Ubuntu
conky package

Conky does not display dollar sign when $$ is used in the TEXT area

Bug #371043 reported by Mahesh Asolkar
6
This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
conky (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: conky

:) ~ > lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
:) ~ > apt-cache policy conky
conky:
  Installed: 1.6.1-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 1.6.1-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 1.6.1-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I have a line in my .conkyrc in the TEXT area:

-----------
  WD 1TB Green HDD$alignr$$${execi 1000 curl -s http://frys.com/product/5528610 | egrep -A2 '(After Rebate|Price):' | tail -1 | perl -ne 'm/<b>([\d.]+)<\/b>/; print $1'}
-----------

The intent behind using $$ after the $alignr is to display the actual $ (dollar) sign. The conky installed via Ubuntu repository does not do it correctly.

I built conky myself, and tried it. It displays the $ sign correctly.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/conky
Revision history for this message
Mahesh Asolkar (asolkar) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Mahesh Asolkar (asolkar) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) wrote :

Fixed upstream with commit 12a40fd0a97d4eca9ce81d6e2e04b15dfdc749e6:

http://git.omp.am/?p=conky.git;a=blobdiff;f=src/conky.c;h=83cd96549994d5cca5bdb3bec963b5328b7b0ecc;hp=57585d0ec52700727153d5792243b02b44916378;hb=12a40fd0a97d4eca9ce81d6e2e04b15dfdc749e6;hpb=363bed34acf37c315ba29cbefe817f12eb981086

Changed in conky (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Mahesh Asolkar (asolkar) wrote :

Any idea when we'll see this in the repositories (via updates in jaunty)?

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package conky - 1.7.0-0ubuntu1

---------------
conky (1.7.0-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * New upstream release (LP: #371043):
    - update debian/copyright copyright dates and author's list
    - remove following patches, now applied upstream or not needed anymore:
      + fix_exec_buffer_size.patch
      + ifaddr_buffer_overflow
      + x86_64_rdtsc
      + move_compile_end_man_page
      + fix_hyphen_man_page
      + fix_mem_res.patch
    - remove installation of example configuration file (removed upstream)
    - update debian/NEWS accordingly
  * No change bump of Standards-Version to 3.8.1

 -- Cesare Tirabassi <email address hidden> Sat, 16 May 2009 12:04:10 +0200

Changed in conky (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.
Subscribing...

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.