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jaydee
Joined: 18 Apr 2012 Posts: 7
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Posted: Wed 16 May 2012, 07:13 Post subject:
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battleshooter, appreciate the feedback.
its the openbox that comes as the default wm in lupu, specs say
openbox 3.4.11 , repo has it as openbox_3.4.10-1 .
the xdgmenu that also shows up in repo composes the start menu so it shouldnt (probably?) be necessary.
Tracking down the transparency command sounds like a tall order for my skillset, but i ll certainly give it a go. Also attached my conkyrc file, in case any specific setting in it contributes to the effect (also added a preview pic, to keep the punters passing through happy).
like yourself, i have nothing against feh, i just looked through its files, and it seems feh was designed for a completely different reason and function; it seems a bit too much for what we want it for (although still a great working fix).
thanks again for the effort.
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battleshooter

Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 1381 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu 17 May 2012, 06:00 Post subject:
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Well that's got to be the weirdest thing ever. I tried fiddling around with the conkyrc file for the "Cherries" theme in OpenBox but wasn't able to achieve any transparency. Then I tried your compact lua theme (it's a nice take on the original by the way ) and true enough it was black and then eventually went transparent. I'll have to look more into this tomorrow, maybe copy the settings from the compact lua conkyrc and try to work them with another theme.
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jaydee
Joined: 18 Apr 2012 Posts: 7
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Posted: Thu 17 May 2012, 15:02 Post subject:
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its weird, right ?!
I was going back and forth on all the startup scripts and got lost, so i went back to the conkyrc file, commenting out rules and it seems that the rule that allows this is Code: | own_window_type override | (none of the other options exhibits this).
According to the conky configuration page, Override windows are not under the control of the window manager, meaning no wm decorations or rules apply.
So we might not be getting transparency per se (none of the argb/opacity values work), but just that the base window (border, label,) isn't drawn;why the background lags is right now beyond me. To get variable transparency in openbox, i think we probably need a compositor like xcompmgr, as per urukrama's guide.
This could very well be a weird glitch/coincidence that made me jump into a convenient conclusion.
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alwaysalonee
Joined: 28 Feb 2012 Posts: 62
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Posted: Mon 21 May 2012, 00:33 Post subject:
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Code: | own_window_type override |
this is a magic code for transparency
in greenlua conky rc file i put that line and it begin to give transparency :
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battleshooter

Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 1381 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon 21 May 2012, 04:53 Post subject:
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I haven't had time to really process your post jaydee, I'll be busy most this week, but just thought to post to let you know I haven't forgotten about OpenBox and Conky.
alwaysalonee wrote: | this is a magic code for transparency |
Haha, that made me laugh
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`f00

Joined: 06 Nov 2008 Posts: 808 Location: the Western Reserve
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Posted: Mon 21 May 2012, 10:50 Post subject:
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..enable wand gestures (pesky brooms with pails
This may be ot for this particular conky (use the old 161 myself since 181 gave me multiple pids in htop), but pseudotrans needs always a bg set before conky starts - however you set it. Sometimes the wm does it like enlightenment, afterstep, startfluxbox or if flux/blackbox/? does it in the style when changing that; other wms I do the bg-set as the first line for each wm, then wbar, then conky (with sleep-delay as desired) in a ~/Startup/script. As noted conky 'catches up' after awhile (sooner or later, depending). If a rox pinboard is used, that can be yet another background (if roxpin has been set up as an on-demand item) or the initial method
On some of my pups, openbox likes a normal or desktop rather than override - otherwise windows may open under the layer conky is on. Enlightenment has different needs as well (akin to xfce as I recall, but with a few differences of course)
Depending on your 'clutter' preferences, more control can be exerted (like iconizing to the task/client list or..) with the 'skip' parameters - wms and pagers allowing. Funny, I used to use this to hide desktop icons under conky
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alwaysalonee
Joined: 28 Feb 2012 Posts: 62
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Posted: Mon 21 May 2012, 12:40 Post subject:
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here's a trick for noobs by a noob
create a script name it yoconky and paste code
Code: | conky -c /root/.conky/greenlua/conkyrc
set_wallpaper /root/imgs/cool.jpg |
you will need to change paths to files tho
additionally i put this script in bin folder and in tint2 in clock setting on right click i give it as command so i just have to right click on clock to get some things done easily
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Colonel Panic

Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 1968
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Posted: Tue 29 May 2012, 17:31 Post subject:
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This looks good. I might give it a try next weekend when hopefully I'll have some spare time. Thanks for the thread and info.
Cheers,
CP .
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scott2907
Joined: 11 May 2012 Posts: 5
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Posted: Thu 31 May 2012, 09:49 Post subject:
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Hi Guys
This is a great thread and I got conky in and working no bother.
I'm having trouble with my lua rings tho -
Code: | conky: llua_do_call: function conky_clock_rings execution failed:attempt to call a nil value |
Also, my /usr/local/apps/Wallpaper directory doesn't exist. Instead I have an executable there of the same name that is nathan's wallpaper switcher.
No hidden files either. So I can't put my transparency setting in there as you describe.
Thanks for any help here.
*Intel something-or-other, 1GB, Openbox, wbar, slacko.*
Tom
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battleshooter

Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 1381 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu 31 May 2012, 11:44 Post subject:
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scott2907 wrote: | Hi Guys
This is a great thread and I got conky in and working no bother.
I'm having trouble with my lua rings tho -
Code: | conky: llua_do_call: function conky_clock_rings execution failed:attempt to call a nil value |
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That's weird, I thought I edited the code to remove that error. It basically comes up if you don't have the things installed that are being displayed in the rings.
Stick this I suppose at the top of the clock_rings.lua file after all the red comments and I think it should fix your problem.
Code: | if value == nil then value = 0 end
pct = value/pt['max'] |
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Also, my /usr/local/apps/Wallpaper directory doesn't exist. Instead I have an executable there of the same name that is nathan's wallpaper switcher.
No hidden files either. So I can't put my transparency setting in there as you describe. |
Haha, actually that executable is the folder. If you click on the folder while holding shift, it should open normally as a folder.
Do the pets I uploaded in this thread work on Slacko? Or are you using a Conky pet for Slacko?
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scott2907
Joined: 11 May 2012 Posts: 5
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Posted: Thu 31 May 2012, 15:04 Post subject:
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Thanks for the answer I'll give it a go.
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Do the pets I uploaded in this thread work on Slacko? Or are you using a Conky pet for Slacko? |
yup they seem to! At least your Conky pet did, I still don't have LUA working, but I'm sure that's user error.
and regarding the wallpaper icon- That's just weird!!!
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koulaxizis

Joined: 17 Jul 2011 Posts: 437 Location: Greece
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Posted: Tue 14 Aug 2012, 11:08 Post subject:
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Nice post my friend! I finally managed to set up conky as i like! Thank you!
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Woof woof from Greece...
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Haut_Dawg

Joined: 25 Nov 2012 Posts: 27 Location: Portland OR
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Posted: Sun 02 Dec 2012, 12:33 Post subject:
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Hi! I'm fooling around with conky this morning. I have done step 1 and step 2. I seem to be missing something. Here's my screeny. Thank for any help.
Cheers!
Haut_Dawg
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James C

Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 6717 Location: Kentucky
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Posted: Sun 02 Dec 2012, 13:02 Post subject:
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One of my current Conky configs......
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nilsonmorales

Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 938 Location: El Salvador
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Posted: Sat 29 Dec 2012, 03:48 Post subject:
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I like my conky+lua
thank you batleshooter

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