3 awesome WM questions

generic_ · 2009-06-09 21:39:38

Ive got awesome and i love it but I have 3 issues.

The time ii awesome's "task bar" is one minute behind. I looked in the rc.lua and it gets its time from date using date's parameters. How can i fix this I have only messed with the menus in the rc.lua other than that it is stock.

How can i get on of the conky bars at the bottom of the screen. I hear it can bee piped in to awesome with conky-cli how? I saw one thread but it did not explain it I tried and have failed on this

Also when i define my own "sub-menu" in the awesome menu none of the items in it are clickable. I know the items are fine because when i move them out of the submenu they are fine. All you do is create a sub menu just like the "awesome" sub-menu right

EDIT: Some how the time issue fixed it self after a reboot it is now synced properly with the time.

Last edited by generic_ (2009-06-10 22:27:33)

allbluedream · 2009-06-09 23:40:25

awful.hooks.timer.register(1, function ()
    mytextbox.text = os.date(" %a %b %d, %H:%M ")
end)

The original says "60", that's why it's updated every minute.

I don't know the answer to the other two questions.

heleos · 2009-06-10 00:49:53

Can you post the lua code you're using for the submenu?

generic_ · 2009-06-10 14:20:53

Yes when I get home I will do that I'm on the ipod now

Actually it seemed I was doing it wrong. I was using a menu whos argument was a defined item instead if a string value. Such as
firefox = "firefox"
{{"firefox", firefox}}

instead of
{{"firefox", "firefox"}}

I didnt know you could use just the string. And i guess you can use constants in sub menu's :? either way its working now.

So can any one help me with the conky problem?

Last edited by generic_ (2009-06-11 03:44:23)

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3 awesome WM questions

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