4 * Fix PID display, patch #1753934. thanks sohalt.
5 * Fix displaying 4 GB traffic after reloading network driver,
6 patch #1754260. thanks sohalt.
9 * Right-justify top/top_mem vars (pid/cpu/mem} so they align on the decimal.
12 * Added color[0-9] variable patch (thanks jieryn)
15 * Added if_empty patch (thanks Erik)
16 * Added if_existing patch for string matching (thanks cromka)
17 * Added hwmon support (thanks flitsch)
18 * Some xmms2 updates (thanks sleipner)
19 * Added $battery_percent and $battery_bar (thanks akash)
22 * OpenBSD support added to Conky (thanks hifi)
23 * Updated mboxscan stuff (thanks calmar)
26 * Created branch/1.5 copy of trunk/conky1. Removing all experimental
27 network code from trunk/conky1.
30 * Include missing mboxscan.h in conky.h.
31 * Fixed signedness warnings in conky.c.
34 * Added buffer_text_size option to change the size of the buffer for
35 things like $exec, $tail, et cetera
36 * Added $mboxscan which lets you display the Subject and From fields
37 from recent email in an mbox file
38 * Disambiguated (is that a word?) $cpu docs
41 * Fallback to gettimeofday() when clock_gettime () not available (mac os).
44 * API change (timing in milliseconds) for dexter_timedsampler_new ().
47 * Add config.rpath (created by gettextize -copy) to distribution
49 * Clean up some warnings; remove ftp.[ch] from src/Makefile.am.
52 * Update svn ebuild to new sourceforge url scheme.
53 - requires deletion of existing wc: rm -rf /usr/portage/distfile/svn-src/conky/
54 * Added head/tail rewrite patch (thanks Ryan Twitchell)
55 * Added diskio read/write sf.net patch 1542880 (thanks Blondak)
58 * Clear conky vars on disconnect/failure to open files.
61 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.12.0
64 * client/server infrastructure and prototype for linux only (so far):
65 - requires libdexter (http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdexter)
66 and the dxt-sysinfo plugin (svn only at the moment).
68 - dexter_client yes/no
69 - dexter_server yes/no
70 - dexter_config /path/to/libdexter/config (default: $HOME/.dexterrc)
71 - own_window_class <WM Class Name> (default: Conky)
72 - replaces wm_class_name
73 - own_window_title <Window Title> (default: <hostname> - conky)
74 * removed config items:
75 - wm_class_name (use own_window_class, same function)
77 --disable-network (default=yes) with auto-detection for libdexter.
78 - remove useless --enable-proc-uptime (PROC_UPTIME never referenced).
79 HAVE_SYSINFO and others determine if /proc/uptime is used.
80 - silently disable xft, double-buffer and xdamage if no x11.
81 - change enable/disable labels to reflect defaults accurately.
82 - simplified compile-based checks for sysinfo/getloadavg and by moving
83 them into AC_CHECK_FUNCS.
84 * allow decorated, own_window=yes windows to be given input focus by WM:
85 - do not pass button clicks through to desktop in this scenario as conky
86 immediately loses focus.
89 * Clarify LGPL license on timed_thread modules.
93 * Split battery variable into two:
94 battery, e.g. "charging 75%" and
95 battery_time, e.g. "3h 15m".
96 * Conky 1.4.5 released.
99 * Close pop3/imap sockets.
100 * Fix outstanding battery issues.
103 * Fix peek table bug with new portmon code.
106 * Replaced hash module used by libtcp-portmon with GLib's GHashTable,
107 due to licensing issue noted by Fedora Core packagers.
108 * Eliminated config items:
110 min_port_monitor_connections
112 max_port_monitor_connections
115 * Added $entropy_avail, $entropy_poolsize and $entropy_bar
116 for the crypto freaks. Idea suggested by Perttu Luukko
117 <nuteater@users.sourceforge.net> in feature request 1497050.
118 * Added max length specifier to audacious_title. Closes
119 feature request #1600631.
122 * Rearrange retry attempts in pop3 and imap code, removing sleep()
123 calls which cause the whole process to sleep, not just the thread.
126 * Added max_specials config item with default 512. This should
127 close bug #1574523 for real this time. Thanks to John Harrigan
128 <jfharrigan@fedex.com> for this one.
131 * Changed autotools for subversion versioning.
132 * Updated svn ebuild for gentoo.
133 * Documentation updates for clarity, i.e. close bug #1599041.
136 * fix compile error with --disable-xdamage when Xdamage.h not present.
