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Conky & KDE several virtual distinct desktop

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acrimont
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Hello,

I have set-up several virtual desktop on my new system and it is working great. Furthermore, I have activate the option "System Settings > Workspace Behavior > Virtual Desktops > Differents widgets for each desktop > checked".
So, I have now 4 desktop and each one has a different wallpaper. :)

Then, I have installed Conky and setup this one:
http://zagortenay333.deviantart.com/art ... -426662366

However, I have been facing the black border issue. No troubles. I have followed this tutorial:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/co ... e_with_KDE

But this wiki is wrong. Indeed, these scripts do not manage correctly:
  • kde-wallpapers which use metada
  • desktop changes history (this script concatenates all matching results... and so do not work)
  • distinct wallpapers on desktop

So, with a friend we have done a little patch which can manage history and distinct wallpapers that you can find here:
https://github.com/jonathanpoelen/kde-conky-desktop

And it is working. However, it lacks reactivity. Indeed, when I change from desktop one to desktop two for example, it takes me 1 or 2 seconds before the current wallpaper is really loaded by conky and displayed correctly. See below:
Image

I have find a solution which is to increase the conky update time:
"update_interval 1" => "update_interval 0.1"
But the result is not yet perfect and it has performance issues.

I do not see a simple way to finish this script... So I was asking myself whether someone of the KDE community had a solution?

Cheers,


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