4 * Fixed potential issue on FreeBSD when nprocs < 10 (thanks zotrix)
5 * Added support for multiple batteries when using acpi (thanks Phil)
6 * a bunch of code cleanups (thanks Psychon)
7 * added max length paramater to mpd_title (thinks fow)
8 * a number of small bug fixes
11 * Fix PID display, patch #1753934. thanks sohalt.
12 * Fix displaying 4 GB traffic after reloading network driver,
13 patch #1754260. thanks sohalt.
16 * Right-justify top/top_mem vars (pid/cpu/mem} so they align on the decimal.
19 * Added color[0-9] variable patch (thanks jieryn)
22 * Added if_empty patch (thanks Erik)
23 * Added if_existing patch for string matching (thanks cromka)
24 * Added hwmon support (thanks flitsch)
25 * Some xmms2 updates (thanks sleipner)
26 * Added $battery_percent and $battery_bar (thanks akash)
29 * OpenBSD support added to Conky (thanks hifi)
30 * Updated mboxscan stuff (thanks calmar)
33 * Created branch/1.5 copy of trunk/conky1. Removing all experimental
34 network code from trunk/conky1.
37 * Include missing mboxscan.h in conky.h.
38 * Fixed signedness warnings in conky.c.
41 * Added buffer_text_size option to change the size of the buffer for
42 things like $exec, $tail, et cetera
43 * Added $mboxscan which lets you display the Subject and From fields
44 from recent email in an mbox file
45 * Disambiguated (is that a word?) $cpu docs
48 * Fallback to gettimeofday() when clock_gettime () not available (mac os).
51 * API change (timing in milliseconds) for dexter_timedsampler_new ().
54 * Add config.rpath (created by gettextize -copy) to distribution
56 * Clean up some warnings; remove ftp.[ch] from src/Makefile.am.
59 * Update svn ebuild to new sourceforge url scheme.
60 - requires deletion of existing wc: rm -rf /usr/portage/distfile/svn-src/conky/
61 * Added head/tail rewrite patch (thanks Ryan Twitchell)
62 * Added diskio read/write sf.net patch 1542880 (thanks Blondak)
65 * Clear conky vars on disconnect/failure to open files.
68 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.12.0
71 * client/server infrastructure and prototype for linux only (so far):
72 - requires libdexter (http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdexter)
73 and the dxt-sysinfo plugin (svn only at the moment).
75 - dexter_client yes/no
76 - dexter_server yes/no
77 - dexter_config /path/to/libdexter/config (default: $HOME/.dexterrc)
78 - own_window_class <WM Class Name> (default: Conky)
79 - replaces wm_class_name
80 - own_window_title <Window Title> (default: <hostname> - conky)
81 * removed config items:
82 - wm_class_name (use own_window_class, same function)
84 --disable-network (default=yes) with auto-detection for libdexter.
85 - remove useless --enable-proc-uptime (PROC_UPTIME never referenced).
86 HAVE_SYSINFO and others determine if /proc/uptime is used.
87 - silently disable xft, double-buffer and xdamage if no x11.
88 - change enable/disable labels to reflect defaults accurately.
89 - simplified compile-based checks for sysinfo/getloadavg and by moving
90 them into AC_CHECK_FUNCS.
91 * allow decorated, own_window=yes windows to be given input focus by WM:
92 - do not pass button clicks through to desktop in this scenario as conky
93 immediately loses focus.
96 * Clarify LGPL license on timed_thread modules.
100 * Split battery variable into two:
101 battery, e.g. "charging 75%" and
102 battery_time, e.g. "3h 15m".
103 * Conky 1.4.5 released.
106 * Close pop3/imap sockets.
107 * Fix outstanding battery issues.
110 * Fix peek table bug with new portmon code.
113 * Replaced hash module used by libtcp-portmon with GLib's GHashTable,
114 due to licensing issue noted by Fedora Core packagers.
115 * Eliminated config items:
117 min_port_monitor_connections
119 max_port_monitor_connections
122 * Added $entropy_avail, $entropy_poolsize and $entropy_bar
123 for the crypto freaks. Idea suggested by Perttu Luukko
124 <nuteater@users.sourceforge.net> in feature request 1497050.
125 * Added max length specifier to audacious_title. Closes
126 feature request #1600631.
129 * Rearrange retry attempts in pop3 and imap code, removing sleep()
130 calls which cause the whole process to sleep, not just the thread.
133 * Added max_specials config item with default 512. This should
134 close bug #1574523 for real this time. Thanks to John Harrigan
135 <jfharrigan@fedex.com> for this one.
