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. >>>> >> > >>>> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >> > 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 > 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. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 >