4 * Added $hwmon var, similar to $i2c and $platform.
7 * Added var $platform which is similar to $i2c and accommodates the conversion
8 of many devices from /sys/bus/i2c/devices to /sys/bus/platform/devices.
9 * Removed config item post_21_kernel since it forced all i2c device lookups
10 to go to /sys/bus/platform/devices and some people may need a mix of both
11 i2c and platform devices.
14 * Clarifying licensing
18 * Wireless support for Linux
21 * Conky 1.4.6 released
22 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.13.0
23 * Added 'post_21_kernel' config param to specify kernels 2.6.22 and newer
27 * Fixed potential issue on FreeBSD when nprocs < 10 (thanks zotrix)
28 * Added support for multiple batteries when using acpi (thanks Phil)
29 * a bunch of code cleanups (thanks Psychon)
30 * added max length paramater to mpd_title (thinks fow)
31 * a number of small bug fixes
34 * Fix PID display, patch #1753934. thanks sohalt.
35 * Fix displaying 4 GB traffic after reloading network driver,
36 patch #1754260. thanks sohalt.
39 * Right-justify top/top_mem vars (pid/cpu/mem} so they align on the decimal.
42 * Added color[0-9] variable patch (thanks jieryn)
45 * Added if_empty patch (thanks Erik)
46 * Added if_existing patch for string matching (thanks cromka)
47 * Added hwmon support (thanks flitsch)
48 * Some xmms2 updates (thanks sleipner)
49 * Added $battery_percent and $battery_bar (thanks akash)
52 * OpenBSD support added to Conky (thanks hifi)
53 * Updated mboxscan stuff (thanks calmar)
56 * Created branch/1.5 copy of trunk/conky1. Removing all experimental
57 network code from trunk/conky1.
60 * Include missing mboxscan.h in conky.h.
61 * Fixed signedness warnings in conky.c.
64 * Added buffer_text_size option to change the size of the buffer for
65 things like $exec, $tail, et cetera
66 * Added $mboxscan which lets you display the Subject and From fields
67 from recent email in an mbox file
68 * Disambiguated (is that a word?) $cpu docs
71 * Fallback to gettimeofday() when clock_gettime () not available (mac os).
74 * API change (timing in milliseconds) for dexter_timedsampler_new ().
77 * Add config.rpath (created by gettextize -copy) to distribution
79 * Clean up some warnings; remove ftp.[ch] from src/Makefile.am.
82 * Update svn ebuild to new sourceforge url scheme.
83 - requires deletion of existing wc: rm -rf /usr/portage/distfile/svn-src/conky/
84 * Added head/tail rewrite patch (thanks Ryan Twitchell)
85 * Added diskio read/write sf.net patch 1542880 (thanks Blondak)
88 * Clear conky vars on disconnect/failure to open files.
91 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.12.0
94 * client/server infrastructure and prototype for linux only (so far):
95 - requires libdexter (http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdexter)
96 and the dxt-sysinfo plugin (svn only at the moment).
98 - dexter_client yes/no
99 - dexter_server yes/no
100 - dexter_config /path/to/libdexter/config (default: $HOME/.dexterrc)
101 - own_window_class <WM Class Name> (default: Conky)
102 - replaces wm_class_name
103 - own_window_title <Window Title> (default: <hostname> - conky)
104 * removed config items:
105 - wm_class_name (use own_window_class, same function)
107 --disable-network (default=yes) with auto-detection for libdexter.
108 - remove useless --enable-proc-uptime (PROC_UPTIME never referenced).
109 HAVE_SYSINFO and others determine if /proc/uptime is used.
110 - silently disable xft, double-buffer and xdamage if no x11.
111 - change enable/disable labels to reflect defaults accurately.
112 - simplified compile-based checks for sysinfo/getloadavg and by moving
113 them into AC_CHECK_FUNCS.
114 * allow decorated, own_window=yes windows to be given input focus by WM:
115 - do not pass button clicks through to desktop in this scenario as conky
116 immediately loses focus.