138 * Changed autotools for subversion versioning.
139 * Updated svn ebuild for gentoo.
140 * Documentation updates for clarity, i.e. close bug #1599041.
143 * fix compile error with --disable-xdamage when Xdamage.h not present.
146 * fix bug where present rate var was not being read from acpi battery
147 state file: /proc/acpi/battery/%s/state.
150 * Change linkstatus display for use_spacer. Closes bug #1577580.
153 * Fix compile error with --disable-x11.
154 * Add new timed thread abstraction routines.
155 * Convert thread activity to timed threads, including
156 texeci, imap, pop3, audacious.
157 * Change memory vars from unsigned long to unsigned long long
158 to fix reported overflow, e.g. swapmax >= 4Gb.
161 * Use pthread_cond_timedwait() instead of sleep() in audacious
162 thread. Will convert all worker threads to this timing method.
165 * Fix freebsd build error.
166 * Minor changes to syntax files.
167 * Conky 1.4.4 released.
170 * Add max_user_text to documentation.
171 * Fixed BadWindow bugs (#1568366, #1588384).
174 * Remove on_bottom and xmms_player completely.
175 * Closed ibm_temps bug #1591609.
176 * Conky 1.4.3 released.
179 * Updated vim and nano syntax coloring scripts.
180 * Added extras/ dir with syntax stuff to distribution tarball.
183 * Added new config item 'max_user_text' with default 16384,
184 twice as large as previous hard-coded default of 8192 bytes.
185 Increase as needed to accomodate large config files with a
186 great deal of text. This closes SF bug #1574523.
189 * Changes to configure.ac for pkg-config on x11/xext/xdamage,
190 with fallback to conventional checks.
191 * Fixed segmentation fault on SUGUSR1 bug.
192 * Commented out Imlib2 from configure.ac since it's only partially
196 * Removed broken mldonkey and seti support.
197 * Added Hellf[i]re's nano syntax coloring script to svn.
200 * Removed support for Xmms, BMP and Infopipe from conky.
201 The Xmms and Bmp players are projects are dead and distros such
202 as Gentoo are slating them for removal.
203 * Added support for Audacious using new audacious vars.
206 * Implement WiFi signal level detection on FreeBSD (patch
210 * Fix buffer overflow in parsing LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LANG
211 environment variables and fix crash for users with locale
212 name longer than 10 chars (repored by Michael Schwendt)
215 * --enable-debug added.
216 * prevent libtool from adding its default CFLAGS
219 * Use pkg-config instead of xft-config.
220 * Fix last line bug which had required padding text with extra blank line
221 to see text on last line.
224 * Fix type-punning and "differ in signedness" warnings seen with
228 * Fix compilation errors when building with --diable-x11; bug #1547164
231 * Make configure script print summary info
232 * Make `conky -v` show compiled-in features
235 * Added Spock's patches, adding hddtemp, goto and tab variables.
238 * Added tztime patch to show time in arbitrary time zones (thanks Ram
242 * Small battery fix (thanks Nexox, sf.net patch 1500014)
243 * Fixed order of variables/objects in docs (thanks Peter Tarjan)
246 * Fixed a bug with $font
249 * Xdamage support for composite and pals
252 * CPU voltage support via $voltage_mv and $voltage_v (thanks to Peter
253 Tarjan for the patch)
256 * SMP support for $freq and $freq_g (thanks to Peter Tarjan for the
260 * Fixed issue with graphs not reaching all the way to the borders
265 * Conky 1.4.2 released
268 * GNU Iconv support added, new objects $iconv_start and $iconv_stop
269 * Added some safety to the threading code
272 * Changed $font behavior so that the font persists past the next
273 newline. It can be set back to the default with $font with no args.
274 (closes bug 1478676 on sf.net)
277 * Added simple POP3/IMAP mail clients
280 * Added support for PowerBook batteries
281 * Fixed broken $if/$else stuff
284 * Added patch from Peter Tarjan to add support for IBM ACPI
285 * Added xmms2 patch from Lassi Selander (sf.net patch 1469523)
288 * Removed sa_restorer crap (may fix some compile errors for some
292 * Added patch for adt746x fan/cpu speed for kernel >=2.6.12
295 * Added patch to support new port monitor REMOTESERVICE peekable.
298 * Scan port numbers as short. Fixes debian bug# 359974.
301 * Added XMMS2 patch 1456203 from Lassi Selander
302 * Added FreeBSD battery patch 1456008 from Petr Holub
305 * Fixed ${top(_mem)} related code on FreeBSD (with help of Petr
306 Holub <hopet@users.sourceforge.net>)
309 * Removed bmp-infopipe dependency from 1.4.1 and 1.9999 ebuilds for Gentoo
310 (Gentoo bug# 125226).
