4 * Multiple mailbox patch (thanks Ben Kibbey)
7 * Small fix for $ibm_volume (thanks Kapil Hari Paranjape)
8 * Patch so $tail can read from a fifo file descriptor (thanks Ben Kibbey)
11 * Improved performance slightly
12 * Added 'music_player_interval' config option to specify an update interval for
13 music player threads (currently honored by mpd and audacious).
14 * Fixed some minor memory leaks associated with SIGUSR1
15 * Zero out imap and pop3 stuff when the connection fails
18 * _Really_ fix mpd SIGPIPE issues
19 * Fix timed thread race condition, seen esp. on new kernel scheduler (cfs).
20 * Fix $audacious_title not being displayed when no length argument indicated.
23 * Conky 1.4.7 released
24 * Check for pkg-config >=0.19
25 * Use timed_thread for mpd
28 * Fixed issue with SIGPIPE and mpd
29 * Updated COPYING (with more clarifications)
32 * Updated vim/nano syntax files.
35 * Added $hwmon var, similar to $i2c and $platform.
38 * Added var $platform which is similar to $i2c and accommodates the conversion
39 of many devices from /sys/bus/i2c/devices to /sys/bus/platform/devices.
40 * Removed config item post_21_kernel since it forced all i2c device lookups
41 to go to /sys/bus/platform/devices and some people may need a mix of both
42 i2c and platform devices.
45 * Clarifying licensing
49 * Wireless support for Linux
52 * Conky 1.4.6 released
53 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.13.0
54 * Added 'post_21_kernel' config param to specify kernels 2.6.22 and newer
58 * Fixed potential issue on FreeBSD when nprocs < 10 (thanks zotrix)
59 * Added support for multiple batteries when using acpi (thanks Phil)
60 * a bunch of code cleanups (thanks Psychon)
61 * added max length paramater to mpd_title (thinks fow)
62 * a number of small bug fixes
65 * Fix PID display, patch #1753934. thanks sohalt.
66 * Fix displaying 4 GB traffic after reloading network driver,
67 patch #1754260. thanks sohalt.
70 * Right-justify top/top_mem vars (pid/cpu/mem} so they align on the decimal.
73 * Added color[0-9] variable patch (thanks jieryn)
76 * Added if_empty patch (thanks Erik)
77 * Added if_existing patch for string matching (thanks cromka)
78 * Added hwmon support (thanks flitsch)
79 * Some xmms2 updates (thanks sleipner)
80 * Added $battery_percent and $battery_bar (thanks akash)
83 * OpenBSD support added to Conky (thanks hifi)
84 * Updated mboxscan stuff (thanks calmar)
87 * Created branch/1.5 copy of trunk/conky1. Removing all experimental
88 network code from trunk/conky1.
91 * Include missing mboxscan.h in conky.h.
92 * Fixed signedness warnings in conky.c.
95 * Added buffer_text_size option to change the size of the buffer for
96 things like $exec, $tail, et cetera
97 * Added $mboxscan which lets you display the Subject and From fields
98 from recent email in an mbox file
99 * Disambiguated (is that a word?) $cpu docs
102 * Fallback to gettimeofday() when clock_gettime () not available (mac os).
105 * API change (timing in milliseconds) for dexter_timedsampler_new ().
108 * Add config.rpath (created by gettextize -copy) to distribution
110 * Clean up some warnings; remove ftp.[ch] from src/Makefile.am.
113 * Update svn ebuild to new sourceforge url scheme.
114 - requires deletion of existing wc: rm -rf /usr/portage/distfile/svn-src/conky/
115 * Added head/tail rewrite patch (thanks Ryan Twitchell)
116 * Added diskio read/write sf.net patch 1542880 (thanks Blondak)
119 * Clear conky vars on disconnect/failure to open files.
122 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.12.0
125 * client/server infrastructure and prototype for linux only (so far):
126 - requires libdexter (http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdexter)
127 and the dxt-sysinfo plugin (svn only at the moment).
