2 * Added support for $pid_environ_list, $pid_exe, $pid_openfiles,
3 $pid_stdin, $pid_stdout and $pid_stderr
6 * Added support for $pid_cmdline
7 * Added support for $pid_cwd
8 * Added support for $pid_environ
11 * Fix $if_mpd_playing and $mpd_percent when you stop playing a song,
15 * Fix $scroll only scrolls once
18 * Fix segfaults and memleaks in curl
19 * Fix building with metar but without xoap
22 * Added support for $threads on Linux
23 * Fixed bug in $processes on Linux
24 * Fixed building with --disable-x11, --disable-xft, --disable-lua,
25 --disable-ncurses and --disable-iostats
26 * Added ncurses to the "-v" output when necessary
29 * Fixed loadavg and loadgraph argument parsing and corrected it's
33 * Fixed configure test failure. Tolua test program couldn't find lua
34 libraries (even though they existed) and failed to compile.
37 * Rewrite hddtemp support for better scaling.
40 * Add day and date data_type to $weather_forecast
43 * Added support for $weather_forecast (experimental)
46 * Added support for out_to_ncurses
49 * Removed alias config option due to brokenness
50 * Added support for $include
53 * Add icon data_type for xoap weather
56 * Changed xoap parsing method to xpath, in preparation to include
60 * Fixed out-of-tree builds
61 * Update MPD elapsed/progress when stopped (sf.net #2792113)
62 * Overhauled RSS and weather, added $curl
65 * Added compilation switch --enable-xoap to be able to use
66 www.weather.com as a source of weather data (this avoids adding
67 libxml2 as a required dependency for users that wish to use noaa
69 * Added support for X alignment across multi-lined objects (i.e., using
71 * Disabled OpenMP code until GCC's implementation stabilizes
72 * www.weather.com can now be used as well as a source of weather data
75 * Added support for $desktop, $desktop_number and $desktop_name (sf.net #2040528)
78 * Added support for $swapfree
79 * Improved Lua API (lua_read_parse has been removed in favour of the
80 conky_parse() Lua API call)
81 * Introduced new Lua Cairo and Imlib2 bindings
84 * Fixed a couple memory-related bugs
87 * Added support for $weather (experimental)
90 * Remove newline with comment only lines in TEXT
91 * Improved parsing of graph arguments, removed "log"|"normal" arguments in
95 * Fix escaping of comments in TEXT (sf.net #2813390, thanks Nils)
98 * Fix segfault in to_real_path, it's sometimes called with the same
99 source and dest without checking the length, causing a segfault.
102 * Use the internal process list for if_running on Linux
105 * Fix XMMS2 related crash (sf.net #2806111 and #2805310, thanks Lassi)
108 * Added support for $blink
109 * Added support for $to_bytes
110 * Fix segfault due to bad checking of return values for inotify code
112 * Added 'own_window_type panel' to make Conky behave like a panel (thanks
116 * Added support for per-task I/O statistics - $top_io
119 * Added border_inner_margin and border_outer_margin config options, and
120 deprecated border_margin
123 * Fix regression with loading of non-Xft fonts (sf.net #2804324)
126 * Fixed a regression which causes fonts to not be rendered properly with
127 certain types of windows
128 * Added format_human_readable option (sf.net #2803345, thanks Vincent)
129 * Fix bug in comments within TEXT (where the line contains just '#')
130 (sf.net #2803586), thanks Pavelo
131 * Fix bug in $mails (sf.net #2802529, thanks Nikos)
134 * $battery_short can now also display F (full), N (not present),E (empty),
136 * Fix problem that $battery and $battery_short displayed unknown on some
137 systems when the battery wasn't unknown but full
140 * Add support for membar,swapbar,cpubar,fs_bar,fs_bar_free,battery_bar,
141 execbar,execibar,lua_bar,entropy_bar,mpd_bar,apcupsd_loadbar and
143 * Fix finding IP before first update
146 * Add entropy_perc printing the available entropy as percentage
147 * Add read_tcp to print stuff from tcp-sockets
150 * Improved Imlib2 cache control by adding a global cache flush option, and
151 per image cache flushing
154 * Added fancy new 'temperature gradients' feature for graphs, via the -t
155 switch at the end of graph arguments.
156 * Allow ~/... and $HOME/... paths for more stuff.
159 * Conky 1.7.1 released
162 * Fix hostname resolution for mpd_host
163 * Made sure that no X11 stuff is in the binary with --disable-X11
166 * Added inotify support to reload the config when modified automatically
167 on systems that support it
168 * Added inotify support for reloading Lua scripts automagically
171 * Added support for the Lua programming language
172 * Added support for rending images by way of Imlib2
173 * Patch to fix rounding error with CPU values (thanks Filipe)
174 * Added support for execbar without X
177 * Added another builtin config that is used when compiled with --disable-X11
180 * Fix segfault when there is no config available
183 * Make sure if_gw isn't checked twice
186 * Added arguments to hwmon for value precalculation
189 * Added support for APC UPS daemon monitoring
190 * Fixed hwmon for kernel 2.6.29
193 * Allow the use of '#' for comments within text area (can be escaped with
197 * Only include disp when needed
198 * Made sure update_uname works without X11
201 * Fix occasional cpubar segfaults
202 * Added top_name_width config option
205 * Added some completely pointless OpenMP optimizations(?)
208 * Added Sony VAIO fanspeed info (thanks Yeon-Hyeong)
211 * Added diskio_avg_samples patch (thanks Yeon-Hyeong)
212 * Fixed $texeci regression
215 * Added $combine, a var that places 2 other vars next to each other, even if they
216 have a output of multiple lines. This also makes the moving of RSS-itemes with
217 $goto (see change from 2009-04-19) no longer necessary.
