Show us your conky

Sector11 · 2025-09-18 12:13:12

I will stay away from Wayland and use conky v 1.9.0 for as long as I can.

marens · 2025-09-22 18:22:20

@unklar

Another piece of good news for you, maybe even two.

1) It seems that there are no longer any problems with image sharpness on the Radio Swiss Pop website
2) The new script (audacious-stream-swiss-pop) can also use RadioTray-NG with minor changes (test1, test2, test3, paths...)

unklar · 2025-09-30 11:11:29

marens wrote:

@unklar
Another piece of good news for you, maybe even two.
1) It seems that there are no longer any problems with image sharpness on the Radio Swiss Pop website
2) The new script (audacious-stream-swiss-pop) can also use RadioTray-NG with minor changes (test1, test2, test3, paths...)
https://i.postimg.cc/Lq815xKd/radio-swis-pop.png

Thanks, I've already tried it.

unklar · 2025-09-30 11:23:19

Je cherchais le cours actuel de l'or pour un Conky et j'ai trouvé ce site web « compatible avec Linux » : https://www.gold.de/chartgenerator/

Il fournit une API gratuite au format json :

gold.de wrote:

Cours de l'or, de l'argent, etc. gratuits – API JSON
Interface API au format JSON avec cours gratuits (or, argent, platine, palladium en euros et en dollars, taux de change EUR/USD) :
Interface :
https://api.edelmetalle.de/public.json
Remarque : toutes les données sont fournies sans garantie, aucune assistance n'est fournie pour l'intégration. La mention « © GOLD.DE » ou similaire est obligatoire.

@loutch ; @marens, pourriez-vous vérifier si ma solution peut être appliquée ainsi ? Le cours est actualisé toutes les 30 secondes.
Merci !

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I was looking for the current gold price for a Conky and found this ‘Linux-friendly’ website: https://www.gold.de/chartgenerator/

It provides a free API in json format:

gold.de wrote:

Free gold price, silver price, etc. – JSON API
API interface in JSON format with prices for free use (gold, silver, platinum, palladium in euros and dollars, EUR/USD exchange rate):
Interface:
https://api.edelmetalle.de/public.json
Please note: All data is provided without guarantee, no support for integration. Copyright notice “© GOLD.DE” or similar is required.

@loutch; @marens, could you please take a look and see if my solution can be used this way. The course is updated every 30 seconds.
Thanks!

script

#!/bin/bash

#gold.de

#put your GOLD.DE address API here
wget api.edelmetalle.de/public.json -O $HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold.json -o /dev/null

conkyrc

...
${font hack:size=12}${texeci 300 bash $HOME/.config/conky/gold/goldkurs1}© GOLD.DE
${alignc}${execpi 6 cat $HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold.json | jq -r '.gold_eur'} EUR/oz
${alignc}${execpi 6 cat $HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold.json | jq -r '.gold_usd'} USD/oz${font}
...

loutch · 2025-09-30 12:55:26

Hello

Funktioniert bei mir, habe dies nur hinzugefügt, um eine Datei zu haben, die ich überprüfen kann.

conkyrc

 ${alignc}Gold Unklar
${texeci 300 bash $HOME/.conky/Tahoe/gold/gold.sh}

     mise @ jour ${execi 300 date -d "@$(jq -r .timestamp ~/.conky/Tahoe/gold/or)" +%H:%M}
     ${execpi 6 cat $HOME/.conky/Tahoe/gold/or | jq -r '.gold_eur'} EUR/once
     ${execpi 6 cat $HOME/.conky/Tahoe/gold/or | jq -r '.gold_usd'} USD/once
     Taux de change usd-€ ${execpi 6 cat $HOME/.conky/Tahoe/gold/or | jq -r '.wechselkurs_usd_eur' | cut -c1-6}

gold.sh

#!/bin/bash

wget api.edelmetalle.de/public.json -O $HOME/.conky/Tahoe/gold/gold.json -o /dev/null
jq --raw-output . $HOME/.conky/Tahoe/gold/gold.json > $HOME/.conky/Tahoe/gold/or
exit

------------------------------------------------------------------
Works for me, just added this to get a file I can examine.