129 - dexter_client yes/no
130 - dexter_server yes/no
131 - dexter_config /path/to/libdexter/config (default: $HOME/.dexterrc)
132 - own_window_class <WM Class Name> (default: Conky)
133 - replaces wm_class_name
134 - own_window_title <Window Title> (default: <hostname> - conky)
135 * removed config items:
136 - wm_class_name (use own_window_class, same function)
138 --disable-network (default=yes) with auto-detection for libdexter.
139 - remove useless --enable-proc-uptime (PROC_UPTIME never referenced).
140 HAVE_SYSINFO and others determine if /proc/uptime is used.
141 - silently disable xft, double-buffer and xdamage if no x11.
142 - change enable/disable labels to reflect defaults accurately.
143 - simplified compile-based checks for sysinfo/getloadavg and by moving
144 them into AC_CHECK_FUNCS.
145 * allow decorated, own_window=yes windows to be given input focus by WM:
146 - do not pass button clicks through to desktop in this scenario as conky
147 immediately loses focus.
150 * Clarify LGPL license on timed_thread modules.
154 * Split battery variable into two:
155 battery, e.g. "charging 75%" and
156 battery_time, e.g. "3h 15m".
157 * Conky 1.4.5 released.
160 * Close pop3/imap sockets.
161 * Fix outstanding battery issues.
164 * Fix peek table bug with new portmon code.
167 * Replaced hash module used by libtcp-portmon with GLib's GHashTable,
168 due to licensing issue noted by Fedora Core packagers.
169 * Eliminated config items:
171 min_port_monitor_connections
173 max_port_monitor_connections
176 * Added $entropy_avail, $entropy_poolsize and $entropy_bar
177 for the crypto freaks. Idea suggested by Perttu Luukko
178 <nuteater@users.sourceforge.net> in feature request 1497050.
179 * Added max length specifier to audacious_title. Closes
180 feature request #1600631.
183 * Rearrange retry attempts in pop3 and imap code, removing sleep()
184 calls which cause the whole process to sleep, not just the thread.
187 * Added max_specials config item with default 512. This should
188 close bug #1574523 for real this time. Thanks to John Harrigan
189 <jfharrigan@fedex.com> for this one.
192 * Changed autotools for subversion versioning.
193 * Updated svn ebuild for gentoo.
194 * Documentation updates for clarity, i.e. close bug #1599041.
197 * fix compile error with --disable-xdamage when Xdamage.h not present.
200 * fix bug where present rate var was not being read from acpi battery
201 state file: /proc/acpi/battery/%s/state.
204 * Change linkstatus display for use_spacer. Closes bug #1577580.
207 * Fix compile error with --disable-x11.
208 * Add new timed thread abstraction routines.
209 * Convert thread activity to timed threads, including
210 texeci, imap, pop3, audacious.
211 * Change memory vars from unsigned long to unsigned long long
212 to fix reported overflow, e.g. swapmax >= 4Gb.
215 * Use pthread_cond_timedwait() instead of sleep() in audacious
216 thread. Will convert all worker threads to this timing method.
219 * Fix freebsd build error.
220 * Minor changes to syntax files.
221 * Conky 1.4.4 released.
224 * Add max_user_text to documentation.
225 * Fixed BadWindow bugs (#1568366, #1588384).
228 * Remove on_bottom and xmms_player completely.
229 * Closed ibm_temps bug #1591609.
230 * Conky 1.4.3 released.
233 * Updated vim and nano syntax coloring scripts.
234 * Added extras/ dir with syntax stuff to distribution tarball.
237 * Added new config item 'max_user_text' with default 16384,
238 twice as large as previous hard-coded default of 8192 bytes.
239 Increase as needed to accomodate large config files with a
240 great deal of text. This closes SF bug #1574523.
243 * Changes to configure.ac for pkg-config on x11/xext/xdamage,
244 with fallback to conventional checks.
245 * Fixed segmentation fault on SUGUSR1 bug.
246 * Commented out Imlib2 from configure.ac since it's only partially
250 * Removed broken mldonkey and seti support.
251 * Added Hellf[i]re's nano syntax coloring script to svn.
254 * Removed support for Xmms, BMP and Infopipe from conky.