220 * Various XMMS2 updates (thanks Lassi)
221 * Make ALSA mixers available on Linux, and added $if_mixer_mute (thanks
224 * Make it possible to place spaces in front of RSS-items as a workaround
225 for the problem that $goto only moves the first RSS-item. This is only a
226 workaround and should be replaced by a permanent fix that makes $goto move
230 * Fix broken compilation without X11
233 * Added default_bar/graph/gauge_size config options (thanks wire64 for the
237 * Added eval text object to realise double parsing
240 * Added gauge widget patch, sf.net id #2676128 (thanks Aner)
243 * Conky 1.7.0 "Hungry Hobo" released!
246 * Various XMMS2 updates (thanks Lassi)
249 * Fix broken xmms2 compilation (thanks fusetak)
250 * Minor fix for fs_used_perc, fs_free and fs_free_perc (thanks
254 * Applied FreeBSD patches (thanks Nikos)
257 * Fix bug with wacky netstat values on startup
260 * Added extra newline patch, sf.net id #2638601 (thanks Ali)
261 * Disk i/o support on FreeBSD patch, sf.net id #2657227 (thanks Nikos)
262 * Added gauge widget patch, sf.net id #2676128 (thanks Aner)
265 * Added alias patch ( sf.net id #2663691 ) changed it to prevent it from
266 overwriting existing environment variables and updated docs, syntaxfiles, ...
270 * Rewrite human_readable() to minimise amount of padding
271 * Fix padding in temp_print()
272 * Fix padding of $processes and $running_processes
275 * Added $battery_short patch, sf.net id #2300911 (thanks Swoog)
276 * Patch by Kim Holviala sf.net id #2484548:
277 * change the height of execbar and execibar to be the same as other
278 bars have by default (6 pixels)
279 * treat mixer values as percentages as they're usually 0-100 (switch
280 to spaced_print() with pad_percents)
281 * change temp_print() from snprintf() to spaced_print()
282 * remove decimals from temp_print() as none of the current sources can
283 supply values smaller than 1 degree (C or F, doesn't matter)
284 * fix number printing in human_readable()
285 * network $upspeed and $downspeed now use human_readable()
286 * Fix diskio_read/write patch sf.net id #2493084 (thanks Alexander)
287 * Fix nvidia memory frequency reading patch sf.net id #2493134
288 * Patch to clarify things in conky.conf sf.net id #2548805 (thanks
290 * Fix shown battery status when the battery is not charging any more but
291 is not full charged patch sf.net id #2556056 (thanks Martin)
292 * Extended support for local Maildir patch sf.net id #2561323 (thanks
294 * XMMS2 fix and refactoring patch sf.net id #2579357 (thanks Tamim)
295 * Null mpd variables should have an empty string patch sf.net id #2564747
301 * Added overwrite_file and append_file
304 * Added out_to_stderr
307 * Refactor top code, add top_time to sort by process cpu time (thanks
311 * Drop --enable-smapi and use --enable-ibm instead
312 * Make ibm-acpi objects optional (--enable-ibm)
315 * Add if_match object comparing strings, floats and ints
318 * Fix segfault for diskiograph*, note the changed order of arguments
319 * Fix documentation for all graph objects
322 * Make gateway objects also detect routes with missing RTF_GATEWAY flag
325 * Have a maximum width for all variable length mpd vars
326 * Patch to allow escaping newlines in the config (thanks Itai)
329 * Fix disk_protect for linux-2.6.27 (and hopefully above)
330 * Improve behaviour of $pb_battery
333 * Add an option to timed_thread_test() to not wait for the interval period
334 (so that IMAP IDLE works better)
337 * Fix runtime debugging macros again
338 * Big hddtemp rewrite
339 * Remove README from git and ignore it
340 * Remove obsolete documentation
343 * Removing $freq_dyn and $freq_dyn_g due to license issues (see sf.net
344 tracker bug #2166612)
345 * Allow more than 9 CPUs for CPU stats (bug 2155500)
346 * Fix broken $execbar (bug 2133709)
347 * Don't put unit with hddtemp values for consistency (bug 2133107)
348 * Limit $battery_percent to 100 (bug 2145006)
349 * Fix runtime debugging macros
350 * Make unit of all temperature objects selectable
351 * Make Conky in dock mode a withdrawn window
354 * Switching from svn to git repository. The repo can be viewed from
355 http://git.omp.am/?p=conky.git;a=summary and you can clone the repo with:
356 git clone git://git.omp.am/conky.git
357 * Fix for wrong usage of strncat (thanks Pavol)
358 * Adds a variable if_xmms2_connected to hide objects when xmms2d is not
359 running (thanks Lassi)
360 * Fix for buffer overflow with $execi (thanks Cesare)
361 * Fetch volume through Audacious API (thanks Erik)
364 * Removed duplicate sanity check for diskio
367 * Added runtime debugging output
370 * Added template support
373 * Applied OpenBSD patches
374 * Added $if_mpd_playing patch (thanks tarpman)
377 * Introduced (buggy) support for IMAP IDLE
378 * Added support for MOC (the console audio player) (thanks henux)
379 * Added scroll step patch (thanks asto)
382 * Maybe fix missing include bug
383 (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235233)
384 * Improve timed_thread interval timing
385 * Improve Conky's overall interval timing
386 * Added small patch to support negative values (such as negative disk
387 capacity) (thanks hinokind)
390 * Improved hddtemp support
393 * Fixed bug with freq_dyn on x86_64 (thanks Miroslav)
394 * Fixed buffer overflow in update_net_stats() (thanks Miroslav)
395 * Small fix for nvidia mem freq (thanks Cezary)
398 * Conky 1.6.1 released
399 * Fix compile error when MPD support not enabled
402 * Add option to specify number of retries for IMAP/POP3 stuff (via -r)
405 * Smaller $nvidia improvements
408 * Added missing header to package dist
411 * Conky 1.6.0 released
414 * Fixed bug with $if_empty and $mpd_* vars (sf.net #2008752)
417 * Made log/normal argument for graphs optional
420 * Solve linking on problems on some systems (like Debian's Lenny)
423 * Add libgnu convenience lib, modules stdio and getaddrinfo.
