8 * Wireless support for Linux
11 * Conky 1.4.6 released
12 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.13.0
13 * Added 'post_21_kernel' config param to specify kernels 2.6.22 and newer
17 * Fixed potential issue on FreeBSD when nprocs < 10 (thanks zotrix)
18 * Added support for multiple batteries when using acpi (thanks Phil)
19 * a bunch of code cleanups (thanks Psychon)
20 * added max length paramater to mpd_title (thinks fow)
21 * a number of small bug fixes
24 * Fix PID display, patch #1753934. thanks sohalt.
25 * Fix displaying 4 GB traffic after reloading network driver,
26 patch #1754260. thanks sohalt.
29 * Right-justify top/top_mem vars (pid/cpu/mem} so they align on the decimal.
32 * Added color[0-9] variable patch (thanks jieryn)
35 * Added if_empty patch (thanks Erik)
36 * Added if_existing patch for string matching (thanks cromka)
37 * Added hwmon support (thanks flitsch)
38 * Some xmms2 updates (thanks sleipner)
39 * Added $battery_percent and $battery_bar (thanks akash)
42 * OpenBSD support added to Conky (thanks hifi)
43 * Updated mboxscan stuff (thanks calmar)
46 * Created branch/1.5 copy of trunk/conky1. Removing all experimental
47 network code from trunk/conky1.
50 * Include missing mboxscan.h in conky.h.
51 * Fixed signedness warnings in conky.c.
54 * Added buffer_text_size option to change the size of the buffer for
55 things like $exec, $tail, et cetera
56 * Added $mboxscan which lets you display the Subject and From fields
57 from recent email in an mbox file
58 * Disambiguated (is that a word?) $cpu docs
61 * Fallback to gettimeofday() when clock_gettime () not available (mac os).
64 * API change (timing in milliseconds) for dexter_timedsampler_new ().
67 * Add config.rpath (created by gettextize -copy) to distribution
69 * Clean up some warnings; remove ftp.[ch] from src/Makefile.am.
72 * Update svn ebuild to new sourceforge url scheme.
73 - requires deletion of existing wc: rm -rf /usr/portage/distfile/svn-src/conky/
74 * Added head/tail rewrite patch (thanks Ryan Twitchell)
75 * Added diskio read/write sf.net patch 1542880 (thanks Blondak)
78 * Clear conky vars on disconnect/failure to open files.
81 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.12.0
84 * client/server infrastructure and prototype for linux only (so far):
85 - requires libdexter (http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdexter)
86 and the dxt-sysinfo plugin (svn only at the moment).
88 - dexter_client yes/no
89 - dexter_server yes/no
90 - dexter_config /path/to/libdexter/config (default: $HOME/.dexterrc)
91 - own_window_class <WM Class Name> (default: Conky)
92 - replaces wm_class_name
93 - own_window_title <Window Title> (default: <hostname> - conky)
94 * removed config items:
95 - wm_class_name (use own_window_class, same function)
97 --disable-network (default=yes) with auto-detection for libdexter.
98 - remove useless --enable-proc-uptime (PROC_UPTIME never referenced).
99 HAVE_SYSINFO and others determine if /proc/uptime is used.
100 - silently disable xft, double-buffer and xdamage if no x11.
101 - change enable/disable labels to reflect defaults accurately.
102 - simplified compile-based checks for sysinfo/getloadavg and by moving
103 them into AC_CHECK_FUNCS.
104 * allow decorated, own_window=yes windows to be given input focus by WM:
105 - do not pass button clicks through to desktop in this scenario as conky
106 immediately loses focus.
109 * Clarify LGPL license on timed_thread modules.
113 * Split battery variable into two:
114 battery, e.g. "charging 75%" and
115 battery_time, e.g. "3h 15m".
116 * Conky 1.4.5 released.
119 * Close pop3/imap sockets.
120 * Fix outstanding battery issues.
123 * Fix peek table bug with new portmon code.
126 * Replaced hash module used by libtcp-portmon with GLib's GHashTable,
127 due to licensing issue noted by Fedora Core packagers.
128 * Eliminated config items:
130 min_port_monitor_connections
132 max_port_monitor_connections
135 * Added $entropy_avail, $entropy_poolsize and $entropy_bar
136 for the crypto freaks. Idea suggested by Perttu Luukko
137 <nuteater@users.sourceforge.net> in feature request 1497050.
138 * Added max length specifier to audacious_title. Closes
139 feature request #1600631.
142 * Rearrange retry attempts in pop3 and imap code, removing sleep()
143 calls which cause the whole process to sleep, not just the thread.
