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hmm it uses a fair bit of processes but not overly much, i had mine up dating every 10seconds and it uses 10% CPU every 10 seconds, RAM usage was only about 30mb-40mb.. battery life lost 30mins out of total of 2hrs (wasnt worth it for me).
The only thing I dislike about geektool is that its preventing my iMac from going to sleep on its own.
I don't think there will be a GeekTool 3. Seeing as the project has sat unchanged for 7 years. Aside from a recompile to Universal. The copyright date on the app is still 2002. And the source code on the site still uses Project Builder files. (Apple released xCode in October 2003.)
I don't understand though how in all these years, someone hasn't decided to take it upon themselves to improve it. I mean if the author is just gonna let it sit there. It may work great now, but so much has happened in the last 7 years that could be implemented. Rotation of the output for one could be nice. I'd also like to see shadow customization along the lines of CSS3's Text-Shadow property. Standard color, offset and spread options. (text-shadow: black 2px 2px 5px)
Edit: Translation of the authors website shows the last site update was 2003... then a post was made in 2007 entitled "A l'abandon ?" Which you can guess what it means...
http://74.125.93.132/translate_c?hl...le.com&usg=ALkJrhiYlhpnVsjuX09tiUprgJeTRoMTew
Which means it is now abandonware. Which means someone can continue development. I don't know any code or else I'd try. And I tried to open the Project Builder project in xCode and it wouldn't even open.
Someone has to continue this app! At least recompile it once more for 64-bit Snow Leopard. (It works fine in Snow Leopard BTW, but it is 32-bit. So it would be nice to get it to be 64-bit.
I don't understand though how in all these years, someone hasn't decided to take it upon themselves to improve it. I mean if the author is just gonna let it sit there. It may work great now, but so much has happened in the last 7 years that could be implemented. Rotation of the output for one could be nice. I'd also like to see shadow customization along the lines of CSS3's Text-Shadow property. Standard color, offset and spread options. (text-shadow: black 2px 2px 5px)
Edit: Translation of the authors website shows the last site update was 2003... then a post was made in 2007 entitled "A l'abandon ?" Which you can guess what it means...
http://74.125.93.132/translate_c?hl...le.com&usg=ALkJrhiYlhpnVsjuX09tiUprgJeTRoMTew
Which means it is now abandonware. Which means someone can continue development. I don't know any code or else I'd try. And I tried to open the Project Builder project in xCode and it wouldn't even open.
Someone has to continue this app! At least recompile it once more for 64-bit Snow Leopard. (It works fine in Snow Leopard BTW, but it is 32-bit. So it would be nice to get it to be 64-bit.
Not quite true. You may be looking at the main site, but there's more recent news: GeekTool 3. It's not working for me (the software) right at the moment, but it is being actively developed again AFAIK.
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is their a script just to see youre comp temp and ram usage?
if so would u mind sharing it?
thank you.
if so would u mind sharing it?
thank you.
Here's two scripts for RAM usage, the first shows amount used and amount free, the second amount used. There are scripts around that break down RAM usage by program (and have most likely been already posted in this thread) but I can't find them after a (very quick) search.
Code:
top -l 1 | awk '/PhysMem/ {print "Used: " $8 " Free: " $10}'
Code:
top -l 1 | awk '/PhysMem/ {print "RAM: " $8 " "}' ;This Link has instructions for a CPU temp. script although the script requires SMC fan control
Hope this helps.
Thanks for the RAM scripts but i cant get the CPU temp to work...
first i downloaded his scripts package
then ran "smc" and it listed some random stuff and that was it
then i went to geek tool and pasted the command in;
wat am i missing?
i know someones knows how to make it work, please and thank you.
first i downloaded his scripts package
then ran "smc" and it listed some random stuff and that was it
then i went to geek tool and pasted the command in;
Code:
/Users/MarioEspinoza/GeekTool/matchtemp.py "`/Users/MarioEspinoza/GeekTool/smc.custom -k TC0D -r`" | sed 's/\(.\)\(.\)/\1 \2/g'wat am i missing?
i know someones knows how to make it work, please and thank you.
ok i figured it out...
but with the code im using now;
does anyone know how to make it Fahrenheit and not Celsius just by looking at the code?
heres a screen shot of my current scripts
top is RAM usage
then CPU usage
then the time
to the right of the time is the forecast
under the time is the day, month, day of the month
under that is CPU temp! but in Celsius...i think. anyone know how to make it fahrenheit?
but with the code im using now;
Code:
/Users/MarioEspinoza/GeekTool/matchtemp.py "`/Users/MarioEspinoza/GeekTool/smc.custom -k TC0D -r`" | sed 's/\(.\)\(.\)/\1 \2/g'heres a screen shot of my current scripts
top is RAM usage
then CPU usage
then the time
to the right of the time is the forecast
under the time is the day, month, day of the month
under that is CPU temp! but in Celsius...i think. anyone know how to make it fahrenheit?
quoted from This Guys's Script Page
If anyone would like to use any of the scripts im using, let me know ill be glad to share the script
Help!
I am trying to just put the weather on my desktop with GeekTools and it won't work! I have GeekTool installed, but I can't get Lynx installed. I have it downloaded but its just a folder with LOTS of files. How do I install it?
Thanks!
I am trying to just put the weather on my desktop with GeekTools and it won't work! I have GeekTool installed, but I can't get Lynx installed. I have it downloaded but its just a folder with LOTS of files. How do I install it?
Thanks!
i didnt use lynx i used CURL
no need to install it or anything....just run it once
and heres the code
just change it where it says YOURZIPCODE to ur zip code
no need to install it or anything....just run it once
and heres the code
Code:
curl --silent "http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/forecastrss?p=YOURZIPCODE&u=f" | grep -e "Current Conditions" -A 1 | tail -n 1 | sed -e 's/<BR \/>//' && echo && curl --silent "http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/forecastrss?p=YOURZIPCODE&u=f" | grep -e "Forecast:" -A 2 | tail -n 2 | sed -e 's/<br \/>//' -e 's/<BR \/>//' | sed "s/\(.*\)\.\ \(.*\)/\1\?\2/" | tr "?" "\n" | sed "s/High\:\ \(.*\)\ Low\:\ \(.*\)/\?H\: \1\ L\:\ \2/" | sed "s/\?\(.*\)/\\1/"just change it where it says YOURZIPCODE to ur zip code
does anyone have any good weather image url's to use with geektool? file:///tmp/weather.png is not working for me anymore!! thanks.
when editing a new entry (script) to make the font bigger did u make sure
to drag the shadowed box around it larger so it actually has room to show?
Does anyone know how I would get a site like this http://adds.aviationweather.gov/metars/index.php
to show on geek tool so I can see the text
to show on geek tool so I can see the text
Just started to use geektool...and noticed that when I restart my comp. that geektool screws up. The font sizes and colour are incorrect. The typeface, and location is correct. Does anyone know why this might happen?
Thanks
Thanks
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