424 * Configure option for mathfunctions
427 * Fixed missing entries in Makefile.am
428 * Get rid of obsolete gethostbyaddr and getservbyport
431 * Added sysfs AC adapter support patch (thanks Byron)
432 * Added support for EVE-Online skill monitoring (thanks Asbjørn)
435 * new variables smapi_bat_temp and smapi_bat_power
436 * improved docs for freq_dyn* variables
439 * Replaced the global text_object array and count with a
441 * Renamed various vars
442 * Removed redundancy in various parts
445 * Use output_methods instead of out_to_console
446 * Made some functions non-inline to compile with gcc 4.2 and higher
449 * Fixed compilation issues with --enable-testing
450 * Refactored format_seconds and format_seconds_short
451 * Changed addr to print "No Address" when there is no address
452 * Removed redundancy in various parts
453 * Split help output into a separate function
456 * Made defines of magic numbers
459 * Moved audacious defs into header
460 * Fixed 3 bufferoverflows in a struct utmp in users.c
463 * Graphs can now be logarithmic (except execigraph)
466 * Bugfix, $memgraph wasn't working and needed docs
467 * Code for $lines and $words
468 * Bugfix, $execgraph showed 0-0 instead of 0-100 values
471 * Case-insensitive values for if_up_strictness
472 * Fix bug where DEV_NAME can read uninitialised memory
473 * Fix bug where ${if_mounted /}foo$endif prints foo on 1 line for
474 each update instead of just 1 line
478 * Code for $memfree and $memeasyfree
481 * Fix bug where conky prints everything twice to STDOUT when
482 out_to_console is enabled
483 * Code for show_graph_range
484 * Code for $monitor and $monitor_number
487 * Fix bug where conky tries to free a already freed pointer when you
488 use gw_iface with a empty routingtable in linux
489 * Fix bug where conky tries to tries to display deleted chars in a
490 string (chars followed by a backspace-char) causing strange output.
493 * Added NVIDIA Graficcard support patch (thanks meissna)
494 * Added --quiet patch (thanks sceptik)
497 * Simplified docs for color0-9 config settings and variables.
498 * Improved $if_up for configurable behaviour.
501 * own_window_type dock patch (thanks Morgan).
502 * Fix for $if_up memleak (thanks Micha¿).
505 * Added patch for the following (thanks larsko):
506 * New $loadgraph to show a graph of load averages,
507 * add "show_graph_scale" option to turn off/on the showing of the
508 current max value for the graph,
510 * update nano and vim syntax highlighting stuff.
513 * Getting rid of goto usage throughout code.
514 * Fix bug due to usage of gethostbyname() in threads (which is not
515 reentrant) by using gethostbyname_r() when available.
516 * Added patch for battery_time problem on 2.6.24 (thanks wedge).
517 * Added patch to fix broken xmms2 stuff (thanks sleipner).
518 * Added patch to fix SIGHUP/SIGUSR1 segfault (thanks norsetto).
519 * Added patch to improve $if_up (thanks Aseem).
522 * Added patch to use mail_spool correctly (thanks Kapil)
523 * Replacing strdup() with strndup() throughout
526 * Fixed segfault when configuration doesn't contain TEXT block (thanks
530 * Conky 1.5.1 released.
531 * Added --enable-testing configure option to use insane compiler flags.
534 * Added mem_res and mem_vsize to $top.
535 * Improved parsing of $diskio*, $disk_protect and $ioscheduler args.
538 * Increased C99 compliance.
539 * Fixed potential segfault in get_ioscheduler().
540 * Implemented upwards path traversal for fs_type.
541 * Fixed bug in libmpdclient that caused file descriptors to be left open.
542 * Cleaned up output of battery_* vars.
545 * Fixed messed up percentages (fs_free_perc, fs_used_perc, mpd_percent,
549 * Fixed for specifying a non-existent configuration file.
550 * Added disk_protect.
551 * Fixed too many open files bug in laptop_mode.
552 * Fixed reading interface adresses.
553 * Fixed battery_bar default size.
556 * Fixed compilation with --disable-x11.
557 * Fixed linux.c compilation problem due to (suspected) broken linux
559 * $battery_bar sysfs fix (thanks Marcus).
562 * Conky 1.5.0 released.
563 * Smapi review: improved code, fixed memleaks and smapi_bat_perc when
565 * Fixed spaced_print, so pad_percents should now work as expected.
566 * Removed a line of dead code.
567 * Added support for displaying the default gateway.
568 * Support displaying current laptop_mode.
569 * Per-disk IO scheduler information now available.
570 * Support printing current nameservers.
573 * Added CRLF characters to POP3 and IMAP stuff (should play nicer with
575 * Added preliminary support for parsing the output of external commands
576 (via $execp and $execpi).
577 * Applied FreeBSD total memory patch (thanks Nikos).
580 * Fixed a number of small memory leaks.
