[gentoo-user] Conkyrc and the troubles I have with it...

[gentoo-user] Conkyrc and the troubles I have with it...

[tuxic]

Hi,

recently my conky stopped working due to a format change
of the config file of conky.

Unfortunately the provided convert scritp does not work at
all:
/usr/bin/lua: /tmp/convert.lua:139: attempt to index local 'settings' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
	/tmp/convert.lua:139: in main chunk
	[C]: ?
[1]    7116 exit 1     /tmp/convert.lua .conkyrcA39-2

The provided informations here:
https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/Convert-to-new-1.10-syntax
are sparse...the page says "This page is very minimal and incomplete,
if you feel like expanding this page please do!" at its to.

The provided link:
http://wiki.conky.be/index.php?title=conky2rc_format

results in a page saying:
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conky.be
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which is something like "The domain is free...buy it, if you want.

Where can I find a sufficient explanation and a description of the new
syntax ... I dont know lua enough to have a successful gues work
here...

Cheers!
Meino

Re: [gentoo-user] Conkyrc and the troubles I have with it...

[Arve Barsnes]

On 9 June 2018 at 06:28,  <tuxic@posteo.de> wrote:
> Where can I find a sufficient explanation and a description of the new
> syntax ... I dont know lua enough to have a successful gues work
> here...

Most of it is converting the variables to the new format, which is
explained on the github page.

man conky also gives you the complete info

A better way to learn is probably to look at the default config
included, to see the new syntax in action, on my machine this is at
/usr/share/doc/conky-1.10.8-r1/conky.conf.bz2

If you have something advanced that you're struggling with, we'll be
happy to help with that.

Cheers,
Arve