255 The Xmms and Bmp players are projects are dead and distros such
256 as Gentoo are slating them for removal.
257 * Added support for Audacious using new audacious vars.
260 * Implement WiFi signal level detection on FreeBSD (patch
264 * Fix buffer overflow in parsing LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LANG
265 environment variables and fix crash for users with locale
266 name longer than 10 chars (repored by Michael Schwendt)
269 * --enable-debug added.
270 * prevent libtool from adding its default CFLAGS
273 * Use pkg-config instead of xft-config.
274 * Fix last line bug which had required padding text with extra blank line
275 to see text on last line.
278 * Fix type-punning and "differ in signedness" warnings seen with
282 * Fix compilation errors when building with --diable-x11; bug #1547164
285 * Make configure script print summary info
286 * Make `conky -v` show compiled-in features
289 * Added Spock's patches, adding hddtemp, goto and tab variables.
292 * Added tztime patch to show time in arbitrary time zones (thanks Ram
296 * Small battery fix (thanks Nexox, sf.net patch 1500014)
297 * Fixed order of variables/objects in docs (thanks Peter Tarjan)
300 * Fixed a bug with $font
303 * Xdamage support for composite and pals
306 * CPU voltage support via $voltage_mv and $voltage_v (thanks to Peter
307 Tarjan for the patch)
310 * SMP support for $freq and $freq_g (thanks to Peter Tarjan for the
314 * Fixed issue with graphs not reaching all the way to the borders
319 * Conky 1.4.2 released
322 * GNU Iconv support added, new objects $iconv_start and $iconv_stop
323 * Added some safety to the threading code
326 * Changed $font behavior so that the font persists past the next
327 newline. It can be set back to the default with $font with no args.
328 (closes bug 1478676 on sf.net)
331 * Added simple POP3/IMAP mail clients
334 * Added support for PowerBook batteries
335 * Fixed broken $if/$else stuff
338 * Added patch from Peter Tarjan to add support for IBM ACPI
339 * Added xmms2 patch from Lassi Selander (sf.net patch 1469523)
342 * Removed sa_restorer crap (may fix some compile errors for some
346 * Added patch for adt746x fan/cpu speed for kernel >=2.6.12
349 * Added patch to support new port monitor REMOTESERVICE peekable.
352 * Scan port numbers as short. Fixes debian bug# 359974.
355 * Added XMMS2 patch 1456203 from Lassi Selander
356 * Added FreeBSD battery patch 1456008 from Petr Holub
359 * Fixed ${top(_mem)} related code on FreeBSD (with help of Petr
360 Holub <hopet@users.sourceforge.net>)
363 * Removed bmp-infopipe dependency from 1.4.1 and 1.9999 ebuilds for Gentoo
364 (Gentoo bug# 125226).
365 * Fixed subversion ebuild for conky1 (1.9999) so it pulls the new trunk
369 * FreeBSD cpu info patch
370 * Conky 1.4.1 released
373 * Fixed issue where some WM's don't control conky own_window windows.
374 * Added newly-updated vim file detection and syntax hilighting files to svn.
375 * Fixed issue with graphs resetting colours (sf.net bug #1420473)
378 * Fixed battery problems when charged
379 * MPD code handles broken pipe now, instead of just killing conky
380 * Switch from CVS to SVN. Thanks SourceForge.
383 * Added patch to make $cpu stuff work on alpha (thanks Thomas Cort)
384 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122637#c3
385 * Stop using override_redirect true -- conky back under WM control
386 when using 'own_window yes'.
387 * Fixed texeci breakage when forking to background is on
390 * Drastically simplified own_window=yes window creation code.
391 * on_bottom and wm_class_name deprecated (they do nothing)
394 * Fixed typo bug in portmon code that caused incorrect monitor data
398 * Conky 1.4.0 released
401 * Cleaned up texeci code
404 * Added freedesktop.org extended window manager hints (EWMH)
405 for window type NORMAL and state's STICKY/SKIP_PAGER/SKIP_TASKBAR.