146 * Added max_specials config item with default 512. This should
147 close bug #1574523 for real this time. Thanks to John Harrigan
148 <jfharrigan@fedex.com> for this one.
151 * Changed autotools for subversion versioning.
152 * Updated svn ebuild for gentoo.
153 * Documentation updates for clarity, i.e. close bug #1599041.
156 * fix compile error with --disable-xdamage when Xdamage.h not present.
159 * fix bug where present rate var was not being read from acpi battery
160 state file: /proc/acpi/battery/%s/state.
163 * Change linkstatus display for use_spacer. Closes bug #1577580.
166 * Fix compile error with --disable-x11.
167 * Add new timed thread abstraction routines.
168 * Convert thread activity to timed threads, including
169 texeci, imap, pop3, audacious.
170 * Change memory vars from unsigned long to unsigned long long
171 to fix reported overflow, e.g. swapmax >= 4Gb.
174 * Use pthread_cond_timedwait() instead of sleep() in audacious
175 thread. Will convert all worker threads to this timing method.
178 * Fix freebsd build error.
179 * Minor changes to syntax files.
180 * Conky 1.4.4 released.
183 * Add max_user_text to documentation.
184 * Fixed BadWindow bugs (#1568366, #1588384).
187 * Remove on_bottom and xmms_player completely.
188 * Closed ibm_temps bug #1591609.
189 * Conky 1.4.3 released.
192 * Updated vim and nano syntax coloring scripts.
193 * Added extras/ dir with syntax stuff to distribution tarball.
196 * Added new config item 'max_user_text' with default 16384,
197 twice as large as previous hard-coded default of 8192 bytes.
198 Increase as needed to accomodate large config files with a
199 great deal of text. This closes SF bug #1574523.
202 * Changes to configure.ac for pkg-config on x11/xext/xdamage,
203 with fallback to conventional checks.
204 * Fixed segmentation fault on SUGUSR1 bug.
205 * Commented out Imlib2 from configure.ac since it's only partially
209 * Removed broken mldonkey and seti support.
210 * Added Hellf[i]re's nano syntax coloring script to svn.
213 * Removed support for Xmms, BMP and Infopipe from conky.
214 The Xmms and Bmp players are projects are dead and distros such
215 as Gentoo are slating them for removal.
216 * Added support for Audacious using new audacious vars.
219 * Implement WiFi signal level detection on FreeBSD (patch
223 * Fix buffer overflow in parsing LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LANG
224 environment variables and fix crash for users with locale
225 name longer than 10 chars (repored by Michael Schwendt)
228 * --enable-debug added.
229 * prevent libtool from adding its default CFLAGS
232 * Use pkg-config instead of xft-config.
233 * Fix last line bug which had required padding text with extra blank line
234 to see text on last line.
237 * Fix type-punning and "differ in signedness" warnings seen with
241 * Fix compilation errors when building with --diable-x11; bug #1547164
244 * Make configure script print summary info
245 * Make `conky -v` show compiled-in features
248 * Added Spock's patches, adding hddtemp, goto and tab variables.
251 * Added tztime patch to show time in arbitrary time zones (thanks Ram
255 * Small battery fix (thanks Nexox, sf.net patch 1500014)
256 * Fixed order of variables/objects in docs (thanks Peter Tarjan)
259 * Fixed a bug with $font
262 * Xdamage support for composite and pals
265 * CPU voltage support via $voltage_mv and $voltage_v (thanks to Peter
266 Tarjan for the patch)
269 * SMP support for $freq and $freq_g (thanks to Peter Tarjan for the
273 * Fixed issue with graphs not reaching all the way to the borders
278 * Conky 1.4.2 released
281 * GNU Iconv support added, new objects $iconv_start and $iconv_stop
282 * Added some safety to the threading code
285 * Changed $font behavior so that the font persists past the next
286 newline. It can be set back to the default with $font with no args.
287 (closes bug 1478676 on sf.net)
290 * Added simple POP3/IMAP mail clients
293 * Added support for PowerBook batteries
294 * Fixed broken $if/$else stuff
297 * Added patch from Peter Tarjan to add support for IBM ACPI
298 * Added xmms2 patch from Lassi Selander (sf.net patch 1469523)
301 * Removed sa_restorer crap (may fix some compile errors for some
305 * Added patch for adt746x fan/cpu speed for kernel >=2.6.12
308 * Added patch to support new port monitor REMOTESERVICE peekable.
311 * Scan port numbers as short. Fixes debian bug# 359974.