139 * fix bug where present rate var was not being read from acpi battery
140 state file: /proc/acpi/battery/%s/state.
143 * Change linkstatus display for use_spacer. Closes bug #1577580.
146 * Fix compile error with --disable-x11.
147 * Add new timed thread abstraction routines.
148 * Convert thread activity to timed threads, including
149 texeci, imap, pop3, audacious.
150 * Change memory vars from unsigned long to unsigned long long
151 to fix reported overflow, e.g. swapmax >= 4Gb.
154 * Use pthread_cond_timedwait() instead of sleep() in audacious
155 thread. Will convert all worker threads to this timing method.
158 * Fix freebsd build error.
159 * Minor changes to syntax files.
160 * Conky 1.4.4 released.
163 * Add max_user_text to documentation.
164 * Fixed BadWindow bugs (#1568366, #1588384).
167 * Remove on_bottom and xmms_player completely.
168 * Closed ibm_temps bug #1591609.
169 * Conky 1.4.3 released.
172 * Updated vim and nano syntax coloring scripts.
173 * Added extras/ dir with syntax stuff to distribution tarball.
176 * Added new config item 'max_user_text' with default 16384,
177 twice as large as previous hard-coded default of 8192 bytes.
178 Increase as needed to accomodate large config files with a
179 great deal of text. This closes SF bug #1574523.
182 * Changes to configure.ac for pkg-config on x11/xext/xdamage,
183 with fallback to conventional checks.
184 * Fixed segmentation fault on SUGUSR1 bug.
185 * Commented out Imlib2 from configure.ac since it's only partially
189 * Removed broken mldonkey and seti support.
190 * Added Hellf[i]re's nano syntax coloring script to svn.
193 * Removed support for Xmms, BMP and Infopipe from conky.
194 The Xmms and Bmp players are projects are dead and distros such
195 as Gentoo are slating them for removal.
196 * Added support for Audacious using new audacious vars.
199 * Implement WiFi signal level detection on FreeBSD (patch
203 * Fix buffer overflow in parsing LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LANG
204 environment variables and fix crash for users with locale
205 name longer than 10 chars (repored by Michael Schwendt)
208 * --enable-debug added.
209 * prevent libtool from adding its default CFLAGS
212 * Use pkg-config instead of xft-config.
213 * Fix last line bug which had required padding text with extra blank line
214 to see text on last line.
217 * Fix type-punning and "differ in signedness" warnings seen with
221 * Fix compilation errors when building with --diable-x11; bug #1547164
224 * Make configure script print summary info
225 * Make `conky -v` show compiled-in features
228 * Added Spock's patches, adding hddtemp, goto and tab variables.
231 * Added tztime patch to show time in arbitrary time zones (thanks Ram
235 * Small battery fix (thanks Nexox, sf.net patch 1500014)
236 * Fixed order of variables/objects in docs (thanks Peter Tarjan)
239 * Fixed a bug with $font
242 * Xdamage support for composite and pals
245 * CPU voltage support via $voltage_mv and $voltage_v (thanks to Peter
246 Tarjan for the patch)
249 * SMP support for $freq and $freq_g (thanks to Peter Tarjan for the
253 * Fixed issue with graphs not reaching all the way to the borders
258 * Conky 1.4.2 released
261 * GNU Iconv support added, new objects $iconv_start and $iconv_stop
262 * Added some safety to the threading code
265 * Changed $font behavior so that the font persists past the next
266 newline. It can be set back to the default with $font with no args.
267 (closes bug 1478676 on sf.net)
270 * Added simple POP3/IMAP mail clients
273 * Added support for PowerBook batteries
274 * Fixed broken $if/$else stuff
277 * Added patch from Peter Tarjan to add support for IBM ACPI
278 * Added xmms2 patch from Lassi Selander (sf.net patch 1469523)
281 * Removed sa_restorer crap (may fix some compile errors for some
285 * Added patch for adt746x fan/cpu speed for kernel >=2.6.12
288 * Added patch to support new port monitor REMOTESERVICE peekable.
291 * Scan port numbers as short. Fixes debian bug# 359974.
294 * Added XMMS2 patch 1456203 from Lassi Selander
295 * Added FreeBSD battery patch 1456008 from Petr Holub
298 * Fixed ${top(_mem)} related code on FreeBSD (with help of Petr
299 Holub <hopet@users.sourceforge.net>)
302 * Removed bmp-infopipe dependency from 1.4.1 and 1.9999 ebuilds for Gentoo
303 (Gentoo bug# 125226).