581 * Performed some minor profiling on Conky; reduced text_buffer_size
582 default to 128 bytes to improve performance.
583 * Fixed some minor bugs introduced by new patches.
586 * Applied 12 patches:
587 1) sysfs battery support (for Linux >=2.6.24) (thanks Kapil)
588 2) Improved audacious support patch (thanks Miroslav)
589 3) tp_smapi support patch for IBM laptops (thanks Phil)
590 4) user info patch (thanks Roland)
591 5) added conky build info patch (thanks Roland)
592 6) added if_up patch (thanks Phil)
593 7) added reload on SIGHUP patch (thanks Jonas)
594 8) added pad percentages patch (thanks Jonas)
595 9) added fs_type patch (thanks Ryan)
596 10) added xmms2 fixes patch (thanks Lassi)
597 11) fix sysfs crash patch (thanks Phil)
598 12) multiple ip patch ($addrs).
599 * Added more alignment support (top_middle, bottom_middle, middle_left,
604 1) Add diskio for individual devices.
605 2) Improved output of units, added "short_units" option.
608 * Applied some more submitted patches:
609 1) Add long forms of (most of) the command-line options.
610 2) Added an option (top_cpu_separate) that emulates top's "separate
611 cpus" option. Processor usage is shown as a percentage of a
612 single processor on your system, instead of a percentage
613 of all processors combined.
614 3) Adds a parameter (time) to top and top_mem that will show the
615 cumulative CPU time of a process.
616 4) Simplified integer rounding.
617 5) Fixed the window width when a goto is used.
618 6) Fixed the window width when an offset is used.
619 (thanks Kevin Lyles).
622 * Applied submitted patches:
623 1) to suport Debian's kFreeBSD;
624 2) to use realtime clock in timed threads and
625 3) to fix get_ibm_acpi_volume zero value bug
626 (thanks Kapil Hari Paranjape).
629 * Conky 1.4.9 released.
632 * Added Gentoo USE flag audacious-legacy for Audacious legacy support.
635 * Added support for Audacious 1.4.0 and legacy versions via
636 --enable-audacious=yes|no|legacy.
639 * Fix compilation error with --disable-x11 (bug #1830373).
640 * Bump doc stylesheet from 4.3 to 4.4.
643 * Fix mpd_smart bug #1822773.
646 * Externalize default config file: ${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf
649 * Initialize music_player_interval so built-in .conkyrc actual works.
650 * Lower timed_thread minimum timing interval from 50 usecs to 10 usecs.
651 * Separate timed thread asserts for clarity.
652 * Remove ${tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log} from default text.
653 * Update vim/nano syntax files.
656 * Conky 1.4.8 released.
659 * doc/man fixes 1810328 & 1813483.
660 * struct alignment patch 1812924 (sohalt).
663 * Multiple mailbox patch (thanks Ben Kibbey).
666 * Small fix for $ibm_volume (thanks Kapil Hari Paranjape).
667 * Patch so $tail can read from a fifo file descriptor (thanks Ben Kibbey).
670 * Improved performance slightly.
671 * Added 'music_player_interval' config option to specify an update interval for
672 music player threads (currently honored by mpd and audacious).
673 * Fixed some minor memory leaks associated with SIGUSR1.
674 * Zero out imap and pop3 stuff when the connection fails.
677 * _Really_ fix mpd SIGPIPE issues.
678 * Fix timed thread race condition, seen esp. on new kernel scheduler (cfs).
679 * Fix $audacious_title not being displayed when no length argument indicated.
682 * Conky 1.4.7 released.
683 * Check for pkg-config >=0.19.
684 * Use timed_thread for mpd.
687 * Fixed issue with SIGPIPE and mpd.
688 * Updated COPYING (with more clarifications).
691 * Updated vim/nano syntax files.
694 * Added $hwmon var, similar to $i2c and $platform.
697 * Added var $platform which is similar to $i2c and accommodates the conversion
698 of many devices from /sys/bus/i2c/devices to /sys/bus/platform/devices.
699 * Removed config item post_21_kernel since it forced all i2c device lookups
700 to go to /sys/bus/platform/devices and some people may need a mix of both
701 i2c and platform devices.
704 * Clarifying licensing
708 * Wireless support for Linux
711 * Conky 1.4.6 released
712 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.13.0
713 * Added 'post_21_kernel' config param to specify kernels 2.6.22 and newer
714 so i2c works properly
717 * Fixed potential issue on FreeBSD when nprocs < 10 (thanks zotrix)
718 * Added support for multiple batteries when using acpi (thanks Phil)
719 * a bunch of code cleanups (thanks Psychon)
720 * added max length paramater to mpd_title (thinks fow)
721 * a number of small bug fixes
724 * Fix PID display, patch #1753934. thanks sohalt.
725 * Fix displaying 4 GB traffic after reloading network driver,
726 patch #1754260. thanks sohalt.
729 * Right-justify top/top_mem vars (pid/cpu/mem} so they align on the decimal.
732 * Added color[0-9] variable patch (thanks jieryn)
735 * Added if_empty patch (thanks Erik)
736 * Added if_existing patch for string matching (thanks cromka)
737 * Added hwmon support (thanks flitsch)
738 * Some xmms2 updates (thanks sleipner)
739 * Added $battery_percent and $battery_bar (thanks akash)
742 * OpenBSD support added to Conky (thanks hifi)
743 * Updated mboxscan stuff (thanks calmar)
746 * Created branch/1.5 copy of trunk/conky1. Removing all experimental
747 network code from trunk/conky1.
750 * Include missing mboxscan.h in conky.h.
751 * Fixed signedness warnings in conky.c.