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marens · 2025-09-30 14:32:40

@unklar

Download:

$ wget "api.edelmetalle.de/public.json" -O "$HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold-raw" -o /dev/null

Extract:

$ cat $HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold-raw | awk -F',' '{print $2}' | awk -F':' '{print $2, "EUR/oz"}'
3254.08 EUR/oz

$ cat $HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold-raw | awk -F',' '{print $1}' | awk -F':' '{print $2, "USD/oz"}'
3815.25 USD/oz

Conky:

...
${execpi 600 wget "api.edelmetalle.de/public.json" -O "$HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold-raw" -o /dev/null}
${alignc}${execpi 60 cat $HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold-raw | awk -F',' '{print $2}' | awk -F':' '{print $2, "EUR/oz"}'}
${alignc}${execpi 60 cat $HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold-raw | awk -F',' '{print $1}' | awk -F':' '{print $2, "USD/oz"}'}
...

EDIT

The download interval of the ${execpi 600 wget... and ${execpi 60 cat... commands should be set so that they rarely overlap.
That's your job because I have no idea how often you need fresh data.

I tested 60/8.37 as an example:

...
${execpi 60 wget "api.edelmetalle.de/public.json" -O "$HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold-raw" -o /dev/null}
${alignc}${execpi 8.37 cat $HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold-raw | awk -F',' '{print $2}' | awk -F':' '{print $2, "EUR/oz"}'}
${alignc}${execpi 8.37 cat $HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold-raw | awk -F',' '{print $1}' | awk -F':' '{print $2, "USD/oz"}'}
...

Last edited by marens (2025-09-30 18:12:20)

unklar · 2025-10-01 09:00:57

Merci beaucoup à vous deux ! Ce sont d'excellentes idées !

@marens,
j'ai compris qu'il fallait mettre l'adresse API entre " guillemets ". J'ai également
compris qu'il ne fallait pas travailler avec les données originales. Il vaut mieux les enregistrer dans un fichier RAW.

Je trouve que c'est une idée très intelligente de ta part, cela ne nécessite aucun script. Depuis Conky, cela consomme beaucoup moins de ressources [!].

Pour moi, ces paramètres sont optimaux :

${alignc}${font hack:size=12}© GOLD.DE
${execpi 300 wget "api.edelmetalle.de/public.json" -O "$HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold-raw" -o /dev/null}
${alignc}${execpi 6 cat $HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold-raw | jq -r “.gold_eur”} EUR/oz
${alignc}${execpi 6 cat $HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold-raw | jq -r “.gold_usd”} USD/oz${font}

Comme tu peux le voir, en tant qu'ami du code "court", je préfère tout de même travailler avec jq plutôt qu'avec awk et print.

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Thank you both! Those are great ideas!

@marens,
I understand that you put the API address in “quotation marks.” I also understand that you don't actually work with the original data. It's better to store that in a RAW file.

I think that's a really smart idea on your part; no script is needed. Working from within Conky is much more resource-efficient [!].

For me, these settings are optimal:

${alignc}${font hack:size=12}© GOLD.DE
${execpi 300 wget "api.edelmetalle.de/public.json" -O "$HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold-raw" -o /dev/null}
${alignc}${execpi 6 cat $HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold-raw | jq -r “.gold_eur”} EUR/oz
${alignc}${execpi 6 cat $HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold-raw | jq -r “.gold_usd”} USD/oz${font}

As you can see, as a fan of ‘short’ code, I still prefer to work with jq rather than awk and print.

Last edited by unklar (2025-10-01 09:03:00)

marens · 2025-10-01 12:40:49

I noticed a small 'problem' with the alignment.

Sometimes it happens that EUR/oz (or USD/oz) has only one decimal place.
Conky is set with alignc and so the alignment is lost.

