Limiting string length in conky

rabcor · 2014-01-23 09:15:43

In conky, i know 1 method for shortening strings to display the parts of them i want to see, that method is called cut.

It works great if i'm using the execi function in conky.

However i have a slight problem, i use:

${top_mem name 1}${offest -50} ${top_mem mem 1 mem_res 6}

to display process name and memory usage (in Mb) however the process name is too long and overlaps with the usage number, how can i shorten it to just 10 letters of the output?

Last edited by rabcor (2014-01-23 09:16:16)

skunktrader · 2014-01-23 10:24:00

Did you try setting top_name_width to 10

rabcor · 2014-01-23 10:35:51

Thanks, that did it. After doing that though i had to increase offest from -50 to -10

Last edited by rabcor (2014-01-23 10:36:02)

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#1 2014-01-23 09:15:43

Limiting string length in conky

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Re: Limiting string length in conky

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Re: Limiting string length in conky

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