754 * Added buffer_text_size option to change the size of the buffer for
755 things like $exec, $tail, et cetera
756 * Added $mboxscan which lets you display the Subject and From fields
757 from recent email in an mbox file
758 * Disambiguated (is that a word?) $cpu docs
761 * Fallback to gettimeofday() when clock_gettime () not available (mac os).
764 * API change (timing in milliseconds) for dexter_timedsampler_new ().
767 * Add config.rpath (created by gettextize -copy) to distribution
769 * Clean up some warnings; remove ftp.[ch] from src/Makefile.am.
772 * Update svn ebuild to new sourceforge url scheme.
773 - requires deletion of existing wc: rm -rf /usr/portage/distfile/svn-src/conky/
774 * Added head/tail rewrite patch (thanks Ryan Twitchell)
775 * Added diskio read/write sf.net patch 1542880 (thanks Blondak)
778 * Clear conky vars on disconnect/failure to open files.
781 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.12.0
784 * client/server infrastructure and prototype for linux only (so far):
785 - requires libdexter (http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdexter)
786 and the dxt-sysinfo plugin (svn only at the moment).
788 - dexter_client yes/no
789 - dexter_server yes/no
790 - dexter_config /path/to/libdexter/config (default: $HOME/.dexterrc)
791 - own_window_class <WM Class Name> (default: Conky)
792 - replaces wm_class_name
793 - own_window_title <Window Title> (default: <hostname> - conky)
794 * removed config items:
795 - wm_class_name (use own_window_class, same function)
797 --disable-network (default=yes) with auto-detection for libdexter.
798 - remove useless --enable-proc-uptime (PROC_UPTIME never referenced).
799 HAVE_SYSINFO and others determine if /proc/uptime is used.
800 - silently disable xft, double-buffer and xdamage if no x11.
801 - change enable/disable labels to reflect defaults accurately.
802 - simplified compile-based checks for sysinfo/getloadavg and by moving
803 them into AC_CHECK_FUNCS.
804 * allow decorated, own_window=yes windows to be given input focus by WM:
805 - do not pass button clicks through to desktop in this scenario as conky
806 immediately loses focus.
809 * Clarify LGPL license on timed_thread modules.
813 * Split battery variable into two:
814 battery, e.g. "charging 75%" and
815 battery_time, e.g. "3h 15m".
816 * Conky 1.4.5 released.
819 * Close pop3/imap sockets.
820 * Fix outstanding battery issues.
823 * Fix peek table bug with new portmon code.
826 * Replaced hash module used by libtcp-portmon with GLib's GHashTable,
827 due to licensing issue noted by Fedora Core packagers.
828 * Eliminated config items:
830 min_port_monitor_connections
832 max_port_monitor_connections
835 * Added $entropy_avail, $entropy_poolsize and $entropy_bar
836 for the crypto freaks. Idea suggested by Perttu Luukko
837 <nuteater@users.sourceforge.net> in feature request 1497050.
838 * Added max length specifier to audacious_title. Closes
839 feature request #1600631.
842 * Rearrange retry attempts in pop3 and imap code, removing sleep()
843 calls which cause the whole process to sleep, not just the thread.
846 * Added max_specials config item with default 512. This should
847 close bug #1574523 for real this time. Thanks to John Harrigan
848 <jfharrigan@fedex.com> for this one.
851 * Changed autotools for subversion versioning.
852 * Updated svn ebuild for gentoo.
853 * Documentation updates for clarity, i.e. close bug #1599041.
856 * fix compile error with --disable-xdamage when Xdamage.h not present.
859 * fix bug where present rate var was not being read from acpi battery
860 state file: /proc/acpi/battery/%s/state.
863 * Change linkstatus display for use_spacer. Closes bug #1577580.
866 * Fix compile error with --disable-x11.
867 * Add new timed thread abstraction routines.
868 * Convert thread activity to timed threads, including
869 texeci, imap, pop3, audacious.
870 * Change memory vars from unsigned long to unsigned long long
871 to fix reported overflow, e.g. swapmax >= 4Gb.
874 * Use pthread_cond_timedwait() instead of sleep() in audacious
875 thread. Will convert all worker threads to this timing method.
878 * Fix freebsd build error.
879 * Minor changes to syntax files.
880 * Conky 1.4.4 released.
883 * Add max_user_text to documentation.
884 * Fixed BadWindow bugs (#1568366, #1588384).
887 * Remove on_bottom and xmms_player completely.
888 * Closed ibm_temps bug #1591609.
889 * Conky 1.4.3 released.
892 * Updated vim and nano syntax coloring scripts.
893 * Added extras/ dir with syntax stuff to distribution tarball.
896 * Added new config item 'max_user_text' with default 16384,
897 twice as large as previous hard-coded default of 8192 bytes.
898 Increase as needed to accomodate large config files with a
899 great deal of text. This closes SF bug #1574523.
902 * Changes to configure.ac for pkg-config on x11/xext/xdamage,
903 with fallback to conventional checks.
904 * Fixed segmentation fault on SUGUSR1 bug.
905 * Commented out Imlib2 from configure.ac since it's only partially
909 * Removed broken mldonkey and seti support.
910 * Added Hellf[i]re's nano syntax coloring script to svn.
913 * Removed support for Xmms, BMP and Infopipe from conky.
914 The Xmms and Bmp players are projects are dead and distros such
915 as Gentoo are slating them for removal.
916 * Added support for Audacious using new audacious vars.
919 * Implement WiFi signal level detection on FreeBSD (patch
923 * Fix buffer overflow in parsing LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LANG
924 environment variables and fix crash for users with locale
925 name longer than 10 chars (repored by Michael Schwendt)
928 * --enable-debug added.
