[PLASMA 5] i don't remember kde4 doing this...

[wizard10000]

I've been using the notification area to track progress of file moves; there's a lot of useful information there but as I was moving some music around I noticed something I'd never seen before - progress bars built into task manager icons

Now this is cool. I don't recall this in KDE4 but the last version I ran was 4.8 I believe - I guess an autohide panel works against me sometimes

[vinnywright]

cool ,,,,I had not notesed this ,,,,,,,and it seems to be somewhat dependent on the desktop theme you use as to how well you can see it happening ,,,,,the one I am using at the moment "bare naked" only shows a small white line you can barley see ,,,,,,,,what theme is that you are using ?

VINNY

[wizard10000]

,,,what theme is that you are using ?

Hi, Vinny

Theme is something I've been working on for weeks trying to get it to look exactly the way I want and I'm about 97% there;

Theme is Breeze Dark with a pretty heavily modified color palette; GTK themes are both Dark Aurora v3.18. The icon theme is a heavily modified Breeze Dark with equivalent gray folder icons overwriting the default Breeze ones. I've managed to get rid of almost all the blue in KDE

Here's the color palette, which is a work in progress. save it as ~/.local/share/color-schemes/wizard-gray-20160716.colors -

[ColorEffects:Disabled]
Color=210,205,218
ColorAmount=-0.90000000000000002
ColorEffect=0
ContrastAmount=0.65000000000000002
ContrastEffect=1
IntensityAmount=0
IntensityEffect=0

[ColorEffects:Inactive]
ChangeSelectionColor=true
Color=0,0,0
ColorAmount=0.5
ColorEffect=1
ContrastAmount=0.25
ContrastEffect=1
Enable=false
IntensityAmount=0
IntensityEffect=0

[Colors:Button]
BackgroundAlternate=196,196,206
BackgroundNormal=225,225,225
DecorationFocus=195,200,201
DecorationHover=176,176,176
ForegroundActive=141,147,219
ForegroundInactive=132,132,132
ForegroundLink=83,159,163
ForegroundNegative=178,114,91
ForegroundNeutral=196,177,95
ForegroundNormal=0,0,0
ForegroundPositive=78,179,128
ForegroundVisited=132,91,144

[Colors:Selection]
BackgroundAlternate=189,244,78
BackgroundNormal=104,105,107
DecorationFocus=195,200,201
DecorationHover=176,176,176
ForegroundActive=141,147,219
ForegroundInactive=255,255,255
ForegroundLink=83,159,163
ForegroundNegative=178,114,91
ForegroundNeutral=196,177,95
ForegroundNormal=255,255,255
ForegroundPositive=78,179,128
ForegroundVisited=132,91,144

[Colors:Tooltip]
BackgroundAlternate=65,66,68
BackgroundNormal=237,237,238
DecorationFocus=195,200,201
DecorationHover=176,176,176
ForegroundActive=141,147,219
ForegroundInactive=132,132,132
ForegroundLink=83,159,163
ForegroundNegative=178,114,91
ForegroundNeutral=196,177,95
ForegroundNormal=40,40,40
ForegroundPositive=78,179,128
ForegroundVisited=132,91,144

[Colors:View]
BackgroundAlternate=250,250,253
BackgroundNormal=237,237,238
DecorationFocus=59,64,69
DecorationHover=59,64,69
ForegroundActive=141,147,219
ForegroundInactive=132,132,132
ForegroundLink=83,159,163
ForegroundNegative=178,114,91
ForegroundNeutral=196,177,95
ForegroundNormal=0,0,0
ForegroundPositive=78,179,128
ForegroundVisited=132,91,144

[Colors:Window]
BackgroundAlternate=232,232,232
BackgroundNormal=234,234,235
DecorationFocus=195,200,201
DecorationHover=176,176,176
ForegroundActive=141,147,219
ForegroundInactive=132,132,132
ForegroundLink=83,159,163
ForegroundNegative=178,114,91
ForegroundNeutral=196,177,95
ForegroundNormal=0,0,0
ForegroundPositive=78,179,128
ForegroundVisited=132,91,144

[General]
ColorScheme=wizard-gray-20160716
Name=wizard-gray-20160716
shadeSortColumn=true

[KDE]
contrast=4

[WM]
activeBackground=104,105,107
activeBlend=255,255,255
activeForeground=255,255,255
inactiveBackground=203,203,204
inactiveBlend=75,71,67
inactiveForeground=237,237,238

[Snowhog]

OT, but I really like your Lua Conky configuration. Very clean. Lua is something I never felt comfortable trying. Not completeley sure why, but...

