Documentation for conky.conf on Xfce 4.14 (transparency issue)

[dajare]

Issue

The documentation for window configuration for Xfce appears to be out-of-date for the latest version of Xfce. The docs here currently instruct users to include this line in the configuration file:

conky.config = {
    -- snip
    own_window_transparent = false, 
    -- snip
}

For some users on Xfce 4.14, there is a non-transparent, black screen problem that I also encountered. After doing a LOT of testing, searching, and checking something caught my eye so that I tried:

    own_window_transparent = true,

and (w00t!) success! The transparency settings now work. Does the documentation need to be updated?

Information

I'm running Mint 19.3, Xfce 4.14.1, AMD RC410M, X11/X.Org 1.20.5. My working conky.conf file is saved as a gist, if that's of any interest.

[ghost]

I wish I could upvote this. conky-xfce needs some love.

I wish it would be possible to make conky work with

own_window = false

but this is not really usable on xfce 4.12, and using "own_window = true" makes using desktop icons inconvenient.

[freddii]

Same problem here. Not possible to make desktop icons clickable behind conky on xfce.

own_window = false makes it possible to click through, but makes a black background that hides all icons on desktop.

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