406 Fixes stacking order issues with freedesktop-compliant wm's,
410 * Fixed stupid graph code (it still sucks) sf.net bug 1372962
411 * Fixed $if_* stuff, sf.net bug 1401338 and 1400854
412 * Fixed xmms.c code to load glib 1.2 shared object lib.
415 * Added xmms version 1 support.
416 * Added bmp through 0.9.7.1 support.
417 * Added config item xmms_player: none, xmms, bmp, audacious or
421 * Added Audacious media player support.
424 * Fixed infopipe bug (select() affects timer as a side effect on
428 * Added draw_graph_borders option
429 * Added XMMS/BMP InfoPipe plugin support
432 * Conky 1.3.5 released
435 * Fixed bug with use_xft causing ignorance of font selection (sf.net
437 * Fixed issue with parsing of hex values for colours
440 * Added BMPx (http://beep-media-player.org/) support
443 * Fixed issues with execi stuff
446 * Added sf.net patch 1374576
449 * Fixed sf.net bug 1367745
452 * Fixed sf.net bugs 1369607, 1367735 and gentoo bug 113921,
453 all variations of the same array out of bounds issue.
454 * "Fixed" code in fs.c and conky.c to make fs stats match those displayed by df (affects reporting against ext3 filesystems only)
457 * new code in linux.c and top.c to calculate CPU % correctly on 2.6 kernels.
460 * Fixed gentoo bug# 113219
463 * Added #define/#undef SIGNAL_BLOCKING in conky.c for experimenting
464 with synchronous signal processing. set to #undef for previous behavior.
465 * Use POSIX signal api's, not the ANSI signal().
468 * Fixed IP address bug (sf.net bug 1359055)
471 * Conky 1.3.4 released
474 * Replaced bitwise copy of tcp_connection_t with function
475 copy_tcp_connection().
476 * Changed call interfaces for get_acpi_fan(), get_acpi_ac_adapter(),
477 get_freq(), get_freq_dynamic(), get_adt746x_cpu(), get_adt746x_fan(),
478 eliminating all mallocs. pkovacs. See bug 1355470.
481 * moved hash sizing code into portmon lib, where it belongs
482 * More mem leaks fixed.
485 * Added config items min_port_monitors / min_port_monitor_connections
488 * Cleaned up top code, bug fixes
489 * Fixed some memory leaks
492 * Fix bug# 1351686. Patch by boojit.
493 * Fixed 1331576 (I think) with bad cpu usage reporting
496 * Documentation updates for compiling and port monitoring
497 * Removed cairo stuff (it's useless)
500 * Added statfs sf.net patch 1344493
503 * Added tcp port monitor support (pkovacs)
506 * Added WM_CLASS patch from sf.net patch 1340825
509 * acpi segfault should be fixed (sf.net bug 1330893)
510 * SIGUSR1 bug fixed? (sf.net bug 1330914)
513 * Ugly MPD mem leak fixed
514 * Other mem leaks fixed
515 * Fixed thing where conky exits if LC_ALL and friends isn't set
516 * Conky 1.3.3 released
519 * Conky 1.3.2 released
522 * More MPD objects (sf.net patch 1319461)
525 * fixed mldonkey bug? sf.net bug 1316531
528 * Linkstatus patch from btlee on f.g.o (see
529 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2765647.html#2765647)
532 * Fixed build on FreeBSD for non-i386
533 * Made it so top_mem doesn't show all the forks of one process
536 * Fixed small bug in config parsing (thanks robgrady, bug 1306032)
539 * Fixed bug where graphs/bars don't show when maximum_width is enabled
542 * Fixed right-alignment bug thanks to Pascal Eberhard
543 * Applied patch 1291420 from sf.net
544 * Fixed issue with whack graph data
545 * Fixed issue with Conky quitting when a file fails to load
548 * Fixed bug with xft and double buffer in own window
552 * Misc small bug fixes
555 * MPD patch (sf.net patch 1281108)
556 * Fixed graph width bug
559 * FreeBSD support was added
563 * added threaded execi, $texeci
567 * Fixed slight vertical misalignment of bars/graphs (sf.net 1273994)
568 * Diskio fixes (sf.net 1274140)
569 * $alignr and $alignc now have 25% more goodness! (sf.net bug 1273905)
570 * Far better SMP support
571 * Added support for i8k kernel driver, parsing information for dell inspiron laptops found in /proc/i8k (sf.net request 1256058)
574 * More own_window fixes
575 * applied disk io patch (sf.net patch 1271691)
576 * applied $freq fixes patch, adds new $freq_dyn (sf.net patch 1271633)
577 * removed units from $freq* output
578 * fix for graph config parsing
579 * Added $head, fixed mem leak with $tail
582 * More configure and makefile updates
583 * Added scale arg for net graphs
584 * Fixed bug in own_window stuff--amazing fake transparency now works
586 * added own_window_colour, own_window_transparent
589 * Added maximum_width
592 * Added $execibar and $execigraph
595 * Moved source into src/, moved docs into doc/
599 * Applied patch from zimba-tm, closes patch 1260225
600 * Fixed ugly gradient bug. closes bug 1255608
602 * Removed metar code. It sucked.