[vinnywright]

yes that is a nice , vary nice , Lua Conky,,,,,,,, dont supose you would share that config with us

am going to try your color palette ,,,,,,that looks good as well .

nice work.

VINNY

[wizard10000]

...dont supose you would share that config with us

Sure I would. Almost none of what I'm doing is original, I'm just piecing together other people's work

I want to comment things up just a little bit so will share a little later today.

cheers -

[wizard10000]

OT, but I really like your Lua Conky configuration. Very clean. Lua is something I never felt comfortable trying. Not completeley sure why, but...

Hell, I'm not comfortable with it either

The temperature ring is fake - the number is correct but the green ring is displaying a metric other than temperature because I've had issues getting temp data into lua - I'm gonna try and finish that up this weekend. At the end of the day I'd like temp and battery rings to change color based on thresholds I set but I haven't had time to sit down and figure out wth I'm doing yet

[wizard10000]

This is ~/.conkrc - you'll notice lots of trial and error text placement below. This config does have a tendency to jitter back and forth by about two pixels for some as yet undetermined reason. Solution to that is to insure the conky window is no wider than it absolutely has to be - in this case 177 pixels.

conky.config = {
    
-- conky setup
	
update_interval = 1,
update_interval_on_battery = 5,
total_run_times = 0,
cpu_avg_samples = 1,
no_buffers = true,
text_buffer_size = 2048,
temperature_unit = 'celsius',
override_utf8_locale = true,

	
-- load lua script
	
lua_load = '~/.lua/scripts/clock_rings.lua',
lua_draw_hook_pre = 'clock_rings',
	
-- set up window
	
alignment = 'top_right',
gap_x = 35,
gap_y = 55,
maximum_width = 177,
double_buffer = true,
background = true,
own_window = true,
own_window_transparent = true,
own_window_type = 'dock',
own_window_argb_visual = true,
own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager',
draw_borders = false,
draw_graph_borders = false,
draw_shades = false,
draw_outline = false,
use_xft = true,
font = 'Arial Rounded:size=7',
uppercase = false,
xftalpha = 0.5,
default_color = 'lightgrey',
}

-- text

conky.text = [[
${color cccccc}${font Arial Rounded:size=15}${alignc}${time %A}${font}
${color cccccc}${voffset 10}${alignc}${time %e} ${time %B} ${time %Y}
${color cccccc}${voffset 185}$mem ${color 339900}/ $memmax
${color cccccc}${freq 1}${color 339900} mhz
${goto 17}${voffset 45}temp
${color cccccc}${goto 25}${voffset -30}${exec sensors | grep "CPU:" | cut -c18-19}°
${color 339900}${goto 22}${voffset 48}ram
${color cccccc}${goto 23}${voffset -32}${memperc}%
${color 339900}${goto 32}${voffset 50}/
${color cccccc}${goto 20}${voffset -30}${fs_used_perc /}%
${color 339900}${goto 12}${voffset 50}/home
${color cccccc}${goto 26}${voffset -32}${fs_used_perc /home}%
${color 339900}${goto 23}${voffset 50}bat
${color cccccc}${goto 15}${voffset -32}${battery_percent}%
${color 339900}${goto 18}${voffset 50}wlan
${color cccccc}${goto 16}${voffset -30}${wireless_link_qual_perc wlan0}% 
${color 339900}${voffset 36}dn: ${color cccccc}${downspeedf wlan0}${color 339900} kbps
up: ${color cccccc}${upspeedf wlan0}${color 339900} kbps

