4 * _Really_ fix mpd SIGPIPE issues
5 * Fix timed thread race condition, seen esp. on new kernel scheduler (cfs).
6 * Fix $audacious_title not being displayed when no length argument indicated.
10 * Check for pkg-config >=0.19
11 * Use timed_thread for mpd
14 * Fixed issue with SIGPIPE and mpd
15 * Updated COPYING (with more clarifications)
18 * Updated vim/nano syntax files.
21 * Added $hwmon var, similar to $i2c and $platform.
24 * Added var $platform which is similar to $i2c and accommodates the conversion
25 of many devices from /sys/bus/i2c/devices to /sys/bus/platform/devices.
26 * Removed config item post_21_kernel since it forced all i2c device lookups
27 to go to /sys/bus/platform/devices and some people may need a mix of both
28 i2c and platform devices.
31 * Clarifying licensing
35 * Wireless support for Linux
38 * Conky 1.4.6 released
39 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.13.0
40 * Added 'post_21_kernel' config param to specify kernels 2.6.22 and newer
44 * Fixed potential issue on FreeBSD when nprocs < 10 (thanks zotrix)
45 * Added support for multiple batteries when using acpi (thanks Phil)
46 * a bunch of code cleanups (thanks Psychon)
47 * added max length paramater to mpd_title (thinks fow)
48 * a number of small bug fixes
51 * Fix PID display, patch #1753934. thanks sohalt.
52 * Fix displaying 4 GB traffic after reloading network driver,
53 patch #1754260. thanks sohalt.
56 * Right-justify top/top_mem vars (pid/cpu/mem} so they align on the decimal.
59 * Added color[0-9] variable patch (thanks jieryn)
62 * Added if_empty patch (thanks Erik)
63 * Added if_existing patch for string matching (thanks cromka)
64 * Added hwmon support (thanks flitsch)
65 * Some xmms2 updates (thanks sleipner)
66 * Added $battery_percent and $battery_bar (thanks akash)
69 * OpenBSD support added to Conky (thanks hifi)
70 * Updated mboxscan stuff (thanks calmar)
73 * Created branch/1.5 copy of trunk/conky1. Removing all experimental
74 network code from trunk/conky1.
77 * Include missing mboxscan.h in conky.h.
78 * Fixed signedness warnings in conky.c.
81 * Added buffer_text_size option to change the size of the buffer for
82 things like $exec, $tail, et cetera
83 * Added $mboxscan which lets you display the Subject and From fields
84 from recent email in an mbox file
85 * Disambiguated (is that a word?) $cpu docs
88 * Fallback to gettimeofday() when clock_gettime () not available (mac os).
91 * API change (timing in milliseconds) for dexter_timedsampler_new ().
94 * Add config.rpath (created by gettextize -copy) to distribution
96 * Clean up some warnings; remove ftp.[ch] from src/Makefile.am.
99 * Update svn ebuild to new sourceforge url scheme.
100 - requires deletion of existing wc: rm -rf /usr/portage/distfile/svn-src/conky/
101 * Added head/tail rewrite patch (thanks Ryan Twitchell)
102 * Added diskio read/write sf.net patch 1542880 (thanks Blondak)
105 * Clear conky vars on disconnect/failure to open files.
108 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.12.0
111 * client/server infrastructure and prototype for linux only (so far):
112 - requires libdexter (http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdexter)
113 and the dxt-sysinfo plugin (svn only at the moment).
115 - dexter_client yes/no
116 - dexter_server yes/no
117 - dexter_config /path/to/libdexter/config (default: $HOME/.dexterrc)
118 - own_window_class <WM Class Name> (default: Conky)
119 - replaces wm_class_name
120 - own_window_title <Window Title> (default: <hostname> - conky)
121 * removed config items:
122 - wm_class_name (use own_window_class, same function)
124 --disable-network (default=yes) with auto-detection for libdexter.
125 - remove useless --enable-proc-uptime (PROC_UPTIME never referenced).