119 * Clarify LGPL license on timed_thread modules.
123 * Split battery variable into two:
124 battery, e.g. "charging 75%" and
125 battery_time, e.g. "3h 15m".
126 * Conky 1.4.5 released.
129 * Close pop3/imap sockets.
130 * Fix outstanding battery issues.
133 * Fix peek table bug with new portmon code.
136 * Replaced hash module used by libtcp-portmon with GLib's GHashTable,
137 due to licensing issue noted by Fedora Core packagers.
138 * Eliminated config items:
140 min_port_monitor_connections
142 max_port_monitor_connections
145 * Added $entropy_avail, $entropy_poolsize and $entropy_bar
146 for the crypto freaks. Idea suggested by Perttu Luukko
147 <nuteater@users.sourceforge.net> in feature request 1497050.
148 * Added max length specifier to audacious_title. Closes
149 feature request #1600631.
152 * Rearrange retry attempts in pop3 and imap code, removing sleep()
153 calls which cause the whole process to sleep, not just the thread.
156 * Added max_specials config item with default 512. This should
157 close bug #1574523 for real this time. Thanks to John Harrigan
158 <jfharrigan@fedex.com> for this one.
161 * Changed autotools for subversion versioning.
162 * Updated svn ebuild for gentoo.
163 * Documentation updates for clarity, i.e. close bug #1599041.
166 * fix compile error with --disable-xdamage when Xdamage.h not present.
169 * fix bug where present rate var was not being read from acpi battery
170 state file: /proc/acpi/battery/%s/state.
173 * Change linkstatus display for use_spacer. Closes bug #1577580.
176 * Fix compile error with --disable-x11.
177 * Add new timed thread abstraction routines.
178 * Convert thread activity to timed threads, including
179 texeci, imap, pop3, audacious.
180 * Change memory vars from unsigned long to unsigned long long
181 to fix reported overflow, e.g. swapmax >= 4Gb.
184 * Use pthread_cond_timedwait() instead of sleep() in audacious
185 thread. Will convert all worker threads to this timing method.
188 * Fix freebsd build error.
189 * Minor changes to syntax files.
190 * Conky 1.4.4 released.
193 * Add max_user_text to documentation.
194 * Fixed BadWindow bugs (#1568366, #1588384).
197 * Remove on_bottom and xmms_player completely.
198 * Closed ibm_temps bug #1591609.
199 * Conky 1.4.3 released.
202 * Updated vim and nano syntax coloring scripts.
203 * Added extras/ dir with syntax stuff to distribution tarball.
206 * Added new config item 'max_user_text' with default 16384,
207 twice as large as previous hard-coded default of 8192 bytes.
208 Increase as needed to accomodate large config files with a
209 great deal of text. This closes SF bug #1574523.
212 * Changes to configure.ac for pkg-config on x11/xext/xdamage,
213 with fallback to conventional checks.
214 * Fixed segmentation fault on SUGUSR1 bug.
215 * Commented out Imlib2 from configure.ac since it's only partially
219 * Removed broken mldonkey and seti support.
220 * Added Hellf[i]re's nano syntax coloring script to svn.
223 * Removed support for Xmms, BMP and Infopipe from conky.
224 The Xmms and Bmp players are projects are dead and distros such
225 as Gentoo are slating them for removal.
226 * Added support for Audacious using new audacious vars.
229 * Implement WiFi signal level detection on FreeBSD (patch
233 * Fix buffer overflow in parsing LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LANG
234 environment variables and fix crash for users with locale
235 name longer than 10 chars (repored by Michael Schwendt)
238 * --enable-debug added.
239 * prevent libtool from adding its default CFLAGS
242 * Use pkg-config instead of xft-config.
243 * Fix last line bug which had required padding text with extra blank line
244 to see text on last line.
