Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Conkywx Conky Weather Script 0.7.4 Released

Weather Information for Conky - or as some may say Conky Weather Script

NOTE:
For latest version of Conky Weather Program conkywx please look here

  • config file validations - exit if given file does not exist no fall back to default
  • version check download file timestamp issue corrected
  • check for internet now handled by wget not ping
  • config file additions - show_lowercase_ampm
  • config file additions - show_degsym_fc_temp
  • use_xml issues fixed where even if set to 0 - would still download the default data
  • Removed show_short_cond_text scattered from blacklist
  • additional option -b which works same as --debug
  • fixed --debug information to show config file used and xml_ID info.
NOTE:
  • On Arch Linux the new conkywx.conf will be saved as /etc/conkywx/conkywx.conf.pacnew - review the changes and update your conkywx.conf
  • If you are using Gnome 3 - own_window_type in the *conkyrc.sh needs to be changed to normal
  • *conkyrc.sh files are configured on XFCE 4.10 with compiz + emerald - you may need to tweak conkyrc examples for your DE


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There is a wiki which is same as the conkywx man page conkywx wiki

If you are using Arch linux visit this AUR page https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=59931

If you are using Debian based Distro - Ubuntu, CrunchBang, Mint etc Download ver 0.7.4

If you are using RPM based distro - Fedora, CentOS, Suse etc Download ver 0.7.4

There is also a Stand Alone version you can run in your home directory Download ver 0.7.4_sa

For this stand alone version you will need to copy the fonts in to the ~/.fonts directory. It is a hidden folder in your home directory. Use the conky-restart.sh file to get it going or see how it works and integrate into your existing conky setup.

People - feedback from you would be great ;-)


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