304 * Fixed subversion ebuild for conky1 (1.9999) so it pulls the new trunk
308 * FreeBSD cpu info patch
309 * Conky 1.4.1 released
312 * Fixed issue where some WM's don't control conky own_window windows.
313 * Added newly-updated vim file detection and syntax hilighting files to svn.
314 * Fixed issue with graphs resetting colours (sf.net bug #1420473)
317 * Fixed battery problems when charged
318 * MPD code handles broken pipe now, instead of just killing conky
319 * Switch from CVS to SVN. Thanks SourceForge.
322 * Added patch to make $cpu stuff work on alpha (thanks Thomas Cort)
323 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122637#c3
324 * Stop using override_redirect true -- conky back under WM control
325 when using 'own_window yes'.
326 * Fixed texeci breakage when forking to background is on
329 * Drastically simplified own_window=yes window creation code.
330 * on_bottom and wm_class_name deprecated (they do nothing)
333 * Fixed typo bug in portmon code that caused incorrect monitor data
337 * Conky 1.4.0 released
340 * Cleaned up texeci code
343 * Added freedesktop.org extended window manager hints (EWMH)
344 for window type NORMAL and state's STICKY/SKIP_PAGER/SKIP_TASKBAR.
345 Fixes stacking order issues with freedesktop-compliant wm's,
349 * Fixed stupid graph code (it still sucks) sf.net bug 1372962
350 * Fixed $if_* stuff, sf.net bug 1401338 and 1400854
351 * Fixed xmms.c code to load glib 1.2 shared object lib.
354 * Added xmms version 1 support.
355 * Added bmp through 0.9.7.1 support.
356 * Added config item xmms_player: none, xmms, bmp, audacious or
360 * Added Audacious media player support.
363 * Fixed infopipe bug (select() affects timer as a side effect on
367 * Added draw_graph_borders option
368 * Added XMMS/BMP InfoPipe plugin support
371 * Conky 1.3.5 released
374 * Fixed bug with use_xft causing ignorance of font selection (sf.net
376 * Fixed issue with parsing of hex values for colours
379 * Added BMPx (http://beep-media-player.org/) support
382 * Fixed issues with execi stuff
385 * Added sf.net patch 1374576
388 * Fixed sf.net bug 1367745
391 * Fixed sf.net bugs 1369607, 1367735 and gentoo bug 113921,
392 all variations of the same array out of bounds issue.
393 * "Fixed" code in fs.c and conky.c to make fs stats match those displayed by df (affects reporting against ext3 filesystems only)
396 * new code in linux.c and top.c to calculate CPU % correctly on 2.6 kernels.
399 * Fixed gentoo bug# 113219
402 * Added #define/#undef SIGNAL_BLOCKING in conky.c for experimenting
403 with synchronous signal processing. set to #undef for previous behavior.
404 * Use POSIX signal api's, not the ANSI signal().
407 * Fixed IP address bug (sf.net bug 1359055)
410 * Conky 1.3.4 released
413 * Replaced bitwise copy of tcp_connection_t with function
414 copy_tcp_connection().
415 * Changed call interfaces for get_acpi_fan(), get_acpi_ac_adapter(),
416 get_freq(), get_freq_dynamic(), get_adt746x_cpu(), get_adt746x_fan(),
417 eliminating all mallocs. pkovacs. See bug 1355470.
420 * moved hash sizing code into portmon lib, where it belongs
421 * More mem leaks fixed.
424 * Added config items min_port_monitors / min_port_monitor_connections
427 * Cleaned up top code, bug fixes
428 * Fixed some memory leaks
431 * Fix bug# 1351686. Patch by boojit.
