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8 .TH conky 1 2007-08-08 "" ""
10 conky \- A system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code, but more kickass. It just keeps on given'er. Yeah.
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23 Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code.
24 Since it's original conception, Conky has changed a fair bit from it's predecessor.
25 Conky can display just about anything, either on your root desktop or in it's own window.
26 Conky has many built-in objects, as well as the ability to execute programs and scripts,
27 then display the output from stdout.
29 We are always looking for help, and anyone interested in becoming a developer is welcome.
30 Please use the facilities at SourceForge to make bug reports, feature requests, and submit patches.
32 Thanks for your interest in Conky.
34 For users compiling from source, make sure you have the X development libraries installed.
35 This should be a package along the lines of "libx11-dev or xorg-x11-dev".
37 Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo's Portage... simply use "emerge app-admin/conky" for installation.
38 There is also usually an up-to-date ebuild within Conky's package or in Svn.
40 Debian,etc. users -- Conky will be in Debian's repositories soon (by mid-September, hopefully), and then
41 Ubuntu shortly thereafter. Until then, "dpkg -i" the .deb package to install.
43 Example to compile and run Conky with all optional components (note that some configure options may differ for your system):
45 \fB\*(T<\fBsh autogen.sh\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB# Only required if building from SVN\fR\*(T>
47 \fB\*(T<\fB\&./configure \fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fB\-\-prefix=/usr \-\-mandir=/usr/share/man \-\-infodir=/usr/share/info \-\-datadir=/usr/share \-\-sysconfdir=/etc \-\-localstatedir=/var/lib \-\-disable\-own\-window \-\-enable\-audacious[=yes|no|legacy] \-\-enable\-bmpx \-\-disable\-hddtemp \-\-disable\-mpd \-\-enable\-xmms2 \-\-disable\-portmon \-\-disable\-network \-\-enable\-debug \-\-disable\-x11 \-\-disable\-double\-buffer \-\-disable\-xdamage \-\-disable\-xft\fR\*(T>
49 \fB\*(T<\fBmake\fR\*(T>\fR
51 \fB\*(T<\fBmake install\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB# Optional\fR\*(T>
53 \fB\*(T<\fBsrc/conky\fR\*(T>\fR
55 Conky probably doesn't compile with compilers other than gcc and icc.
56 It doesn't compile with C89 compiler and not even with pure C99.
57 It uses a few things that might not exist: strdup(), strcasecmp(), strncasecmp(),
58 optarg variable with getopt() and long long (not in C89). Crashes in file system
59 statistics stuff when compiled with icc, I don't know exactly why.
61 You can disable 'drawing to own window' feature in case you don't need it by passing
62 --disable-own-window to configure -script.
65 Conky is generally very good on resources. However, certain objects in
66 Conky are harder on resources then others. In particular, the $tail,
67 $top, $font, and $graph objects are quite costly in comparison to the rest of Conky.
69 If you do use them, please do not complain about memory or CPU usage,
70 unless you think something's seriously wrong (mem leak, etc.).
72 An easy way to force Conky to reload your ~/.conkyrc: "killall -SIGUSR1 conky".
73 Saves you the trouble of having to kill and then restart. You can now also do the same with SIGHUP.
75 IMPORTANT: For previous Conky users, Conky 1.3 no longer supports the metar stuff.
76 mdsplib was causing way too many problems. Hopefully there'll be a better solution in Conky 2.x...
