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[monky] / doc / config_settings.xml
1 <variablelist>
2 <varlistentry>
3         <term><command><option>alignment</option></command></term>
4         <listitem>
5                 Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, bottom_left, bottom_right, or none
6         <para></para></listitem>
7 </varlistentry>
8
9 <varlistentry>
10         <term><command><option>background</option></command></term>
11         <listitem>
12                 Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when started
13         <para></para></listitem>
14 </varlistentry>
15
16 <varlistentry>
17         <term><command><option>border_margin</option></command></term>
18         <listitem>
19                 Border margin in pixels
20         <para></para></listitem>
21 </varlistentry>
22
23 <varlistentry>
24         <term><command><option>border_width</option></command></term>
25         <listitem>
26                 Border width in pixels
27         <para></para></listitem>
28 </varlistentry>
29
30 <varlistentry>
31         <term><command><option>cpu_avg_samples</option></command></term>
32         <listitem>
33                 The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring
34         <para></para></listitem>
35 </varlistentry>
36
37 <varlistentry>
38         <term><command><option>default_color</option></command></term>
39         <listitem>
40                 Default color and border color
41         <para></para></listitem>
42 </varlistentry>
43
44 <varlistentry>
45         <term><command><option>default_outline_color</option></command></term>
46         <listitem>
47                 Default outline color
48         <para></para></listitem>
49 </varlistentry>
50
51 <varlistentry>
52         <term><command><option>default_shade_color</option></command></term>
53         <listitem>
54                 Default shading color and border's shading color
55         <para></para></listitem>
56 </varlistentry>
57
58 <varlistentry>
59         <term><command><option>dexter_client</option></command></term>
60         <listitem>
61                 Act as client and connect to libdexter server for remote monitoring?
62         <para></para></listitem>
63 </varlistentry>
64
65 <varlistentry>
66         <term><command><option>dexter_config</option></command></term>
67         <listitem>
68                 Full path to libdexter configuration file (default search order: $HOME/.dexterrc; /etc/libdexter/dexter.conf)
69         <para></para></listitem>
70 </varlistentry>
71
72 <varlistentry>
73         <term><command><option>dexter_server</option></command></term>
74         <listitem>
75                 Act as server for libdexter services?
76         <para></para></listitem>
77 </varlistentry>
78
79 <varlistentry>
80         <term><command><option>double_buffer</option></command></term>
81         <listitem>
82                 Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recommended to use own window with this one so double buffer won't be so big.
83         <para></para></listitem>
84 </varlistentry>
85
86 <varlistentry>
87         <term><command><option>draw_borders</option></command></term>
88         <listitem>
89                 Draw borders around text?
90         <para></para></listitem>
91 </varlistentry>
92
93 <varlistentry>
94         <term><command><option>draw_graph_borders</option></command></term>
95         <listitem>
96                 Draw borders around graphs?
97         <para></para></listitem>
98 </varlistentry>
99
100 <varlistentry>
101         <term><command><option>draw_outline</option></command></term>
102         <listitem>
103                 Draw outlines?
104         <para></para></listitem>
105 </varlistentry>
106
107 <varlistentry>
108         <term><command><option>draw_shades</option></command></term>
109         <listitem>
110                 Draw shades?
111         <para></para></listitem>
112 </varlistentry>
113
114 <varlistentry>
115         <term><command><option>font</option></command></term>
116         <listitem>
117                 Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font
118         <para></para></listitem>
119 </varlistentry>
120
121 <varlistentry>
122         <term><command><option>gap_x</option></command></term>
123         <listitem>
124                 Gap, in pixels, between right or left border of screen, same as passing -x at command line,
125                 e.g. gap_x 10
126         <para></para></listitem>
127 </varlistentry>
128
129 <varlistentry>
130         <term><command><option>gap_y</option></command></term>
131         <listitem>
132                 Gap, in pixels, between top or bottom border of screen, same as passing -y at command line,
133                 e.g. gap_y 10.