432 * Fixed 1331576 (I think) with bad cpu usage reporting
435 * Documentation updates for compiling and port monitoring
436 * Removed cairo stuff (it's useless)
439 * Added statfs sf.net patch 1344493
442 * Added tcp port monitor support (pkovacs)
445 * Added WM_CLASS patch from sf.net patch 1340825
448 * acpi segfault should be fixed (sf.net bug 1330893)
449 * SIGUSR1 bug fixed? (sf.net bug 1330914)
452 * Ugly MPD mem leak fixed
453 * Other mem leaks fixed
454 * Fixed thing where conky exits if LC_ALL and friends isn't set
455 * Conky 1.3.3 released
458 * Conky 1.3.2 released
461 * More MPD objects (sf.net patch 1319461)
464 * fixed mldonkey bug? sf.net bug 1316531
467 * Linkstatus patch from btlee on f.g.o (see
468 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2765647.html#2765647)
471 * Fixed build on FreeBSD for non-i386
472 * Made it so top_mem doesn't show all the forks of one process
475 * Fixed small bug in config parsing (thanks robgrady, bug 1306032)
478 * Fixed bug where graphs/bars don't show when maximum_width is enabled
481 * Fixed right-alignment bug thanks to Pascal Eberhard
482 * Applied patch 1291420 from sf.net
483 * Fixed issue with whack graph data
484 * Fixed issue with Conky quitting when a file fails to load
487 * Fixed bug with xft and double buffer in own window
491 * Misc small bug fixes
494 * MPD patch (sf.net patch 1281108)
495 * Fixed graph width bug
498 * FreeBSD support was added
502 * added threaded execi, $texeci
506 * Fixed slight vertical misalignment of bars/graphs (sf.net 1273994)
507 * Diskio fixes (sf.net 1274140)
508 * $alignr and $alignc now have 25% more goodness! (sf.net bug 1273905)
509 * Far better SMP support
510 * Added support for i8k kernel driver, parsing information for dell inspiron laptops found in /proc/i8k (sf.net request 1256058)
513 * More own_window fixes
514 * applied disk io patch (sf.net patch 1271691)
515 * applied $freq fixes patch, adds new $freq_dyn (sf.net patch 1271633)
516 * removed units from $freq* output
517 * fix for graph config parsing
518 * Added $head, fixed mem leak with $tail
521 * More configure and makefile updates
522 * Added scale arg for net graphs
523 * Fixed bug in own_window stuff--amazing fake transparency now works
525 * added own_window_colour, own_window_transparent
528 * Added maximum_width
531 * Added $execibar and $execigraph
534 * Moved source into src/, moved docs into doc/
538 * Applied patch from zimba-tm, closes patch 1260225
539 * Fixed ugly gradient bug. closes bug 1255608
541 * Removed metar code. It sucked.
542 * Added $acpitempf for amooricans
546 * Multiple unit additions and modifications
549 * mpd password patch from Joshua Gerrish
550 * conky can run without X now, use --disable-x11 when configuring
551 =========================================================================
552 =========================================================================
558 * added CVS ebuild, huge thanks to Hopeless for this
561 * special thanks to Citizen_X and his patience
563 * keep shakin' those big 'ol titties
570 * many small fixes, thanks to those who reported problems
573 * dramatically improved how conky handles fonts
574 * fixed issues with graph args
575 * fixed shades and outlines
579 * added gradients to graphs (very pretty)
582 * feature freeze; only bugfixes now
585 * finalized graphing code, see $cpugraph, $memgraph, $execgraph,
586 $downspeedgraph, and $upspeedgraph
587 * added override_utf8_locale option
589 * $tab patch from jack_mort on f.g.o
592 * Added new graphing code, such as $cpugraph
593 * small fixes all round
596 * added more mpd objects
599 * Conky now has UTF-8 support
600 * Fixed $freq for those with CPU scaling
601 * Fixed the problem with total_run_times
602 * Fixed alignment of bars and lines and stuff
603 * Reduced conky's memory usage (yay!)
604 * Removed top_sort_cpu, added top_mem which sorts by mem usage instead
608 * Fixed a pile of bugs in configure script
609 * Added proper checking for headers in configure script
610 * Made METAR shit threaded so it would stop being retarded, also made
611 it try more then once to update
612 * Added $metar_tempf and ${i2c tempf} for americans
615 * Added option for Conky to update N times and quit, see
616 total_run_times in conkyrc.sample
617 * Added metar code for weather info, thanks to somebody on sf.net
618 * Added $alignr and $alignc for right and centre alignment
619 * Added wireless info and IP addr patch, thanks Bobby Beckmann,
620 options $addr and $linkstatus (please test!), as well as fixed a mem
622 * adt746x fix, thanks to dan-h on sf.net
623 * Added mldonkey support patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
624 * Added patch to allow hex colour values, thanks roiban adi on sf.net
625 * Added if constructs patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
626 * Fixed bug in tab code (hopefully for the last time)
627 * Added option to sort by cpu or memory for top, see top_sort_cpu
630 * Added fix for battery charged state (thanks to Lukas Zapletal
633 =========================================================================
634 =========================================================================
640 * Added $mpd_bar and $mpd_bitrate
641 * Some minor code cleanups prior to release
642 * Fixed problem with Conky not compiling when XFT disabled
643 * Fixed configure.in problems with Xdbe
646 * Fixed memory leak in MPD code
647 * Added new $tail object (see conkyrc.sample) which loves to suck CPU
649 * Fixed more mem leaks
652 * Added use_spacer to config
654 * Added small fix for i2c from Filedil on forums.gentoo.org
657 * Made it possible to use tabs to right-justify (just add a bunch)
658 * Added ${execbar} (see conkyrc.sample)
661 * Added memory % to top output
662 * Added initial cairo backend (it's really quite useless at this stage actually, and I'm not sure if there is even any point to it)
665 * Conky now recognizes the tab character correctly
666 * Added simple config option to print to stdout (out_to_console
670 * Added top output. Check the sample config.