126 HAVE_SYSINFO and others determine if /proc/uptime is used.
127 - silently disable xft, double-buffer and xdamage if no x11.
128 - change enable/disable labels to reflect defaults accurately.
129 - simplified compile-based checks for sysinfo/getloadavg and by moving
130 them into AC_CHECK_FUNCS.
131 * allow decorated, own_window=yes windows to be given input focus by WM:
132 - do not pass button clicks through to desktop in this scenario as conky
133 immediately loses focus.
136 * Clarify LGPL license on timed_thread modules.
140 * Split battery variable into two:
141 battery, e.g. "charging 75%" and
142 battery_time, e.g. "3h 15m".
143 * Conky 1.4.5 released.
146 * Close pop3/imap sockets.
147 * Fix outstanding battery issues.
150 * Fix peek table bug with new portmon code.
153 * Replaced hash module used by libtcp-portmon with GLib's GHashTable,
154 due to licensing issue noted by Fedora Core packagers.
155 * Eliminated config items:
157 min_port_monitor_connections
159 max_port_monitor_connections
162 * Added $entropy_avail, $entropy_poolsize and $entropy_bar
163 for the crypto freaks. Idea suggested by Perttu Luukko
164 <nuteater@users.sourceforge.net> in feature request 1497050.
165 * Added max length specifier to audacious_title. Closes
166 feature request #1600631.
169 * Rearrange retry attempts in pop3 and imap code, removing sleep()
170 calls which cause the whole process to sleep, not just the thread.
173 * Added max_specials config item with default 512. This should
174 close bug #1574523 for real this time. Thanks to John Harrigan
175 <jfharrigan@fedex.com> for this one.
178 * Changed autotools for subversion versioning.
179 * Updated svn ebuild for gentoo.
180 * Documentation updates for clarity, i.e. close bug #1599041.
183 * fix compile error with --disable-xdamage when Xdamage.h not present.
186 * fix bug where present rate var was not being read from acpi battery
187 state file: /proc/acpi/battery/%s/state.
190 * Change linkstatus display for use_spacer. Closes bug #1577580.
193 * Fix compile error with --disable-x11.
194 * Add new timed thread abstraction routines.
195 * Convert thread activity to timed threads, including
196 texeci, imap, pop3, audacious.
197 * Change memory vars from unsigned long to unsigned long long
198 to fix reported overflow, e.g. swapmax >= 4Gb.
201 * Use pthread_cond_timedwait() instead of sleep() in audacious
202 thread. Will convert all worker threads to this timing method.
205 * Fix freebsd build error.
206 * Minor changes to syntax files.
207 * Conky 1.4.4 released.
210 * Add max_user_text to documentation.
211 * Fixed BadWindow bugs (#1568366, #1588384).
214 * Remove on_bottom and xmms_player completely.
215 * Closed ibm_temps bug #1591609.
216 * Conky 1.4.3 released.
219 * Updated vim and nano syntax coloring scripts.
220 * Added extras/ dir with syntax stuff to distribution tarball.
223 * Added new config item 'max_user_text' with default 16384,
224 twice as large as previous hard-coded default of 8192 bytes.
225 Increase as needed to accomodate large config files with a
226 great deal of text. This closes SF bug #1574523.
229 * Changes to configure.ac for pkg-config on x11/xext/xdamage,
230 with fallback to conventional checks.
231 * Fixed segmentation fault on SUGUSR1 bug.
232 * Commented out Imlib2 from configure.ac since it's only partially
236 * Removed broken mldonkey and seti support.
237 * Added Hellf[i]re's nano syntax coloring script to svn.
240 * Removed support for Xmms, BMP and Infopipe from conky.
241 The Xmms and Bmp players are projects are dead and distros such
242 as Gentoo are slating them for removal.
243 * Added support for Audacious using new audacious vars.
246 * Implement WiFi signal level detection on FreeBSD (patch
250 * Fix buffer overflow in parsing LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LANG
251 environment variables and fix crash for users with locale
252 name longer than 10 chars (repored by Michael Schwendt)
255 * --enable-debug added.
