Default conky on MX-19 Beta 1

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Re: Default conky on MX-19 Beta 1

#21 Post by Ghost67 »

@asqwerth Hey, thanks for all that info and double thanks for checking out my videos :)
Am I right in thinking that the MX specific icons are in the process of changing even as we speak? I could swear that the MX Cleanup icon has gone through a change just this week!
I'll be sure to try out Eric D's Sardi and Surfn themes, and also ZMA's Antu Universal too.
Many thanks!

Edit: Antu had 300 new icons added last month I see :)
Jerry3904 wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:10 am <wrong thread>
Yes: they are being refined as we go through the beta stage, and the MX Cleanup icon has changed this week.
I agree wrong thread. This was a reply to @asqwerth in this thread. Cheers.
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Re: Default conky on MX-19 Beta 1

#22 Post by Jerry3904 »

<wrong thread>
Yes: they are being refined as we go through the beta stage, and the MX Cleanup icon has changed this week.
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Re: Default conky on MX-19 Beta 1

#23 Post by asqwerth »

OK, Jerry, back to the topic. I was posting in general to comment on all of Ghostie's customisation tests on the Beta, including the conky but then I strayed into other areas.

Conky-related thing: Ghostie tried changing all the colours in the default conky using MX-Conky, and then wondered why he couldn't change the colour of the small text (showing CPU, RAM details).

I think that's because the conky config probably only uses text variables to define the colours of the large text, while the small text just came set with a specific html colour code.
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Re: Default conky on MX-19 Beta 1

#24 Post by nixy »

Jerry3904 wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:10 am <wrong thread>
Yes: they are being refined as we go through the beta stage, and the MX Cleanup icon has changed this week.
Nice, MX tools icons looks pretty uniform now except iDevice Mounter icon, it's very ugly to be honest. Hope change is coming for it too.

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Conky-related thing: Ghostie tried changing all the colours in the default conky using MX-Conky, and then wondered why he couldn't change the colour of the small text (showing CPU, RAM details).

I think that's because the conky config probably only uses text variables to define the colours of the large text, while the small text just came set with a specific html colour code.
Good question. A bit of background first. When I started this project, I realized that I could get around specific color versions by replacing color codes with generic references; hence the appearance of the group of color1, color2, etc. before the TEXT. I tried to insert such generic color tags for text elements that people might want to change. Since there were over 40 conkies by the time I had assembled the MX-19 collection, however, I did not isolate every little text fragment.

So anyone can open the script, identify the feature of interest, insert color tags (e.g., ${color99}...{color}) around it to isolate its color, and then that feature can be changed with MX Conky.
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Re: Default conky on MX-19 Beta 1

#26 Post by Ghost67 »

Not a problem though, more of a curiosity when I explored the colour options.
Thanks Jerry

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Re: Default conky on MX-19 Beta 1

#27 Post by entropyfoe »

Jerry,

Slightly off topic, but related.

You said you had a collection of 40 conkys. This is a wonderful bounty, and gives users many options. The current one in the beta is not to my taste, what I call a "big conky". But so what, it is so easy to select a different one, or none at all. This is the great flexibility of MX.

Or edit the conky a bit yourself. I never did before, but it was not hard to figure out. I use the antiX default conky, modified by me deleting 3 lines (#commenting them out) and adding one at the end to show my data partition.
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Wait: you think the default for Beta 1 is a "big conky"?
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Re: Default conky on MX-19 Beta 1

#29 Post by Eadwine Rose »

Can you post a screenshot of your entire screen and upload it to the forum so we can see what is going on?
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Re: Default conky on MX-19 Beta 1

#30 Post by entropyfoe »

By big conky, I mean with those big font sizes showing dates and times.

Nice and decorative, but too much for me...just my taste. I like the smaller text, compact style of the antiX conky, which I edit to make a bit smaller.

No complaints, just commenting on the many options available fi one conky does not meet your requirements.
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