[Bug]: Lua script not loading (v1.19.7)

[mtompkins]

What happened?

Upgrade to 1.19.7 introduced a bug that prevents conky from loading a lua script using load_lua

Note the log indicates llau_load (two L's?)

Also tried $HOME to see if the variable helped instead of ~. Also failed.

Version

1.19.7

Which OS/distro are you seeing the problem on?

Arch Linux

Conky config

...
-- Set the path to your script here.

lua_load = '~/.conky/bargraph_small.lua.1080p-dpw1',
lua_draw_hook_post = 'main_bars',

Stack trace

No response

Relevant log output

conky: desktop window (400007) is subwindow of root window (834)
conky: window type - desktop
conky: drawing to created window (0x3200002)
conky: drawing to double buffer
conky: llua_load: specified script file '~/.conky/bargraph_small.lua.1080p-dpw1' doesn't exist
conky: forked to background, pid is 69678

[plikhari]

HI

I am not a developer, but I, sometimes answer issues related to LUA.

In this case, Lua cannot find the script - try other ways to state the path. A relative path also works, but perhaps using ~/.conky does not. Try full path like /home/username/.conky/bargraph_small.lua.1080p-dpw1

I am the author of conkywx ( a conky weather app on Arch Linux ) - a conky app that is lua heavy (yes, there is a good sprinkle of Perl as well ) and works without issues.

[mtompkins]

HI

I am not a developer, but I, sometimes answer issues related to LUA.

In this case, Lua cannot find the script - try other ways to state the path. A relative path also works, but perhaps using ~/.conky does not. Try full path like /home/username/.conky/bargraph_small.lua.1080p-dpw1

I am the author of conkywx ( a conky weather app on Arch Linux ) - a conky app that is lua heavy (yes, there is a good sprinkle of Perl as well ) and works without issues.

Thanks @plikhari ... when I tried $HOME I didn't think to try a fully hardcoded path. Indeed it works.
I do still consider this a bug, however, but appreciate your share!

[plikhari]

Thanks @plikhari ... when I tried $HOME I didn't think to try a fully hardcoded path. Indeed it works. I do still consider this a bug, however, but appreciate your share!

I do not use the conventional path .conky etc, but conky looks at the root from where it is initiated / started - so I land up using ./lib/which ever script - this never fails.

-------------------------------------------------------------
-- Load lua component of conkywx
-------------------------------------------------------------`
lua_load = './lib/conkywx.lua',
lua_startup_hook = 'startup',
};

conky.text = [[
${lua main -n wxrings -d ./examples/hartley-lua-data.lua }
# ${execpi 3600 ${template0} -c ${template1} -t ${template2}}
]];

`

Here is an example - I have moved away from using conky functions to using pure lua - but you can see the original comment to trigger the non Lua conky.

Here is a link to the latest test conkywx build - I intend updating the AUR soon, but let's see hmmmm

[mtompkins]

I made this exact change :)

[brndnmtthws]

This should be fixed with #1779.