dragius/spoclo

Conky theme. Shows current time with currenty played music on spotify

[Conky] Spoclo

Spoclo is Conky theme. It shows current date&time and currently playing song on spotify if running. Based on:

• Conky Metro Clock by satya164 (deviantart)
• Conky-Spotify by Madh93 (github)

Spoclo comes in different variants for different places on screen (check Imgur gallery):

• /spotify-top/spoclo_center.conky - Spotify indicator above time - Center of screen
• /spotify-top/spoclo_rightedge.conky - Spotify indicator above time - Right edge of screen
• /spotify-top/spoclo_leftedge.conky - Spotify indicator above time - Left edge of screen
• /spotify-bottom/spoclo_center.conky - Spotify indicator below time - Center of screen
• /spotify-bottom/spoclo_rightedge.conky (recomended) - Spotify indicator below time - Right edge of screen
• /spotify-bottom/spoclo_leftedge.conky - Spotify indicator below time - Left edge of screen

Spoclo Imgur Gallery with previews

Note: Check Customise section for more information and chaning position.

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Install guide

####Download

wget -O spoclo https://github.com/Dragius/conky-spoclo/archive/master.zip

####Unzip and copy/move to .conky dir

unzip spoclo
mv conky-spoclo-master ~/.conky/spoclo

####Install used fonts from spoclo/fonts

cd ~/.conky/spoclo/fonts
./install.sh

####Run conky with custom config

conky -c ~/.conky/spoclo/spotify-<variant>/spoclo_<variant>

Note: Alternative: Copy content of desired spoclo variant into ~/.conkyrc file and run conky without any parameter. example: cat ~/.conky/spoclo/spotify-bottom/spoclo_rightedge.conky > ~/.conkyrc && conky

AutoStartup: If you have issue running conky on startup with -c ~/.conky/spoclo/spotify-<variant>/spoclo_<variant>.conky parameter try running it with conky -c /home/<yourusername>/.conky/spoclo/spoclo_<variant>.conky

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Customise

####Changing position

• Open desired spoclo.conky file with text editor and change alignment with own value: aligment = 'A_B', where A={top,middle,center} and B={left,middle,right}
• Change gap_x and gap_y to fine tweak position on the screen

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Known issues and bugs

• Current song title overlaps with date when title is too long on spotify-top variants.

2016