314 * Added XMMS2 patch 1456203 from Lassi Selander
315 * Added FreeBSD battery patch 1456008 from Petr Holub
318 * Fixed ${top(_mem)} related code on FreeBSD (with help of Petr
319 Holub <hopet@users.sourceforge.net>)
322 * Removed bmp-infopipe dependency from 1.4.1 and 1.9999 ebuilds for Gentoo
323 (Gentoo bug# 125226).
324 * Fixed subversion ebuild for conky1 (1.9999) so it pulls the new trunk
328 * FreeBSD cpu info patch
329 * Conky 1.4.1 released
332 * Fixed issue where some WM's don't control conky own_window windows.
333 * Added newly-updated vim file detection and syntax hilighting files to svn.
334 * Fixed issue with graphs resetting colours (sf.net bug #1420473)
337 * Fixed battery problems when charged
338 * MPD code handles broken pipe now, instead of just killing conky
339 * Switch from CVS to SVN. Thanks SourceForge.
342 * Added patch to make $cpu stuff work on alpha (thanks Thomas Cort)
343 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122637#c3
344 * Stop using override_redirect true -- conky back under WM control
345 when using 'own_window yes'.
346 * Fixed texeci breakage when forking to background is on
349 * Drastically simplified own_window=yes window creation code.
350 * on_bottom and wm_class_name deprecated (they do nothing)
353 * Fixed typo bug in portmon code that caused incorrect monitor data
357 * Conky 1.4.0 released
360 * Cleaned up texeci code
363 * Added freedesktop.org extended window manager hints (EWMH)
364 for window type NORMAL and state's STICKY/SKIP_PAGER/SKIP_TASKBAR.
365 Fixes stacking order issues with freedesktop-compliant wm's,
369 * Fixed stupid graph code (it still sucks) sf.net bug 1372962
370 * Fixed $if_* stuff, sf.net bug 1401338 and 1400854
371 * Fixed xmms.c code to load glib 1.2 shared object lib.
374 * Added xmms version 1 support.
375 * Added bmp through 0.9.7.1 support.
376 * Added config item xmms_player: none, xmms, bmp, audacious or
380 * Added Audacious media player support.
383 * Fixed infopipe bug (select() affects timer as a side effect on
387 * Added draw_graph_borders option
388 * Added XMMS/BMP InfoPipe plugin support
391 * Conky 1.3.5 released
394 * Fixed bug with use_xft causing ignorance of font selection (sf.net
396 * Fixed issue with parsing of hex values for colours
399 * Added BMPx (http://beep-media-player.org/) support
402 * Fixed issues with execi stuff
405 * Added sf.net patch 1374576
408 * Fixed sf.net bug 1367745
411 * Fixed sf.net bugs 1369607, 1367735 and gentoo bug 113921,
412 all variations of the same array out of bounds issue.
413 * "Fixed" code in fs.c and conky.c to make fs stats match those displayed by df (affects reporting against ext3 filesystems only)
416 * new code in linux.c and top.c to calculate CPU % correctly on 2.6 kernels.
419 * Fixed gentoo bug# 113219
422 * Added #define/#undef SIGNAL_BLOCKING in conky.c for experimenting
423 with synchronous signal processing. set to #undef for previous behavior.
424 * Use POSIX signal api's, not the ANSI signal().
427 * Fixed IP address bug (sf.net bug 1359055)
430 * Conky 1.3.4 released
433 * Replaced bitwise copy of tcp_connection_t with function
434 copy_tcp_connection().
435 * Changed call interfaces for get_acpi_fan(), get_acpi_ac_adapter(),
436 get_freq(), get_freq_dynamic(), get_adt746x_cpu(), get_adt746x_fan(),
437 eliminating all mallocs. pkovacs. See bug 1355470.
440 * moved hash sizing code into portmon lib, where it belongs
441 * More mem leaks fixed.
444 * Added config items min_port_monitors / min_port_monitor_connections
447 * Cleaned up top code, bug fixes
448 * Fixed some memory leaks
451 * Fix bug# 1351686. Patch by boojit.
