--- layout: project title: py-text-monitor short: pytextmonitor commentIssueId: 3 description: Minimalistic Plasmoid script that looks like widgets in Awesome WM hasgui: true developers: - Evgeniy Alelseev license: GPL links: - Plasmoid page on kde-look.org - DataEngine page on kde-look.org - Archlinux AUR package ---

Information

A minimalistic Plasmoid script written on Python2. It looks like widgets in Awesome WM. My plasmoid is highly and easily configurable and does not clutter your KDE system. Also this packages has an additional DataEngine written on CPP (old version was written on Python2).

Developers and contributors

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License

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Installation

Instruction

Download an archive with latest version of source files.

Extract it and install the DataEngine:

cd /where/your/applet/is/installed
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --localprefix` -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../
make
make install

For global isntallation type:

cd /where/your/applet/is/installed
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --localprefix` -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../
make
make install

Install the Plasmoid:

plasmapkg -i py-text-monitor-1.5.0.plasmoid

For global isntallation type:

plasmapkg -g -i py-text-monitor-1.5.0.plasmoid

Dependencies

I want note that all were tested on latest version of dependencies.

kdebase-workspace
kdebindings-python2
automoc4 (make)
cmake (make)
kdebase-runtime (make)
lm_sensors (optional, for definition temperature device)
net-tools (optional, for definition network device)
sysstat (optional, for notification)
hddtemp (optional, for HDD temperature monitor)
one of supported music player - amarok, mtd or qmmp (optional, for music player monitor)
proprietary video driver (optional, for GPU monitor)

How to use

Open your Plasma widgetes and select Py Text Monitor.

Configuration

DataEngine configuration

You may edit DataEngine configuration. It is /usr/share/config/extsysmon.conf or $HOME/.kde4/share/config/extsysmon.conf depending on the type of installation. Uncomment needed line and edit it.

DataEngine options

GPUDEV	Set GPU device. May be `nvidia` (for nVidia), `ati` (for ATI Radeon), `ignore` or `auto`. Default is `auto`.
HDDDEV	Set block device for `hddtemp` comma separated or use `all`. Default is `all`.
MPDADDRESS	MPD host address. Default is `localhost`.
MPDPORT	MPD host port. Default is `6600`.

Widget configuration

For edited output you must open Settings window and setup output format in lines. Label order will changed if you change slider position. HTML tags in label work normally.
NOTE you do not may set to show $cpu in swap label for example. $cpu will work only in cpu label.

Available flags are in the table below.

Time label	`$time`	Time in default format. For example, `fri Nov 6 04:48:01 2013`.
	`$isotime`	Time in ISO format.
	`$shorttime`	Time in short locale format.
	`$longtime`	Time in long locale format.
Uptime label	`$uptime`	System uptime, `---d--h--m`.
CPU label	`$cpu`	Total load CPU, %, `-----`.
CPU label	`$ccpu`	Load CPU for each core, %, `-----`.
CPU clock label	`$cpucl`	Average CPU clock, MHz, `----`.
CPU clock label	`$ccpucl`	CPU clock for each core, MHz, `----`.
Temperature label	`$temp`	Average temperature in system, °C, `----`. Temperature device must be specified.
GPU label	`$gpu`	GPU usage, %, `-----`. `aticonfig` or `nvidia-smi` must be installed.
GPU temperature label	`$gputemp`	GPU temperature, °C, `----`. `aticonfig` or `nvidia-smi` must be installed.
Memory label	`$mem`	Memory usage, %, `-----`.
Memory label	`$memmb`	Memory usage, MB, `-----`.
Swap label	`$swap`	Swap usage, %, `-----`.
Swap label	`$swapmb`	Swap usage, MB, `-----`.
HDD usage label	`@@/@@`	mount point (`/` in example) usage, %, `-----`. Separator for mount points list is `;`, for example `@@/;/home;/mnt/global@@`
HDD temperature label	`@@/dev/sda@@`	HDD (`/dev/sda` in example) temperature, °C, `----`. `hddtemp` must be installed.
Network label	`$net`	Download and upload speed, KB/s, `----/----`.
	`@@eth0@@`	Do not use automatic device definition, show only specified device (`eth0` in example).
	`$netdev`	Current network device.
Battery label	`$bat`	Battery charge, %, `---`. Battery device may be set below. File (`/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacity` by default) must contain only battery charge in percent.
Battery label	`$ac`	Status of AC device. Returns `(*)` if AC device is online or `( )` if offline. AC device may be set below. File (`/sys/class/power_supply/AC/online` by default) must contain `1` if AC is online.
Music player label	`$artist`	Current song artist. One of supported music players must be installed.
Music player label	`$title`	Current song title. One of supported music players must be installed.

Graphical user interface

Screenshots

Widget (clickable):

Configuration window::