256 * prevent libtool from adding its default CFLAGS
259 * Use pkg-config instead of xft-config.
260 * Fix last line bug which had required padding text with extra blank line
261 to see text on last line.
264 * Fix type-punning and "differ in signedness" warnings seen with
268 * Fix compilation errors when building with --diable-x11; bug #1547164
271 * Make configure script print summary info
272 * Make `conky -v` show compiled-in features
275 * Added Spock's patches, adding hddtemp, goto and tab variables.
278 * Added tztime patch to show time in arbitrary time zones (thanks Ram
282 * Small battery fix (thanks Nexox, sf.net patch 1500014)
283 * Fixed order of variables/objects in docs (thanks Peter Tarjan)
286 * Fixed a bug with $font
289 * Xdamage support for composite and pals
292 * CPU voltage support via $voltage_mv and $voltage_v (thanks to Peter
293 Tarjan for the patch)
296 * SMP support for $freq and $freq_g (thanks to Peter Tarjan for the
300 * Fixed issue with graphs not reaching all the way to the borders
305 * Conky 1.4.2 released
308 * GNU Iconv support added, new objects $iconv_start and $iconv_stop
309 * Added some safety to the threading code
312 * Changed $font behavior so that the font persists past the next
313 newline. It can be set back to the default with $font with no args.
314 (closes bug 1478676 on sf.net)
317 * Added simple POP3/IMAP mail clients
320 * Added support for PowerBook batteries
321 * Fixed broken $if/$else stuff
324 * Added patch from Peter Tarjan to add support for IBM ACPI
325 * Added xmms2 patch from Lassi Selander (sf.net patch 1469523)
328 * Removed sa_restorer crap (may fix some compile errors for some
332 * Added patch for adt746x fan/cpu speed for kernel >=2.6.12
335 * Added patch to support new port monitor REMOTESERVICE peekable.
338 * Scan port numbers as short. Fixes debian bug# 359974.
341 * Added XMMS2 patch 1456203 from Lassi Selander
342 * Added FreeBSD battery patch 1456008 from Petr Holub
345 * Fixed ${top(_mem)} related code on FreeBSD (with help of Petr
346 Holub <hopet@users.sourceforge.net>)
349 * Removed bmp-infopipe dependency from 1.4.1 and 1.9999 ebuilds for Gentoo
350 (Gentoo bug# 125226).
351 * Fixed subversion ebuild for conky1 (1.9999) so it pulls the new trunk
355 * FreeBSD cpu info patch
356 * Conky 1.4.1 released
359 * Fixed issue where some WM's don't control conky own_window windows.
360 * Added newly-updated vim file detection and syntax hilighting files to svn.
361 * Fixed issue with graphs resetting colours (sf.net bug #1420473)
364 * Fixed battery problems when charged
365 * MPD code handles broken pipe now, instead of just killing conky
366 * Switch from CVS to SVN. Thanks SourceForge.
369 * Added patch to make $cpu stuff work on alpha (thanks Thomas Cort)
370 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122637#c3
371 * Stop using override_redirect true -- conky back under WM control
372 when using 'own_window yes'.
373 * Fixed texeci breakage when forking to background is on
376 * Drastically simplified own_window=yes window creation code.
377 * on_bottom and wm_class_name deprecated (they do nothing)
380 * Fixed typo bug in portmon code that caused incorrect monitor data
384 * Conky 1.4.0 released
387 * Cleaned up texeci code
390 * Added freedesktop.org extended window manager hints (EWMH)
391 for window type NORMAL and state's STICKY/SKIP_PAGER/SKIP_TASKBAR.
392 Fixes stacking order issues with freedesktop-compliant wm's,
396 * Fixed stupid graph code (it still sucks) sf.net bug 1372962
397 * Fixed $if_* stuff, sf.net bug 1401338 and 1400854
398 * Fixed xmms.c code to load glib 1.2 shared object lib.
401 * Added xmms version 1 support.
402 * Added bmp through 0.9.7.1 support.