78 Command line options override configurations defined in configuration file.
80 \fB\*(T<\fB\-v | \-V | \-\-verbose\fR\*(T>\fR
81 Prints version and exits
84 \fB\*(T<\fB\-a | \-\-alignment=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBALIGNMENT\fR\*(T>
85 Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom}_{left,right} or none
88 \fB\*(T<\fB\-b | \-\-double\-buffer\fR\*(T>\fR
89 Use double buffering (eliminates "flicker")
92 \fB\*(T<\fB\-c | \-\-config=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBFILE\fR\*(T>
93 Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc
96 \fB\*(T<\fB\-d | \-\-daemonize\fR\*(T>\fR
97 Daemonize Conky, aka fork to background
100 \fB\*(T<\fB\-f | \-\-font=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBFONT\fR\*(T>
104 \fB\*(T<\fB\-h | \-\-help\fR\*(T>\fR
105 Prints command line help and exits
108 \fB\*(T<\fB\-o | \-\-own\-window\fR\*(T>\fR
109 Create own window to draw
112 \fB\*(T<\fB\-t | \-\-text=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBTEXT\fR\*(T>
113 Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t ' $uptime '
116 \fB\*(T<\fB\-u | \-\-interval=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBSECONDS\fR\*(T>
120 \fB\*(T<\fB\-w | \-\-window\-id=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBWIN_ID\fR\*(T>
124 \fB\*(T<\fB\-x \fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBX_COORDINATE\fR\*(T>
128 \fB\*(T<\fB\-y \fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBY_COORDINATE\fR\*(T>
131 .SH "CONFIGURATION SETTINGS"
132 Default configuration file is $HOME/.conkyrc (can be changed from
133 conky.c among other things). See conkyrc.sample. If installing from Debian package,
134 this should be in /usr/share/doc/conky/examples ("gunzip conkyrc.sample.gz" to get conkyrc.sample).
136 You might want to copy it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying it.
137 Other configs can be found at http://conky.sf.net
139 \fB\*(T<\fBalignment\fR\*(T>\fR
140 Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, top_middle, bottom_left, bottom_right, bottom_middle, middle_left, middle_right, or none (also can be abreviated as tl, tr, tm, bl, br, bm, ml, mr)
143 \fB\*(T<\fBbackground\fR\*(T>\fR
144 Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when started
147 \fB\*(T<\fBborder_margin\fR\*(T>\fR
148 Border margin in pixels
151 \fB\*(T<\fBborder_width\fR\*(T>\fR
152 Border width in pixels
155 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor0\fR\*(T>\fR
156 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
159 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor1\fR\*(T>\fR
160 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
163 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor2\fR\*(T>\fR
164 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
167 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor3\fR\*(T>\fR
168 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
171 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor4\fR\*(T>\fR
172 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
175 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor5\fR\*(T>\fR
176 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
179 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor6\fR\*(T>\fR
180 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
183 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor7\fR\*(T>\fR
184 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
187 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor8\fR\*(T>\fR
188 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
191 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor9\fR\*(T>\fR
192 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
195 \fB\*(T<\fBcpu_avg_samples\fR\*(T>\fR
196 The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring
199 \fB\*(T<\fBtop_cpu_separate\fR\*(T>\fR
200 If true, cpu in top will show usage of one processor's power. If false, cpu in top will show the usage of all processors' power combined.
203 \fB\*(T<\fBdefault_color\fR\*(T>\fR
204 Default color and border color
207 \fB\*(T<\fBdefault_outline_color\fR\*(T>\fR
208 Default outline color
211 \fB\*(T<\fBdefault_shade_color\fR\*(T>\fR
212 Default shading color and border's shading color
215 \fB\*(T<\fBdouble_buffer\fR\*(T>\fR
216 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.
219 \fB\*(T<\fBdraw_borders\fR\*(T>\fR
220 Draw borders around text?
223 \fB\*(T<\fBdraw_graph_borders\fR\*(T>\fR
224 Draw borders around graphs?
227 \fB\*(T<\fBdraw_outline\fR\*(T>\fR
231 \fB\*(T<\fBdraw_shades\fR\*(T>\fR
235 \fB\*(T<\fBfont\fR\*(T>\fR
236 Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font
239 \fB\*(T<\fBgap_x\fR\*(T>\fR
240 Gap, in pixels, between right or left border of screen, same as passing -x at command line,
244 \fB\*(T<\fBgap_y\fR\*(T>\fR
245 Gap, in pixels, between top or bottom border of screen, same as passing -y at command line,
249 \fB\*(T<\fBimap\fR\*(T>\fR
250 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.