311 * Fixed subversion ebuild for conky1 (1.9999) so it pulls the new trunk
315 * FreeBSD cpu info patch
316 * Conky 1.4.1 released
319 * Fixed issue where some WM's don't control conky own_window windows.
320 * Added newly-updated vim file detection and syntax hilighting files to svn.
321 * Fixed issue with graphs resetting colours (sf.net bug #1420473)
324 * Fixed battery problems when charged
325 * MPD code handles broken pipe now, instead of just killing conky
326 * Switch from CVS to SVN. Thanks SourceForge.
329 * Added patch to make $cpu stuff work on alpha (thanks Thomas Cort)
330 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122637#c3
331 * Stop using override_redirect true -- conky back under WM control
332 when using 'own_window yes'.
333 * Fixed texeci breakage when forking to background is on
336 * Drastically simplified own_window=yes window creation code.
337 * on_bottom and wm_class_name deprecated (they do nothing)
340 * Fixed typo bug in portmon code that caused incorrect monitor data
344 * Conky 1.4.0 released
347 * Cleaned up texeci code
350 * Added freedesktop.org extended window manager hints (EWMH)
351 for window type NORMAL and state's STICKY/SKIP_PAGER/SKIP_TASKBAR.
352 Fixes stacking order issues with freedesktop-compliant wm's,
356 * Fixed stupid graph code (it still sucks) sf.net bug 1372962
357 * Fixed $if_* stuff, sf.net bug 1401338 and 1400854
358 * Fixed xmms.c code to load glib 1.2 shared object lib.
361 * Added xmms version 1 support.
362 * Added bmp through 0.9.7.1 support.
363 * Added config item xmms_player: none, xmms, bmp, audacious or
367 * Added Audacious media player support.
370 * Fixed infopipe bug (select() affects timer as a side effect on
374 * Added draw_graph_borders option
375 * Added XMMS/BMP InfoPipe plugin support
378 * Conky 1.3.5 released
381 * Fixed bug with use_xft causing ignorance of font selection (sf.net
383 * Fixed issue with parsing of hex values for colours
386 * Added BMPx (http://beep-media-player.org/) support
389 * Fixed issues with execi stuff
392 * Added sf.net patch 1374576
395 * Fixed sf.net bug 1367745
398 * Fixed sf.net bugs 1369607, 1367735 and gentoo bug 113921,
399 all variations of the same array out of bounds issue.
400 * "Fixed" code in fs.c and conky.c to make fs stats match those displayed by df (affects reporting against ext3 filesystems only)
403 * new code in linux.c and top.c to calculate CPU % correctly on 2.6 kernels.
406 * Fixed gentoo bug# 113219
409 * Added #define/#undef SIGNAL_BLOCKING in conky.c for experimenting
410 with synchronous signal processing. set to #undef for previous behavior.
411 * Use POSIX signal api's, not the ANSI signal().
414 * Fixed IP address bug (sf.net bug 1359055)
417 * Conky 1.3.4 released
420 * Replaced bitwise copy of tcp_connection_t with function
421 copy_tcp_connection().
422 * Changed call interfaces for get_acpi_fan(), get_acpi_ac_adapter(),
423 get_freq(), get_freq_dynamic(), get_adt746x_cpu(), get_adt746x_fan(),
424 eliminating all mallocs. pkovacs. See bug 1355470.
427 * moved hash sizing code into portmon lib, where it belongs
428 * More mem leaks fixed.
431 * Added config items min_port_monitors / min_port_monitor_connections
434 * Cleaned up top code, bug fixes
435 * Fixed some memory leaks
438 * Fix bug# 1351686. Patch by boojit.
