I use transparent wiboxes instead of conky. Here's how it look (top
screenshot): http://www.linux.org.ru/gallery/6455144.png .
And with all my experience of configuring and using them my advise is -
don't do that unless really sure. Here's the list of disadvantages:
- makes awesome loading slower. Consider that any time screen resolution
changes awesome gets restarted so it can get really annoying.
- when you switch between tags these widgets become acid lime rectangles
for a moment. I got used to it but it also annoys and I don't know how
to counter that behavior.
And the list of advantages:
+ wiboxes can be dynamic - you can click on them, scroll mousewheel on
them etc.
+ easier to program complex behavior than using conky and shell scripts.
And more flexible plus all code in one place.\
+ you can do "Me-and-Awesome-are-cool" look *puts the shades on*.
So the choice is yours but think twice before choosing it over conky.
Regards,
Alexander
On 12/16/2011 05:51 PM, Daniel Martí wrote:
Conky is the easy way to go, yes, but since Awesome has its own widgets,
why use conky? I think it would be better and easier to just use
awesome.
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