From 2a52a28f7e898d49820fe515769c6d861aaf6c49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bstrong <bstrong@softtechok.com> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 13:57:08 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update Readme --- README.md | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d4a0385..8437cd8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,6 +2,35 @@ Plasmoid to view several Items from system Monitor. +Note: If you are trying to update to newest version using Discover and it is not working, you may be missing the "metadata.desktop" file. + If so it can be created in the "/home<user-name>/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/com.softtechok.systemmonitorplasmoid" folder + with to following content, Change the version number to reflect the version you currently have installed. + +``` +===next line is first line of file==== +[Desktop Entry] +Encoding=UTF-8 +Name=System Monitor Plasmoid +Comment=Shows System Monitor Information +Icon=org.kde.plasma.systemloadviewer + +Type=Service +ServiceTypes=Plasma/Applet + +X-Plasma-API=declarativeappletscript +X-Plasma-MainScript=ui/main.qml + +X-KDE-PluginInfo-Author=Barry Strong +X-KDE-PluginInfo-Email=bstrong@softtechok.com +X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name=com.softtechok.systemmonitorplasmoid +X-KDE-PluginInfo-License=GPL-3.0+ +X-KDE-PluginInfo-Version=2.4 +X-KDE-PluginInfo-Website=https://www.opencode.net/bstrong5280 +X-KDE-PluginInfo-Category=System Information +X-KDE-ServiceTypes=Plasma/Applet +===previous line is last line of file==== +``` + ## Requirements Plasma 5 shell (plasma >= 5.7), Starting with Version 2.0 (plasma > 5.20). @@ -44,10 +73,10 @@ Colors for each Item can be selected on the "Colors" tab. Fast plotting or smooth plotting (More Cpu intensive) can be selected for the Plot Graph. There are options to show borders, to show labels (on top or bottom). There is an option to show peak values on plotter Items. -What Disks/Partitons to show Space Or acitivity for can be selected in the "Disk Space" or "Disk IO" tabs. +What Disks/Partitons to show Space Or activity for can be selected in the "Disk Space" or "Disk IO" tabs. What network devices to show activity for can be selected in the network tab. What Gpu Devices to show activity, temperature or frequency for can be selected in the GPU tabs. -Different layouts can be obtanined by selecting the number of columns/rows and layout direction. +Different layouts can be obtained by selecting the number of columns/rows and layout direction. **Add the plasmoid to the desktop more than once for additional effects.** -- GitLab