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(1,839 replies, posted in Tips, Tricks & Scripts)

kBang wrote:

[...]I may be wrong?

what about :

xftalpha      Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0.

?

but i can't see any difference to the output while playing with that value?!

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(2,564 replies, posted in Tips, Tricks & Scripts)

http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/thumb/12291/2009_04_10_18_37_52_01_LZ4xQZ.png

.conkyrc
.conkyrc_rss


with a cronjob rsstail gets the feeds and write the hedlines to a temp-file

http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/thumb/12236/2009_04_09_19_33_15_01_Q35Z6U.png

gtk-theme: modified Nova-Blue
openbox-theme: modified Nova-Blue


i'm still working (fine-tuning) on the top conky - but here's a snapshot of mine actual desktop smile

@ omns :

nice wallpaper - but that conky looks too normal for such an perfekt desktop

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(2,564 replies, posted in Tips, Tricks & Scripts)

charlie01 wrote:

[...] id like to show up and down in my Network with my Conky [...]

use ifconfig to check your personal network interface/device

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(2,564 replies, posted in Tips, Tricks & Scripts)

stop discusing here !! just posting screens/configs

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(2,564 replies, posted in Tips, Tricks & Scripts)

setxkbmap -v 7 | grep layout | awk '{print $2}'

prints out the layout - de in my case

to put it in your conky use or try that string:

${exec 10 setxkbmap -v 7 | grep layout | awk '{print $2}'}

i've done some changes to my desktop:

http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/thumb/10427/screenshot_28_SZbSc8.png

http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/thumb/9842/screenshot_24_zyKK79.png

now my new desktop-styling is done smile

the rss-feeds on the top change every 30 seconds (done with a modification of that script)

http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/thumb/9787/screenshot_14_K278Rp.png

http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/thumb/9395/screenshot_15_D47RKU.png

i've made a new ob-theme big_smile

http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/thumb/9206/screenshot_52_EwEO26.png
this pidgin-pipe-menu is a projekt i work on - but with my low-coding skills it would take a while until there would be a (pre-)release

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(2,564 replies, posted in Tips, Tricks & Scripts)

n1ck wrote:

can you post the Nas % script and Rapidshare script - pretty please

NAS-script (but ist really dirty and it should only work with my NAS)

The RS-Scripts should run with a premium-account... not tested with a collectors-account
rs-diff.sh
rs-files.sh
rs-points.sh
rs-premiumpoints.sh

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(2,564 replies, posted in Tips, Tricks & Scripts)

http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/thumb/8859/screenshot_27_rVB9xs.png

.conkyrc
.conkyrc_rss

http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/thumb/8864/screenshot_29_a17d0B.png

.conkyrc_pidgin
~/scripts/conkypidgin.template

http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/thumb/8787/screenshot_24_2973u1.png

or try the ${goto xx} variable

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(2,564 replies, posted in Tips, Tricks & Scripts)

sudo LC_ALL=C apt-get -s upgrade | grep 'upgraded,' | awk '{print $1}'

this should work with every localization

try the ${voffset} variable with a negative value

${voffset -20}${font FreeSans:size=12} Mini 1035NR ${font}

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(2,564 replies, posted in Tips, Tricks & Scripts)

arpbook wrote:

thanks escapado ... i guess you're musicien..... maybe could we listen to something of you somewhere ??

No, I'm only a big fan of the german hardcore/screamo band ESCAPADO big_smile

because i hate spamming here are my used scripts:

~/scripts/cal => http://yourpaste.net/1499
~/scripts/conkyForecast.py => http://pastebin.com/f4c3118e9
~/scripts/sensors.sh => http://pastebin.com/f69767ad2
~/scripts/ipcheck.sh => http://pastebin.com/f325d0dd3
~/scripts/rs-points.sh => http://pastebin.com/f30439ad1
~/scripts/rs-files.sh => http://pastebin.com/f3da59df

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(2,564 replies, posted in Tips, Tricks & Scripts)

arpbook wrote:

@escapado
can you post your menu.xml please ??

here we go big_smile

Hanna wrote:

@escapado Do you use Kaivalagi's conkyPidgin script? (http://www.kaivalagi.com/node/14)

yes i do - here is my conkypidgin.template

the script to show the sender of the last message is a little modification of those one

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(2,564 replies, posted in Tips, Tricks & Scripts)

hello there...

it's my first posting and this is my desktop:

http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/thumb/8035/screenshot_10_fa2wW5.png

.conkyrc & .conkyrc_rss

All scripts are used with these conkies i will also post when someones want it smile