${color 339900}${voffset -385}${goto 143}cpu0
${color cccccc}${goto 142}${voffset -32}${cpu cpu1}%
${color 339900}${voffset 50}${goto 143}cpu1
${color cccccc}${goto 142}${voffset -32}${cpu cpu2}%
${color 339900}${voffset 50}${goto 143}cpu2
${color cccccc}${goto 142}${voffset -32}${cpu cpu3}%
${color 339900}${voffset 50}${goto 143}cpu3
${color cccccc}${goto 142}${voffset -32}${cpu cpu4}%
${color 339900}${voffset 50}${goto 143}cpu4
${color cccccc}${goto 142}${voffset -32}${cpu cpu5}%
${color 339900}${voffset 50}${goto 143}cpu5
${color cccccc}${goto 142}${voffset -32}${cpu cpu6}%
${color 339900}${voffset 50}${goto 143}cpu6
${color cccccc}${goto 142}${voffset -32}${cpu cpu7}%
${color 339900}${voffset 50}${goto 143}cpu7
${color cccccc}${goto 142}${voffset -32}${cpu cpu8}%



${color cccccc}${font Arial Rounded:size=8}${alignc}${nodename}
${color 339900}${alignc}kernel: ${kernel}
${font}
]]

and this is ~/.lua/scripts/clock_rings.lua, which is pretty extensively commented by the author and hacked up a little bit by me

--[[
Clock Rings by Linux Mint (2011) reEdited by despot77

This script draws percentage meters as rings, and also draws clock hands if you want! It is fully customisable; all options are described in the script. This script is based off a combination of my clock.lua script and my rings.lua script.

IMPORTANT: if you are using the 'cpu' function, it will cause a segmentation fault if it tries to draw a ring straight away. The if statement on line 145 uses a delay to make sure that this doesn't happen. It calculates the length of the delay by the number of updates since Conky started. Generally, a value of 5s is long enough, so if you update Conky every 1s, use update_num>5 in that if statement (the default). If you only update Conky every 2s, you should change it to update_num>3; conversely if you update Conky every 0.5s, you should use update_num>10. ALSO, if you change your Conky, is it best to use "killall conky; conky" to update it, otherwise the update_num will not be reset and you will get an error.

To call this script in Conky, use the following (assuming that you save this script to ~/scripts/rings.lua):
    lua_load ~/scripts/clock_rings.lua
    lua_draw_hook_pre clock_rings
    
Changelog:
+ v1.0 -- Original release (30.09.2009)
   v1.1p -- Jpope edit londonali1010 (05.10.2009)
*v Mint-lua -- reEdit despot77 (18.02.2011)
]]

settings_table = {
    {
        -- Edit this table to customise your rings.
        -- You can create more rings simply by adding more elements to settings_table.
        -- "name" is the type of stat to display; you can choose from 'cpu', 'memperc', 'fs_used_perc', 'battery_used_perc'.
        name='time',
        -- "arg" is the argument to the stat type, e.g. if in Conky you would write ${cpu cpu0}, 'cpu0' would be the argument. If you would not use an argument in the Conky variable, use ''.
        arg='%I.%M',
        -- "max" is the maximum value of the ring. If the Conky variable outputs a percentage, use 100.
        max=12,
        -- "bg_colour" is the colour of the base ring.
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        -- "bg_alpha" is the alpha value of the base ring.
        bg_alpha=0.1,
        -- "fg_colour" is the colour of the indicator part of the ring.
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        -- "fg_alpha" is the alpha value of the indicator part of the ring.
        fg_alpha=0.2,
        -- "x" and "y" are the x and y coordinates of the centre of the ring, relative to the top left corner of the Conky window.
        x=100, y=165,
        -- "radius" is the radius of the ring.
        radius=50,
        -- "thickness" is the thickness of the ring, centred around the radius.
        thickness=5,
        -- "start_angle" is the starting angle of the ring, in degrees, clockwise from top. Value can be either positive or negative.
        start_angle=0,
        -- "end_angle" is the ending angle of the ring, in degrees, clockwise from top. Value can be either positive or negative, but must be larger than start_angle.
        end_angle=360
    },
    {
        name='time',
        arg='%M.%S',
        max=60,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.1,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.4,
        x=100, y=165,
        radius=56,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=0,
        end_angle=360
    },
    {
        name='time',
        arg='%S',
        max=60,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.1,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.6,
        x=100, y=165,
        radius=62,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=0,
        end_angle=360
    },
    {
        name='time',
        arg='%d',
        max=31,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.1,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=100, y=165,
        radius=70,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
    {
        name='time',
        arg='%m',
        max=12,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.1,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=1,
        x=100, y=165,
        radius=76,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
    {
        name='wireless_link_qual_perc',
        arg='wlan0',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=35, y=325,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
    {
        name='memperc',
        arg='',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=35, y=375,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
    {
        name='fs_used_perc',
        arg='/',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=35, y=425,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
    {
        name='fs_used_perc',
        arg='/home',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=35, y=475,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
    {
        name='battery_percent',
        arg='',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=35, y=525,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
    {
        name='wireless_link_qual_perc',
        arg='wlan0',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=35, y=575,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
    {
        name='cpu',
        arg='cpu1',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=160, y=275,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
    {
        name='cpu',
        arg='cpu2',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=160, y=325,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
    {
        name='cpu',
        arg='cpu3',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=160, y=375,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
    {
        name='cpu',
        arg='cpu4',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=160, y=425,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
    {
        name='cpu',
        arg='cpu5',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=160, y=475,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
        {
        name='cpu',
        arg='cpu6',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=160, y=525,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
    {
        name='cpu',
        arg='cpu7',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=160, y=575,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
    {
        name='cpu',
        arg='cpu8',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=160, y=625,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },
}

