Conky Manager did not detect the 1.10 conky config files.

[NoobieNewb]

Specifically, in the find_conkyrc_files_in_path() function in Main.vala:

string cmd = "grep -r "^[[:blank:]]TEXT[[:blank:]]$" "%s"".printf(path);

only detects config files below 1.10.
1.10 config files uses the lua syntax, which is:

conky.config = {
*settings*
};
conky.text = [[
*text*
]];

However, config files below 1.10 is still compatible with Conky 1.10, so maybe an additional if-statement would be an adequate fix?

[teejee2008]

I haven't looked into the new lua syntax, so I'm not sure if this change will be enough. Try making the change and see if it works.

[NoobieNewb]

Unfortunately, I'm not well versed in either Vala or grep regex.

I only managed to find the appropriate function because of how neatly written it is.
I was thinking that since only 1.10 users that are concerned about this, maybe an if statement that checks the installed conky version would do, something like:

 

if (conky_version > 1.9) {
       //check for all config files, maybe like:
       string cmd = "grep -r "^[[:blank:]]TEXT[[:blank:]]$ | conky.config{[[:blank:]]}$" "%s"".printf(path);
}
else {
       //only check for config files below 1.10
       string cmd = "grep -r "^[[:blank:]]TEXT[[:blank:]]$" "%s"".printf(path);
}

But I have no idea how to get the conky version.
In Main.vala, there's App.desktop that returns the name of the desktop environment, maybe there's something like that that I was unaware of?

[tflori]

hum I need this too 😢

[zcot]

@NoobieNewb @tflori there it is, detection, and basic edit and save support: #3

[zudalGT]

hey why i cant load my conky lua on conky manager v2.4

can help me ?

[zcot]

@zudalGT follow previous comment, you can load/edit/save 1.10 conky configs. This addition can be seen as a forked branch here(easy to install and usage is the same): conky-manager2 (v2.5)