[solved] dwm + conky + mpd

ntness · 2010-05-29 21:32:04

I have the following .conkyrc:

background no
out_to_console yes
update_interval 2
total_run_times 0
use_spacer none

TEXT
$if_mpd_playing ^i(/home/hithere/.dwm/dzen/xbm8x8/note.xbm) ${mpd_smart}$endif • ^i(/home/hithere/.dwm/dzen/xbm8x8/cpu.xbm) ${cpu}% • ^i(/home/hithere/.dwm/dzen/xbm8x8/mem.xbm) ${memperc}% • ^i(/home/hithere/.dwm/dzen/xbm8x8/fs_01.xbm) /sda1: ${fs_used_perc /}% | /sda2: ${fs_used_perc /home}% • ^i(/home/hithere/.dwm/dzen/xbm8x8/net_down_03.xbm) ${downspeedf eth0} ^i(/home/hithere/.dwm/dzen/xbm8x8/net_up_03.xbm) ${upspeedf eth0} • ^fg(\#696969)${time %H:%M}^fg()

When I play a music file via ncmpc++, the conky display gets shifted to the right, thus hiding my download/upload speeds, clock, etc. Is there a way to anchor my conky display information and have mpd fill the music file information to the left?

Last edited by ntness (2010-05-30 06:13:38)

schen · 2010-05-29 22:49:39

Are you piping conky to the dwm statusbar? Also, try putting in out_to_x no.

Last edited by schen (2010-05-29 22:52:12)

ntness · 2010-05-30 01:44:05

Adding "out_to_x no" didn't solve the issue. I'm not piping conky to the dwm status bar. I'm starting it with x as so (.xinitrc):

(sleep 2s && conky | dzen2 -x '948' -e '' -fg '#696969' -bg '#fffef6' -w '490' -h '14' -ta r -fn '-*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*' -p ) &

Most of the code is a rehash of other works so I'm not fully aware of all the functions. I tinker until I get a working solution. Anyway, thanks for the suggestions.

jasonwryan · 2010-05-30 01:53:39

You can try changing the -x and -w values for dzen, to give it more room to expand when mpd is playing...

Last edited by jasonwryan (2010-05-30 01:54:14)

ntness · 2010-05-30 03:05:27

Ok, played with -x and -w a bit. Increasing -w truncates the clock/up and down speed/drive information (apparently shifting things off the screen to the right). Decreasing -w truncates almost everything and shifts the code towards the center of the screen. The same holds for increasing and decreasing the value of -x; increasing shifts everything to the right (off screen) and decreasing shifts everything towards the center (albeit, with no truncation). Now I'm positive this would all work out merrily if I had my cpu information in the top left and so could put the mpd code at the end of my file

jasonwryan · 2010-05-30 03:31:02

-w is the total width of dzen. -x is it's absolute position. Between the two you should be able to find a workable solution...

pseup · 2010-05-30 03:35:33

You can change ${mpd_smart} to supply the max length eg ${mpd_smart 50}. That way long songs will get truncated and not mess up the rest of the bar.

ntness · 2010-05-30 04:16:33

Right, so you would think increasing the width would allow the song information to fit but it doesn't. My clock and all other info is always truncated (I've ramped up -w from 490 to 700, 1000, 1440). Changing ${mpd_smart} to 50 (or 10 for that matter) truncates everything as well...dzen is still shifted into the abyss of offscreen land.

ntness · 2010-05-30 06:13:19

Forgive my obstinance...it seems jr was right. After fiddling with -x and -w for a while I found a value that worked for my longest filenames (e.g. Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante Op.22 in E flat major). So, -x '585' and -w '848' was the magical combination. Thank you all for the help.

Last edited by ntness (2010-05-30 06:23:07)

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#1 2010-05-29 21:32:04

[solved] dwm + conky + mpd

#2 2010-05-29 22:49:39

Re: [solved] dwm + conky + mpd

#3 2010-05-30 01:44:05

Re: [solved] dwm + conky + mpd

#4 2010-05-30 01:53:39

Re: [solved] dwm + conky + mpd

#5 2010-05-30 03:05:27

Re: [solved] dwm + conky + mpd

#6 2010-05-30 03:31:02

Re: [solved] dwm + conky + mpd

#7 2010-05-30 03:35:33

Re: [solved] dwm + conky + mpd

#8 2010-05-30 04:16:33

Re: [solved] dwm + conky + mpd

#9 2010-05-30 06:13:19

Re: [solved] dwm + conky + mpd

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