929 * prevent libtool from adding its default CFLAGS
932 * Use pkg-config instead of xft-config.
933 * Fix last line bug which had required padding text with extra blank line
934 to see text on last line.
937 * Fix type-punning and "differ in signedness" warnings seen with
941 * Fix compilation errors when building with --diable-x11; bug #1547164
944 * Make configure script print summary info
945 * Make `conky -v` show compiled-in features
948 * Added Spock's patches, adding hddtemp, goto and tab variables.
951 * Added tztime patch to show time in arbitrary time zones (thanks Ram
955 * Small battery fix (thanks Nexox, sf.net patch 1500014)
956 * Fixed order of variables/objects in docs (thanks Peter Tarjan)
959 * Fixed a bug with $font
962 * Xdamage support for composite and pals
965 * CPU voltage support via $voltage_mv and $voltage_v (thanks to Peter
966 Tarjan for the patch)
969 * SMP support for $freq and $freq_g (thanks to Peter Tarjan for the
973 * Fixed issue with graphs not reaching all the way to the borders
978 * Conky 1.4.2 released
981 * GNU Iconv support added, new objects $iconv_start and $iconv_stop
982 * Added some safety to the threading code
985 * Changed $font behavior so that the font persists past the next
986 newline. It can be set back to the default with $font with no args.
987 (closes bug 1478676 on sf.net)
990 * Added simple POP3/IMAP mail clients
993 * Added support for PowerBook batteries
994 * Fixed broken $if/$else stuff
997 * Added patch from Peter Tarjan to add support for IBM ACPI
998 * Added xmms2 patch from Lassi Selander (sf.net patch 1469523)
1001 * Removed sa_restorer crap (may fix some compile errors for some
1005 * Added patch for adt746x fan/cpu speed for kernel >=2.6.12
1008 * Added patch to support new port monitor REMOTESERVICE peekable.
1011 * Scan port numbers as short. Fixes debian bug# 359974.
1014 * Added XMMS2 patch 1456203 from Lassi Selander
1015 * Added FreeBSD battery patch 1456008 from Petr Holub
1018 * Fixed ${top(_mem)} related code on FreeBSD (with help of Petr
1019 Holub <hopet@users.sourceforge.net>)
1022 * Removed bmp-infopipe dependency from 1.4.1 and 1.9999 ebuilds for Gentoo
1023 (Gentoo bug# 125226).
1024 * Fixed subversion ebuild for conky1 (1.9999) so it pulls the new trunk
1028 * FreeBSD cpu info patch
1029 * Conky 1.4.1 released
1032 * Fixed issue where some WM's don't control conky own_window windows.
1033 * Added newly-updated vim file detection and syntax hilighting files to svn.
1034 * Fixed issue with graphs resetting colours (sf.net bug #1420473)
1037 * Fixed battery problems when charged
1038 * MPD code handles broken pipe now, instead of just killing conky
1039 * Switch from CVS to SVN. Thanks SourceForge.
1042 * Added patch to make $cpu stuff work on alpha (thanks Thomas Cort)
1043 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122637#c3
1044 * Stop using override_redirect true -- conky back under WM control
1045 when using 'own_window yes'.
1046 * Fixed texeci breakage when forking to background is on
1049 * Drastically simplified own_window=yes window creation code.
1050 * on_bottom and wm_class_name deprecated (they do nothing)
1053 * Fixed typo bug in portmon code that caused incorrect monitor data
1057 * Conky 1.4.0 released
1060 * Cleaned up texeci code
1063 * Added freedesktop.org extended window manager hints (EWMH)
1064 for window type NORMAL and state's STICKY/SKIP_PAGER/SKIP_TASKBAR.
1065 Fixes stacking order issues with freedesktop-compliant wm's,
1069 * Fixed stupid graph code (it still sucks) sf.net bug 1372962
1070 * Fixed $if_* stuff, sf.net bug 1401338 and 1400854
1071 * Fixed xmms.c code to load glib 1.2 shared object lib.
1074 * Added xmms version 1 support.
1075 * Added bmp through 0.9.7.1 support.
1076 * Added config item xmms_player: none, xmms, bmp, audacious or
1080 * Added Audacious media player support.
1083 * Fixed infopipe bug (select() affects timer as a side effect on
1087 * Added draw_graph_borders option
1088 * Added XMMS/BMP InfoPipe plugin support
1091 * Conky 1.3.5 released
1094 * Fixed bug with use_xft causing ignorance of font selection (sf.net
1096 * Fixed issue with parsing of hex values for colours
1099 * Added BMPx (http://beep-media-player.org/) support
1102 * Fixed issues with execi stuff
1105 * Added sf.net patch 1374576
1108 * Fixed sf.net bug 1367745
1111 * Fixed sf.net bugs 1369607, 1367735 and gentoo bug 113921,
1112 all variations of the same array out of bounds issue.
1113 * "Fixed" code in fs.c and conky.c to make fs stats match those displayed by df (affects reporting against ext3 filesystems only)
1116 * new code in linux.c and top.c to calculate CPU % correctly on 2.6 kernels.
1119 * Fixed gentoo bug# 113219
1122 * Added #define/#undef SIGNAL_BLOCKING in conky.c for experimenting
1123 with synchronous signal processing. set to #undef for previous behavior.
1124 * Use POSIX signal api's, not the ANSI signal().
1127 * Fixed IP address bug (sf.net bug 1359055)
1130 * Conky 1.3.4 released
1133 * Replaced bitwise copy of tcp_connection_t with function
1134 copy_tcp_connection().