452 * Fixed 1331576 (I think) with bad cpu usage reporting
455 * Documentation updates for compiling and port monitoring
456 * Removed cairo stuff (it's useless)
459 * Added statfs sf.net patch 1344493
462 * Added tcp port monitor support (pkovacs)
465 * Added WM_CLASS patch from sf.net patch 1340825
468 * acpi segfault should be fixed (sf.net bug 1330893)
469 * SIGUSR1 bug fixed? (sf.net bug 1330914)
472 * Ugly MPD mem leak fixed
473 * Other mem leaks fixed
474 * Fixed thing where conky exits if LC_ALL and friends isn't set
475 * Conky 1.3.3 released
478 * Conky 1.3.2 released
481 * More MPD objects (sf.net patch 1319461)
484 * fixed mldonkey bug? sf.net bug 1316531
487 * Linkstatus patch from btlee on f.g.o (see
488 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2765647.html#2765647)
491 * Fixed build on FreeBSD for non-i386
492 * Made it so top_mem doesn't show all the forks of one process
495 * Fixed small bug in config parsing (thanks robgrady, bug 1306032)
498 * Fixed bug where graphs/bars don't show when maximum_width is enabled
501 * Fixed right-alignment bug thanks to Pascal Eberhard
502 * Applied patch 1291420 from sf.net
503 * Fixed issue with whack graph data
504 * Fixed issue with Conky quitting when a file fails to load
507 * Fixed bug with xft and double buffer in own window
511 * Misc small bug fixes
514 * MPD patch (sf.net patch 1281108)
515 * Fixed graph width bug
518 * FreeBSD support was added
522 * added threaded execi, $texeci
526 * Fixed slight vertical misalignment of bars/graphs (sf.net 1273994)
527 * Diskio fixes (sf.net 1274140)
528 * $alignr and $alignc now have 25% more goodness! (sf.net bug 1273905)
529 * Far better SMP support
530 * Added support for i8k kernel driver, parsing information for dell inspiron laptops found in /proc/i8k (sf.net request 1256058)
533 * More own_window fixes
534 * applied disk io patch (sf.net patch 1271691)
535 * applied $freq fixes patch, adds new $freq_dyn (sf.net patch 1271633)
536 * removed units from $freq* output
537 * fix for graph config parsing
538 * Added $head, fixed mem leak with $tail
541 * More configure and makefile updates
542 * Added scale arg for net graphs
543 * Fixed bug in own_window stuff--amazing fake transparency now works
545 * added own_window_colour, own_window_transparent
548 * Added maximum_width
551 * Added $execibar and $execigraph
554 * Moved source into src/, moved docs into doc/
558 * Applied patch from zimba-tm, closes patch 1260225
559 * Fixed ugly gradient bug. closes bug 1255608
561 * Removed metar code. It sucked.
562 * Added $acpitempf for amooricans
566 * Multiple unit additions and modifications
569 * mpd password patch from Joshua Gerrish
570 * conky can run without X now, use --disable-x11 when configuring
571 =========================================================================
572 =========================================================================
578 * added CVS ebuild, huge thanks to Hopeless for this
581 * special thanks to Citizen_X and his patience
583 * keep shakin' those big 'ol titties
590 * many small fixes, thanks to those who reported problems
593 * dramatically improved how conky handles fonts
594 * fixed issues with graph args
595 * fixed shades and outlines
599 * added gradients to graphs (very pretty)
602 * feature freeze; only bugfixes now
605 * finalized graphing code, see $cpugraph, $memgraph, $execgraph,
606 $downspeedgraph, and $upspeedgraph
607 * added override_utf8_locale option
609 * $tab patch from jack_mort on f.g.o
612 * Added new graphing code, such as $cpugraph
613 * small fixes all round
616 * added more mpd objects
619 * Conky now has UTF-8 support
620 * Fixed $freq for those with CPU scaling
621 * Fixed the problem with total_run_times
622 * Fixed alignment of bars and lines and stuff
623 * Reduced conky's memory usage (yay!)
624 * Removed top_sort_cpu, added top_mem which sorts by mem usage instead
628 * Fixed a pile of bugs in configure script
629 * Added proper checking for headers in configure script
630 * Made METAR shit threaded so it would stop being retarded, also made
631 it try more then once to update
632 * Added $metar_tempf and ${i2c tempf} for americans
635 * Added option for Conky to update N times and quit, see
636 total_run_times in conkyrc.sample
637 * Added metar code for weather info, thanks to somebody on sf.net
638 * Added $alignr and $alignc for right and centre alignment
639 * Added wireless info and IP addr patch, thanks Bobby Beckmann,
640 options $addr and $linkstatus (please test!), as well as fixed a mem
642 * adt746x fix, thanks to dan-h on sf.net
643 * Added mldonkey support patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
644 * Added patch to allow hex colour values, thanks roiban adi on sf.net
645 * Added if constructs patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
646 * Fixed bug in tab code (hopefully for the last time)
647 * Added option to sort by cpu or memory for top, see top_sort_cpu
650 * Added fix for battery charged state (thanks to Lukas Zapletal
653 =========================================================================
654 =========================================================================
660 * Added $mpd_bar and $mpd_bitrate
661 * Some minor code cleanups prior to release
662 * Fixed problem with Conky not compiling when XFT disabled
663 * Fixed configure.in problems with Xdbe
666 * Fixed memory leak in MPD code
667 * Added new $tail object (see conkyrc.sample) which loves to suck CPU
669 * Fixed more mem leaks
672 * Added use_spacer to config
674 * Added small fix for i2c from Filedil on forums.gentoo.org
677 * Made it possible to use tabs to right-justify (just add a bunch)
678 * Added ${execbar} (see conkyrc.sample)
681 * Added memory % to top output
682 * Added initial cairo backend (it's really quite useless at this stage actually, and I'm not sure if there is even any point to it)
685 * Conky now recognizes the tab character correctly
686 * Added simple config option to print to stdout (out_to_console
690 * Added top output. Check the sample config.
