pytextmonitor

Information

PyTextMonitor is a minimalistic Plasmoid script written on Python2. It looks like widgets in awesome-wm.

NOTE LOOKING FOR TRANSLATORS!

Configuration

For edited output you must open Settings window and setup output format in lines:

tag $time - time in default format. For example, fri Nov 6 04:48:01 2013
tag $isotime - time in iso format
tag $shorttime - time in short locale format
tag $longtime - time in long locale format
tag $custom - custom time format
tag $uptime - uptime, ---d--h--m
tag $custom - custom uptime format
tag $cpu - total load cpu, %
tag $cpuN - load CPU for core N, %
tag $cpucl - average cpu clock, MHz
tag $cpuclN - cpu clock for core N, MHz
tag $tempN - temperature for device N. For example, $temp0
tag $gpu - GPU usage, %. aticonfig or nvidia-smi must be installed
tag $gputemp - GPU temperature. aticonfig or nvidia-smi must be installed
tag $mem - usage memory, %
tag $memmb - usage memory, MB
tag $memgb - usage memory, GB
tag $memtotmb - total RAM, MB
tag $memtotgb - total RAM, GB
tag $swap - swap, %
tag $swapmb - swap, MB
tag $swapgb - swap, GB
tag $swaptotmb - total swap, MB
tag $swaptotgb - total swap, GB
tag $hddN - usage for mount point N, %. For example, $hdd0
tag $hddmbN - usage for mount point N, MB. For example, $hddmb0
tag $hddgbN - usage for mount point N, GB. For example, $hddgb0
tag $hddtotmbN - total size of mount point N, MB. For example, $hddtotmb0
tag $hddtotgbN - total size of mount point N, GB. For example, $hddtotgb0
tag $hddrN - read speed of disk N, KB/s. For example, $hddr0
tag $hddwN - write speed of disk N, KB/s. For example, $hddw0
tag $hddtempN - temperature for HDD N. For example, $hddtemp0
tag $down - download speed, KB/s
tag $up - upload speed, KB/s
tag $netdev - current network device
tag $bat - battery charge, %
tag $ac - status AC device. Return (*) if AC device is online or ( ) if offline
tag $album - current song album. One of supported music players must be installed
tag $artist - current song artist. One of supported music players must be installed
tag $progress - current song progress. One of supported music players must be installed
tag $time - current song duration. One of supported music players must be installed
tag $title - current song title. One of supported music players must be installed
tag $pscount - number of running processes
tag $pstotal - total number of processes
tag $ps - list of running processes
tag $pkgcountN - number of packages, which available to upgrade for command N. For example, $pkgcount0
tag $customN - returns output for custom command N. For example, $custom0

Label order will changed if you change slider position. HTML tags in label work normally.

NOTE you don't may set to show $cpu tag in swap label for example. $cpu will work only in cpu label.

Tips & tricks

You may use different colors for labels. Just put label text into html code. See issue for more details.

Numbering of elements of temperature, HDD usage, HDD speed, HDD temperature refers to elements order from second tab (Advanced settings). You should add item to the required listWidget first. And the first element in the listWidget will be $tag0. See issue for more details.

Advanced settings

Enable background

Uncheck to disable default background and set transparent one.

Vertical layout

Use vertical layout instead of horizontal one.

Enable popup

Uncheck box if you do not use popup messages.

Add stretch

Add stretch (spacer) to the selected side of the widget.

Custom time

tag $dddd - weekday in long format
tag $ddd - weekday in short format
tag $dd - day
tag $d - day without zero
tag $MMMM - month in long format
tag $MMM - month in short format
tag $MM - month
tag $M - month without zero
tag $yyyy - year
tag $yy - year in short format
tag $hh - hours
tag $h - hours without zero
tag $mm - minutes
tag $m - minutes without zero
tag $ss - seconds
tag $s - seconds without zero

Custom uptime

tag $dd - uptime days
tag $d - uptime days without zero
tag $hh - uptime hours
tag $h - uptime hours without zero
tag $mm - uptime minutes
tag $m - uptime minutes without zero

Temperature units

Select units for temperature. Available units are Celsius, Farenheit and Kelvin.

Temperature devices

List of devices, which will be observed in temp label (combo box items come from sensors). List widget is editable, delete key will remove current item.

Mount points

List of mount points, which will be observed in hdd label (combo box items come from mount). List widget is editable, delete key will remove current item.

HDD (speed)

List of hard disk devices, which will be observed in hddspeed label (combo box items come from DataEngine). List widget is editable, delete key will remove current item.

HDD (temperature)

List of hard disk devices, which will be observed in hddtemp label (combo box items come from find). List widget is editable, delete key will remove current item.

Network directory

Path to directory, which contains network devices information. Default is /sys/class/net. Required for auto select network device.

Network device

Use specified device as active. Combo box items come from network directory. Will disable auto select network device.

Battery device

File with battery information. File (/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacity by default) should contain only battery charge in percent.

AC online tag

Line which will be shown when AC is online.

AC offline tag

Line which will be shown when AC is offline.

AC device

File with AC information. File (/sys/class/power_supply/AC/online by default) must contain 1 if AC is online.

Tooltip settings

Since version 1.7.0 CPU, CPU clock, memory, swap and network labels support graphical tooltip. To enable them just make the needed checkboxes a fully checked. The number of stored values can be set in the tab. Colors of graphs are configurable too.

DataEngine settings

Custom command

NOTE This can cause the computer freeze.

Commands, which will be run for custom label.

GPU device

Select one of supported GPU devices. auto will enable auto selection, disable will disable definition of GPU states. Default is auto.

HDD

Select one of HDDs for HDD temperature monitor. all will enable monitor for all devices, disable will disable definition of HDD temperature. Default is all.

hddtemp cmd

Type a command which will be run for hddtemp DataEngine. Default is sudo hddtemp.

MPD address

Address of MPD server. Default is localhost.

MPD port

Port of MPD server. Default is 6600.

Package manager

List of commands, which will be run. Number of null lines is a number of unneeded lines. Defaults:

Arch: PKGCMD=pacman -Qu, PKGNULL=0
Debian: PKGCMD=apt-show-versions -u -b, PKGNULL=0
Ubuntu: PKGCMD=aptitude search '~U', PKGNULL=0
Fedora: PKGCMD=yum list updates, PKGNULL=3
FreeBSD: PKGCMD=pkg_version -I -l '<', PKGNULL=0
Mandriva: PKGCMD=urpmq --auto-select, PKGNULL=0

Music player

Select one of supported music playes for player label.

DataEngine configuration

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

Instruction

Dependencies

kdebase-workspace
kdebindings-python2
lm_sensors (for definition temperature device)

Optional dependencies

sysstat (for notification)
proprietary video driver
hddtemp (make sure that it may be run with sudo without password. Just add following line to /etc/sudoers: $USERNAME ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/hddtemp)
music player (amarok, clementine, mpd or qmmp)

Make dependencies

automoc4
cmake

Installation

download sources

install

mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --localprefix` ../
make && make install

Also you may install it to /:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix` ../
make && sudo make install