1135 * Changed call interfaces for get_acpi_fan(), get_acpi_ac_adapter(),
1136 get_freq(), get_freq_dynamic(), get_adt746x_cpu(), get_adt746x_fan(),
1137 eliminating all mallocs. pkovacs. See bug 1355470.
1140 * moved hash sizing code into portmon lib, where it belongs
1141 * More mem leaks fixed.
1144 * Added config items min_port_monitors / min_port_monitor_connections
1147 * Cleaned up top code, bug fixes
1148 * Fixed some memory leaks
1151 * Fix bug# 1351686. Patch by boojit.
1152 * Fixed 1331576 (I think) with bad cpu usage reporting
1155 * Documentation updates for compiling and port monitoring
1156 * Removed cairo stuff (it's useless)
1159 * Added statfs sf.net patch 1344493
1162 * Added tcp port monitor support (pkovacs)
1165 * Added WM_CLASS patch from sf.net patch 1340825
1168 * acpi segfault should be fixed (sf.net bug 1330893)
1169 * SIGUSR1 bug fixed? (sf.net bug 1330914)
1172 * Ugly MPD mem leak fixed
1173 * Other mem leaks fixed
1174 * Fixed thing where conky exits if LC_ALL and friends isn't set
1175 * Conky 1.3.3 released
1178 * Conky 1.3.2 released
1181 * More MPD objects (sf.net patch 1319461)
1184 * fixed mldonkey bug? sf.net bug 1316531
1187 * Linkstatus patch from btlee on f.g.o (see
1188 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2765647.html#2765647)
1191 * Fixed build on FreeBSD for non-i386
1192 * Made it so top_mem doesn't show all the forks of one process
1195 * Fixed small bug in config parsing (thanks robgrady, bug 1306032)
1198 * Fixed bug where graphs/bars don't show when maximum_width is enabled
1201 * Fixed right-alignment bug thanks to Pascal Eberhard
1202 * Applied patch 1291420 from sf.net
1203 * Fixed issue with whack graph data
1204 * Fixed issue with Conky quitting when a file fails to load
1207 * Fixed bug with xft and double buffer in own window
1211 * Misc small bug fixes
1214 * MPD patch (sf.net patch 1281108)
1215 * Fixed graph width bug
1218 * FreeBSD support was added
1222 * added threaded execi, $texeci
1226 * Fixed slight vertical misalignment of bars/graphs (sf.net 1273994)
1227 * Diskio fixes (sf.net 1274140)
1228 * $alignr and $alignc now have 25% more goodness! (sf.net bug 1273905)
1229 * Far better SMP support
1230 * Added support for i8k kernel driver, parsing information for dell inspiron laptops found in /proc/i8k (sf.net request 1256058)
1233 * More own_window fixes
1234 * applied disk io patch (sf.net patch 1271691)
1235 * applied $freq fixes patch, adds new $freq_dyn (sf.net patch 1271633)
1236 * removed units from $freq* output
1237 * fix for graph config parsing
1238 * Added $head, fixed mem leak with $tail
1241 * More configure and makefile updates
1242 * Added scale arg for net graphs
1243 * Fixed bug in own_window stuff--amazing fake transparency now works
1245 * added own_window_colour, own_window_transparent
1248 * Added maximum_width
1251 * Added $execibar and $execigraph
1254 * Moved source into src/, moved docs into doc/
1258 * Applied patch from zimba-tm, closes patch 1260225
1259 * Fixed ugly gradient bug. closes bug 1255608
1261 * Removed metar code. It sucked.
1262 * Added $acpitempf for amooricans
1266 * Multiple unit additions and modifications
1269 * mpd password patch from Joshua Gerrish
1270 * conky can run without X now, use --disable-x11 when configuring
1271 =========================================================================
1272 =========================================================================
1274 * Conky 1.2 released
1278 * added CVS ebuild, huge thanks to Hopeless for this
1281 * special thanks to Citizen_X and his patience
1283 * keep shakin' those big 'ol titties
1290 * many small fixes, thanks to those who reported problems
1293 * dramatically improved how conky handles fonts
1294 * fixed issues with graph args
1295 * fixed shades and outlines
1299 * added gradients to graphs (very pretty)
1302 * feature freeze; only bugfixes now
1305 * finalized graphing code, see $cpugraph, $memgraph, $execgraph,
1306 $downspeedgraph, and $upspeedgraph
1307 * added override_utf8_locale option
1309 * $tab patch from jack_mort on f.g.o
1312 * Added new graphing code, such as $cpugraph
1313 * small fixes all round
1316 * added more mpd objects
1319 * Conky now has UTF-8 support
1320 * Fixed $freq for those with CPU scaling
1321 * Fixed the problem with total_run_times
1322 * Fixed alignment of bars and lines and stuff
1323 * Reduced conky's memory usage (yay!)
