Can these .sh scripts be edited for more font options? [SOLVED]

[Logansfury]

Hot damn!!!

These are beautiful I love how much of the Neon 80s font you squeezed in!

It originally appeared on my 2nd monitor, I got the gapx and y edited to place the calendar where I want it:



How would I edit the script to make current month name white instead of red? I have also edited the deep red you set to the red I use in minimalis and the mizar clock

[Koentje]

Line 33 of the script, change ${color4} to 0.

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  cat "$calcurr" | head -n1 | tail  -n1 | awk '{print "${font}${goto 180}${color4}"$1" ${color0}"$2}'
                                                                           ^^^^^^

[Koentje]

Or if you want it a slightly other color you can set it to 5 and make a new color rule in conky..

[Koentje]

You can also try and set transparency to false.. maybe the font is better visible.

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 own_window_transparent = false,
 own_window_colour = '000000',
 own_window_argb_visual = true,
 own_window_argb_value = 0,

[Logansfury]

You can also try and set transparency to false.. maybe the font is better visible.

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 own_window_transparent = false,
 own_window_colour = '000000',
 own_window_argb_visual = true,
 own_window_argb_value = 0,

I can't believe I just came up with another question after all the work you've done >.<

I definitely dont want background or boarders

How difficult would it be to put a black underscore on the displayed font?

[Koentje]

What exactly do you mean?

[Logansfury]

What exactly do you mean?

putting a larger black character 1 pixel larger in scale under text. Note the black background around the red and white text:



similar to a drop shadow, but it surrounds the entire char

[Koentje]

Yeah... that's possible, but good luck with that one!
You get a script with everything double and a loooooooot of offsets!

[Logansfury]

Yeah... that's possible, but good luck with that one!
You get a script with everything double and a lot of ofsets!

bleaugh! Sounds horrendous. Of course, the formatting depended on the monospace font and underscore would alter that by 1 or 2 pixels. I should have realized that.

So for better visibility im going dual color here, all the greys made white. I am REALLY impressed with what you build for me. What a ridiculous amount of work just to get month/year in Neon 80's across all three calendars! You are a warrior for staying with this til solution

[Koentje]

As i said earlier.. conky is an addiction! Once i start i can't stop untill it works!
Even when work lays still for 4 hours...

[Logansfury]

As i said earlier.. conky is an addiction! Once i start i can't stop untill it works!
Even when work lays still for 4 hours...

I feel you, I've lost a lot of sleep since I put Mint on one of my PC's.

BTW is there some transparency going on with the month and year display? The text is looking see-thru

[Koentje]

You can also try and set transparency to false.. maybe the font is better visible.

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 own_window_transparent = false,
 own_window_colour = '000000',
 own_window_argb_visual = true,
 own_window_argb_value = 0,

[Logansfury]

You can also try and set transparency to false.. maybe the font is better visible.

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 own_window_transparent = false,
 own_window_colour = '000000',
 own_window_argb_visual = true,
 own_window_argb_value = 0,

gave this a shot but the red month-name text didn't become any sharper. It's a small thing, I am so freaking happy with the custom font month/year.

[Koentje]

Can you mark or circel in a screenshot what the problem is?

[Logansfury]

Can you mark or circel in a screenshot what the problem is?

To my eyes the January and February seem to be a bit transparentized and are showing wallpaper thru them. Am I nuts?

[Koentje]

I have set these values and it seems a bit better..

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own_window_type = 'desktop',
own_window_transparent = true,
own_window_colour = '000000',
own_window_argb_visual = true,
own_window_argb_value = 0,

use_xft = true,
xftalpha = 1,

Especially the xftalpha

[Logansfury]

I have set these values and it seems a bit better..

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own_window_type = 'desktop',
own_window_transparent = true,
own_window_colour = '000000',
own_window_argb_visual = true,
own_window_argb_value = 0,

use_xft = true,
xftalpha = 1,

Especially the xftalpha

Most definitely an improvement! I believe we can stick a fork in this one, just looking at the 3 month display brings a smile to my face.

[Koentje]

Glad your happy! I'm also satisfied, so i uploaded the script to my website.

[Logansfury]

Glad your happy! I'm also satisfied, so i uploaded the script to my website.

Great move, I noted the thread being followed by quite a few people I wouldn't be surprised if many of them tried the scripts that have posted here.