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Torsmo
about: Torsmo (TyopoytaORvelo System MOnitor) is a system monitor that sits in the corner of your desktop. Torsmo can show various information about your system and its peripherals. Torsmo is very light and customizable, and it renders text on the root window.
Torsmo Weather
lets use torsmo to monitor our local weather
My current .torsmorc
# torsmo configuration
# set to yes if you want tormo to be forked in the background
background no
# X font used, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 5x7
#font 6x10
#font 7x13
#font 8x13
#font 9x15
# font *mintsmild.se*
font -xos4-*-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
# mail spool
#mail_spool $MAIL
# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 5.0
# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window no
# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 280 5
# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes
# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no
# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no
# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 8
# border margins
border_margin 4
# border width
border_width 1
# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color black
# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
alignment top_left
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right
# Gap between borders of screen and text
gap_x 12
gap_y 12
# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes
# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no
# Possible variables to be used:
#
# Variable Arguments Description
# acpiacadapter ACPI ac adapter state.
# acpifan ACPI fan state
# acpitemp ACPI temperature.
# battery (num) Remaining capasity in ACPI or APM
# battery. ACPI battery number can be
# given as argument (default is BAT0).
# buffers Amount of memory buffered
# cached Amount of memory cached
# color (color) Change drawing color to color
# cpu CPU usage in percents
# cpubar (height) Bar that shows CPU usage, height is
# bar's height in pixels
# downspeed net Download speed in kilobytes
# downspeedf net Download speed in kilobytes with one
# decimal
# exec shell command Executes a shell command and displays
# the output in torsmo. warning: this
# takes a lot more resources than other
# variables. I'd recommend coding wanted
# behaviour in C and posting a patch :-).
# execi interval, shell Same as exec but with specific interval.
# command Interval can't be less than
# update_interval in configuration.
# fs_bar (height), (fs) Bar that shows how much space is used on
# a file system. height is the height in
# pixels. fs is any file on that file
# system.
# fs_free (fs) Free space on a file system available
# for users.
# fs_free_perc (fs) Free percentage of space on a file
# system available for users.
# fs_size (fs) File system size
# fs_used (fs) File system used space
# hr (height) Horizontal line, height is the height in
# pixels
# i2c (dev), type, n I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev
# may be omitted if you have only one I2C
# device. type is either in (or vol)
# meaning voltage, fan meaning fan or temp
# meaning temperature. n is number of the
# sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on
# your local computer.
# kernel Kernel version
# loadavg (1), (2), (3) System load average, 1 is for past 1
# minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for
# past 15 minutes.
# machine Machine, i686 for example
# mails Mail count in mail spool. You can use
# program like fetchmail to get mails from
# some server using your favourite
# protocol. See also new_mails.
# mem Amount of memory in use
# membar (height) Bar that shows amount of memory in use
# memmax Total amount of memory
# memperc Percentage of memory in use
# new_mails Unread mail count in mail spool.
# nodename Hostname
# outlinecolor (color) Change outline color
# pre_exec shell command Executes a shell command one time before
# torsmo displays anything and puts output
# as text.
# processes Total processes (sleeping and running)
# running_processes Running processes (not sleeping),
# requires Linux 2.6
# shadecolor (color) Change shading color
# stippled_hr (space), Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
# (height)
# swapbar (height) Bar that shows amount of swap in use
# swap Amount of swap in use
# swapmax Total amount of swap
# swapperc Percentage of swap in use
# sysname System name, Linux for example
# temp1 Temperature #1 from i2c-sensors, same as
# ${i2c temp 1}
# temp2 Temperature #2 from i2c-sensors, same as
# ${i2c temp 2}
# time (format) Local time, see man strftime to get more
# information about format
# totaldown net Total download, overflows at 4 GB on
# Linux with 32-bit arch and there doesn't
# seem to be a way to know how many times
# it has already done that before torsmo
# has started.
# totalup net Total upload, this one too, may overflow
# updates Number of updates (for debugging)
# upspeed net Upload speed in kilobytes
# upspeedf net Upload speed in kilobytes with one
# decimal
# uptime Uptime
# uptime_short Uptime in a shorter format
# variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}. Latter
# allows characters right after the variable and must be used in network
# stuff because of an argument
# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen
TEXT
$hr
$nodename - $sysname $kernel on $machine
$stippled_hr
${color green}Time$color ${time %l:%M %D}
${color green}Uptime$color $uptime
${color yellow}RAM Usage:$color $mem/$memmax - $memperc% ${membar 10}
${color green}Swap Usage:$color $swap/$swapmax - $swapperc% ${swapbar 10}
${color yellow}CPU Usage:$color $cpu% ${cpubar 10}
${color cyan}Processes:$color $processes ${color cyan}Running:$color $running_processes
$color$stippled_hr
${color green}Networking:
Up:$color ${upspeed eth0} k/s${color yellow} - Down:$color ${downspeed eth0} k/s
${color cyan}File systems:
/ $color${fs_free /}/${fs_size /} ${fs_bar 10 /}
$hr
${color yellow}Weather :${color}
${execi 1800 /home/david/tweather.sh Today}
$hr
${color yellow}Tomorrow :${color}
${execi 1800 /home/david/tweather.sh Tomorrow}
$hr
I have nothing to do with the code,I "borrowed" it from two people at the Gentoo Forums,grad_guy and Arainach (and many more)There are people doing all kinds of cool stuff with torsmo. First, never underestimate the power of the execi command. I've used it for things like checking on System Logs, etc. I've seen other people use it for things like monitoring weather. Incredibly powerful command.
and here is tweather.sh
#!/bin/bash
city="Fort Lauderdale"
link=USFL0149.html
file=/tmp/weather.txt
location=http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/$link
lynx -accept_all_cookies -dump $location > $file
begin=`cat -n $file | grep "Currently" | cut -d ' ' -f5`
end=`expr $begin + 40`
head -n $end $file > tmp.t
tail -n 41 tmp.t > $file
case $1 in
Today) head -n 6 $file | sed '3d' ;;
Tomorrow)
begin=`cat -n $file | grep 'Today Tomorrow' | cut -d ' ' -f5`
end=`cat -n $file | grep 'Extended' | cut -d ' ' -f5`
num=`expr $end - $begin - 1`
end2=`expr $begin + 7`
head -n $end2 $file > tmp.t
tail -n 3 tmp.t | sed 's/sky/\n sky/' | sed '4d' ;;
*) exit ;;
esac
rm tmp.t
rm $file Here is a link to the thread I stole this from
- torsmo weather (forums.gentoo.org)
- and here is how it looks
- screenshot (themes.freshmeat.net)
Comprookie2000 08:54, Apr 3, 2005 (EDT)
Here's a very detailed thread on how to configure torsmo to do all sorts of things...
- Gentoo Forums - torsmo Tips & Tricks (forums.gentoo.org)
- slack---line 08.27, 22 Jul, 2005 (GMT)