-- Use these settings to define the origin and extent of your clock.

clock_r=65

-- "clock_x" and "clock_y" are the coordinates of the centre of the clock, in pixels, from the top left of the Conky window.

clock_x=100
clock_y=165

show_seconds=true

require 'cairo'

function rgb_to_r_g_b(colour,alpha)
    return ((colour / 0x10000) % 0x100) / 255., ((colour / 0x100) % 0x100) / 255., (colour % 0x100) / 255., alpha
end

function draw_ring(cr,t,pt)
    local w,h=conky_window.width,conky_window.height
    
    local xc,yc,ring_r,ring_w,sa,ea=pt['x'],pt['y'],pt['radius'],pt['thickness'],pt['start_angle'],pt['end_angle']
    local bgc, bga, fgc, fga=pt['bg_colour'], pt['bg_alpha'], pt['fg_colour'], pt['fg_alpha']

    local angle_0=sa*(2*math.pi/360)-math.pi/2
    local angle_f=ea*(2*math.pi/360)-math.pi/2
    local t_arc=t*(angle_f-angle_0)

    -- Draw background ring

    cairo_arc(cr,xc,yc,ring_r,angle_0,angle_f)
    cairo_set_source_rgba(cr,rgb_to_r_g_b(bgc,bga))
    cairo_set_line_width(cr,ring_w)
    cairo_stroke(cr)
    
    -- Draw indicator ring

    cairo_arc(cr,xc,yc,ring_r,angle_0,angle_0+t_arc)
    cairo_set_source_rgba(cr,rgb_to_r_g_b(fgc,fga))
    cairo_stroke(cr)        
end

function draw_clock_hands(cr,xc,yc)
    local secs,mins,hours,secs_arc,mins_arc,hours_arc
    local xh,yh,xm,ym,xs,ys
    
    secs=os.date("%S")    
    mins=os.date("%M")
    hours=os.date("%I")
        
    secs_arc=(2*math.pi/60)*secs
    mins_arc=(2*math.pi/60)*mins+secs_arc/60
    hours_arc=(2*math.pi/12)*hours+mins_arc/12
        
    -- Draw hour hand
    
    xh=xc+0.7*clock_r*math.sin(hours_arc)
    yh=yc-0.7*clock_r*math.cos(hours_arc)
    cairo_move_to(cr,xc,yc)
    cairo_line_to(cr,xh,yh)
    
    cairo_set_line_cap(cr,CAIRO_LINE_CAP_ROUND)
    cairo_set_line_width(cr,5)
    cairo_set_source_rgba(cr,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0)
    cairo_stroke(cr)
    
