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Adding conky to xfce4-panel....
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Here's how I was able to output conky to a text file and then add it to my xfce4-panel using xfce4-genmon-plugin. Simply follow the steps below if you'd like to do the same.

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR CONKY MUST BE A SINGLE LINE OR IT WILL OUTPUT INCORRECTLY TO THE PANEL

1. Add the following to conky.conf....

out_to_x no
out_to_console yes

2. Set conky to output to a text file on startup....

I have the code below saved as conkypanel.sh & set in my xfce application autostart.

#!/bin/bash
conky -q -c /etc/conky/conky.conf > /tmp/conky.txt

3. Add xfce4-genmon-plugin (Generic Monitor) to your panel and then add the following command....

awk 'END{print}' /tmp/conky.txt

4. Conky should now be displaying inside xfce4-panel. If not then start from the top and double check everything including you conky.conf....

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