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Hey guys,

Im looking to make a lightweight weather script to display information in my lxpanel (i have two so the top one which only has a couple buttons)

So it'll be something like Conditions: <x> Temp: <x> and so on ...

I have done a bit of research on this but have yet to find any way of being able to print specific values on the the panel.

And no, I don't want to create an icon/button to launch the program, I would like to have it displayed.

I have conky installed however I don't want to clutter the background of my desktop so this is why Im looking for this solution and I want to keep my system as lightweight as possible so that is why I don't want to install chucky weather apps.

Does anyone know how and can point me in the right direction to print information onto the panel?

This is not possible, particularly from a script. I suggest you write it as an application that only uses a small window (much smaller than conky). If you were to make the window no-decorate and allow it to be dragged and closed from button presses, this might take very little space. It would be a nice thing to have and if it were well implemented, it would be something that a lot of people would use. Weather is one of our most requested things, but it is much too complex to consider for an in-process plugin that might crash the panel.

Appreciate the help