4 * Improved performance slightly
5 * Added 'music_player_interval' config option to specify an update interval for
6 music player threads (currently honored by mpd and audacious).
7 * Fixed some minor memory leaks associated with SIGUSR1
8 * Zero out imap and pop3 stuff when the connection fails
11 * _Really_ fix mpd SIGPIPE issues
12 * Fix timed thread race condition, seen esp. on new kernel scheduler (cfs).
13 * Fix $audacious_title not being displayed when no length argument indicated.
16 * Conky 1.4.7 released
17 * Check for pkg-config >=0.19
18 * Use timed_thread for mpd
21 * Fixed issue with SIGPIPE and mpd
22 * Updated COPYING (with more clarifications)
25 * Updated vim/nano syntax files.
28 * Added $hwmon var, similar to $i2c and $platform.
31 * Added var $platform which is similar to $i2c and accommodates the conversion
32 of many devices from /sys/bus/i2c/devices to /sys/bus/platform/devices.
33 * Removed config item post_21_kernel since it forced all i2c device lookups
34 to go to /sys/bus/platform/devices and some people may need a mix of both
35 i2c and platform devices.
38 * Clarifying licensing
42 * Wireless support for Linux
45 * Conky 1.4.6 released
46 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.13.0
47 * Added 'post_21_kernel' config param to specify kernels 2.6.22 and newer
51 * Fixed potential issue on FreeBSD when nprocs < 10 (thanks zotrix)
52 * Added support for multiple batteries when using acpi (thanks Phil)
53 * a bunch of code cleanups (thanks Psychon)
54 * added max length paramater to mpd_title (thinks fow)
55 * a number of small bug fixes
58 * Fix PID display, patch #1753934. thanks sohalt.
59 * Fix displaying 4 GB traffic after reloading network driver,
60 patch #1754260. thanks sohalt.
63 * Right-justify top/top_mem vars (pid/cpu/mem} so they align on the decimal.
66 * Added color[0-9] variable patch (thanks jieryn)
69 * Added if_empty patch (thanks Erik)
70 * Added if_existing patch for string matching (thanks cromka)
71 * Added hwmon support (thanks flitsch)
72 * Some xmms2 updates (thanks sleipner)
73 * Added $battery_percent and $battery_bar (thanks akash)
76 * OpenBSD support added to Conky (thanks hifi)
77 * Updated mboxscan stuff (thanks calmar)
80 * Created branch/1.5 copy of trunk/conky1. Removing all experimental
81 network code from trunk/conky1.
84 * Include missing mboxscan.h in conky.h.
85 * Fixed signedness warnings in conky.c.
88 * Added buffer_text_size option to change the size of the buffer for
89 things like $exec, $tail, et cetera
90 * Added $mboxscan which lets you display the Subject and From fields
91 from recent email in an mbox file
92 * Disambiguated (is that a word?) $cpu docs
95 * Fallback to gettimeofday() when clock_gettime () not available (mac os).
98 * API change (timing in milliseconds) for dexter_timedsampler_new ().
101 * Add config.rpath (created by gettextize -copy) to distribution
103 * Clean up some warnings; remove ftp.[ch] from src/Makefile.am.
106 * Update svn ebuild to new sourceforge url scheme.
107 - requires deletion of existing wc: rm -rf /usr/portage/distfile/svn-src/conky/
108 * Added head/tail rewrite patch (thanks Ryan Twitchell)
109 * Added diskio read/write sf.net patch 1542880 (thanks Blondak)
112 * Clear conky vars on disconnect/failure to open files.
115 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.12.0
118 * client/server infrastructure and prototype for linux only (so far):
119 - requires libdexter (http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdexter)
120 and the dxt-sysinfo plugin (svn only at the moment).
122 - dexter_client yes/no
123 - dexter_server yes/no
124 - dexter_config /path/to/libdexter/config (default: $HOME/.dexterrc)
125 - own_window_class <WM Class Name> (default: Conky)
126 - replaces wm_class_name
127 - own_window_title <Window Title> (default: <hostname> - conky)
128 * removed config items:
129 - wm_class_name (use own_window_class, same function)
131 --disable-network (default=yes) with auto-detection for libdexter.