This can be easily solved:

$ echo '3815.2' | awk '{printf("%.2f\n", $0)}'
3815.20

Conky:

${alignc}${execpi 6 cat $HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold-raw | jq -r “.gold_eur” | awk '{printf("%.2f\n", $0)}'} EUR/oz
${alignc}${execpi 6 cat $HOME/.config/conky/gold/gold-raw | jq -r “.gold_usd” | awk '{printf("%.2f\n", $0)}'} USD/oz

loutch · 2025-10-01 12:57:45

Hello

Work great with my cac40 conky

 ${alignc}CAC 40
     ${texeci 300 sed -n '11p' $HOME/.conky/Tahoe/bourse/info_cac.txt} Pts
     ${texeci 300 sed -n '12p' $HOME/.conky/Tahoe/bourse/info_cac.txt}
${execpi 300 wget "api.edelmetalle.de/public.json" -O "$HOME/.conky/Tahoe/bourse/gold-raw"}
${alignc} OR
     mise @ jour ${execi 300 date -d "@$(jq -r .timestamp ~/.conky/Tahoe/bourse/gold-raw)" +%H:%M}
     ${execpi 6 cat $HOME/.conky/Tahoe/bourse/gold-raw | jq -r '.gold_eur'} €/once
     ${execpi 6 cat $HOME/.conky/Tahoe/bourse/gold-raw | jq -r '.gold_usd'} $$/once
     Taux de change $$ - € ${execpi 6 cat $HOME/.conky/Tahoe/bourse/gold-raw | jq -r '.wechselkurs_usd_eur' | cut -c1-6}

${lua fDrawImage $HOME/.conky/Tahoe/bourse/diag.png 20 51 130 72}
${voffset -200}
${execi 350 ~/.conky/Tahoe/bourse/cac40.sh}

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Last edited by loutch (2025-10-01 13:01:19)

unklar · 2025-10-02 08:40:00

marens wrote:

I noticed a small 'problem' with the alignment.
Sometimes it happens that EUR/oz (or USD/oz) has only one decimal place.
Conky is set with alignc and so the alignment is lost.
This can be easily solved:

perfectionist

----------------
@loutch,

awesome!
fantastique!

loutch · 2025-10-02 15:45:41

Hello

@ unklar

Danke.

I continue to work on my Tahoe conkys , one of my old conkys (1600x900) from Mageia 5, drastically reduced to fit into a box.

Since each conky at left side has its own launcher, I can put whichever one I want on the desktop.

Here are some of them.

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marens · 2025-10-02 15:58:21

Start and Close Conky - same keyboard shortcut

It's best to explain with an example.

Conky:
Name: RadioTray_NG
Path: $HOME/.conky/RadioTray_NG/RadioTray_NG

1) The keyboard_shortcut script inside the ~/.conky/RadioTray_NG folder:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Try to get a list of PIDs for appropriate conky's
# Name not Path
runningConkys=$(pgrep -a conky | awk '/RadioTray_NG/{print $1}')

# if runningConkys is empty
if [[ -z "$runningConkys" ]]; then
    # Start Conky if Disabled
    # Path
    conky -q -c $HOME/.conky/RadioTray_NG/RadioTray_NG &
else #not empty
    # Kill all of the PIDs listed in $runningConkys
    # Kill Conky if Enabled
    kill -SIGKILL $runningConkys
fi

2) Make the script executable
3) Set Shortcut in Settings: Ctrl + Super + Alt + R
4) Command: bash -c '$HOME/.conky/RadioTray_NG/keyboard_shortcut'

Done.

Now you can easily start/close this conky with Ctrl + Super + Alt + R.

marens · 2025-10-02 18:12:20

Start Conky after Login

This is what my ~/.conky/conky-startup.sh script looks like:

sleep 12s
killall conky
cd "/home/marens/.conky/SM*Gotham2LX"
conky -c "/home/marens/.conky/SM*Gotham2LX/SM*Gotham2LX" &
cd "/home/marens/.conky/SM*OneLine"
conky -c "/home/marens/.conky/SM*OneLine/SM*OneLine" &
cd "/home/marens/.conky/SM*SimpleLX"
conky -c "/home/marens/.conky/SM*SimpleLX/SM*SimpleLX" &

* The script must be executable.

The script is added to the StartUp Applications using the command:

sh "/home/marens/.conky/conky-startup.sh"

As you can see, I have three Conkys starting 12 seconds after login.

Last edited by marens (2025-10-02 18:18:20)

loutch · 2025-10-02 18:33:50

Re

Night wallpaper with just 2 conky

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Last edited by loutch (2025-10-02 18:34:48)

loutch · 2025-10-03 08:45:44

Hello

Guys i need your help .

I can't find the error in my conky, which isn't displaying the correct time for Vancouver.

For other cities, it seems to be fine.

Vancouver 8:44, same as Miami.