134         <para></para></listitem>
135 </varlistentry>
136
137 <varlistentry>
138         <term><command><option>imap</option></command></term>
139         <listitem>
140                 Default global IMAP server.  Arguments are: "host user pass [-i interval] [-f folder] [-p port] [-e command]".  Default port is 143, default folder is 'INBOX', default interval is 5 minutes.  If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
141         <para></para></listitem>
142 </varlistentry>
143
144 <varlistentry>
145         <term><command><option>mail_spool</option></command></term>
146         <listitem>
147                 Mail spool for mail checking
148         <para></para></listitem>
149 </varlistentry>
150
151 <varlistentry>
152         <term><command><option>max_port_monitor_connections</option></command></term>
153         <listitem>
154                 Allow each port monitor to track at most this many connections (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
155         <para></para></listitem>
156 </varlistentry>
157
158 <varlistentry>
159         <term><command><option>max_specials</option></command></term>
160         <listitem>
161                 Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts, offsets, aligns, etc. (default is 512)
162                 <para></para></listitem>
163 </varlistentry>
164
165 <varlistentry>
166         <term><command><option>max_user_text</option></command>
167                 <option>bytes</option>
168         </term>
169         <listitem>
170                 Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in config file
171                 (default is 16384 bytes)
172                 <para></para></listitem>
173 </varlistentry>
174
175 <varlistentry>
176         <term><command><option>text_buffer_size</option></command>
177                 <option>bytes</option>
178         </term>
179         <listitem>
180                 Size of the standard text buffer (default is 1280 bytes).
181                 <para></para></listitem>
182 </varlistentry>
183
184 <varlistentry>
185         <term><command><option>maximum_width</option></command>
186                 <option>pixels</option>
187         </term>
188         <listitem>
189                 Maximum width of window
190                 <para></para></listitem>
191 </varlistentry>
192
193 <varlistentry>
194         <term><command><option>minimum_size</option></command>
195         <option>width (height)</option>
196         </term>
197         <listitem>
198                 Minimum size of window
199         <para></para></listitem>
200 </varlistentry>
201
202 <varlistentry>
203         <term><command><option>mpd_host</option></command></term>
204         <listitem>
205                 Host of MPD server
206         <para></para></listitem>
207 </varlistentry>
208
209 <varlistentry>
210         <term><command><option>mpd_port</option></command></term>
211         <listitem>
212                 Port of MPD server
213         <para></para></listitem>
214 </varlistentry>
215
216 <varlistentry>
217         <term><command><option>mpd_password</option></command></term>
218         <listitem>
219                 MPD server password
220         <para></para></listitem>
221 </varlistentry>
222
223 <varlistentry>
224         <term><command><option>net_avg_samples</option></command></term>
225         <listitem>
226                 The number of samples to average for net data
227         <para></para></listitem>
228 </varlistentry>
229
230 <varlistentry>
231         <term><command><option>no_buffers</option></command></term>
232         <listitem>
233                 Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?
234         <para></para></listitem>
235 </varlistentry>
236
237 <varlistentry>
238         <term><command><option>override_utf8_locale</option></command></term>