132 - remove useless --enable-proc-uptime (PROC_UPTIME never referenced).
133 HAVE_SYSINFO and others determine if /proc/uptime is used.
134 - silently disable xft, double-buffer and xdamage if no x11.
135 - change enable/disable labels to reflect defaults accurately.
136 - simplified compile-based checks for sysinfo/getloadavg and by moving
137 them into AC_CHECK_FUNCS.
138 * allow decorated, own_window=yes windows to be given input focus by WM:
139 - do not pass button clicks through to desktop in this scenario as conky
140 immediately loses focus.
143 * Clarify LGPL license on timed_thread modules.
147 * Split battery variable into two:
148 battery, e.g. "charging 75%" and
149 battery_time, e.g. "3h 15m".
150 * Conky 1.4.5 released.
153 * Close pop3/imap sockets.
154 * Fix outstanding battery issues.
157 * Fix peek table bug with new portmon code.
160 * Replaced hash module used by libtcp-portmon with GLib's GHashTable,
161 due to licensing issue noted by Fedora Core packagers.
162 * Eliminated config items:
164 min_port_monitor_connections
166 max_port_monitor_connections
169 * Added $entropy_avail, $entropy_poolsize and $entropy_bar
170 for the crypto freaks. Idea suggested by Perttu Luukko
171 <nuteater@users.sourceforge.net> in feature request 1497050.
172 * Added max length specifier to audacious_title. Closes
173 feature request #1600631.
176 * Rearrange retry attempts in pop3 and imap code, removing sleep()
177 calls which cause the whole process to sleep, not just the thread.
180 * Added max_specials config item with default 512. This should
181 close bug #1574523 for real this time. Thanks to John Harrigan
182 <jfharrigan@fedex.com> for this one.
185 * Changed autotools for subversion versioning.
186 * Updated svn ebuild for gentoo.
187 * Documentation updates for clarity, i.e. close bug #1599041.
190 * fix compile error with --disable-xdamage when Xdamage.h not present.
193 * fix bug where present rate var was not being read from acpi battery
194 state file: /proc/acpi/battery/%s/state.
197 * Change linkstatus display for use_spacer. Closes bug #1577580.
200 * Fix compile error with --disable-x11.
201 * Add new timed thread abstraction routines.
202 * Convert thread activity to timed threads, including
203 texeci, imap, pop3, audacious.
204 * Change memory vars from unsigned long to unsigned long long
205 to fix reported overflow, e.g. swapmax >= 4Gb.
208 * Use pthread_cond_timedwait() instead of sleep() in audacious
209 thread. Will convert all worker threads to this timing method.
212 * Fix freebsd build error.
213 * Minor changes to syntax files.
214 * Conky 1.4.4 released.
217 * Add max_user_text to documentation.
218 * Fixed BadWindow bugs (#1568366, #1588384).
221 * Remove on_bottom and xmms_player completely.
222 * Closed ibm_temps bug #1591609.
223 * Conky 1.4.3 released.
226 * Updated vim and nano syntax coloring scripts.
227 * Added extras/ dir with syntax stuff to distribution tarball.
230 * Added new config item 'max_user_text' with default 16384,
231 twice as large as previous hard-coded default of 8192 bytes.
232 Increase as needed to accomodate large config files with a
233 great deal of text. This closes SF bug #1574523.
236 * Changes to configure.ac for pkg-config on x11/xext/xdamage,
237 with fallback to conventional checks.
238 * Fixed segmentation fault on SUGUSR1 bug.
239 * Commented out Imlib2 from configure.ac since it's only partially
243 * Removed broken mldonkey and seti support.
244 * Added Hellf[i]re's nano syntax coloring script to svn.
247 * Removed support for Xmms, BMP and Infopipe from conky.
248 The Xmms and Bmp players are projects are dead and distros such
249 as Gentoo are slating them for removal.
250 * Added support for Audacious using new audacious vars.