    -- Draw minute hand
    
    xm=xc+clock_r*math.sin(mins_arc)
    ym=yc-clock_r*math.cos(mins_arc)
    cairo_move_to(cr,xc,yc)
    cairo_line_to(cr,xm,ym)
    
    cairo_set_line_width(cr,3)
    cairo_stroke(cr)
    
    -- Draw seconds hand
    
    if show_seconds then
        xs=xc+clock_r*math.sin(secs_arc)
        ys=yc-clock_r*math.cos(secs_arc)
        cairo_move_to(cr,xc,yc)
        cairo_line_to(cr,xs,ys)
    
        cairo_set_line_width(cr,1)
        cairo_stroke(cr)
    end
end

function conky_clock_rings()
    local function setup_rings(cr,pt)
        local str=''
        local value=0
        
        str=string.format('${%s %s}',pt['name'],pt['arg'])
        str=conky_parse(str)
        
        value=tonumber(str)
        pct=value/pt['max']
        
        draw_ring(cr,pct,pt)
    end
    
    -- Check that Conky has been running for at least 5s

    if conky_window==nil then return end
    local cs=cairo_xlib_surface_create(conky_window.display,conky_window.drawable,conky_window.visual, conky_window.width,conky_window.height)
    
    local cr=cairo_create(cs)    
    
    local updates=conky_parse('${updates}')
    update_num=tonumber(updates)
    
    if update_num>5 then
        for i in pairs(settings_table) do
            setup_rings(cr,settings_table[i])
        end
    end
    
    draw_clock_hands(cr,clock_x,clock_y)
end

[wizard10000]

One thing that I did learn about the lua script just today, which has worked flawlessly for me until my router started dying

Since I'm depending on WLAN data for the wireless signal strength meter conky will just say 'unk' but the lua script will hang until it gets a number. It's always taken a few seconds for the display to stabilize but it wasn't until my router started going wonky that I noticed it wouldn't work unless I had a wireless connection.

Think I'm gonna get rid of that WLAN ring and just do text in its place. Screenshot to follow

edit: all fixed.

[Snowhog]

That looks un-Feng Shui-ish. I'm sure the signal strength issue is resolvable, and that you will eventually solve it. I have faith in the Wizard!!

[wizard10000]

That looks un-Feng Shui-ish. I'm sure the signal strength issue is resolvable, and that you will eventually solve it. I have faith in the Wizard!!

You know, you're right. It does look a little lopsided now - restoring from backup was fairly easy though

[Snowhog]

What router do/did you have and what firmware was it using? If you replace/replaced it, with what brand, and again, what firmware is/will it have on it?

[wizard10000]

What router do/did you have and what firmware was it using? If you replace/replaced it, with what brand, and again, what firmware is/will it have on it?

The dying router is an Asus RT-N16 and is the second one I''ve owned that died; bought them both at the same time and the one I was using as a gateway died about six months ago. Right now it's got Asuswrt-Merlin firmware on it but I had run DD-WRT on them until I found that Asus' firmware is a bit faster.

New router (which will be here tomorrow) is an Asus RT-N66U and again I'll be going with Asuswrt-Merlin. I don't have anything that can talk faster than 802.11n except for my phone so the new router should work pretty well.

edit: And I'm gaining a 5GHz band that's sorely needed in my residential neighborhood; 2.4GHz is pretty well covered and I may not even run a 2.4GHz service; all the devices my immediate family have will talk 5GHz just fine

[wizard10000]

I did manage to get the temperature ring to work; but just because this is a Dell laptop

Remembering I said the temp ring was fake but the number was real, in the lua script I did

    {
        name='i8k_cpu_temp',
        arg='',
        max=100,
        bg_colour=0xffffff,
        bg_alpha=0.2,
        fg_colour=0x339900,
        fg_alpha=0.8,
        x=35, y=325,
        radius=25,
        thickness=5,
        start_angle=-90,
        end_angle=90
    },

So at least the temp ring is displaying correctly; now all I have to do is get that one and the battery ring to change color at preset thresholds

[Snowhog]

...now all I have to do is get that one and the battery ring to change color at preset thresholds

You can do it! Don't give in to the Dark Side of the Force!!