How to 'shade' Conky?

Hello all,
I am configuring Conky and have a little problem: Conky doesn't show up well on most of my wallpapers.
I have it transparent, but was wondering if there is a way to shade it a bit? Basically I want the same effect that '-sh 25' in rxvt-unicode would give.
I don't see an option to do this, but judging by screenshots that I have seen I am sure that it can be done. I have tried 'default_shade_color black', but that doesn't seem to do anything. Of course there is always the possiblity that I am not using the option properly.....:rolleyes:
Anyhow, any advice would be appreciated, thanks.
***Also, as an afterthought, I am reading here: http://conky.sourceforge.net/config_settings.html and have noticed that it does not offer a very thourogh explanation of options for each setting. For instance, in some cases it doesn't specify whether 'true' or 'yes' is the proper term to use, and doesn't list all the options that you can use and what they do. My question is, where could I find a more thourough explanation? I have looked through 'man conky' and it says the same things as that page. Thanks again.
Last edited by The Avatar of Time (2008-08-05 09:09:05)

cothrige wrote:
Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but the script draw_bg.lua, which I found here, http://conky.linux-hardcore.com/?page_id=3002 will shade the background of Conky without shading the text as compiz does. Just add these two lines to your conkyrc just above the TEXT section, changing the path for the script to whatever matches your system.
lua_load ~/scripts/draw_bg.lua
lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg
The script defaults to white for the background colour but this can be changed to whatever is desired, and the level of transparency is adjustable as well. A very nice added feature is that the corners of the window, again unlike the compiz example, can be rounded for a very slick effect. The end result really is very, very nice.
Looks brilliant, but not working for some reason - it's exactly as it was before . I'm working on building a Conky config from scratch. I copied draw_bg.lua exactly as it is on that page to /home/[my user name]/scripts/draw_bg.lua and my .conkyrc is as follows:
background yes
double_buffer yes
own_window no
alignment top_right
update_interval 1
gap_x 10
gap_y 10
draw_borders yes
border_inner_margin 5
border_outer_margin 5
border_width 1
default_color white
draw_outline yes
default_outline_color black
font bitstream_vera_sans_mono:7
uppercase yes
use_spacer right
cpu_avg_samples 5
no_buffers yes
text_buffer_size 999
lua_load ~/scripts/draw_bg.lua
lua_draw_hook_pre
TEXT
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${offset 240}${color slate grey}Highest MEM:
${offset 240}${color #ddaa00} ${top_mem name 1}${top_mem mem 1}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 2}${top_mem mem 2}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 3}${top_mem mem 3}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 4}${top_mem mem 4}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}MEM: ${color } $memperc% $mem/$memmax
${offset 240}${membar 3,100}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}SWAP: ${color }$swapperc% $swap/$swapmax
${offset 240}${swapbar 3,100}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}ROOT: ${color }${fs_free /}/${fs_size /}
${offset 240}${fs_bar 3,100 /}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}HOME: ${color }${fs_free /home}/${fs_size /home}
${offset 240}${fs_bar 3,100 /home}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}SLACK: ${color }${fs_free /mnt/slack}/${fs_size /mnt/slack}
${offset 240}${fs_bar 3,100 /mnt/slack}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}NET:
${offset 240}${color}Up: ${color }${upspeed eth0} k/s
${offset 240}${upspeedgraph eth0 20,130 000000 ffffff}
${offset 240}${color}Down: ${color }${downspeed eth0}k/s${color}
${offset 240}${downspeedgraph eth0 20,130 000000 ffffff}
It is a new config file I was going to modify a little bit, learn how to use conky, cause I don't really know how. But, I wanted to solve this problem first.

Heres my new .conkyrc:
#Taken from [url]http://www.overclock.net/t/1070545/conky-goes-away-when-clicking-desktop-how-do-i-prevent-solved-lxde-is-the-issue/10[/url]
#User: StupidMonkey
alignment top_right
cpu_avg_samples 2
default_color #0cbcba
default_outline_color #0cbcba
default_shade_color #0cbcba
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
use_xft yes
xftfont DejaVu Sans Mono:size=9
gap_x 5
gap_y 60
minimum_size 5 5
net_avg_samples 2
no_buffers yes
out_to_console no
out_to_stderr no
extra_newline no
double_buffer yes
# Create own window instead of using desktop (requigreen in nautilus)
own_window no
own_window_type panel
update_interval 1.0
uppercase no
use_spacer none
show_graph_scale no
show_graph_range no
short_units yes
TEXT
${offset 240}${color slate grey}${time %a, } ${color }${time %e %B %G}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}${time %Z, }${color }${time %H:%M:%S}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}UpTime: ${color }$uptime
${offset 240}${color slate grey}Kern:${color }$kernel
${offset 240}${color slate grey}CPU:${color } $cpu% ${acpitemp}C
${offset 240}${cpugraph 20,130 000000 ffffff}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}Load: ${color }$loadavg
${offset 240}${color slate grey}Processes: ${color }$processes
${offset 240}${color slate grey}Running: ${color }$running_processes
${offset 240}${color slate grey}CPU:
${offset 240}${color #ddaa00} ${top name 1}${top_mem cpu 1}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top name 2}${top cpu 2}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top name 3}${top cpu 3}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top name 4}${top cpu 4}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}RAM:
${offset 240}${color #ddaa00} ${top_mem name 1}${top_mem mem 1}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 2}${top_mem mem 2}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 3}${top_mem mem 3}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 4}${top_mem mem 4}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}RAM: ${color } $memperc% $mem/$memmax
${offset 240}${membar 3,100}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}SWAP: ${color }$swapperc% $swap/$swapmax
${offset 240}${swapbar 3,100}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}ROOT: ${color }${fs_free /}/${fs_size /}
${offset 240}${fs_bar 3,100 /}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}HOME: ${color }${fs_free /home}/${fs_size /home}
${offset 240}${fs_bar 3,100 /home}
#${offset 240}${color slate grey}NET:
#${offset 240}${color}Up: ${color }${upspeed eth0} k/s
#${offset 240}${upspeedgraph eth0 20,130 000000 ffffff}
#${offset 240}${color}Down: ${color }${downspeed eth0}k/s${color}
#${offset 240}${downspeedgraph eth0 20,130 000000 ffffff}
Got a new problem. Can't see desktop icons no matter what I do.
EDIT:
This is a conky problem. When I drag a box across the monitor, I can see them, but when conky updates, they disappear again, so I take it conky is covering the whole screen, how do I change my conkyrc to only cover conkys part of the screen?
Last edited by dsplayer14 (2012-10-16 18:28:59)

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