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Re: [trinity-users] Kicker appler

From: L0ner sh4dou <sh4dou@...>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:24:06 +0100
2012/1/27 Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...>:
> 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.
>>>> >> >
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>>>> >> 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
>
For me writing something like aplet would require learning whole
kicker API. I don't really have time for this ATM, I'd like to
concentrate more on PKGBUILDs.

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