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    can conky display in an ordinary window?

    (conky enthusiasts often post at KFN, and searching has been no help)

    Can conky display in an ordinary desktop window, that I can move around?

    Normally my desktop is covered with lots of windows, so having conky on the desktop is useless, and having it display over any window is a nuisance. Ideally it would live in a window, that I can set to always on top, or not, that moves itself off the window with focus.
    Regards, John Little

    #2
    There are various window-specific options

    Options are all related to own_window settings in the config
    SO, you just need to edit the file, and change it to:

    Code:
    own_window_type = 'normal'
    http://conky.sourceforge.net/config_settings.html

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      #3
      Do you mean something like this? I can grab the window bar and move it around.

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        #4
        Originally posted by claydoh View Post
        There are various window-specific options

        Options are all related to own_window settings in the config
        SO, you just need to edit the file, and change it to:

        Code:
        own_window_type = 'normal'
        http://conky.sourceforge.net/config_settings.html
        per Claydoh - Yes but also you need to make sure that these are not set: own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager' ,

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          #5
          Correct. Just change that line to own_window_hints = '',
          where " is two single quotes, and the trailing comma is needed.

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            #6
            Thank you. I had tried own_window_type = 'normal' but I must have had one of the offending hints when I did.
            Regards, John Little

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              #7
              If it's a minimal conky you can even fit it on the plasma panel as in this image.

              I have my panel always visible.
              Kubuntu 20.04

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