the way from Cali!    

And I want ALL the credit 

[riV]

Hello VastOne and Everyone
conky VSIDO One Liner.conkyrc

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conky.config = {
-- conkyrc  Edited from various examples across the net
-- Used by VSIDO Users

-- Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
--own_window=true
--own_window_type='normal'
--own_window_transparent=false
--own_window_hints='undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager'

-- Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer=true,

-- fiddle with window
use_spacer='right',

-- Use Xft?
use_xft=true,
font='LiberationSans-Regular:size=10.5',
xftalpha=0.9,
text_buffer_size=2048,

-- 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,

-- Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer=true,

-- Minimum size of text area
max_text_width=0,
--minimum_width=1024
--minimum_height=0
--maximum_width=1024

-- Draw shades?
draw_shades=false,

-- Draw outlines?
draw_outline=false,

-- Draw borders around text
draw_borders=false,
own_window_argb_visual=true,
own_window_type='desktop',
own_window_hints='undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager',
own_window=true,
own_window_transparent=true,
own_window_class='conky-semi',

-- Stippled borders?
stippled_borders=0,

-- border margins
--border_margin=0

-- border width
border_width=1,

-- Default colors and also border colors
--default_color='grey'
--color2='white'
--color3='grey'
--default_shade_color='black'
--default_outline_color='grey'
own_window_colour='000000',

-- Text alignment possible values are commented
--alignment='top_middle'
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=0,
gap_y=5,
minimum_width=1200,
minimum_height=29,
maximum_width=1200,
-- Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers=true,

-- set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase=false,

-- number of cpu samples to average set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples=2,

-- number of net samples to average
-- set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples=2,

-- Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale=true,

-- Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer='none'

--lua_load ~/Conky/LUA/draw-bg.lua
--lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg 10 0 0 0 0 0x000000 0.3
};
--TEXT
conky.text= [[
${image $HOME/images/vsidoorb_blk.png -s 42x42 -p 1,-1}         ${voffset 6}   ${color 73AEB4}  kernel${color 7D8C93} $kernel ${color 73AEB4} uptime ${color khaki3}${uptime_short} ${color 73AEB4} cpu ${color 7D8C93}${cpu cpu0}%  ${color 73AEB4}mem ${color 7D8C93}${memperc}% ${color khaki2} ${mem} ${color 7D8C93} / ${memmax} ${color 73AEB4}  net ${voffset 1}${color 7D8C93}${downspeedgraph eth0 12,65 000000 ff0000}  ${upspeedgraph eth0 12,65 000000 00ff00}  ${color 73AEB4}ip  ${color khaki3}${execi 99999 hostname -I}
]](?)