247 * Fix type-punning and "differ in signedness" warnings seen with
251 * Fix compilation errors when building with --diable-x11; bug #1547164
254 * Make configure script print summary info
255 * Make `conky -v` show compiled-in features
258 * Added Spock's patches, adding hddtemp, goto and tab variables.
261 * Added tztime patch to show time in arbitrary time zones (thanks Ram
265 * Small battery fix (thanks Nexox, sf.net patch 1500014)
266 * Fixed order of variables/objects in docs (thanks Peter Tarjan)
269 * Fixed a bug with $font
272 * Xdamage support for composite and pals
275 * CPU voltage support via $voltage_mv and $voltage_v (thanks to Peter
276 Tarjan for the patch)
279 * SMP support for $freq and $freq_g (thanks to Peter Tarjan for the
283 * Fixed issue with graphs not reaching all the way to the borders
288 * Conky 1.4.2 released
291 * GNU Iconv support added, new objects $iconv_start and $iconv_stop
292 * Added some safety to the threading code
295 * Changed $font behavior so that the font persists past the next
296 newline. It can be set back to the default with $font with no args.
297 (closes bug 1478676 on sf.net)
300 * Added simple POP3/IMAP mail clients
303 * Added support for PowerBook batteries
304 * Fixed broken $if/$else stuff
307 * Added patch from Peter Tarjan to add support for IBM ACPI
308 * Added xmms2 patch from Lassi Selander (sf.net patch 1469523)
311 * Removed sa_restorer crap (may fix some compile errors for some
315 * Added patch for adt746x fan/cpu speed for kernel >=2.6.12
318 * Added patch to support new port monitor REMOTESERVICE peekable.
321 * Scan port numbers as short. Fixes debian bug# 359974.
324 * Added XMMS2 patch 1456203 from Lassi Selander
325 * Added FreeBSD battery patch 1456008 from Petr Holub
328 * Fixed ${top(_mem)} related code on FreeBSD (with help of Petr
329 Holub <hopet@users.sourceforge.net>)
332 * Removed bmp-infopipe dependency from 1.4.1 and 1.9999 ebuilds for Gentoo
333 (Gentoo bug# 125226).
334 * Fixed subversion ebuild for conky1 (1.9999) so it pulls the new trunk
338 * FreeBSD cpu info patch
339 * Conky 1.4.1 released
342 * Fixed issue where some WM's don't control conky own_window windows.
343 * Added newly-updated vim file detection and syntax hilighting files to svn.
344 * Fixed issue with graphs resetting colours (sf.net bug #1420473)
347 * Fixed battery problems when charged
348 * MPD code handles broken pipe now, instead of just killing conky
349 * Switch from CVS to SVN. Thanks SourceForge.
352 * Added patch to make $cpu stuff work on alpha (thanks Thomas Cort)
353 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122637#c3
354 * Stop using override_redirect true -- conky back under WM control
355 when using 'own_window yes'.
356 * Fixed texeci breakage when forking to background is on
359 * Drastically simplified own_window=yes window creation code.
360 * on_bottom and wm_class_name deprecated (they do nothing)
363 * Fixed typo bug in portmon code that caused incorrect monitor data
367 * Conky 1.4.0 released
370 * Cleaned up texeci code
373 * Added freedesktop.org extended window manager hints (EWMH)
374 for window type NORMAL and state's STICKY/SKIP_PAGER/SKIP_TASKBAR.
375 Fixes stacking order issues with freedesktop-compliant wm's,
379 * Fixed stupid graph code (it still sucks) sf.net bug 1372962
380 * Fixed $if_* stuff, sf.net bug 1401338 and 1400854
381 * Fixed xmms.c code to load glib 1.2 shared object lib.
384 * Added xmms version 1 support.
385 * Added bmp through 0.9.7.1 support.
386 * Added config item xmms_player: none, xmms, bmp, audacious or
390 * Added Audacious media player support.