253 \fB\*(T<\fBmail_spool\fR\*(T>\fR
254 Mail spool for mail checking
257 \fB\*(T<\fBmax_port_monitor_connections\fR\*(T>\fR
258 Allow each port monitor to track at most this many connections (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
261 \fB\*(T<\fBmax_specials\fR\*(T>\fR
262 Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts, offsets, aligns, etc. (default is 512)
265 \fB\*(T<\fBmax_user_text\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBbytes\fR\*(T>
266 Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in config file
267 (default is 16384 bytes)
270 \fB\*(T<\fBlarge_text_buffer_size\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBbytes\fR\*(T>
271 Size of the standard large text buffer (default is 1024 bytes). This buffer is used for the entirety of Conky's text. Increasing the buffer's size will decrease performance and increase the memory footprint of Conky, but it will allow for more text to be displayed in Conky.
274 \fB\*(T<\fBsmall_text_buffer_size\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBbytes\fR\*(T>
275 Size of the standard small text buffer (default is 128 bytes). This buffer is used for intermediary text, such as individual lines, output from $exec vars, and various other variables. Increasing the size of this buffer can drastically reduce Conky's performance, but will allow for more text display per variable. The size of this buffer cannot be smaller than the default value of 128 bytes.
278 \fB\*(T<\fBmaximum_width\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBpixels\fR\*(T>
279 Maximum width of window
282 \fB\*(T<\fBminimum_size\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBwidth (height)\fR\*(T>
283 Minimum size of window
286 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_host\fR\*(T>\fR
290 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_port\fR\*(T>\fR
294 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_password\fR\*(T>\fR
298 \fB\*(T<\fBmusic_player_interval\fR\*(T>\fR
299 Music player thread update interval (defaults to Conky's update interval)
302 \fB\*(T<\fBnet_avg_samples\fR\*(T>\fR
303 The number of samples to average for net data
306 \fB\*(T<\fBno_buffers\fR\*(T>\fR
307 Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?
310 \fB\*(T<\fBoverride_utf8_locale\fR\*(T>\fR
311 Force UTF8? requires XFT
314 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window\fR\*(T>\fR
315 Boolean, create own window to draw?
318 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_class\fR\*(T>\fR
319 Manually set the WM_CLASS name. Defaults to "Conky".
322 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_colour\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcolour\fR\*(T>
323 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)
326 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_hints\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBundecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager\fR\*(T>
327 If own_window is yes, you may use these window manager hints to affect the way Conky displays.
328 Notes: Use own_window_type desktop as another way to implement many of these hints implicitly.
329 If you use own_window_type override, window manager hints have no meaning and are ignored.
332 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_title\fR\*(T>\fR
333 Manually set the window name. Defaults to "<hostname> - conky".
336 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_transparent\fR\*(T>\fR
337 Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?
340 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_type\fR\*(T>\fR
341 if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal, desktop or override (default: normal).
342 Desktop windows are special windows that have no window decorations; are always visible
343 on your desktop; do not appear in your pager or taskbar; and are sticky across all workspaces.
344 Override windows are not under the control of the window manager. Hints are ignored. This type
345 of window can be useful for certain situations.
348 \fB\*(T<\fBout_to_console\fR\*(T>\fR
349 Print text to stdout.
352 \fB\*(T<\fBpad_percents\fR\*(T>\fR
353 Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)
356 \fB\*(T<\fBpop3\fR\*(T>\fR
357 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.
360 \fB\*(T<\fBshort_units\fR\*(T>\fR
361 Shortens units to a single character (kiB->k, GiB->G, etc.). Default is off.
364 \fB\*(T<\fBstippled_borders\fR\*(T>\fR
365 Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
368 \fB\*(T<\fBtotal_run_times\fR\*(T>\fR
369 Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero makes Conky run forever
372 \fB\*(T<\fBupdate_interval\fR\*(T>\fR
373 Update interval in seconds
376 \fB\*(T<\fBuppercase\fR\*(T>\fR
377 Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case
380 \fB\*(T<\fBuse_spacer\fR\*(T>\fR
381 Adds spaces around certain objects to stop them from moving other things around. Arguments are left, right, and none (default). The old true/false values are deprecated and default to right/none respectively. Note that this only helps if you are using a mono font, such as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.