253 * Implement WiFi signal level detection on FreeBSD (patch
257 * Fix buffer overflow in parsing LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LANG
258 environment variables and fix crash for users with locale
259 name longer than 10 chars (repored by Michael Schwendt)
262 * --enable-debug added.
263 * prevent libtool from adding its default CFLAGS
266 * Use pkg-config instead of xft-config.
267 * Fix last line bug which had required padding text with extra blank line
268 to see text on last line.
271 * Fix type-punning and "differ in signedness" warnings seen with
275 * Fix compilation errors when building with --diable-x11; bug #1547164
278 * Make configure script print summary info
279 * Make `conky -v` show compiled-in features
282 * Added Spock's patches, adding hddtemp, goto and tab variables.
285 * Added tztime patch to show time in arbitrary time zones (thanks Ram
289 * Small battery fix (thanks Nexox, sf.net patch 1500014)
290 * Fixed order of variables/objects in docs (thanks Peter Tarjan)
293 * Fixed a bug with $font
296 * Xdamage support for composite and pals
299 * CPU voltage support via $voltage_mv and $voltage_v (thanks to Peter
300 Tarjan for the patch)
303 * SMP support for $freq and $freq_g (thanks to Peter Tarjan for the
307 * Fixed issue with graphs not reaching all the way to the borders
312 * Conky 1.4.2 released
315 * GNU Iconv support added, new objects $iconv_start and $iconv_stop
316 * Added some safety to the threading code
319 * Changed $font behavior so that the font persists past the next
320 newline. It can be set back to the default with $font with no args.
321 (closes bug 1478676 on sf.net)
324 * Added simple POP3/IMAP mail clients
327 * Added support for PowerBook batteries
328 * Fixed broken $if/$else stuff
331 * Added patch from Peter Tarjan to add support for IBM ACPI
332 * Added xmms2 patch from Lassi Selander (sf.net patch 1469523)
335 * Removed sa_restorer crap (may fix some compile errors for some
339 * Added patch for adt746x fan/cpu speed for kernel >=2.6.12
342 * Added patch to support new port monitor REMOTESERVICE peekable.
345 * Scan port numbers as short. Fixes debian bug# 359974.
348 * Added XMMS2 patch 1456203 from Lassi Selander
349 * Added FreeBSD battery patch 1456008 from Petr Holub
352 * Fixed ${top(_mem)} related code on FreeBSD (with help of Petr
353 Holub <hopet@users.sourceforge.net>)
356 * Removed bmp-infopipe dependency from 1.4.1 and 1.9999 ebuilds for Gentoo
357 (Gentoo bug# 125226).
358 * Fixed subversion ebuild for conky1 (1.9999) so it pulls the new trunk
362 * FreeBSD cpu info patch
363 * Conky 1.4.1 released
366 * Fixed issue where some WM's don't control conky own_window windows.
367 * Added newly-updated vim file detection and syntax hilighting files to svn.
368 * Fixed issue with graphs resetting colours (sf.net bug #1420473)
371 * Fixed battery problems when charged
372 * MPD code handles broken pipe now, instead of just killing conky
373 * Switch from CVS to SVN. Thanks SourceForge.
376 * Added patch to make $cpu stuff work on alpha (thanks Thomas Cort)
377 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122637#c3
378 * Stop using override_redirect true -- conky back under WM control
379 when using 'own_window yes'.
380 * Fixed texeci breakage when forking to background is on
383 * Drastically simplified own_window=yes window creation code.
384 * on_bottom and wm_class_name deprecated (they do nothing)
387 * Fixed typo bug in portmon code that caused incorrect monitor data
391 * Conky 1.4.0 released
394 * Cleaned up texeci code
397 * Added freedesktop.org extended window manager hints (EWMH)
398 for window type NORMAL and state's STICKY/SKIP_PAGER/SKIP_TASKBAR.
399 Fixes stacking order issues with freedesktop-compliant wm's,
403 * Fixed stupid graph code (it still sucks) sf.net bug 1372962
404 * Fixed $if_* stuff, sf.net bug 1401338 and 1400854
405 * Fixed xmms.c code to load glib 1.2 shared object lib.