393 * Fixed infopipe bug (select() affects timer as a side effect on
397 * Added draw_graph_borders option
398 * Added XMMS/BMP InfoPipe plugin support
401 * Conky 1.3.5 released
404 * Fixed bug with use_xft causing ignorance of font selection (sf.net
406 * Fixed issue with parsing of hex values for colours
409 * Added BMPx (http://beep-media-player.org/) support
412 * Fixed issues with execi stuff
415 * Added sf.net patch 1374576
418 * Fixed sf.net bug 1367745
421 * Fixed sf.net bugs 1369607, 1367735 and gentoo bug 113921,
422 all variations of the same array out of bounds issue.
423 * "Fixed" code in fs.c and conky.c to make fs stats match those displayed by df (affects reporting against ext3 filesystems only)
426 * new code in linux.c and top.c to calculate CPU % correctly on 2.6 kernels.
429 * Fixed gentoo bug# 113219
432 * Added #define/#undef SIGNAL_BLOCKING in conky.c for experimenting
433 with synchronous signal processing. set to #undef for previous behavior.
434 * Use POSIX signal api's, not the ANSI signal().
437 * Fixed IP address bug (sf.net bug 1359055)
440 * Conky 1.3.4 released
443 * Replaced bitwise copy of tcp_connection_t with function
444 copy_tcp_connection().
445 * Changed call interfaces for get_acpi_fan(), get_acpi_ac_adapter(),
446 get_freq(), get_freq_dynamic(), get_adt746x_cpu(), get_adt746x_fan(),
447 eliminating all mallocs. pkovacs. See bug 1355470.
450 * moved hash sizing code into portmon lib, where it belongs
451 * More mem leaks fixed.
454 * Added config items min_port_monitors / min_port_monitor_connections
457 * Cleaned up top code, bug fixes
458 * Fixed some memory leaks
461 * Fix bug# 1351686. Patch by boojit.
462 * Fixed 1331576 (I think) with bad cpu usage reporting
465 * Documentation updates for compiling and port monitoring
466 * Removed cairo stuff (it's useless)
469 * Added statfs sf.net patch 1344493
472 * Added tcp port monitor support (pkovacs)
475 * Added WM_CLASS patch from sf.net patch 1340825
478 * acpi segfault should be fixed (sf.net bug 1330893)
479 * SIGUSR1 bug fixed? (sf.net bug 1330914)
482 * Ugly MPD mem leak fixed
483 * Other mem leaks fixed
484 * Fixed thing where conky exits if LC_ALL and friends isn't set
485 * Conky 1.3.3 released
488 * Conky 1.3.2 released
491 * More MPD objects (sf.net patch 1319461)
494 * fixed mldonkey bug? sf.net bug 1316531
497 * Linkstatus patch from btlee on f.g.o (see
498 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2765647.html#2765647)
501 * Fixed build on FreeBSD for non-i386
502 * Made it so top_mem doesn't show all the forks of one process
505 * Fixed small bug in config parsing (thanks robgrady, bug 1306032)
508 * Fixed bug where graphs/bars don't show when maximum_width is enabled
511 * Fixed right-alignment bug thanks to Pascal Eberhard
512 * Applied patch 1291420 from sf.net
513 * Fixed issue with whack graph data
514 * Fixed issue with Conky quitting when a file fails to load
517 * Fixed bug with xft and double buffer in own window
521 * Misc small bug fixes
524 * MPD patch (sf.net patch 1281108)
525 * Fixed graph width bug
528 * FreeBSD support was added
532 * added threaded execi, $texeci
536 * Fixed slight vertical misalignment of bars/graphs (sf.net 1273994)
537 * Diskio fixes (sf.net 1274140)
538 * $alignr and $alignc now have 25% more goodness! (sf.net bug 1273905)
539 * Far better SMP support
540 * Added support for i8k kernel driver, parsing information for dell inspiron laptops found in /proc/i8k (sf.net request 1256058)
543 * More own_window fixes
544 * applied disk io patch (sf.net patch 1271691)
545 * applied $freq fixes patch, adds new $freq_dyn (sf.net patch 1271633)
546 * removed units from $freq* output
547 * fix for graph config parsing
548 * Added $head, fixed mem leak with $tail
551 * More configure and makefile updates
552 * Added scale arg for net graphs
553 * Fixed bug in own_window stuff--amazing fake transparency now works
555 * added own_window_colour, own_window_transparent
558 * Added maximum_width
561 * Added $execibar and $execigraph
564 * Moved source into src/, moved docs into doc/
568 * Applied patch from zimba-tm, closes patch 1260225
569 * Fixed ugly gradient bug. closes bug 1255608
571 * Removed metar code. It sucked.
