Paconky: displays repo and AUR pkg info in conky

Question

[2011-07-01] UPDATE The bash version of paconky is deprecated. Use the much more efficient paconky replacement script.
info page: http://xyne.archlinux.ca/old_projects/paconky/
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I was playing around with bash creating functions to get pkg info for other scripts and ended up making this in the process. This should hopefully be the pacman conky script for a while. Take a look at the info page to see the various configuration options. It's simple but versatile and plays well with "execp".
The above screenshot shows a single instance of conky with the following relevant lines in the configuration file:
color1 444444
color2 cccccc
color3 777777
# Notice that paconky is executed with "execpi" at an interval of 3600 seconds.
# There's no point in checking the AUR more than once an hour or your repo
# pkgs more often than you update your database.
# The voffset at the end seems to keep the list from getting cut off when it grows.
TEXT
${execpi 3600 paconky /path/to/repos.paconky}
${execpi 3600 paconky /path/to/aur.paconky}
${voffset 900}
DO NOT SET THIS LOWER THAN 3600 (ONE HOUR)!
The AUR doesn't move that quickly and if you have this script running more often than that, it will lead to the server getting hammered for nothing. Archlinux.org never did anything to you, so don't mistreat her (Arch, on the other hand, is my bitch and yours).
repos.paconky
#SET MSG_0 up to date
#SET MSG_1 1 new pkg
#SET MSG_N %N% new pkgs
${color1}repo status ${alignr}${color2}%MSG%${voffset 5}
${color3}%PKG_NAME% ${alignr}%PKG_VER%
aur.paconky
#SET AUR_MSG_0 up to date
#SET AUR_MSG_1 1 new pkg
#SET AUR_MSG_N %AUR_N% new pkgs
${voffset 10}${color1}AUR status ${alignr}${color2}%AUR_MSG%${voffset 5}
${color3}%AUR_PKG_NAME% ${alignr}%AUR_PKG_VER%
Last edited by Xyne (2012-02-26 04:46:44)

Answer 1

Hello Xyne,
Yes, it constantly says "1 new pkg".
The AUR pkglist does display correctly.
I do not have any AUR packages in Pacman's ignore array.
Here are my config files
#avoid flicker
double_buffer yes
#own window to run simultanious 2 or more conkys
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type desktop
own_window_hints undecorate,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
#borders
draw_borders no
border_margin 1
#shades
draw_shades no
#position
gap_x 0
gap_y 0}
alignment top_right
#behaviour
update_interval 1
#colour
default_color 0968E6
#default_shade_color 000000
own_window_colour 000000
#font
use_xft yes
xftfont liberation sans:pixelsize=9
#to prevent window from moving
use_spacer yes
minimum_size 1280
TEXT
${font OpenLogos:size=12}A$color$font$color${voffset -4} $color$color1 SYSTEM $color$kernel ($machine) ${color slate grey}|$color1 UPTIME $color$uptime ${color slate grey}|$color1 TEMP $color${hwmon temp 1}C ${color slate grey}|$color1 CPU $color$cpu% ${color slate grey}|$color1 ${color1}HOG $color${top_mem name 1}${color slate grey}| ${color1}RAM $color${memperc}% | ${color1}HOG $color${top_mem name 1}$color1 | SWAP $color$swapperc% ${color slate grey}|$color1 ROOT $color${fs_used /}/$color${fs_size /} ${color slate grey}|$color1 HOME $color${fs_used /home}/$color${fs_size /home} ${color slate grey}|$color1 DOWN $color${downspeed eth0} ${color slate grey}|$color1 UP $color${upspeed eth0}${color slate grey}|$color1 GMAIL $color${execi 300 python ~/.config/conky/gmail.py} ${color slate grey}| ${execp paconky ~/.config/conky/repos.paconky} ${color slate grey}| ${execp paconky ~/.config/conky/aur.paconky}
#SET MSG_0 up to date
#SET MSG_1 1 new pkg
#SET MSG_N %N% new pkgs
${color1}PACMAN $color %MSG%
${color3}%PKG_NAME% ${alignr}%PKG_VER%
#SET AUR_MSG_0 up to date
#SET AUR_MSG_1 1 new pkg
#SET AUR_MSG_N %AUR_N% new pkgs
${color1}AUR $color %AUR_MSG%
${color3}%AUR_PKG_NAME% ${alignr}%AUR_PKG_VER%
It's only a single line, so I don't see the pkg list usually. I tested it out with the basic .conkyrc you provided, and found that the pkglist does work. The repos config works perfectly.
Thanks for the help!
-Soupstuffs