This is a feature request to add an option to run a theme script at startup.
My use case is to implement a sort an imitation constant variable. In my case, I have a few values that don't change after startup. In my example, these include the Linux Distribution name, Ubuntu name, and debian name. Rather than execi a shell command repeatedly, I can use a bash script that sets the contents of text files which can then be read using tail (which I am assuming would generally be less resource intensive than using execi).
Obviously, there are security considerations. To mitigate the risk, a toggle can be added to enable/disable the feature, default to disabled.
Aside from any changes to the interface, the feature can be implemented fairly easily by modifying the conky-startup.sh file to execute a theme script prior to starting conky.
Of course, the potential use cases extend far beyond my example here.
There are several ways to implement what I am trying to achieve, least of which would be to use the system's startup features.
This is a feature request to add an option to run a theme script at startup.
My use case is to implement a sort an imitation constant variable. In my case, I have a few values that don't change after startup. In my example, these include the Linux Distribution name, Ubuntu name, and debian name. Rather than execi a shell command repeatedly, I can use a bash script that sets the contents of text files which can then be read using tail (which I am assuming would generally be less resource intensive than using execi).
Obviously, there are security considerations. To mitigate the risk, a toggle can be added to enable/disable the feature, default to disabled.
Aside from any changes to the interface, the feature can be implemented fairly easily by modifying the conky-startup.sh file to execute a theme script prior to starting conky.
Of course, the potential use cases extend far beyond my example here.
There are several ways to implement what I am trying to achieve, least of which would be to use the system's startup features.