403 * Added config item xmms_player: none, xmms, bmp, audacious or
407 * Added Audacious media player support.
410 * Fixed infopipe bug (select() affects timer as a side effect on
414 * Added draw_graph_borders option
415 * Added XMMS/BMP InfoPipe plugin support
418 * Conky 1.3.5 released
421 * Fixed bug with use_xft causing ignorance of font selection (sf.net
423 * Fixed issue with parsing of hex values for colours
426 * Added BMPx (http://beep-media-player.org/) support
429 * Fixed issues with execi stuff
432 * Added sf.net patch 1374576
435 * Fixed sf.net bug 1367745
438 * Fixed sf.net bugs 1369607, 1367735 and gentoo bug 113921,
439 all variations of the same array out of bounds issue.
440 * "Fixed" code in fs.c and conky.c to make fs stats match those displayed by df (affects reporting against ext3 filesystems only)
443 * new code in linux.c and top.c to calculate CPU % correctly on 2.6 kernels.
446 * Fixed gentoo bug# 113219
449 * Added #define/#undef SIGNAL_BLOCKING in conky.c for experimenting
450 with synchronous signal processing. set to #undef for previous behavior.
451 * Use POSIX signal api's, not the ANSI signal().
454 * Fixed IP address bug (sf.net bug 1359055)
457 * Conky 1.3.4 released
460 * Replaced bitwise copy of tcp_connection_t with function
461 copy_tcp_connection().
462 * Changed call interfaces for get_acpi_fan(), get_acpi_ac_adapter(),
463 get_freq(), get_freq_dynamic(), get_adt746x_cpu(), get_adt746x_fan(),
464 eliminating all mallocs. pkovacs. See bug 1355470.
467 * moved hash sizing code into portmon lib, where it belongs
468 * More mem leaks fixed.
471 * Added config items min_port_monitors / min_port_monitor_connections
474 * Cleaned up top code, bug fixes
475 * Fixed some memory leaks
478 * Fix bug# 1351686. Patch by boojit.
479 * Fixed 1331576 (I think) with bad cpu usage reporting
482 * Documentation updates for compiling and port monitoring
483 * Removed cairo stuff (it's useless)
486 * Added statfs sf.net patch 1344493
489 * Added tcp port monitor support (pkovacs)
492 * Added WM_CLASS patch from sf.net patch 1340825
495 * acpi segfault should be fixed (sf.net bug 1330893)
496 * SIGUSR1 bug fixed? (sf.net bug 1330914)
499 * Ugly MPD mem leak fixed
500 * Other mem leaks fixed
501 * Fixed thing where conky exits if LC_ALL and friends isn't set
502 * Conky 1.3.3 released
505 * Conky 1.3.2 released
508 * More MPD objects (sf.net patch 1319461)
511 * fixed mldonkey bug? sf.net bug 1316531
514 * Linkstatus patch from btlee on f.g.o (see
515 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2765647.html#2765647)
518 * Fixed build on FreeBSD for non-i386
519 * Made it so top_mem doesn't show all the forks of one process
522 * Fixed small bug in config parsing (thanks robgrady, bug 1306032)
525 * Fixed bug where graphs/bars don't show when maximum_width is enabled
528 * Fixed right-alignment bug thanks to Pascal Eberhard
529 * Applied patch 1291420 from sf.net
530 * Fixed issue with whack graph data
531 * Fixed issue with Conky quitting when a file fails to load
534 * Fixed bug with xft and double buffer in own window
538 * Misc small bug fixes
541 * MPD patch (sf.net patch 1281108)
542 * Fixed graph width bug
545 * FreeBSD support was added
549 * added threaded execi, $texeci
553 * Fixed slight vertical misalignment of bars/graphs (sf.net 1273994)
554 * Diskio fixes (sf.net 1274140)
555 * $alignr and $alignc now have 25% more goodness! (sf.net bug 1273905)
556 * Far better SMP support
557 * Added support for i8k kernel driver, parsing information for dell inspiron laptops found in /proc/i8k (sf.net request 1256058)
560 * More own_window fixes
561 * applied disk io patch (sf.net patch 1271691)
562 * applied $freq fixes patch, adds new $freq_dyn (sf.net patch 1271633)
563 * removed units from $freq* output
564 * fix for graph config parsing
565 * Added $head, fixed mem leak with $tail
568 * More configure and makefile updates
569 * Added scale arg for net graphs
570 * Fixed bug in own_window stuff--amazing fake transparency now works
572 * added own_window_colour, own_window_transparent
575 * Added maximum_width
578 * Added $execibar and $execigraph
581 * Moved source into src/, moved docs into doc/
585 * Applied patch from zimba-tm, closes patch 1260225
586 * Fixed ugly gradient bug. closes bug 1255608
588 * Removed metar code. It sucked.