439 * Fixed 1331576 (I think) with bad cpu usage reporting
442 * Documentation updates for compiling and port monitoring
443 * Removed cairo stuff (it's useless)
446 * Added statfs sf.net patch 1344493
449 * Added tcp port monitor support (pkovacs)
452 * Added WM_CLASS patch from sf.net patch 1340825
455 * acpi segfault should be fixed (sf.net bug 1330893)
456 * SIGUSR1 bug fixed? (sf.net bug 1330914)
459 * Ugly MPD mem leak fixed
460 * Other mem leaks fixed
461 * Fixed thing where conky exits if LC_ALL and friends isn't set
462 * Conky 1.3.3 released
465 * Conky 1.3.2 released
468 * More MPD objects (sf.net patch 1319461)
471 * fixed mldonkey bug? sf.net bug 1316531
474 * Linkstatus patch from btlee on f.g.o (see
475 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2765647.html#2765647)
478 * Fixed build on FreeBSD for non-i386
479 * Made it so top_mem doesn't show all the forks of one process
482 * Fixed small bug in config parsing (thanks robgrady, bug 1306032)
485 * Fixed bug where graphs/bars don't show when maximum_width is enabled
488 * Fixed right-alignment bug thanks to Pascal Eberhard
489 * Applied patch 1291420 from sf.net
490 * Fixed issue with whack graph data
491 * Fixed issue with Conky quitting when a file fails to load
494 * Fixed bug with xft and double buffer in own window
498 * Misc small bug fixes
501 * MPD patch (sf.net patch 1281108)
502 * Fixed graph width bug
505 * FreeBSD support was added
509 * added threaded execi, $texeci
513 * Fixed slight vertical misalignment of bars/graphs (sf.net 1273994)
514 * Diskio fixes (sf.net 1274140)
515 * $alignr and $alignc now have 25% more goodness! (sf.net bug 1273905)
516 * Far better SMP support
517 * Added support for i8k kernel driver, parsing information for dell inspiron laptops found in /proc/i8k (sf.net request 1256058)
520 * More own_window fixes
521 * applied disk io patch (sf.net patch 1271691)
522 * applied $freq fixes patch, adds new $freq_dyn (sf.net patch 1271633)
523 * removed units from $freq* output
524 * fix for graph config parsing
525 * Added $head, fixed mem leak with $tail
528 * More configure and makefile updates
529 * Added scale arg for net graphs
530 * Fixed bug in own_window stuff--amazing fake transparency now works
532 * added own_window_colour, own_window_transparent
535 * Added maximum_width
538 * Added $execibar and $execigraph
541 * Moved source into src/, moved docs into doc/
545 * Applied patch from zimba-tm, closes patch 1260225
546 * Fixed ugly gradient bug. closes bug 1255608
548 * Removed metar code. It sucked.
549 * Added $acpitempf for amooricans
553 * Multiple unit additions and modifications
556 * mpd password patch from Joshua Gerrish
557 * conky can run without X now, use --disable-x11 when configuring
558 =========================================================================
559 =========================================================================
565 * added CVS ebuild, huge thanks to Hopeless for this
568 * special thanks to Citizen_X and his patience
570 * keep shakin' those big 'ol titties
577 * many small fixes, thanks to those who reported problems
580 * dramatically improved how conky handles fonts
581 * fixed issues with graph args
582 * fixed shades and outlines
586 * added gradients to graphs (very pretty)
589 * feature freeze; only bugfixes now
592 * finalized graphing code, see $cpugraph, $memgraph, $execgraph,
593 $downspeedgraph, and $upspeedgraph
594 * added override_utf8_locale option
596 * $tab patch from jack_mort on f.g.o
599 * Added new graphing code, such as $cpugraph
600 * small fixes all round
603 * added more mpd objects
606 * Conky now has UTF-8 support
607 * Fixed $freq for those with CPU scaling
608 * Fixed the problem with total_run_times
609 * Fixed alignment of bars and lines and stuff
610 * Reduced conky's memory usage (yay!)
611 * Removed top_sort_cpu, added top_mem which sorts by mem usage instead
615 * Fixed a pile of bugs in configure script
616 * Added proper checking for headers in configure script
617 * Made METAR shit threaded so it would stop being retarded, also made
618 it try more then once to update
619 * Added $metar_tempf and ${i2c tempf} for americans
622 * Added option for Conky to update N times and quit, see
623 total_run_times in conkyrc.sample
624 * Added metar code for weather info, thanks to somebody on sf.net
625 * Added $alignr and $alignc for right and centre alignment
626 * Added wireless info and IP addr patch, thanks Bobby Beckmann,
627 options $addr and $linkstatus (please test!), as well as fixed a mem
629 * adt746x fix, thanks to dan-h on sf.net
630 * Added mldonkey support patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
631 * Added patch to allow hex colour values, thanks roiban adi on sf.net
632 * Added if constructs patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
633 * Fixed bug in tab code (hopefully for the last time)
634 * Added option to sort by cpu or memory for top, see top_sort_cpu
637 * Added fix for battery charged state (thanks to Lukas Zapletal
640 =========================================================================
641 =========================================================================
647 * Added $mpd_bar and $mpd_bitrate
648 * Some minor code cleanups prior to release
649 * Fixed problem with Conky not compiling when XFT disabled
650 * Fixed configure.in problems with Xdbe
653 * Fixed memory leak in MPD code
654 * Added new $tail object (see conkyrc.sample) which loves to suck CPU
656 * Fixed more mem leaks
659 * Added use_spacer to config
661 * Added small fix for i2c from Filedil on forums.gentoo.org
664 * Made it possible to use tabs to right-justify (just add a bunch)
665 * Added ${execbar} (see conkyrc.sample)
668 * Added memory % to top output
669 * Added initial cairo backend (it's really quite useless at this stage actually, and I'm not sure if there is even any point to it)
672 * Conky now recognizes the tab character correctly
673 * Added simple config option to print to stdout (out_to_console
677 * Added top output. Check the sample config.