If you have any ideas...

conky.config = {
use_xft = true,
	font = 'SF Pro Rounded Regular:size=7',
	xftalpha = 1,
	update_interval = 1.0,
	total_run_times = 0,
	own_window = true,
	own_window_class = 'Conky' ;
	own_window_transparent = false,
        own_window_argb_visual = true,
	own_window_argb_value = 00,
	own_window_type = 'normal',
	own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager',
	double_buffer = true,
	minimum_width = 330, minimum_height = 150,
        maximum_width = 330,
	text_buffer_size = 2048,
	draw_shades = false,
	draw_outline = false,
	draw_borders = false,
	draw_graph_borders = false,
	default_outline_color = 'white',
	alignment = 'top_left',
	gap_x = 385,
	gap_y = 000,
	no_buffers = true,
	uppercase = false,
	cpu_avg_samples = 2,
	override_utf8_locale = true,
imlib_cache_flush_interval = 60,
	imlib_cache_size = 10000,


-- Taille des pointillés
	stippled_borders = 5,

-- Couleurs
	default_color = '#cacaca',--ffd579
	default_shade_color = '#333333',
	default_outline_color = 'black',  

color0 = '2777ff',
color1 = 'D2CBC1',
color2 = 'red',
color3 = 'blue',
color4 = '797979',
color5 = '7B7870',
color6 = 'ffffff',
color7 = '000000',
color9 = '3F3C36',

lua_load = '~/.conky/Tahoe/monde/settings.lua scripts/loadall.lua',
    lua_draw_hook_pre = 'main',
    lua_startup_hook = 'vars',
    
};

conky.text = [[
${color}${tztime America/Anchorage %a %d %b}${goto 280}${color6}${tztime Pacific/Fiji %a %d %b}
${voffset -12}${goto 102}${if_match ${tztime Canada/Eastern %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}° Alert ${tztime Canada/Eastern %R}${color}${else}° Alert ${tztime Canada/Eastern %R}${endif}

${voffset -12}${goto 36}${if_match ${tztime America/Anchorage %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}°${tztime America/Anchorage %R}${color}${else} °${tztime America/Anchorage %R}${endif}
 ${voffset -6}${goto 18}${if_match ${tztime America/Anchorage %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6} Anchorage${color}${else} Anchorage${endif}

${goto 158}${voffset -19}${if_match ${tztime Europe/Paris %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}° Paris ${tztime Europe/Paris %R}${color}${else}° Paris ${tztime Europe/Paris %R}${endif}

${voffset -20}${goto 42}${if_match ${tztime Canada/Pacific %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}Vancouver${color}${else}Vancouver${endif}
 ${voffset -2}${goto 42}${if_match ${tztime Canada/Pacific %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}°${tztime Canada/Pacific %R}${color}${else}°${tztime Canada/Pacific %R}${endif}

${voffset -32}${goto 282}${if_match ${tztime Asia/Tokyo %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}° Tokyo ${color}${else}° Tokyo ${endif}
 ${voffset -5}${goto 292}${if_match ${tztime Asia/Tokyo %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}${tztime Asia/Tokyo %R}${color}${else}${tztime Asia/Tokyo %R}${endif}

${voffset -22}${goto 76}${if_match ${tztime US/Eastern %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}° Miami ${tztime US/Eastern %R}${color}${else}° Miami ${tztime US/Eastern %R}${endif}

${voffset -28}${goto 181}${if_match ${tztime GMT-5:30 %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}New Delhi °${color}${else}New Delhi °${endif}
 ${voffset -5}${goto 191}${if_match ${tztime GMT-5:30 %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}${tztime GMT-5:30 %R}${color}${else}${tztime GMT-5:30 %R}${endif}

${voffset -22}${goto 57}${if_match ${tztime America/Mexico_City %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}° Mexico ${tztime America/Mexico_City %R}${color}${else}° Mexico ${tztime America/Mexico_City %R}${endif}

${voffset 15}${goto 290}${if_match ${tztime Australia/Darwin %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}${goto 290}${voffset -2}° Darwin${color}${else}° Darwin${endif}
${voffset -5}${goto 300}${if_match ${tztime Australia/Darwin %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}${tztime Australia/Darwin %R}${color}${else}${tztime Australia/Darwin %R}${endif}${voffset 3}