589 * Added $acpitempf for amooricans
593 * Multiple unit additions and modifications
596 * mpd password patch from Joshua Gerrish
597 * conky can run without X now, use --disable-x11 when configuring
598 =========================================================================
599 =========================================================================
605 * added CVS ebuild, huge thanks to Hopeless for this
608 * special thanks to Citizen_X and his patience
610 * keep shakin' those big 'ol titties
617 * many small fixes, thanks to those who reported problems
620 * dramatically improved how conky handles fonts
621 * fixed issues with graph args
622 * fixed shades and outlines
626 * added gradients to graphs (very pretty)
629 * feature freeze; only bugfixes now
632 * finalized graphing code, see $cpugraph, $memgraph, $execgraph,
633 $downspeedgraph, and $upspeedgraph
634 * added override_utf8_locale option
636 * $tab patch from jack_mort on f.g.o
639 * Added new graphing code, such as $cpugraph
640 * small fixes all round
643 * added more mpd objects
646 * Conky now has UTF-8 support
647 * Fixed $freq for those with CPU scaling
648 * Fixed the problem with total_run_times
649 * Fixed alignment of bars and lines and stuff
650 * Reduced conky's memory usage (yay!)
651 * Removed top_sort_cpu, added top_mem which sorts by mem usage instead
655 * Fixed a pile of bugs in configure script
656 * Added proper checking for headers in configure script
657 * Made METAR shit threaded so it would stop being retarded, also made
658 it try more then once to update
659 * Added $metar_tempf and ${i2c tempf} for americans
662 * Added option for Conky to update N times and quit, see
663 total_run_times in conkyrc.sample
664 * Added metar code for weather info, thanks to somebody on sf.net
665 * Added $alignr and $alignc for right and centre alignment
666 * Added wireless info and IP addr patch, thanks Bobby Beckmann,
667 options $addr and $linkstatus (please test!), as well as fixed a mem
669 * adt746x fix, thanks to dan-h on sf.net
670 * Added mldonkey support patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
671 * Added patch to allow hex colour values, thanks roiban adi on sf.net
672 * Added if constructs patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
673 * Fixed bug in tab code (hopefully for the last time)
674 * Added option to sort by cpu or memory for top, see top_sort_cpu
677 * Added fix for battery charged state (thanks to Lukas Zapletal
680 =========================================================================
681 =========================================================================
687 * Added $mpd_bar and $mpd_bitrate
688 * Some minor code cleanups prior to release
689 * Fixed problem with Conky not compiling when XFT disabled
690 * Fixed configure.in problems with Xdbe
693 * Fixed memory leak in MPD code
694 * Added new $tail object (see conkyrc.sample) which loves to suck CPU
696 * Fixed more mem leaks
699 * Added use_spacer to config
701 * Added small fix for i2c from Filedil on forums.gentoo.org
704 * Made it possible to use tabs to right-justify (just add a bunch)
705 * Added ${execbar} (see conkyrc.sample)
708 * Added memory % to top output
709 * Added initial cairo backend (it's really quite useless at this stage actually, and I'm not sure if there is even any point to it)
712 * Conky now recognizes the tab character correctly
713 * Added simple config option to print to stdout (out_to_console
717 * Added top output. Check the sample config.
