Mimosa Conky Theme - How to Configure the Calendar Event Feature

Hello everyone!

This post explains how to configure the calendar event feature in the Mimosa Conky theme. Currently, this feature only displays today’s holiday notification but will later support upcoming events.

For now, I believe this “today-only” notification is useful enough for testing and improving the theme.

Preview

About the event.sh Script

The calendar feature works via event.sh, located in the script folder. This script fetches holiday data using the free API provided by nager.date.

Why choose this API?

• FREE to use
• No account or API key required
• Simple setup — just plug and play

Downside: Some holidays (like religious ones) may not appear in their database, but it’s good enough for basic functionality.

Parts You Can Modify

• countryid value — Change this to your country code (see list on nager.date).
• .name on line 19 — Default is English holiday names. To display local language, use .localName. If your language uses non-Latin characters, adjust the font in CalendarXX.conf.

Quick Note

This script is still basic and might look messy (I’m not a pro coder ). If you have improvements, share them in the comments!

Closing

That’s it for now. I might update this if I find a better API or improve the code.

Thanks for reading and happy ricing!

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