${voffset -17} ${goto 175}${if_match ${tztime Africa/Johannesburg %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}° Cape Town${color}${else}° Cape Town${endif}
 ${voffset -5} ${goto 175}${if_match ${tztime Africa/Johannesburg %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}${tztime Africa/Johannesburg %R}${color}${else}${tztime Africa/Johannesburg %R}${endif}

${voffset -32}${goto 102}${if_match ${tztime America/Buenos_Aires %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}° Buenos Aires ${color}${else}° Buenos Aires ${endif}
 ${voffset -5}${goto 112}${if_match ${tztime America/Buenos_Aires %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}${tztime America/Buenos_Aires %R}${color}${else}${tztime America/Buenos_Aires %R}${endif}

${lua fDrawImage $HOME/.conky/Tahoe/monde/monde.png 0 5 320 149}

]];

many tanks

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unklar · 2025-10-03 10:04:32

Tes trois lignes indiquent ici l'heure correcte.

${alignc}${if_match ${tztime Canada/Pacific %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}Vancouver${else}Vancouver${endif}
${alignc}${if_match ${tztime Canada/Pacific %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}°${tztime Canada/Pacific %R}${else}°${tztime Canada/Pacific %R}${endif}

${alignc}${if_match ${tztime US/Eastern %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}° Miami ${tztime US/Eastern %R}${else}° Miami ${tztime US/Eastern %R}${endif}

----------------------
Your three lines show the correct time here.

loutch · 2025-10-03 11:56:01

Re

Aber nicht bei mihr und im einem andere conky .

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Not here & in another conky

PS have it

}${if_match ${tztime America/Vancouver %d} == ${tztime NZ %d}}${color6}°${tztime America/Vancouver %R}${color}${else}°${tztime America/Vancouver %R}${endif}

Now Miami is wrong

Last edited by loutch (2025-10-03 12:53:15)

marens · 2025-10-03 12:58:54

Terminal:

$ TZ=America/New_York date
Fri 03 Oct 2025 08:45:33 AM EDT

$ TZ=America/New_York date +'%R'
08:45

The list of supported cities is located in the folder /usr/share/zoneinfo.

EDIT
Typo.

Last edited by marens (2025-10-03 13:30:20)

loutch · 2025-10-03 13:15:53

Re

Oki-doki

Change for NEW_YORK work great.

Many tanks .

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Sector11 · 2025-10-03 13:31:00

My format has changed over time. See the conky here

Miami

${if_match ${tztime US/Eastern %d} == ${tztime Pacific/Kiritimati %d}}\
${alignc -30}${color6}${tztime US/Eastern %R} Miami${else}\
${alignc 30}${color}Miami ${tztime US/Eastern %R}${endif}

Toronto

${if_match ${tztime Canada/Eastern %d} == ${tztime Pacific/Kiritimati %d}}\
${alignc -40}${color6}${tztime Canada/Eastern %R} Toronto${else}\
${alignc 40}${color}Toronto ${tztime America/Toronto %R}${endif}

# For international dates & times ${tztime} see: /usr/share/zoneinfo
Canada

         Atlantic: ${tztime Canada/Atlantic %R}
          Central: ${tztime Canada/Central %R}
East-Saskatchewan: ${tztime Canada/East-Saskatchewan %R}
          Eastern: ${tztime Canada/Eastern %R}
         Mountain: ${tztime Canada/Mountain %R}
     Newfoundland: ${tztime Canada/Newfoundland %R}
          Pacific: ${tztime Canada/Pacific %R}
     Saskatchewan: ${tztime Canada/Saskatchewan %R}
            Yukon: ${tztime Canada/Yukon %R}
              UTZ: ${tztime UTZ %R}
             ZULU: ${tztime ZULU %R}
        Greenwich: ${tztime Greenwich %R}
        London ON: ${tztime America/Toronto %R} OR ${tztime Canada/Eastern %R}

Some Canadian cities shown as /America/

/America/Edmonton
/America/Glace_Bay
/America/Goose_Bay
/America/Halifax
/America/Inuvik
/America/Moncton
/America/Montreal
/America/Regina
/America/Resolute
/America/St_Johns
/America/Thunder_Bay
/America/Toronto
/America/Vancouver
/America/Whitehorse
/America/Winnipeg
/America/Yellowknife

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