681 * Finished MPD support ($mpd_title, $mpd_artist, $mpd_album, $mpd_vol)
682 * Removed NVCtrl code
683 * Added noswap and i2c patches
685 =========================================================================
686 =========================================================================
689 * Version 1.0. Conky is born from the ashes of torsmo. Main site:
692 * Added new feature for sample averaging of CPU and net info
695 * Version 0.18 released
698 * Fixed some double buffer + Xft stuff
699 * Applied X-Mozilla-Status patch (thanks affinity)
700 * Applied NVCtrl patch and modified it a bit (temperature monitoring
701 for nvdia-based graphics cards) (I couldn't test this so it may or
702 may not work or even compile) (thanks Dennis Frommknecht)
703 * Applied fs_used_perc and fs_bar_free patch (thanks killfire [send me
704 mail, I didn't catch your name from sourceforge])
705 * Applied patch that supports mailbox that is in some 'maildir' format
706 (thanks jolapache [send mail, I didn't catch your name from
709 * Applied pad_percents patch (thanks JL Farinacci)
710 * Fixed some stuff in acpi fan and acpi ac adapter
711 * Optional XFT even when compiled in
714 * Applied utime patch (UTC time) (thanks David McCabe)
717 * Applied Xdbe patch, this includes double_buffer configuration and
718 -b command line option (thanks Bruce Merry)
719 * Applied some other seti patch, not tested (thanks William DiPlacido)
722 * Applied netbsd patch (thanks Rui Paulo)
723 * Applied cpu frequency patch (thanks William DiPlacido)
724 * Applied adt746x patch (thanks Dennis Kaandorp)
725 * Applied some other FreeBSD patch by the same guy
728 * Applied FreeBSD patch (thanks Roman Bogorodskiy)
731 * Xft support and xftfont configuration
732 * rewrote some stuff, there might be some new bugs in old places
735 * I2C divisor from a file (thanks Falk Feuersenger)
738 * changed battery thing to ${battery <filename in
739 /proc/acpi/battery/>}
740 * SETI@Home stuff (thanks Jarski)
743 * changed signal for config file reloading to SIGUSR1
744 * mixer stuff, $mixer, $mixerl, $mixerr, $mixerbar, $mixerlbar,
748 * maybe fixed acpi battery thing when "present rate" isn't known
751 * fixed width for all bars, use like ${cpubar 4,50}
754 * Version 0.17 released
757 * battery number for ACPI battery (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
758 * default battery is now BAT0 instead of BAT1, set ${battery 1} if
759 the old battery thing worked
760 * bug fix on load average reporting (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
761 * outlines to text, draw_outline and default_outline_color
762 configurations and $outlinecolor (thanks adi)
763 * $acpifan, $acpiacadapter, $uptime_short (thanks adi)
766 * fixed a bug when starting after Opera (and some other programs)
771 * added border_width configuration
774 * fixed zero length bar bug
777 * file system stats, $fs_bar, $fs_free, $fs_free_perc, $fs_size,
779 * leaves ACPI temperature file open (faster)
780 * -a option to change alignment on command line
783 * fixed ACPI temperature bug
784 * border_margin configuration
785 * ${execi <interval> <command>}, execute with specific interval
786 * added possibility to manually set the position (-x and -y options)
787 (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
788 * $buffers and $cached (thanks to Jeremy Burch)
789 * WM_CLASS when drawing to own window (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
792 * Version 0.16 released
795 * $pre_exec, execute a shell command one time
796 * preparsing of text (faster but more memory usage)
797 * less system calls (faster)
798 * APM things to $battery (untested)
801 * added $new_mails changed $mails to tell total mail count
804 * transparent window, own_window configuration, -o cmdline option
805 * $exec, execute a shell command
806 * $acpitemp, $battery - acpi stuff (not really tested)
809 * $loadavg, load average
810 * $mails, unread local mails, mail_spool configuration
813 * Version 0.15 released
816 * SIGHUP reloads config file (thanks Jørgen P. Tjernø)