On 27 January 2012 11:49, L0ner sh4dou <sh4dou@...> wrote: > 2012/1/26 pierre.lag6633@... <pierre.lag6633@...>: >> Hi, >> >> Well, I was stuck in the "kicker context" when answered first but indeed >> you can use conky (that's what I do by now). >> Conky allows to have windows in the foreground and it's easy to make a >> switching script that you can launch from the kicker dock. >> This can be used in any desktop environment ! >> >> If you need some script samples (switching script and conky stuffs) I >> can upload you some somewhere. > > I could probably manage to write one, but atm I don't need one. Rather > than using conky I'd like to add aplet to my kicker panel, which is > always visible on my setup. So I'll try kima since it seems to provide > what I'm looking for. > >> >> Pierre >> >> Le mercredi 25 janvier 2012 à 16:11 +0100, L0ner sh4dou a écrit : >>> 2012/1/25 Jean Milot <milot.jean@...>: >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > We use conky to have some informations displayed on the desktop. With conky, >>> > you can display any results of a command. >>> > >>> I used conky in the past, but atm is a no-go for me, sice my desktop >>> is always cluttered with windows, thus making conky invisible. >>> >>> > Sibcerely, >>> > >>> > Jean >>> > >>> > Le 25 janv. 2012 15:36, "pierre.lag6633@..." <pierre.lag6633@...> a >>> > écrit : >>> > >>> >> Le mercredi 25 janvier 2012 à 15:17 +0100, L0ner sh4dou a écrit : >>> >> > Does anyone know if there is an applet for kicker that runs >>> >> > periodically a script and displays it's output. I have a script that >>> >> > once run displays me current CPU temp. Usually I run periodically in a >>> >> > terminal using watch command, but I'd like to incorporate it's result >>> >> > into kicker panel, since running a konsole for just one command that >>> >> > displays something like "64C" is a little overkill to me, and uses too >>> >> > much of my workspace. >>> >> > >>> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>> >> > trinity-users-unsubscribe@... >>> >> > For additional commands, e-mail: >>> >> > trinity-users-help@... >>> >> > Read list messsages on the Web archive: >>> >> > http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ >>> >> > Please remember not to top-post: >>> >> > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> Hi >>> >> >>> >> Not sure to have understood well, but if you need monitoring applets >>> >> here are some of them : >>> >> Kima >>> >> System-monitor in the kicker-applets package >>> >> Kcpuload >>> I'll try kima, it seems that it is what I'm searching for. >>> >>> >> >>> >> As Kommander isn't working anymore in new 3.5.13, I won't recommand it >>> >> but it should have also been a solution to do your own little window >>> >> with information. >>> >> >>> >> Hope it can help >>> >> Conky could actually be used in this case as well. you can actually force it to output to stdout instead of writing to the desktop. If you piped that into this sort of applet it would be cool. I would like to see this applet as well. I like to check my weather with a script. I might take a go at it. I'm relatively familiar with kicker