572 * Added $acpitempf for amooricans
576 * Multiple unit additions and modifications
579 * mpd password patch from Joshua Gerrish
580 * conky can run without X now, use --disable-x11 when configuring
581 =========================================================================
582 =========================================================================
588 * added CVS ebuild, huge thanks to Hopeless for this
591 * special thanks to Citizen_X and his patience
593 * keep shakin' those big 'ol titties
600 * many small fixes, thanks to those who reported problems
603 * dramatically improved how conky handles fonts
604 * fixed issues with graph args
605 * fixed shades and outlines
609 * added gradients to graphs (very pretty)
612 * feature freeze; only bugfixes now
615 * finalized graphing code, see $cpugraph, $memgraph, $execgraph,
616 $downspeedgraph, and $upspeedgraph
617 * added override_utf8_locale option
619 * $tab patch from jack_mort on f.g.o
622 * Added new graphing code, such as $cpugraph
623 * small fixes all round
626 * added more mpd objects
629 * Conky now has UTF-8 support
630 * Fixed $freq for those with CPU scaling
631 * Fixed the problem with total_run_times
632 * Fixed alignment of bars and lines and stuff
633 * Reduced conky's memory usage (yay!)
634 * Removed top_sort_cpu, added top_mem which sorts by mem usage instead
638 * Fixed a pile of bugs in configure script
639 * Added proper checking for headers in configure script
640 * Made METAR shit threaded so it would stop being retarded, also made
641 it try more then once to update
642 * Added $metar_tempf and ${i2c tempf} for americans
645 * Added option for Conky to update N times and quit, see
646 total_run_times in conkyrc.sample
647 * Added metar code for weather info, thanks to somebody on sf.net
648 * Added $alignr and $alignc for right and centre alignment
649 * Added wireless info and IP addr patch, thanks Bobby Beckmann,
650 options $addr and $linkstatus (please test!), as well as fixed a mem
652 * adt746x fix, thanks to dan-h on sf.net
653 * Added mldonkey support patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
654 * Added patch to allow hex colour values, thanks roiban adi on sf.net
655 * Added if constructs patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
656 * Fixed bug in tab code (hopefully for the last time)
657 * Added option to sort by cpu or memory for top, see top_sort_cpu
660 * Added fix for battery charged state (thanks to Lukas Zapletal
663 =========================================================================
664 =========================================================================
670 * Added $mpd_bar and $mpd_bitrate
671 * Some minor code cleanups prior to release
672 * Fixed problem with Conky not compiling when XFT disabled
673 * Fixed configure.in problems with Xdbe
676 * Fixed memory leak in MPD code
677 * Added new $tail object (see conkyrc.sample) which loves to suck CPU
679 * Fixed more mem leaks
682 * Added use_spacer to config
684 * Added small fix for i2c from Filedil on forums.gentoo.org
687 * Made it possible to use tabs to right-justify (just add a bunch)
688 * Added ${execbar} (see conkyrc.sample)
691 * Added memory % to top output
692 * Added initial cairo backend (it's really quite useless at this stage actually, and I'm not sure if there is even any point to it)
695 * Conky now recognizes the tab character correctly
696 * Added simple config option to print to stdout (out_to_console
700 * Added top output. Check the sample config.