408 * Added xmms version 1 support.
409 * Added bmp through 0.9.7.1 support.
410 * Added config item xmms_player: none, xmms, bmp, audacious or
414 * Added Audacious media player support.
417 * Fixed infopipe bug (select() affects timer as a side effect on
421 * Added draw_graph_borders option
422 * Added XMMS/BMP InfoPipe plugin support
425 * Conky 1.3.5 released
428 * Fixed bug with use_xft causing ignorance of font selection (sf.net
430 * Fixed issue with parsing of hex values for colours
433 * Added BMPx (http://beep-media-player.org/) support
436 * Fixed issues with execi stuff
439 * Added sf.net patch 1374576
442 * Fixed sf.net bug 1367745
445 * Fixed sf.net bugs 1369607, 1367735 and gentoo bug 113921,
446 all variations of the same array out of bounds issue.
447 * "Fixed" code in fs.c and conky.c to make fs stats match those displayed by df (affects reporting against ext3 filesystems only)
450 * new code in linux.c and top.c to calculate CPU % correctly on 2.6 kernels.
453 * Fixed gentoo bug# 113219
456 * Added #define/#undef SIGNAL_BLOCKING in conky.c for experimenting
457 with synchronous signal processing. set to #undef for previous behavior.
458 * Use POSIX signal api's, not the ANSI signal().
461 * Fixed IP address bug (sf.net bug 1359055)
464 * Conky 1.3.4 released
467 * Replaced bitwise copy of tcp_connection_t with function
468 copy_tcp_connection().
469 * Changed call interfaces for get_acpi_fan(), get_acpi_ac_adapter(),
470 get_freq(), get_freq_dynamic(), get_adt746x_cpu(), get_adt746x_fan(),
471 eliminating all mallocs. pkovacs. See bug 1355470.
474 * moved hash sizing code into portmon lib, where it belongs
475 * More mem leaks fixed.
478 * Added config items min_port_monitors / min_port_monitor_connections
481 * Cleaned up top code, bug fixes
482 * Fixed some memory leaks
485 * Fix bug# 1351686. Patch by boojit.
486 * Fixed 1331576 (I think) with bad cpu usage reporting
489 * Documentation updates for compiling and port monitoring
490 * Removed cairo stuff (it's useless)
493 * Added statfs sf.net patch 1344493
496 * Added tcp port monitor support (pkovacs)
499 * Added WM_CLASS patch from sf.net patch 1340825
502 * acpi segfault should be fixed (sf.net bug 1330893)
503 * SIGUSR1 bug fixed? (sf.net bug 1330914)
506 * Ugly MPD mem leak fixed
507 * Other mem leaks fixed
508 * Fixed thing where conky exits if LC_ALL and friends isn't set
509 * Conky 1.3.3 released
512 * Conky 1.3.2 released
515 * More MPD objects (sf.net patch 1319461)
518 * fixed mldonkey bug? sf.net bug 1316531
521 * Linkstatus patch from btlee on f.g.o (see
522 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2765647.html#2765647)
525 * Fixed build on FreeBSD for non-i386
526 * Made it so top_mem doesn't show all the forks of one process
529 * Fixed small bug in config parsing (thanks robgrady, bug 1306032)
532 * Fixed bug where graphs/bars don't show when maximum_width is enabled
535 * Fixed right-alignment bug thanks to Pascal Eberhard
536 * Applied patch 1291420 from sf.net
537 * Fixed issue with whack graph data
538 * Fixed issue with Conky quitting when a file fails to load
541 * Fixed bug with xft and double buffer in own window
545 * Misc small bug fixes
548 * MPD patch (sf.net patch 1281108)
549 * Fixed graph width bug
552 * FreeBSD support was added
556 * added threaded execi, $texeci
560 * Fixed slight vertical misalignment of bars/graphs (sf.net 1273994)
561 * Diskio fixes (sf.net 1274140)
562 * $alignr and $alignc now have 25% more goodness! (sf.net bug 1273905)
563 * Far better SMP support
564 * Added support for i8k kernel driver, parsing information for dell inspiron laptops found in /proc/i8k (sf.net request 1256058)
567 * More own_window fixes
568 * applied disk io patch (sf.net patch 1271691)
569 * applied $freq fixes patch, adds new $freq_dyn (sf.net patch 1271633)
570 * removed units from $freq* output
571 * fix for graph config parsing
572 * Added $head, fixed mem leak with $tail
575 * More configure and makefile updates
576 * Added scale arg for net graphs
577 * Fixed bug in own_window stuff--amazing fake transparency now works
579 * added own_window_colour, own_window_transparent
582 * Added maximum_width
585 * Added $execibar and $execigraph
588 * Moved source into src/, moved docs into doc/
592 * Applied patch from zimba-tm, closes patch 1260225
593 * Fixed ugly gradient bug. closes bug 1255608
595 * Removed metar code. It sucked.