1324 * Removed top_sort_cpu, added top_mem which sorts by mem usage instead
1328 * Fixed a pile of bugs in configure script
1329 * Added proper checking for headers in configure script
1330 * Made METAR shit threaded so it would stop being retarded, also made
1331 it try more then once to update
1332 * Added $metar_tempf and ${i2c tempf} for americans
1335 * Added option for Conky to update N times and quit, see
1336 total_run_times in conkyrc.sample
1337 * Added metar code for weather info, thanks to somebody on sf.net
1338 * Added $alignr and $alignc for right and centre alignment
1339 * Added wireless info and IP addr patch, thanks Bobby Beckmann,
1340 options $addr and $linkstatus (please test!), as well as fixed a mem
1342 * adt746x fix, thanks to dan-h on sf.net
1343 * Added mldonkey support patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
1344 * Added patch to allow hex colour values, thanks roiban adi on sf.net
1345 * Added if constructs patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
1346 * Fixed bug in tab code (hopefully for the last time)
1347 * Added option to sort by cpu or memory for top, see top_sort_cpu
1350 * Added fix for battery charged state (thanks to Lukas Zapletal
1353 =========================================================================
1354 =========================================================================
1357 * Conky 1.1 released
1360 * Added $mpd_bar and $mpd_bitrate
1361 * Some minor code cleanups prior to release
1362 * Fixed problem with Conky not compiling when XFT disabled
1363 * Fixed configure.in problems with Xdbe
1366 * Fixed memory leak in MPD code
1367 * Added new $tail object (see conkyrc.sample) which loves to suck CPU
1369 * Fixed more mem leaks
1372 * Added use_spacer to config
1374 * Added small fix for i2c from Filedil on forums.gentoo.org
1377 * Made it possible to use tabs to right-justify (just add a bunch)
1378 * Added ${execbar} (see conkyrc.sample)
1381 * Added memory % to top output
1382 * Added initial cairo backend (it's really quite useless at this stage actually, and I'm not sure if there is even any point to it)
1385 * Conky now recognizes the tab character correctly
1386 * Added simple config option to print to stdout (out_to_console
1390 * Added top output. Check the sample config.
1394 * Finished MPD support ($mpd_title, $mpd_artist, $mpd_album, $mpd_vol)
1395 * Removed NVCtrl code
1396 * Added noswap and i2c patches
1398 =========================================================================
1399 =========================================================================
1402 * Version 1.0. Conky is born from the ashes of torsmo. Main site:
1403 http://conky.sf.net/
1405 * Added new feature for sample averaging of CPU and net info
1408 * Version 0.18 released
1411 * Fixed some double buffer + Xft stuff
1412 * Applied X-Mozilla-Status patch (thanks affinity)
1413 * Applied NVCtrl patch and modified it a bit (temperature monitoring
1414 for nvdia-based graphics cards) (I couldn't test this so it may or
1415 may not work or even compile) (thanks Dennis Frommknecht)
1416 * Applied fs_used_perc and fs_bar_free patch (thanks killfire [send me
1417 mail, I didn't catch your name from sourceforge])
1418 * Applied patch that supports mailbox that is in some 'maildir' format
1419 (thanks jolapache [send mail, I didn't catch your name from
1422 * Applied pad_percents patch (thanks JL Farinacci)
1423 * Fixed some stuff in acpi fan and acpi ac adapter
1424 * Optional XFT even when compiled in
1427 * Applied utime patch (UTC time) (thanks David McCabe)
1430 * Applied Xdbe patch, this includes double_buffer configuration and
1431 -b command line option (thanks Bruce Merry)
1432 * Applied some other seti patch, not tested (thanks William DiPlacido)
1435 * Applied netbsd patch (thanks Rui Paulo)
1436 * Applied cpu frequency patch (thanks William DiPlacido)
1437 * Applied adt746x patch (thanks Dennis Kaandorp)
1438 * Applied some other FreeBSD patch by the same guy
1441 * Applied FreeBSD patch (thanks Roman Bogorodskiy)
1444 * Xft support and xftfont configuration
1445 * rewrote some stuff, there might be some new bugs in old places
1448 * I2C divisor from a file (thanks Falk Feuersenger)
1451 * changed battery thing to ${battery <filename in
1452 /proc/acpi/battery/>}
1453 * SETI@Home stuff (thanks Jarski)
1456 * changed signal for config file reloading to SIGUSR1
1457 * mixer stuff, $mixer, $mixerl, $mixerr, $mixerbar, $mixerlbar,
1461 * maybe fixed acpi battery thing when "present rate" isn't known
1464 * fixed width for all bars, use like ${cpubar 4,50}
1467 * Version 0.17 released
1470 * battery number for ACPI battery (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
1471 * default battery is now BAT0 instead of BAT1, set ${battery 1} if
1472 the old battery thing worked
1473 * bug fix on load average reporting (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
1474 * outlines to text, draw_outline and default_outline_color
1475 configurations and $outlinecolor (thanks adi)
1476 * $acpifan, $acpiacadapter, $uptime_short (thanks adi)
1479 * fixed a bug when starting after Opera (and some other programs)
1484 * added border_width configuration
1487 * fixed zero length bar bug
1490 * file system stats, $fs_bar, $fs_free, $fs_free_perc, $fs_size,
1492 * leaves ACPI temperature file open (faster)
1493 * -a option to change alignment on command line
1496 * fixed ACPI temperature bug
1497 * border_margin configuration
1498 * ${execi <interval> <command>}, execute with specific interval
1499 * added possibility to manually set the position (-x and -y options)
1500 (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
1501 * $buffers and $cached (thanks to Jeremy Burch)
1502 * WM_CLASS when drawing to own window (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
1505 * Version 0.16 released
1508 * $pre_exec, execute a shell command one time
1509 * preparsing of text (faster but more memory usage)
1510 * less system calls (faster)
1511 * APM things to $battery (untested)
1514 * added $new_mails changed $mails to tell total mail count
1517 * transparent window, own_window configuration, -o cmdline option
1518 * $exec, execute a shell command
1519 * $acpitemp, $battery - acpi stuff (not really tested)
1522 * $loadavg, load average
1523 * $mails, unread local mails, mail_spool configuration
1526 * Version 0.15 released
1529 * SIGHUP reloads config file (thanks Jørgen P. Tjernø)