694 * Finished MPD support ($mpd_title, $mpd_artist, $mpd_album, $mpd_vol)
695 * Removed NVCtrl code
696 * Added noswap and i2c patches
698 =========================================================================
699 =========================================================================
702 * Version 1.0. Conky is born from the ashes of torsmo. Main site:
705 * Added new feature for sample averaging of CPU and net info
708 * Version 0.18 released
711 * Fixed some double buffer + Xft stuff
712 * Applied X-Mozilla-Status patch (thanks affinity)
713 * Applied NVCtrl patch and modified it a bit (temperature monitoring
714 for nvdia-based graphics cards) (I couldn't test this so it may or
715 may not work or even compile) (thanks Dennis Frommknecht)
716 * Applied fs_used_perc and fs_bar_free patch (thanks killfire [send me
717 mail, I didn't catch your name from sourceforge])
718 * Applied patch that supports mailbox that is in some 'maildir' format
719 (thanks jolapache [send mail, I didn't catch your name from
722 * Applied pad_percents patch (thanks JL Farinacci)
723 * Fixed some stuff in acpi fan and acpi ac adapter
724 * Optional XFT even when compiled in
727 * Applied utime patch (UTC time) (thanks David McCabe)
730 * Applied Xdbe patch, this includes double_buffer configuration and
731 -b command line option (thanks Bruce Merry)
732 * Applied some other seti patch, not tested (thanks William DiPlacido)
735 * Applied netbsd patch (thanks Rui Paulo)
736 * Applied cpu frequency patch (thanks William DiPlacido)
737 * Applied adt746x patch (thanks Dennis Kaandorp)
738 * Applied some other FreeBSD patch by the same guy
741 * Applied FreeBSD patch (thanks Roman Bogorodskiy)
744 * Xft support and xftfont configuration
745 * rewrote some stuff, there might be some new bugs in old places
748 * I2C divisor from a file (thanks Falk Feuersenger)
751 * changed battery thing to ${battery <filename in
752 /proc/acpi/battery/>}
753 * SETI@Home stuff (thanks Jarski)
756 * changed signal for config file reloading to SIGUSR1
757 * mixer stuff, $mixer, $mixerl, $mixerr, $mixerbar, $mixerlbar,
761 * maybe fixed acpi battery thing when "present rate" isn't known
764 * fixed width for all bars, use like ${cpubar 4,50}
767 * Version 0.17 released
770 * battery number for ACPI battery (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
771 * default battery is now BAT0 instead of BAT1, set ${battery 1} if
772 the old battery thing worked
773 * bug fix on load average reporting (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
774 * outlines to text, draw_outline and default_outline_color
775 configurations and $outlinecolor (thanks adi)
776 * $acpifan, $acpiacadapter, $uptime_short (thanks adi)
779 * fixed a bug when starting after Opera (and some other programs)
784 * added border_width configuration
787 * fixed zero length bar bug
790 * file system stats, $fs_bar, $fs_free, $fs_free_perc, $fs_size,
792 * leaves ACPI temperature file open (faster)
793 * -a option to change alignment on command line
796 * fixed ACPI temperature bug
797 * border_margin configuration
798 * ${execi <interval> <command>}, execute with specific interval
799 * added possibility to manually set the position (-x and -y options)
800 (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
801 * $buffers and $cached (thanks to Jeremy Burch)
802 * WM_CLASS when drawing to own window (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
805 * Version 0.16 released
808 * $pre_exec, execute a shell command one time
809 * preparsing of text (faster but more memory usage)
810 * less system calls (faster)
811 * APM things to $battery (untested)
814 * added $new_mails changed $mails to tell total mail count
817 * transparent window, own_window configuration, -o cmdline option
818 * $exec, execute a shell command
819 * $acpitemp, $battery - acpi stuff (not really tested)
822 * $loadavg, load average
823 * $mails, unread local mails, mail_spool configuration
826 * Version 0.15 released
829 * SIGHUP reloads config file (thanks Jørgen P. Tjernø)