704 * Finished MPD support ($mpd_title, $mpd_artist, $mpd_album, $mpd_vol)
705 * Removed NVCtrl code
706 * Added noswap and i2c patches
708 =========================================================================
709 =========================================================================
712 * Version 1.0. Conky is born from the ashes of torsmo. Main site:
715 * Added new feature for sample averaging of CPU and net info
718 * Version 0.18 released
721 * Fixed some double buffer + Xft stuff
722 * Applied X-Mozilla-Status patch (thanks affinity)
723 * Applied NVCtrl patch and modified it a bit (temperature monitoring
724 for nvdia-based graphics cards) (I couldn't test this so it may or
725 may not work or even compile) (thanks Dennis Frommknecht)
726 * Applied fs_used_perc and fs_bar_free patch (thanks killfire [send me
727 mail, I didn't catch your name from sourceforge])
728 * Applied patch that supports mailbox that is in some 'maildir' format
729 (thanks jolapache [send mail, I didn't catch your name from
732 * Applied pad_percents patch (thanks JL Farinacci)
733 * Fixed some stuff in acpi fan and acpi ac adapter
734 * Optional XFT even when compiled in
737 * Applied utime patch (UTC time) (thanks David McCabe)
740 * Applied Xdbe patch, this includes double_buffer configuration and
741 -b command line option (thanks Bruce Merry)
742 * Applied some other seti patch, not tested (thanks William DiPlacido)
745 * Applied netbsd patch (thanks Rui Paulo)
746 * Applied cpu frequency patch (thanks William DiPlacido)
747 * Applied adt746x patch (thanks Dennis Kaandorp)
748 * Applied some other FreeBSD patch by the same guy
751 * Applied FreeBSD patch (thanks Roman Bogorodskiy)
754 * Xft support and xftfont configuration
755 * rewrote some stuff, there might be some new bugs in old places
758 * I2C divisor from a file (thanks Falk Feuersenger)
761 * changed battery thing to ${battery <filename in
762 /proc/acpi/battery/>}
763 * SETI@Home stuff (thanks Jarski)
766 * changed signal for config file reloading to SIGUSR1
767 * mixer stuff, $mixer, $mixerl, $mixerr, $mixerbar, $mixerlbar,
771 * maybe fixed acpi battery thing when "present rate" isn't known
774 * fixed width for all bars, use like ${cpubar 4,50}
777 * Version 0.17 released
780 * battery number for ACPI battery (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
781 * default battery is now BAT0 instead of BAT1, set ${battery 1} if
782 the old battery thing worked
783 * bug fix on load average reporting (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
784 * outlines to text, draw_outline and default_outline_color
785 configurations and $outlinecolor (thanks adi)
786 * $acpifan, $acpiacadapter, $uptime_short (thanks adi)
789 * fixed a bug when starting after Opera (and some other programs)
794 * added border_width configuration
797 * fixed zero length bar bug
800 * file system stats, $fs_bar, $fs_free, $fs_free_perc, $fs_size,
802 * leaves ACPI temperature file open (faster)
803 * -a option to change alignment on command line
806 * fixed ACPI temperature bug
807 * border_margin configuration
808 * ${execi <interval> <command>}, execute with specific interval
809 * added possibility to manually set the position (-x and -y options)
810 (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
811 * $buffers and $cached (thanks to Jeremy Burch)
812 * WM_CLASS when drawing to own window (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
815 * Version 0.16 released
818 * $pre_exec, execute a shell command one time
819 * preparsing of text (faster but more memory usage)
820 * less system calls (faster)
821 * APM things to $battery (untested)
824 * added $new_mails changed $mails to tell total mail count
827 * transparent window, own_window configuration, -o cmdline option
828 * $exec, execute a shell command
829 * $acpitemp, $battery - acpi stuff (not really tested)
832 * $loadavg, load average
833 * $mails, unread local mails, mail_spool configuration
836 * Version 0.15 released
839 * SIGHUP reloads config file (thanks Jørgen P. Tjernø)