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Positioning question with System Monitor multicore CPU - szekelya - 02-22-2010
Hi,
I have created a system monitor skin with two simple CPU and a PHYS_USED diagram/text. See config below.
My problem is, that regardless that the skin starts with the PHYS_USED diagram and text, TLB renders the multicore diagrams and texts first. It looks like this:
![[Image: sysmon.jpg]](http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/584/sysmon.jpg)
(The red text is just photoshopped to show what's what.)
My problem is that:
-I can't position the memory diagram/text before the CPUs
-Even if I want to use a background (simple legend like CPU0: CPU1: MEM: before the percentage texts) the background gets positioned where the PHYS_USED starts, so no background goes behind the multicore diagrams.
What do I do wrong? Here's the .ini:
Code:
[options]
name = Stripe
author = szekelya
[general]
#background = stripebg.png
autosize = none
size =80 0
[Diagram1]
field = PHYS_USED
type = HorzRow
size = 60 1
point = 0 14
color = 244 192 11
emptyColor = 255 255 255 85
fillType = solid
startFrom= left
[DataSlot1]
field = PHYS_USED
format = percent
font = Segoe UI
bold = 0
italic = 0
align = left
pos = 20 0
size = 20 12
color = 255 255 255
[core]
coreSize = 62 22
dock = left
type = HorzRow
size = 60 1
point = 0 14
color = 244 192 11
emptyColor = 255 255 255 85
fillType = solid
startFrom= left
rows = 1
[coretext]
showText = 1
font = Segoe UI
bold = 0
italic = 0
align = left
pos = 20 0
size = 62 14
color = 255 255 255Re: Positioning question with System Monitor multicore CPU - szekelya - 02-22-2010
Since posting this, I have recognized that the core and coretext was poorly positioned.
Now that I have moved them to a correct place, the order is fine, but the placement of the whole config is still not OK.
It seems, that once I put in the [core] section, the whole stuff is moved from left to somewhere in the middle. Now if I make the size wide enough to show the whole config, there's a ~120px empty space to the left of the config like this (order: mem, cpu0, cpu1):
size set to 190 22:
![[Image: size190.jpg]](http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/2858/size190.jpg)
size set to 240 22:
![[Image: size240.jpg]](http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2686/size240.jpg)
Basically the config looks like this now (shall I post another screenshot?):
Code:
[options]
name = Stripe
author = szekelya
[general]
#background = stripebg.png
autosize = none
size = 190 22
[Diagram1]
field = PHYS_USED
type = HorzRow
size = 60 1
point = 0 14
color = 244 192 11
emptyColor = 255 255 255 85
fillType = solid
startFrom = left
[DataSlot1]
field = PHYS_USED
format = percent
font = Segoe UI
bold = 0
italic = 0
align = left
pos = 20 0
size = 20 14
color = 255 255 255
[core]
coreSize = 62 22
dock = left
type = HorzRow
size = 60 1
point = 190 14
color = 244 192 11
emptyColor = 255 255 255 85
fillType = solid
startFrom = left
rows = 1
[coretext]
showText = 1
font = Segoe UI
bold = 0
italic = 0
align = left
pos = 210 0
size = 60 14
color = 255 255 255Re: Positioning question with System Monitor multicore CPU - Yuri Kobets - 02-22-2010
Quote:-I can't position the memory diagram/text before the CPUs
Section [core] set the value dock into right. This defines the side where to show cores. BTW here is doc
Quote:-Even if I want to use a background (simple legend like CPU0: CPU1: MEM: before the percentage texts) the background gets positioned where the PHYS_USED starts, so no background goes behind the multicore diagrams.I'm not sure, but I guess it is possble to use the [image#] section to make something like background (see the doc). This is just an image and it can be drawn into any position and overlay the cores.
Re: Positioning question with System Monitor multicore CPU - Yuri Kobets - 02-22-2010
Quote:Since posting this, I have recognized that the core and coretext was poorly positioned.
Here is fixed skin:
Code:
[options]
name = Stripe
author = szekelya
[general]
autosize = none
size = 60 22
[Diagram1]
field = PHYS_USED
type = HorzRow
size = 60 1
point = 0 14
color = 244 192 11
emptyColor = 255 255 255 85
fillType = solid
startFrom = left
[DataSlot1]
field = PHYS_USED
format = percent
font = Segoe UI
bold = 0
italic = 0
align = left
pos = 20 0
size = 20 14
color = 255 255 255
[core]
coreSize = 62 22
dock = right
type = HorzRow
size = 60 1
point = 0 14
color = 244 192 11
emptyColor = 255 255 255 85
fillType = solid
startFrom = left
rows = 1
[coretext]
showText = 1
font = Segoe UI
bold = 0
italic = 0
align = left
pos = 20 0
size = 60 14
color = 255 255 255Re: Positioning question with System Monitor multicore CPU - Yuri Kobets - 02-22-2010
well, here is the skin with the legend
[attachment=0]
Re: Positioning question with System Monitor multicore CPU - szekelya - 02-22-2010
Great! It works as I intended to do it!
Now I understand what size under [general] section, and what the dock = right means.
I still don't understand but I guess the point under [core] and pos under [coretext] might be relative to where the core is docked.
Actually I have read the documentation pdf, but couldn't interpret it no matter how many times I read it.
As for the documentation and the legend:
In the DataSlot# section the doc says: text – (optional) any text string to draw. If that is used to add free text to the skin, I'd like to use that as a legend, instead of photoshopping ascii text. The aim is to make the text part like this: Mem: 64% CPU0:10% CPU1:12%.
How do you use that? I couldn't get anything shown until I have defined the field parameter, however it says that parameter text is ignored if the field (the feald is a typo, right?) parameter is defined.
Many thanks for the help!!