conky vertical spacing adjustment

[Jerry3904]

Don't need the lesson, thanks--did it already many times during the development of this conky. Just giving your version a tryout to see alternatives.

[ceeslans]

Its probably due to excessive changing in $voffset values, it's so easy to loose overview. and the extreme widget width/height don't help either...
It would be better to rewrite the conky.text section to create individual icon+text sections.
Also to set default font to GeosansLight:size=15 and widget dimensions to 250x200.
I've done so --> see screengrab



Below 'my' rewritten/renamed ~/.conky/MX-Flair/System_flair_NoClock config:

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conky.config = {
-- By Jesse_Avalos , See me on Eye Candy Linux_  on Google +
	background = true,
	use_xft = true,
	font = 'GeosansLight:size=15',
	xftalpha = 0.8,
	update_interval = 1,
	total_run_times = 0,
	
	own_window = true,
	own_window_type = 'normal',	
	own_window_colour = '000000',	
	
	own_window_transparent = true,
	own_window_argb_visual = true,
	--own_window_argb_value = 0,

	own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager',
	double_buffer = true,
	draw_shades = false,
	draw_outline = false,
	draw_borders = false,
	draw_graph_borders = false,
	stippled_borders = 0,
	border_outer_margin = 5,
	border_width = 1,
	default_shade_color = '000000',
	default_outline_color = '000000',
	
	alignment = 'top_right',
	minimum_width = 250, 
	maximum_width = 300,
	-- minimum_height = 200,
	gap_x = 20,
	gap_y = 30,

	no_buffers = true,
	uppercase = false,
	cpu_avg_samples = 2,
	net_avg_samples = 2,
	short_units = true,
	text_buffer_size = 2048,
	use_spacer = 'none',
	override_utf8_locale = true,

	color0 = 'white',
	color1 = 'darkgreen',
	color2 = 'darkgrey',
	color3 = 'E82A2A',

	own_window_colour = '000000',

-- network templates
-- ========
    if_up_strictness = 'address',
	template0 = 'eth0',
	template1 = 'eth1',
	template2 = 'wlan0',
	template3 = 'wlan1',

-- battery templates
-- change to 'BAT1',  if so applicable
-- ========
	template5 = 'BAT0',  

};

-- fluxbox adjustment

return_code = os.execute('pidof -q fluxbox')
if _VERSION == 'Lua 5.1' and math.floor(return_code/256) == 0 or
  _VERSION ~= 'Lua 5.1' and return_code then
  conky.config.own_window_transparent = true
  conky.config.own_window_argb_visual = false
end

conky.text = [[
${image ./images/whiteline.png -p 10,10 -s 3x165}${color0}\
## temp ##
${voffset 10}${goto 35}${font Dingytwo:size=17}M
${voffset -27}${offset 65}${font}${if_existing /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp}${eval ${acpitemp}}${endif}°C
## cpu ##
${voffset 4}${goto 35}${font Dingytwo:size=17}7
${voffset -27}${offset 65}${font}${cpu cpu0}% / 100%
## mem ##
${voffset 4}${goto 35}${font Dingytwo:size=17}O
${voffset -27}${offset 65}${font}$memfree / $memmax
## battery ##
${voffset 4}${goto 35}${font Dingytwo:size=17}U
${voffset -27}${offset 65}${font}${if_existing /sys/class/power_supply/$template5/status}${battery_percent $template5}% bat${endif}
## net up ##
${voffset 4}${goto 35}${font Dingytwo:size=17}5
${if_up $template0}${voffset -27}${offset 65}${font} ${upspeed $template0} kb/s / ${totalup $template0}${color}${else}\
${if_up $template1}${voffset -27}${offset 65}${font}${upspeed $template1} kb/s / ${totalup $template1}${color}${else}\
${if_up $template2}${voffset -27}${offset 65}${font}${upspeed $template2} kb/s / ${totalup $template2}${color}${else}\
${if_up $template3}${voffset -27}${offset 65}${font}${upspeed $template3} kb/s / ${totalup $template3}\
${endif}${endif}${endif}
## net down ##
${voffset 4}${goto 35}${font Dingytwo:size=17}4
${if_up $template0}${voffset -27}${offset 65}${font}${downspeed $template0} kb/s / ${totaldown $template0}${color}${else}\
${if_up $template1}${voffset -27}${offset 65}${font}${downspeed $template1} kb/s / ${totaldown $template1}${color}${else}\
${if_up $template2}${voffset -27}${offset 65}${font}${downspeed $template2} kb/s / ${totaldown $template2}${color}${else}\
${if_up $template3}${voffset -27}${offset 65}${font}${downspeed $template3} kb/s / ${totaldown $template3}${color}\
${endif}${endif}${endif}
## height correction ##
${voffset -150}
]];

[Jerry3904]

Well that looks just perfect, @ceeslans, much appreciated! Now I will be able to suggest it be added to the MX conky group.

BTW: I wonder if we could use a "Conky Review Group" for MX-25...

[ceeslans]

@Jerry3904 : I've simplified the ## net-up ## and ## net-down ## sections in the lower part of 'conky.text' settings.
Using the "gw_iface" conky variable, the active interface is automatically recognized - and applicable net speed/total values are likewise displayed :

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## net-up ##
${voffset 4}${goto 35}${font Dingytwo:size=17}5
${if_gw}${voffset -27}${offset 65}${font}${upspeed $gw_iface}/s  /  ${totalup $gw_iface}${color}${endif}
## net-down ##
${voffset 4}${goto 35}${font Dingytwo:size=17}4
${if_gw}${voffset -27}${offset 65}${font}${downspeed $gw_iface}/s  /  ${totaldown $gw_iface}${color}{endif}

[Jerry3904]

That's quite a simplification, well done.

Thanks again.

[AVLinux]

Very nice simple elegant Conky!

If I may venture an opinion about MX-25 Conky review I love MX to bits but the Conky thing is so overblown I now avoid it completely and ship a few Conkii and a simple Editor.. MX's default Conky is very attractive and I think it's nice to ship a working Conky for that extra polish but beyond that I think additional Conkys should be in Package Management (or perhaps a git repo) for those who want them. Most Users who are enthusiastic about pimping their system are going to mod and edit them anyway and use one or two..

Just my unsolicited $0.02

[Jerry3904]

Thanks for the opinion, we'll think about that for sure.