384 \fB\*(T<\fBuse_xft\fR\*(T>\fR
385 Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
388 \fB\*(T<\fBxftalpha\fR\*(T>\fR
389 Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0.
392 \fB\*(T<\fBxftfont\fR\*(T>\fR
396 \fB\*(T<\fBTEXT\fR\*(T>\fR
397 After this begins text to be formatted on screen
400 Colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
401 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt. Also, \(lahttp://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html\(ra.
402 Color can be also in #rrggbb format (hex).
403 Note that when displaying bytes, power is 1024 and not 1000 so 1M really
404 means 1024*1024 bytes and not 1000*1000.
406 \fB\*(T<\fBaddr\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterface\fR\*(T>
407 IP address for an interface
410 \fB\*(T<\fBaddrs\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterface\fR\*(T>
411 IP addresses for an interface (if one - works like addr). Linux only.
414 \fB\*(T<\fBacpiacadapter\fR\*(T>\fR
415 ACPI ac adapter state.
418 \fB\*(T<\fBacpifan\fR\*(T>\fR
422 \fB\*(T<\fBacpitemp\fR\*(T>\fR
423 ACPI temperature in C.
426 \fB\*(T<\fBacpitempf\fR\*(T>\fR
427 ACPI temperature in F.
430 \fB\*(T<\fBadt746xcpu\fR\*(T>\fR
431 CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
434 \fB\*(T<\fBadt746xfan\fR\*(T>\fR
435 Fan speed from therm_adt746x
438 \fB\*(T<\fBalignr\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
439 Right-justify text, with space of N
442 \fB\*(T<\fBalignc\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
446 \fB\*(T<\fBapm_adapter\fR\*(T>\fR
447 Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)
450 \fB\*(T<\fBapm_battery_life\fR\*(T>\fR
451 Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD only)
454 \fB\*(T<\fBapm_battery_time\fR\*(T>\fR
455 Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if
456 AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only)
459 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
463 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR
464 Bitrate of current tune
467 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_channels\fR\*(T>\fR
468 Number of audio channels of current tune
471 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_filename\fR\*(T>\fR
472 Full path and filename of current tune
475 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_frequency\fR\*(T>\fR
476 Sampling frequency of current tune
479 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_length\fR\*(T>\fR
480 Total length of current tune as MM:SS
483 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_length_seconds\fR\*(T>\fR
484 Total length of current tune in seconds
487 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_playlist_position\fR\*(T>\fR
488 Playlist position of current tune
491 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_playlist_length\fR\*(T>\fR
492 Number of tunes in playlist
495 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_position\fR\*(T>\fR
496 Position of current tune (MM:SS)
499 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_position_seconds\fR\*(T>\fR
500 Position of current tune in seconds
503 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_status\fR\*(T>\fR
504 Player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not running)
507 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_title\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(max length)\fR\*(T>
508 Title of current tune with optional maximum length specifier
511 \fB\*(T<\fBbattery\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
512 Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
515 \fB\*(T<\fBbattery_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width) (num)\fR\*(T>
516 Battery percentage remaining of ACPI battery in a bar. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
519 \fB\*(T<\fBbattery_percent\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
520 Battery percentage remaining for ACPI battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
523 \fB\*(T<\fBbattery_time\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
524 Battery charge/discharge time remaining of ACPI battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
527 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_artist\fR\*(T>\fR
528 Artist in current BMPx track
531 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_album\fR\*(T>\fR
532 Album in current BMPx track
535 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_title\fR\*(T>\fR
536 Title of the current BMPx track
539 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_track\fR\*(T>\fR
540 Track number of the current BMPx track
543 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR
544 Bitrate of the current BMPx track
547 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_uri\fR\*(T>\fR
548 URI of the current BMPx track
551 \fB\*(T<\fBbuffers\fR\*(T>\fR
552 Amount of memory buffered
555 \fB\*(T<\fBcached\fR\*(T>\fR
556 Amount of memory cached
559 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(color)\fR\*(T>
560 Change drawing color to color