603 * Added $acpitempf for amooricans
607 * Multiple unit additions and modifications
610 * mpd password patch from Joshua Gerrish
611 * conky can run without X now, use --disable-x11 when configuring
612 =========================================================================
613 =========================================================================
619 * added CVS ebuild, huge thanks to Hopeless for this
622 * special thanks to Citizen_X and his patience
624 * keep shakin' those big 'ol titties
631 * many small fixes, thanks to those who reported problems
634 * dramatically improved how conky handles fonts
635 * fixed issues with graph args
636 * fixed shades and outlines
640 * added gradients to graphs (very pretty)
643 * feature freeze; only bugfixes now
646 * finalized graphing code, see $cpugraph, $memgraph, $execgraph,
647 $downspeedgraph, and $upspeedgraph
648 * added override_utf8_locale option
650 * $tab patch from jack_mort on f.g.o
653 * Added new graphing code, such as $cpugraph
654 * small fixes all round
657 * added more mpd objects
660 * Conky now has UTF-8 support
661 * Fixed $freq for those with CPU scaling
662 * Fixed the problem with total_run_times
663 * Fixed alignment of bars and lines and stuff
664 * Reduced conky's memory usage (yay!)
665 * Removed top_sort_cpu, added top_mem which sorts by mem usage instead
669 * Fixed a pile of bugs in configure script
670 * Added proper checking for headers in configure script
671 * Made METAR shit threaded so it would stop being retarded, also made
672 it try more then once to update
673 * Added $metar_tempf and ${i2c tempf} for americans
676 * Added option for Conky to update N times and quit, see
677 total_run_times in conkyrc.sample
678 * Added metar code for weather info, thanks to somebody on sf.net
679 * Added $alignr and $alignc for right and centre alignment
680 * Added wireless info and IP addr patch, thanks Bobby Beckmann,
681 options $addr and $linkstatus (please test!), as well as fixed a mem
683 * adt746x fix, thanks to dan-h on sf.net
684 * Added mldonkey support patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
685 * Added patch to allow hex colour values, thanks roiban adi on sf.net
686 * Added if constructs patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
687 * Fixed bug in tab code (hopefully for the last time)
688 * Added option to sort by cpu or memory for top, see top_sort_cpu
691 * Added fix for battery charged state (thanks to Lukas Zapletal
694 =========================================================================
695 =========================================================================
701 * Added $mpd_bar and $mpd_bitrate
702 * Some minor code cleanups prior to release
703 * Fixed problem with Conky not compiling when XFT disabled
704 * Fixed configure.in problems with Xdbe
707 * Fixed memory leak in MPD code
708 * Added new $tail object (see conkyrc.sample) which loves to suck CPU
710 * Fixed more mem leaks
713 * Added use_spacer to config
715 * Added small fix for i2c from Filedil on forums.gentoo.org
718 * Made it possible to use tabs to right-justify (just add a bunch)
719 * Added ${execbar} (see conkyrc.sample)
722 * Added memory % to top output
723 * Added initial cairo backend (it's really quite useless at this stage actually, and I'm not sure if there is even any point to it)
726 * Conky now recognizes the tab character correctly
727 * Added simple config option to print to stdout (out_to_console
731 * Added top output. Check the sample config.