721 * Finished MPD support ($mpd_title, $mpd_artist, $mpd_album, $mpd_vol)
722 * Removed NVCtrl code
723 * Added noswap and i2c patches
725 =========================================================================
726 =========================================================================
729 * Version 1.0. Conky is born from the ashes of torsmo. Main site:
732 * Added new feature for sample averaging of CPU and net info
735 * Version 0.18 released
738 * Fixed some double buffer + Xft stuff
739 * Applied X-Mozilla-Status patch (thanks affinity)
740 * Applied NVCtrl patch and modified it a bit (temperature monitoring
741 for nvdia-based graphics cards) (I couldn't test this so it may or
742 may not work or even compile) (thanks Dennis Frommknecht)
743 * Applied fs_used_perc and fs_bar_free patch (thanks killfire [send me
744 mail, I didn't catch your name from sourceforge])
745 * Applied patch that supports mailbox that is in some 'maildir' format
746 (thanks jolapache [send mail, I didn't catch your name from
749 * Applied pad_percents patch (thanks JL Farinacci)
750 * Fixed some stuff in acpi fan and acpi ac adapter
751 * Optional XFT even when compiled in
754 * Applied utime patch (UTC time) (thanks David McCabe)
757 * Applied Xdbe patch, this includes double_buffer configuration and
758 -b command line option (thanks Bruce Merry)
759 * Applied some other seti patch, not tested (thanks William DiPlacido)
762 * Applied netbsd patch (thanks Rui Paulo)
763 * Applied cpu frequency patch (thanks William DiPlacido)
764 * Applied adt746x patch (thanks Dennis Kaandorp)
765 * Applied some other FreeBSD patch by the same guy
768 * Applied FreeBSD patch (thanks Roman Bogorodskiy)
771 * Xft support and xftfont configuration
772 * rewrote some stuff, there might be some new bugs in old places
775 * I2C divisor from a file (thanks Falk Feuersenger)
778 * changed battery thing to ${battery <filename in
779 /proc/acpi/battery/>}
780 * SETI@Home stuff (thanks Jarski)
783 * changed signal for config file reloading to SIGUSR1
784 * mixer stuff, $mixer, $mixerl, $mixerr, $mixerbar, $mixerlbar,
788 * maybe fixed acpi battery thing when "present rate" isn't known
791 * fixed width for all bars, use like ${cpubar 4,50}
794 * Version 0.17 released
797 * battery number for ACPI battery (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
798 * default battery is now BAT0 instead of BAT1, set ${battery 1} if
799 the old battery thing worked
800 * bug fix on load average reporting (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
801 * outlines to text, draw_outline and default_outline_color
802 configurations and $outlinecolor (thanks adi)
803 * $acpifan, $acpiacadapter, $uptime_short (thanks adi)
806 * fixed a bug when starting after Opera (and some other programs)
811 * added border_width configuration
814 * fixed zero length bar bug
817 * file system stats, $fs_bar, $fs_free, $fs_free_perc, $fs_size,
819 * leaves ACPI temperature file open (faster)
820 * -a option to change alignment on command line
823 * fixed ACPI temperature bug
824 * border_margin configuration
825 * ${execi <interval> <command>}, execute with specific interval
826 * added possibility to manually set the position (-x and -y options)
827 (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
828 * $buffers and $cached (thanks to Jeremy Burch)
829 * WM_CLASS when drawing to own window (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
832 * Version 0.16 released
835 * $pre_exec, execute a shell command one time
836 * preparsing of text (faster but more memory usage)
837 * less system calls (faster)
838 * APM things to $battery (untested)
841 * added $new_mails changed $mails to tell total mail count
844 * transparent window, own_window configuration, -o cmdline option
845 * $exec, execute a shell command
846 * $acpitemp, $battery - acpi stuff (not really tested)
849 * $loadavg, load average
850 * $mails, unread local mails, mail_spool configuration
853 * Version 0.15 released
856 * SIGHUP reloads config file (thanks Jørgen P. Tjernø)