239         <listitem>
240                 Force UTF8? requires XFT
241         <para></para></listitem>
242 </varlistentry>
243
244 <varlistentry>
245         <term><command><option>own_window</option></command></term>
246         <listitem>
247                 Boolean, create own window to draw?
248         <para></para></listitem>
249 </varlistentry>
250
251 <varlistentry>
252         <term><command><option>own_window_class</option></command></term>
253         <listitem>
254                 Manually set the WM_CLASS name.  Defaults to "Conky".
255         <para></para></listitem>
256 </varlistentry>
257
258 <varlistentry>
259         <term><command><option>own_window_colour</option></command>
260                 <option>colour</option>
261         </term>
262         <listitem>
263                 If own_window_transparent no, set a specified background colour (defaults to black).  Takes either a hex value (#ffffff) or a valid RGB name (see /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt)
264                 <para></para></listitem>
265 </varlistentry>
266
267 <varlistentry>
268         <term><command><option>own_window_hints</option></command>
269                 <option>undecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager</option>
270         </term>
271         <listitem>
272                 If own_window is yes, you may use these window manager hints to affect the way Conky displays.  
273                 Notes: Use own_window_type desktop as another way to implement many of these hints implicitly.
274                 If you use own_window_type override, window manager hints have no meaning and are ignored.
275         <para></para></listitem>
276 </varlistentry>
277
278 <varlistentry>
279         <term><command><option>own_window_title</option></command></term>
280         <listitem>
281                 Manually set the window name.  Defaults to "&lt;hostname&gt; - conky".
282         <para></para></listitem>
283 </varlistentry>
284
285 <varlistentry>
286         <term><command><option>own_window_transparent</option></command></term>
287         <listitem>
288                 Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?
289                 <para></para></listitem>
290 </varlistentry>
291
292 <varlistentry>
293         <term><command><option>own_window_type</option></command></term>
294         <listitem>
295                 if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal, desktop or override (default: normal).
296                 Desktop windows are special windows that have no window decorations; are always visible 
297                 on your desktop; do not appear in your pager or taskbar; and are sticky across all workspaces.
298                 Override windows are not under the control of the window manager.  Hints are ignored. This type
299                 of window can be useful for certain situations.
300                 <para></para></listitem>
301 </varlistentry>
302
303 <varlistentry>
304         <term><command><option>out_to_console</option></command>
305         </term>
306         <listitem>
307                 Print text to stdout.
308                 <para></para></listitem>
309 </varlistentry>
310 <varlistentry>
311         <term><command><option>pad_percents</option></command></term>
312         <listitem>
313                 Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)
314         <para></para></listitem>
315 </varlistentry>
316
317 <varlistentry>
318         <term><command><option>pop3</option></command></term>
319         <listitem>
320                 Default global POP3 server.  Arguments are: "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]".  Default port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes.  If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
321         <para></para></listitem>
322 </varlistentry>
323
324 <varlistentry>
325         <term><command><option>stippled_borders</option></command></term>
326         <listitem>
327                 Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
328         <para></para></listitem>
329 </varlistentry>
330
331 <varlistentry>
332         <term><command><option>total_run_times</option></command></term>
333         <listitem>
334                 Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero makes Conky run forever
335         <para></para></listitem>
336 </varlistentry>
337
338 <varlistentry>
339         <term><command><option>update_interval</option></command></term>
340         <listitem>
341                 Update interval in seconds
342         <para></para></listitem>
343 </varlistentry>
344
345 <varlistentry>
346         <term><command><option>uppercase</option></command></term>
347         <listitem>
348                 Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case
349         <para></para></listitem>
350 </varlistentry>
351
352 <varlistentry>
353         <term><command><option>use_spacer</option></command></term>
354         <listitem>
355                 Adds spaces after certain objects to stop them from moving other things around. Note that this only helps if you are using a mono font, such as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.
356         <para></para></listitem>
357 </varlistentry>
358
359 <varlistentry>
360         <term><command><option>use_xft</option></command></term>
361         <listitem>
362                 Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
363         <para></para></listitem>
364 </varlistentry>
365
366 <varlistentry>
367         <term><command><option>xftalpha</option></command></term>
368         <listitem>
369                 Alpha of Xft font.  Must be a value at or between 1 and 0.
370         <para></para></listitem>
371 </varlistentry>
372
373 <varlistentry>
374         <term><command><option>xftfont</option></command></term>
375         <listitem>
376                 Xft font to use.
377         <para></para></listitem>
378 </varlistentry>
379
380 <varlistentry>
381         <term><command><option>TEXT</option></command></term>
382         <listitem>
383                 After this begins text to be formatted on screen
384         <para></para></listitem>
385 </varlistentry>
386
387 </variablelist>