735 * Finished MPD support ($mpd_title, $mpd_artist, $mpd_album, $mpd_vol)
736 * Removed NVCtrl code
737 * Added noswap and i2c patches
739 =========================================================================
740 =========================================================================
743 * Version 1.0. Conky is born from the ashes of torsmo. Main site:
746 * Added new feature for sample averaging of CPU and net info
749 * Version 0.18 released
752 * Fixed some double buffer + Xft stuff
753 * Applied X-Mozilla-Status patch (thanks affinity)
754 * Applied NVCtrl patch and modified it a bit (temperature monitoring
755 for nvdia-based graphics cards) (I couldn't test this so it may or
756 may not work or even compile) (thanks Dennis Frommknecht)
757 * Applied fs_used_perc and fs_bar_free patch (thanks killfire [send me
758 mail, I didn't catch your name from sourceforge])
759 * Applied patch that supports mailbox that is in some 'maildir' format
760 (thanks jolapache [send mail, I didn't catch your name from
763 * Applied pad_percents patch (thanks JL Farinacci)
764 * Fixed some stuff in acpi fan and acpi ac adapter
765 * Optional XFT even when compiled in
768 * Applied utime patch (UTC time) (thanks David McCabe)
771 * Applied Xdbe patch, this includes double_buffer configuration and
772 -b command line option (thanks Bruce Merry)
773 * Applied some other seti patch, not tested (thanks William DiPlacido)
776 * Applied netbsd patch (thanks Rui Paulo)
777 * Applied cpu frequency patch (thanks William DiPlacido)
778 * Applied adt746x patch (thanks Dennis Kaandorp)
779 * Applied some other FreeBSD patch by the same guy
782 * Applied FreeBSD patch (thanks Roman Bogorodskiy)
785 * Xft support and xftfont configuration
786 * rewrote some stuff, there might be some new bugs in old places
789 * I2C divisor from a file (thanks Falk Feuersenger)
792 * changed battery thing to ${battery <filename in
793 /proc/acpi/battery/>}
794 * SETI@Home stuff (thanks Jarski)
797 * changed signal for config file reloading to SIGUSR1
798 * mixer stuff, $mixer, $mixerl, $mixerr, $mixerbar, $mixerlbar,
802 * maybe fixed acpi battery thing when "present rate" isn't known
805 * fixed width for all bars, use like ${cpubar 4,50}
808 * Version 0.17 released
811 * battery number for ACPI battery (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
812 * default battery is now BAT0 instead of BAT1, set ${battery 1} if
813 the old battery thing worked
814 * bug fix on load average reporting (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
815 * outlines to text, draw_outline and default_outline_color
816 configurations and $outlinecolor (thanks adi)
817 * $acpifan, $acpiacadapter, $uptime_short (thanks adi)
820 * fixed a bug when starting after Opera (and some other programs)
825 * added border_width configuration
828 * fixed zero length bar bug
831 * file system stats, $fs_bar, $fs_free, $fs_free_perc, $fs_size,
833 * leaves ACPI temperature file open (faster)
834 * -a option to change alignment on command line
837 * fixed ACPI temperature bug
838 * border_margin configuration
839 * ${execi <interval> <command>}, execute with specific interval
840 * added possibility to manually set the position (-x and -y options)
841 (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
842 * $buffers and $cached (thanks to Jeremy Burch)
843 * WM_CLASS when drawing to own window (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
846 * Version 0.16 released
849 * $pre_exec, execute a shell command one time
850 * preparsing of text (faster but more memory usage)
851 * less system calls (faster)
852 * APM things to $battery (untested)
855 * added $new_mails changed $mails to tell total mail count
858 * transparent window, own_window configuration, -o cmdline option
859 * $exec, execute a shell command
860 * $acpitemp, $battery - acpi stuff (not really tested)
863 * $loadavg, load average
864 * $mails, unread local mails, mail_spool configuration
867 * Version 0.15 released
870 * SIGHUP reloads config file (thanks Jørgen P. Tjernø)