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jallu

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Registered: 2018-08-16

Posts: 1

How to show conky?

Hi.

I would like to add key shortcut that will rise a conky over the opened windows. I know how to add key shortcuts but I don't know what command will open the conky. When I type

conky

(or add the command to the shortcuts) I see the conky just like I wanted but the conky restarts, not only come forth. I'm wondering if there is some command that would only rise the conky over the opened windows without restarting it. I have added

am-conky-session

into the startup applications and I'm using Arch.

furycd001

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From: Northern Ireland

Registered: 2018-08-22

Posts: 31

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Re: How to show conky?

HI

I'm pretty sure you could set conky to stay above all other windows & then maybe use wmctrl & or xdotool to hide conky off screen when not in use. Someone running kde managed to autohide conky. Also another person has created a conky toggle script which might be of use ?? Sorry I can't help but this does sound interesting....

Last edited by furycd001 (2018-08-30 10:19:37)

mint4all

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From: off the map

Registered: 2018-08-21

Posts: 276

Re: How to show conky?

Greetings!

@ furycd001 -- thanks for pointing out "wmctrl" (nicely documented @ http://tripie.sweb.cz/utils/wmctrl/ ) which i find quite useful; i have been looking for just such a tool to pop a background window to the foreground.

@ jallu -- i have tested the command

wmctrl -a "myapp"

and it works just as the doc states: it pops my background(ed) app into the foreground. After testing it in a terminal window, i assigned a keyboard shortcut (ctrl+f12) and can confirm that it works just as before. So the command

wmctrl -a "Conky"

shold do the trick for you. Good luck!

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