563 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor0\fR\*(T>\fR
564 Change drawing color to color0 configuration option
567 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor1\fR\*(T>\fR
568 Change drawing color to color1 configuration option
571 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor2\fR\*(T>\fR
572 Change drawing color to color2 configuration option
575 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor3\fR\*(T>\fR
576 Change drawing color to color3 configuration option
579 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor4\fR\*(T>\fR
580 Change drawing color to color4 configuration option
583 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor5\fR\*(T>\fR
584 Change drawing color to color5 configuration option
587 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor6\fR\*(T>\fR
588 Change drawing color to color6 configuration option
591 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor7\fR\*(T>\fR
592 Change drawing color to color7 configuration option
595 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor8\fR\*(T>\fR
596 Change drawing color to color8 configuration option
599 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor9\fR\*(T>\fR
600 Change drawing color to color9 configuration option
603 \fB\*(T<\fBconky_version\fR\*(T>\fR
607 \fB\*(T<\fBconky_build_date\fR\*(T>\fR
611 \fB\*(T<\fBconky_bulid_arch\fR\*(T>\fR
612 CPU architecture Conky was built for
615 \fB\*(T<\fBcpu\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(cpuN)\fR\*(T>
616 CPU usage in percents. For SMP machines, the CPU number can be provided as an argument. ${cpu cpu0} is the total usage, and ${cpu cpuX} (X >= 1) are individual CPUs.
619 \fB\*(T<\fBcpubar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(cpu number) (height),(width)\fR\*(T>
620 Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels. See $cpu for more info on SMP.
623 \fB\*(T<\fBcpugraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(cpu number) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2)\fR\*(T>
624 CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #. See $cpu for more info on SMP.
627 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskio\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device)\fR\*(T>
628 Displays current disk IO. Device is optional, and takes the form of sda for /dev/sda. Individual partitions are allowed.
631 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskiograph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
632 Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
635 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskio_read\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device)\fR\*(T>
636 Displays current disk IO for reads. Device as in diskio.
639 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskiograph_read\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
640 Disk IO graph for reads, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Device as in diskio.
643 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskio_write\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device)\fR\*(T>
644 Displays current disk IO for writes. Device as in diskio.
647 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskiograph_write\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
648 Disk IO graph for writes, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Device as in diskio.
651 \fB\*(T<\fBdownspeed\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
652 Download speed in kilobytes
655 \fB\*(T<\fBdownspeedf\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
656 Download speed in kilobytes with one decimal
659 \fB\*(T<\fBdownspeedgraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
660 Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
663 \fB\*(T<\fBelse\fR\*(T>\fR
664 Text to show if any of the above are not true
667 \fB\*(T<\fBentropy_avail\fR\*(T>\fR
668 Current entropy available for crypto freaks
671 \fB\*(T<\fBentropy_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
672 Normalized bar of available entropy for crypto freaks
675 \fB\*(T<\fBentropy_poolsize\fR\*(T>\fR
676 Total size of system entropy pool for crypto freaks
679 \fB\*(T<\fBexec\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcommand\fR\*(T>
680 Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warning: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch.
683 \fB\*(T<\fBexecp\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcommand\fR\*(T>
684 Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warning: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch. This differs from $exec in that it parses the output of the command, so you can insert things like ${color red}hi!${color} in your script and have it correctly parsed by Conky.
687 \fB\*(T<\fBexecbar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcommand\fR\*(T>
688 Same as exec, except if the first value return is a value between 0-100, it will use that number for a bar. The size for the bar is currently fixed, but that may change in the future.