596 * Added $acpitempf for amooricans
600 * Multiple unit additions and modifications
603 * mpd password patch from Joshua Gerrish
604 * conky can run without X now, use --disable-x11 when configuring
605 =========================================================================
606 =========================================================================
612 * added CVS ebuild, huge thanks to Hopeless for this
615 * special thanks to Citizen_X and his patience
617 * keep shakin' those big 'ol titties
624 * many small fixes, thanks to those who reported problems
627 * dramatically improved how conky handles fonts
628 * fixed issues with graph args
629 * fixed shades and outlines
633 * added gradients to graphs (very pretty)
636 * feature freeze; only bugfixes now
639 * finalized graphing code, see $cpugraph, $memgraph, $execgraph,
640 $downspeedgraph, and $upspeedgraph
641 * added override_utf8_locale option
643 * $tab patch from jack_mort on f.g.o
646 * Added new graphing code, such as $cpugraph
647 * small fixes all round
650 * added more mpd objects
653 * Conky now has UTF-8 support
654 * Fixed $freq for those with CPU scaling
655 * Fixed the problem with total_run_times
656 * Fixed alignment of bars and lines and stuff
657 * Reduced conky's memory usage (yay!)
658 * Removed top_sort_cpu, added top_mem which sorts by mem usage instead
662 * Fixed a pile of bugs in configure script
663 * Added proper checking for headers in configure script
664 * Made METAR shit threaded so it would stop being retarded, also made
665 it try more then once to update
666 * Added $metar_tempf and ${i2c tempf} for americans
669 * Added option for Conky to update N times and quit, see
670 total_run_times in conkyrc.sample
671 * Added metar code for weather info, thanks to somebody on sf.net
672 * Added $alignr and $alignc for right and centre alignment
673 * Added wireless info and IP addr patch, thanks Bobby Beckmann,
674 options $addr and $linkstatus (please test!), as well as fixed a mem
676 * adt746x fix, thanks to dan-h on sf.net
677 * Added mldonkey support patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
678 * Added patch to allow hex colour values, thanks roiban adi on sf.net
679 * Added if constructs patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
680 * Fixed bug in tab code (hopefully for the last time)
681 * Added option to sort by cpu or memory for top, see top_sort_cpu
684 * Added fix for battery charged state (thanks to Lukas Zapletal
687 =========================================================================
688 =========================================================================
694 * Added $mpd_bar and $mpd_bitrate
695 * Some minor code cleanups prior to release
696 * Fixed problem with Conky not compiling when XFT disabled
697 * Fixed configure.in problems with Xdbe
700 * Fixed memory leak in MPD code
701 * Added new $tail object (see conkyrc.sample) which loves to suck CPU
703 * Fixed more mem leaks
706 * Added use_spacer to config
708 * Added small fix for i2c from Filedil on forums.gentoo.org
711 * Made it possible to use tabs to right-justify (just add a bunch)
712 * Added ${execbar} (see conkyrc.sample)
715 * Added memory % to top output
716 * Added initial cairo backend (it's really quite useless at this stage actually, and I'm not sure if there is even any point to it)
719 * Conky now recognizes the tab character correctly
720 * Added simple config option to print to stdout (out_to_console
724 * Added top output. Check the sample config.
