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Buttie

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Registered: 2006-12-06

Posts: 8

Conky $alignr problem [SOLVED]

Hello,

I have a problem with my conky setup.
when i use the ${alignr} variable the text is just on the middle of the screen.
Does anyone know how to solve this?

# Conky sample configuration
#
# the list of variables has been removed from this file in favour
# of keeping the documentation more maintainable.
# Check http://conky.sf.net for an up-to-date-list.

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background no

# X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 5x7
#font 6x10
#font 7x13
#font 8x13
#font 9x15
#font *mintsmild.se*
#font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

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

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

# Print everything to stdout?
# out_to_console no

# MPD host/port
mpd_host localhost
mpd_port 6600
# mpd_password tinker_bell

# Print everything to console?
# out_to_console no

# mail spool
mail_spool $MAIL

# 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

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window no

# If own_window is yes, you may use type normal, desktop or override
#own_window_type dekstop

# Use pseudo transparency with own_window?
own_window_transparent yes

# If own_window_transparent is set to no, you can set the background colour here
own_window_colour hotpink

# If own_window is yes, these window manager hints may be used
#own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

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

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 280 5

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Draw borders around graphs
draw_graph_borders yes

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 0

# border margins
border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color black

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
alignment top_left
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right
#alignment none

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 16
gap_y 16

# 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 no

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer no

# Allow each port monitor to track at most this many connections (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
#max_port_monitor_connections 256

# Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts, offsets, aligns, etc.
#max_specials 512

# Maximum size of buffer for user text, i.e. below TEXT line.
#max_user_text 16384

# variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}. Latter
# allows characters right after the variable and must be used in network
# stuff because of an argument

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
${color}CPU:${color #88aadd} $cpu%  ${cpugraph 10,120}    ${color}RAM:${color #88aadd} $memperc%    ${color}Swap:${color #88aadd} $swapperc%    ${color}Temperature:${color #88aadd} ${acpitemp}C${alignr 16}${color}Date: ${color #88aadd}${time %A, %d %B}    ${color}Time: ${color #88aadd}${time %k:%M:%S}    ${color}Uptime: ${color #88aadd}${uptime}

${alignr 28}${color}     Name             PID     CPU%   MEM%
${color}Ethernet:     ${color #88aadd}Down   ${downspeedgraph eth0 10,40 88aadd 88aadd}  ${downspeed eth0} k/s${alignr 16}${color #88aadd}CPU  ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
              ${color #88aadd}Up     ${upspeedgraph eth0 10,40 88aadd 88aadd}  ${upspeed eth0} k/s${alignr 16}${color #3f4e66}     ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
              ${alignr 16}${color #3f4e66}     ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${color}HDD Usage:    ${color #88aadd}/      ${fs_bar 10,40 /}  ${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}${alignr 16}${color #88aadd}MEM  ${top_mem name 1} ${top_mem pid 1} ${top_mem cpu 1} ${top_mem mem 1}
              ${color #88aadd}/home  ${fs_bar 10,40 /home}  ${fs_used /home}/${fs_size /home}${alignr 16}${color #3f4e66}     ${top_mem name 2} ${top_mem pid 2} ${top_mem cpu 2} ${top_mem mem 2}
              ${alignr 16}${color #3f4e66}     ${top_mem name 3} ${top_mem pid 3} ${top_mem cpu 3} ${top_mem mem 3}
${color}MPD:          ${color #88aadd}${mpd_smart}
              ${color #88aadd}${mpd_elapsed}/${mpd_length}  ${mpd_bar 10,120}${alignr 82}     ${color}Processes:${color #88aadd} $processes    ${color}Running:${color #88aadd} $running_processes
























































${color}Connection(s):    ${color #88aadd}Inbound ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 count}  |  Outbound ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 count}  |  All ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count}

${color}Inbound Connection(s)${alignr 16}Outbound Connection(s)${color #88aadd}
${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 0} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 0}${alignr 16}  ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 0} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 0}
${tcp_portmon 2 32767 rhost 1} ${tcp_portmon 2 32767 lservice 1}${alignr 16}  ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 1} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 1}
${tcp_portmon 3 32767 rhost 2} ${tcp_portmon 3 32767 lservice 2}${alignr 16}  ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 2} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 2}
${tcp_portmon 4 32767 rhost 3} ${tcp_portmon 4 32767 lservice 3}${alignr 16}  ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 3} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 3}
${tcp_portmon 5 32767 rhost 4} ${tcp_portmon 5 32767 lservice 4}${alignr 16}  ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 4} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 4}

Last edited by Buttie (2007-08-24 11:14:47)

MrWeatherbee

Member

Registered: 2007-08-01

Posts: 277

Re: Conky $alignr problem [SOLVED]

Hello,

I have a problem with my conky setup.
when i use the ${alignr} variable the text is just on the middle of the screen.
Does anyone know how to solve this?

It is aligning correctly to the right, but because of the size of the conky text area you have set, right happens to be in the middle of the screen, i.e., conky has no idea how wide your screen is, it is right aligning against the size of the text area.

The code where you change the size of the text area is here:

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 280 5

Try increasing the "280" number until the entire text area is as wide as you'd like. At that point, the right align variable will have moved your output away from the center towards the right edge of your screen. By the way, if you had "text" + spaces that was as wide as your screen, it would force the conky text area to that size (as long as it was not constrained by another variable, "maximum_width"). However, trying to adjust everything with text + spaces gets messy.

Also, just for grins, you could set the "own_window" variable to yes:

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes

for the time being. This will allow you to better visualize the text area size because you wll see this area as a window with title bar, etc. Set it back to "no" when done. I have mine set to "yes" all the time because I'm using Nautilus to manage my desktop, so in order to make the window appear "windowless", I have to do this:

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

Hope that helps.

Buttie

Member

Registered: 2006-12-06

Posts: 8

Re: Conky $alignr problem [SOLVED]

Works just fine!

Thanks a lot