674 * Finished MPD support ($mpd_title, $mpd_artist, $mpd_album, $mpd_vol)
675 * Removed NVCtrl code
676 * Added noswap and i2c patches
678 =========================================================================
679 =========================================================================
682 * Version 1.0. Conky is born from the ashes of torsmo. Main site:
685 * Added new feature for sample averaging of CPU and net info
688 * Version 0.18 released
691 * Fixed some double buffer + Xft stuff
692 * Applied X-Mozilla-Status patch (thanks affinity)
693 * Applied NVCtrl patch and modified it a bit (temperature monitoring
694 for nvdia-based graphics cards) (I couldn't test this so it may or
695 may not work or even compile) (thanks Dennis Frommknecht)
696 * Applied fs_used_perc and fs_bar_free patch (thanks killfire [send me
697 mail, I didn't catch your name from sourceforge])
698 * Applied patch that supports mailbox that is in some 'maildir' format
699 (thanks jolapache [send mail, I didn't catch your name from
702 * Applied pad_percents patch (thanks JL Farinacci)
703 * Fixed some stuff in acpi fan and acpi ac adapter
704 * Optional XFT even when compiled in
707 * Applied utime patch (UTC time) (thanks David McCabe)
710 * Applied Xdbe patch, this includes double_buffer configuration and
711 -b command line option (thanks Bruce Merry)
712 * Applied some other seti patch, not tested (thanks William DiPlacido)
715 * Applied netbsd patch (thanks Rui Paulo)
716 * Applied cpu frequency patch (thanks William DiPlacido)
717 * Applied adt746x patch (thanks Dennis Kaandorp)
718 * Applied some other FreeBSD patch by the same guy
721 * Applied FreeBSD patch (thanks Roman Bogorodskiy)
724 * Xft support and xftfont configuration
725 * rewrote some stuff, there might be some new bugs in old places
728 * I2C divisor from a file (thanks Falk Feuersenger)
731 * changed battery thing to ${battery <filename in
732 /proc/acpi/battery/>}
733 * SETI@Home stuff (thanks Jarski)
736 * changed signal for config file reloading to SIGUSR1
737 * mixer stuff, $mixer, $mixerl, $mixerr, $mixerbar, $mixerlbar,
741 * maybe fixed acpi battery thing when "present rate" isn't known
744 * fixed width for all bars, use like ${cpubar 4,50}
747 * Version 0.17 released
750 * battery number for ACPI battery (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
751 * default battery is now BAT0 instead of BAT1, set ${battery 1} if
752 the old battery thing worked
753 * bug fix on load average reporting (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
754 * outlines to text, draw_outline and default_outline_color
755 configurations and $outlinecolor (thanks adi)
756 * $acpifan, $acpiacadapter, $uptime_short (thanks adi)
759 * fixed a bug when starting after Opera (and some other programs)
764 * added border_width configuration
767 * fixed zero length bar bug
770 * file system stats, $fs_bar, $fs_free, $fs_free_perc, $fs_size,
772 * leaves ACPI temperature file open (faster)
773 * -a option to change alignment on command line
776 * fixed ACPI temperature bug
777 * border_margin configuration
778 * ${execi <interval> <command>}, execute with specific interval
779 * added possibility to manually set the position (-x and -y options)
780 (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
781 * $buffers and $cached (thanks to Jeremy Burch)
782 * WM_CLASS when drawing to own window (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
785 * Version 0.16 released
788 * $pre_exec, execute a shell command one time
789 * preparsing of text (faster but more memory usage)
790 * less system calls (faster)
791 * APM things to $battery (untested)
794 * added $new_mails changed $mails to tell total mail count
797 * transparent window, own_window configuration, -o cmdline option
798 * $exec, execute a shell command
799 * $acpitemp, $battery - acpi stuff (not really tested)
802 * $loadavg, load average
803 * $mails, unread local mails, mail_spool configuration
806 * Version 0.15 released
809 * SIGHUP reloads config file (thanks Jørgen P. Tjernø)