728 * Finished MPD support ($mpd_title, $mpd_artist, $mpd_album, $mpd_vol)
729 * Removed NVCtrl code
730 * Added noswap and i2c patches
732 =========================================================================
733 =========================================================================
736 * Version 1.0. Conky is born from the ashes of torsmo. Main site:
739 * Added new feature for sample averaging of CPU and net info
742 * Version 0.18 released
745 * Fixed some double buffer + Xft stuff
746 * Applied X-Mozilla-Status patch (thanks affinity)
747 * Applied NVCtrl patch and modified it a bit (temperature monitoring
748 for nvdia-based graphics cards) (I couldn't test this so it may or
749 may not work or even compile) (thanks Dennis Frommknecht)
750 * Applied fs_used_perc and fs_bar_free patch (thanks killfire [send me
751 mail, I didn't catch your name from sourceforge])
752 * Applied patch that supports mailbox that is in some 'maildir' format
753 (thanks jolapache [send mail, I didn't catch your name from
756 * Applied pad_percents patch (thanks JL Farinacci)
757 * Fixed some stuff in acpi fan and acpi ac adapter
758 * Optional XFT even when compiled in
761 * Applied utime patch (UTC time) (thanks David McCabe)
764 * Applied Xdbe patch, this includes double_buffer configuration and
765 -b command line option (thanks Bruce Merry)
766 * Applied some other seti patch, not tested (thanks William DiPlacido)
769 * Applied netbsd patch (thanks Rui Paulo)
770 * Applied cpu frequency patch (thanks William DiPlacido)
771 * Applied adt746x patch (thanks Dennis Kaandorp)
772 * Applied some other FreeBSD patch by the same guy
775 * Applied FreeBSD patch (thanks Roman Bogorodskiy)
778 * Xft support and xftfont configuration
779 * rewrote some stuff, there might be some new bugs in old places
782 * I2C divisor from a file (thanks Falk Feuersenger)
785 * changed battery thing to ${battery <filename in
786 /proc/acpi/battery/>}
787 * SETI@Home stuff (thanks Jarski)
790 * changed signal for config file reloading to SIGUSR1
791 * mixer stuff, $mixer, $mixerl, $mixerr, $mixerbar, $mixerlbar,
795 * maybe fixed acpi battery thing when "present rate" isn't known
798 * fixed width for all bars, use like ${cpubar 4,50}
801 * Version 0.17 released
804 * battery number for ACPI battery (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
805 * default battery is now BAT0 instead of BAT1, set ${battery 1} if
806 the old battery thing worked
807 * bug fix on load average reporting (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
808 * outlines to text, draw_outline and default_outline_color
809 configurations and $outlinecolor (thanks adi)
810 * $acpifan, $acpiacadapter, $uptime_short (thanks adi)
813 * fixed a bug when starting after Opera (and some other programs)
818 * added border_width configuration
821 * fixed zero length bar bug
824 * file system stats, $fs_bar, $fs_free, $fs_free_perc, $fs_size,
826 * leaves ACPI temperature file open (faster)
827 * -a option to change alignment on command line
830 * fixed ACPI temperature bug
831 * border_margin configuration
832 * ${execi <interval> <command>}, execute with specific interval
833 * added possibility to manually set the position (-x and -y options)
834 (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
835 * $buffers and $cached (thanks to Jeremy Burch)
836 * WM_CLASS when drawing to own window (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
839 * Version 0.16 released
842 * $pre_exec, execute a shell command one time
843 * preparsing of text (faster but more memory usage)
844 * less system calls (faster)
845 * APM things to $battery (untested)
848 * added $new_mails changed $mails to tell total mail count
851 * transparent window, own_window configuration, -o cmdline option
852 * $exec, execute a shell command
853 * $acpitemp, $battery - acpi stuff (not really tested)
856 * $loadavg, load average
857 * $mails, unread local mails, mail_spool configuration
860 * Version 0.15 released
863 * SIGHUP reloads config file (thanks Jørgen P. Tjernø)