Comments on: Lua Cairo Bindings for Conky 1.7.2+…Getting Started http://blog.conky.be/2009/09/28/lua-cairo-bindings-getting-started/ The Official Blog for Conky, a Lightweight System Monitor Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:08:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: londonali1010 http://blog.conky.be/2009/09/28/lua-cairo-bindings-getting-started/comment-page-1/#comment-311 londonali1010 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:33:44 +0000 http://blog.conky.be/?p=67#comment-311 @mrpeachy: Imlib2 isn't that much different from Cairo, just different function names! If you've got the current Karmic conky-all package, it will have Imlib2 bindings for Lua already compiled. If you compile from source, you need enable it in the configure stage. As for the code, you can get started here: http://blog.conky.be/2009/11/04/feature-feature-imlib2-cairo-bindings-for-lua/ Good luck! @mrpeachy: Imlib2 isn’t that much different from Cairo, just different function names! If you’ve got the current Karmic conky-all package, it will have Imlib2 bindings for Lua already compiled. If you compile from source, you need enable it in the configure stage.

As for the code, you can get started here: http://blog.conky.be/2009/11/04/feature-feature-imlib2-cairo-bindings-for-lua/

Good luck!

]]> By: mrpeachy http://blog.conky.be/2009/09/28/lua-cairo-bindings-getting-started/comment-page-1/#comment-310 mrpeachy Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:17:03 +0000 http://blog.conky.be/?p=67#comment-310 thanks londonali1010! i took a look at imlib2 but i couldn't get it working. do you have to have lua-imlib2 http://luaforge.net/projects/lua-imlib2/? or is the ability to use imlib2 already present in lua 5.1? do you have an example script uising imlib2? thanks thanks londonali1010!
i took a look at imlib2 but i couldn’t get it working.
do you have to have lua-imlib2 http://luaforge.net/projects/lua-imlib2/?
or is the ability to use imlib2 already present in lua 5.1?
do you have an example script uising imlib2?
thanks

]]> By: londonali1010 http://blog.conky.be/2009/09/28/lua-cairo-bindings-getting-started/comment-page-1/#comment-309 londonali1010 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:19:27 +0000 http://blog.conky.be/?p=67#comment-309 @mrpeachy: Looking great! Lua/Cairo (and Lua/Imlib2) isn't tough to get a grip on once you get started, as you seem to be finding! You should be sure and enter our Conky of the Month Competition...See the main blog page for details :) @mrpeachy: Looking great! Lua/Cairo (and Lua/Imlib2) isn’t tough to get a grip on once you get started, as you seem to be finding! You should be sure and enter our Conky of the Month Competition…See the main blog page for details :)

]]> By: mrpeachy http://blog.conky.be/2009/09/28/lua-cairo-bindings-getting-started/comment-page-1/#comment-308 mrpeachy Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:07:04 +0000 http://blog.conky.be/?p=67#comment-308 and after a bit more tinkering... http://omploader.org/vM2Z6bA][img]http://omploader.org/tM2Z6bA now i just need a good idea to work on and after a bit more tinkering…
http://omploader.org/vM2Z6bAimghttp://omploader.org/tM2Z6bA

now i just need a good idea to work on

]]> By: mrpeachy http://blog.conky.be/2009/09/28/lua-cairo-bindings-getting-started/comment-page-1/#comment-307 mrpeachy Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:02:59 +0000 http://blog.conky.be/?p=67#comment-307 Well i must have been doing something wrong... I've been tinkering with conky for a while now and posting my ideas on the crunchbanglinux conky config forum But recently it became clear that my ambitions regarding conky were limited using the native commands in conky also. This page was one of the first i came across when i wanted to start using lua (I have no programming background so i was starting from scratch). I've been looking through your lua scripts londonali1010, trying to decipher what they did and then trying to apply the bits i understood myself. http://omploader.org/vM2R0cQ][img]http://omploader.org/tM2R0cQ Well i must have been doing something wrong…
I’ve been tinkering with conky for a while now and posting my ideas on the crunchbanglinux conky config forum
But recently it became clear that my ambitions regarding conky were limited using the native commands in conky also. This page was one of the first i came across when i wanted to start using lua (I have no programming background so i was starting from scratch). I’ve been looking through your lua scripts londonali1010, trying to decipher what they did and then trying to apply the bits i understood myself.
http://omploader.org/vM2R0cQimghttp://omploader.org/tM2R0cQ

]]> By: londonali1010 http://blog.conky.be/2009/09/28/lua-cairo-bindings-getting-started/comment-page-1/#comment-286 londonali1010 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:11:41 +0000 http://blog.conky.be/?p=67#comment-286 @Vlad: yeah, I know about that problem! But with the current rings script, that's the best I have seen. Otherwise, it will only ever point directly at the hour, and it'll be very confusing around the turn of the hour. The better solution would be to write a separate script for a clock! Thanks for your interest, and I'm glad to see you've been able to use some of the new features :) @Vlad: yeah, I know about that problem! But with the current rings script, that’s the best I have seen. Otherwise, it will only ever point directly at the hour, and it’ll be very confusing around the turn of the hour. The better solution would be to write a separate script for a clock!

Thanks for your interest, and I’m glad to see you’ve been able to use some of the new features :)

]]> By: Vlad http://blog.conky.be/2009/09/28/lua-cairo-bindings-getting-started/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Vlad Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:50:49 +0000 http://blog.conky.be/?p=67#comment-284 I think I found a bug in your Rings script at: http://conky.linux-hardcore.com/?page_id=2800. name='time', arg='%I.%M', The problem is the maximum value of %M will be 59. so if the time is 4:59, the hour ring will only be 59% of the way between 4 and 5. The next second, it will jump directly to 5 oclock. It's not a smooth transition. This will also not look nice if you have clock hands on top of this. The second and minute hand work alright but there is a visible difference between the hour hand and the hour ring. I haven't done anything with Lua before so I have no idea how to remedy this. I'm guessing that it would be better to link to a script that calculates the minutes/60 instead of using the Conky time variable. Other than that, great work! It makes my Conky setup more interesting. I think I found a bug in your Rings script at: http://conky.linux-hardcore.com/?page_id=2800.

name=’time’,
arg=’%I.%M’,

The problem is the maximum value of %M will be 59. so if the time is 4:59, the hour ring will only be 59% of the way between 4 and 5. The next second, it will jump directly to 5 oclock. It’s not a smooth transition.

This will also not look nice if you have clock hands on top of this. The second and minute hand work alright but there is a visible difference between the hour hand and the hour ring.

I haven’t done anything with Lua before so I have no idea how to remedy this. I’m guessing that it would be better to link to a script that calculates the minutes/60 instead of using the Conky time variable.

Other than that, great work! It makes my Conky setup more interesting.

]]> By: dooobro http://blog.conky.be/2009/09/28/lua-cairo-bindings-getting-started/comment-page-1/#comment-18 dooobro Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:58:15 +0000 http://blog.conky.be/?p=67#comment-18 the second one is very nice. I want try cairo too but it seems to be hard for me. I will just use your great work :) the second one is very nice. I want try cairo too but it seems to be hard for me. I will just use your great work :)

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