Geektool Your Geektool scripts

wingnut8 · Jan 14, 2009

VSMacOne said:
Yeah, so until somebody puts together comprehensive a step by step guide on how to get things working right, instead of bits and pieces here and there, I'm not getting into this whole mess... I just installed Geektool and attempted a couple of commands, but no luck... I don't know if it's because it's so late, or what, but I'm giving up and saving it for another day...
so for now, i'll be a spectator haha..

Did you change the font size/color?

si77hay · Jan 15, 2009

VSMacOne said:
Yeah, so until somebody puts together comprehensive a step by step guide on how to get things working right, instead of bits and pieces here and there, I'm not getting into this whole mess... I just installed Geektool and attempted a couple of commands, but no luck... I don't know if it's because it's so late, or what, but I'm giving up and saving it for another day...
so for now, i'll be a spectator haha..

Try this guide. A 17 year old wrote it

Or this one is an absolute corker.

And have a look here for some inspiration! Snapshots of what Geektool can do

VSMacOne · Jan 15, 2009

si77hay said:
Try this guide. A 17 year old wrote it

Or this one is an absolute corker.

And have a look here for some inspiration! Snapshots of what Geektool can do

OK... you made me reconsider

Oh boy today is going to be fun!!!!! I'll post my results later. Wish me luck!

YMark · Jan 15, 2009

VSMacOne said:
Yeah, so until somebody puts together comprehensive a step by step guide on how to get things working right, instead of bits and pieces here and there, I'm not getting into this whole mess... I just installed Geektool and attempted a couple of commands, but no luck... I don't know if it's because it's so late, or what, but I'm giving up and saving it for another day...
so for now, i'll be a spectator haha..

This "tool" does take some time playing around with it to figure it out. Documentation is nonexistent. Personally, I think it's kind of cool, but isn't worth me spending the time to figure it out.

VSMacOne · Jan 15, 2009

si77hay said:
Try this guide. A 17 year old wrote it

Or this one is an absolute corker.

And have a look here for some inspiration! Snapshots of what Geektool can do

YMark said:
This "tool" does take some time playing around with it to figure it out. Documentation is nonexistent. Personally, I think it's kind of cool, but isn't worth me spending the time to figure it out.

The links provided just above are looking pretty good. I'm about to start messing with it a little bit... We'll see how it comes out

sumskateborder · Jan 15, 2009

I do not understand how to get the Weather Script working. I installed Lynx and it's in my Applications folder, and I did all the steps but it isn't showing up.

EV0LUTION · Jan 15, 2009

sumskateborder said:
I do not understand how to get the Weather Script working. I installed Lynx and it's in my Applications folder, and I did all the steps but it isn't showing up.

try this:

Conditions:

Code:

lynx -dump http://printer.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=YOURZIPCODE|awk '/Cond/ && !/Fore/ {for (i=2; i<=10; i++) printf $i " " }'

Weather:

Code:

lynx -dump http://printer.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=33704|awk '/Temp/{printf $2, ": "; for (i=3; i<=3; i++) printf $i " " }' |awk '{print $1}'

sumskateborder · Jan 15, 2009

EV0LUTION said:

try this:

Conditions:

Code:

lynx -dump http://printer.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=YOURZIPCODE|awk '/Cond/ && !/Fore/ {for (i=2; i<=10; i++) printf $i " " }'

Weather:

Code:

lynx -dump http://printer.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=33704|awk '/Temp/{printf $2, ": "; for (i=3; i<=3; i++) printf $i " " }' |awk '{print $1}'

Nothing is showing up.

Did I install Lynx wrong? In my applications folder it is still as lynx.command, do I have to do anything else to it?

monke · Jan 15, 2009

sumskateborder said:
Nothing is showing up.

Did I install Lynx wrong? In my applications folder it is still as lynx.command, do I have to do anything else to it?

Try launching Lynx and going to that website in the code.
If that doesn't work, its probably a problem with how you installed it.

si77hay · Jan 15, 2009

What happens if you launch Terminal and type "Lynx"?

I installed Lynx twice from websites/packages that turned out to be incorrect. I eventually got a good install of Lynx by installing from the Apple web site. Contained within the DMG is a 'README' RTF. Follow the instructions exactly.

ill0gical0ne · Jan 15, 2009

With Lynx, it must actually be installed, unlike other applications, as it is run by the terminal. Simply launch the install.command (as an administrator, or a user that has sudo properties) that comes with the .dmg, type in your password, and it will install.

Mikey- · Jan 17, 2009

Does anyone know where I can find a tutorial on how to put the date and time onto my desktop using GeekTool?

ethical · Jan 17, 2009

Mikey- said:
Does anyone know where I can find a tutorial on how to put the date and time onto my desktop using GeekTool?

Install GeekTool
Open it in the preferences window.
New > Shell
Paste in one of the codes posted on this website for whatever you want.
e.g. for the time paste in "date +%l:%M" minus the quotation marks
Hit enter, you will see it appear on your desktop.
Move the box around to wherever you like.
Go to Colours/Font and tweak the colour of the background/text and the font of the text to what you like best.
Make a new shell entry for each piece you want on your desktop. (date, time, month, day etc)
Hope this helps.

tecknical · Jan 17, 2009

nothing special.

EV0LUTION · Jan 18, 2009

tecknical said:
nothing special.

Very nice! I like the mix of colors.

VSMacOne · Jan 18, 2009

tecknical said:
nothing special.

This is a little off topic... But 2 questions for you.

What app did you use to take a snapshot of your desktop? It's very clear...

and how were you able to upload such a large picture to the thread? When I try to do it it tells me it has to be under a certain size...

Thanks.

tecknical · Jan 18, 2009

Cmd+Shift+3

it usually saves it as a .png which is way too big for this site, so i open it in photoshop and save it as a .jpg

hope that helps

VSMacOne · Jan 18, 2009

tecknical said:
Cmd+Shift+3

it usually saves it as a .png which is way too big for this site, so i open it in photoshop and save it as a .jpg

hope that helps

i knew about that command but didn't know ab the .jpg tip.
i'll give it a shot. Thanks dude

jonbravo77 · Jan 19, 2009

Not extremely exciting, but I like it.

The wallpaper came with Crystal Clear app.

tecknical · Jan 19, 2009

woa that's majorly trippy.

Ljohnson72 · Jan 19, 2009

Changed color and moved weather to bottom right corner..

cllicky

MSTRKRFT · Jan 19, 2009

the apple link won't let me download lynx. Help Please.

eXan · Jan 19, 2009

I've figured out how to put temp and conditions, but what is the command for wind and clouds? I'm confused

hatehereyes · Jan 19, 2009

I've got all my scripts working right and everything. They show up on my desktop fine but whenever i open up geektools again to edit something i press enter and it just disappears.

does this happen to anyone else?

ucsdmac · Jan 20, 2009

Hurd111 said:
I really like this program.

Ditto on the link to the dock. Looks good. Thanks

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