691 \fB\*(T<\fBexecgraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcommand\fR\*(T>
692 Same as execbar, but graphs values.
695 \fB\*(T<\fBexeci\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
696 Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci
699 \fB\*(T<\fBexecibar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
700 Same as execbar, except with an interval
703 \fB\*(T<\fBexecigraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
704 Same as execigraph, but takes an interval arg graphs values
707 \fB\*(T<\fBfont\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(font)\fR\*(T>
708 Specify a different font. This new font will apply to the current line and everything following. You can use a $font with no arguments to change back to the default font (much like with $color)
711 \fB\*(T<\fBfreq\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(n)\fR\*(T>
712 Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz. CPUs are
713 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
717 \fB\*(T<\fBfreq_g\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(n)\fR\*(T>
718 Returns CPU #n's frequency in GHz. CPUs are
719 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
723 \fB\*(T<\fBfreq_dyn\fR\*(T>\fR
724 Returns CPU frequency in MHz, but is calculated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for x86/amd64.
727 \fB\*(T<\fBfreq_dyn_g\fR\*(T>\fR
728 Returns CPU frequency in GHz, but is calculated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for x86/amd64.
731 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width) fs\fR\*(T>
732 Bar that shows how much space is used on a file system. height is the height in pixels. fs is any file on that file system.
735 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_free\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
736 Free space on a file system available for users.
739 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_free_perc\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
740 Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.
743 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_size\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
747 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_type\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
751 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_used\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
752 File system used space
755 \fB\*(T<\fBgoto\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBx\fR\*(T>
756 The next element will be printed at position 'x'.
759 \fB\*(T<\fBhddtemp\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBdev, (host,(port))\fR\*(T>
760 Displays temperature of a selected hard disk drive as reported by the hddtemp daemon running on host:port.
761 Default host is 127.0.0.1, default port is 7634.
764 \fB\*(T<\fBhead\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBlogfile lines (interval)\fR\*(T>
765 Displays first N lines of supplied text text file. If interval is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval. Max of 30 lines can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.
768 \fB\*(T<\fBhr\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height)\fR\*(T>
769 Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels
772 \fB\*(T<\fBhwmon\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(dev) type n\fR\*(T>
773 Hwmon sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omitted if you have only one hwmon device. Parameter type is either 'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' (Celsius) or 'tempf' (Fahrenheit) meaning temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See /sys/class/hwmon/ on your local computer.
776 \fB\*(T<\fBiconv_start\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcodeset_from codeset_to\fR\*(T>
777 Convert text from one codeset to another using GNU iconv. Needs to be stopped with iconv_stop.
780 \fB\*(T<\fBiconv_stop\fR\*(T>\fR
781 Stop iconv codeset conversion.
784 \fB\*(T<\fBi2c\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(dev) type n\fR\*(T>
785 I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omitted if you have only one I2C device. Parameter type is either 'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' (Celsius) or 'tempf' (Fahrenheit) meaning temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer.
788 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_ac_status\fR\*(T>\fR
789 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays whether ac power is on, as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to human-readable). Beware that this is by default not enabled by i8k itself.
792 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_bios\fR\*(T>\fR
793 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.
796 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_buttons_status\fR\*(T>\fR
797 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.
800 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_cpu_temp\fR\*(T>\fR
801 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.
804 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_cpu_tempf\fR\*(T>\fR
805 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in Fahrenheit, as reported by /proc/i8k.
808 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_left_fan_rpm\fR\*(T>\fR
809 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the left fan's rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in reverse order.
812 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_left_fan_status\fR\*(T>\fR
813 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the left fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to human-readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in reverse order.
816 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_right_fan_rpm\fR\*(T>\fR
817 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the right fan's rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in reverse order.
820 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_right_fan_status\fR\*(T>\fR
821 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the right fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to human-readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in reverse order.
824 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_serial\fR\*(T>\fR
825 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.
828 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_version\fR\*(T>\fR
829 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the version formatting of /proc/i8k.
832 \fB\*(T<\fBibm_fan\fR\*(T>\fR
833 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.
836 \fB\*(T<\fBibm_temps\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBN\fR\*(T>
837 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the temperatures
838 from the IBM temperature sensors (N=0..7) Sensor 0 is
839 on the CPU, 3 is on the GPU.
842 \fB\*(T<\fBibm_volume\fR\*(T>\fR
843 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the "master" volume,
844 controlled by the volume keys (0-14).
847 \fB\*(T<\fBibm_brightness\fR\*(T>\fR
848 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the
852 \fB\*(T<\fBif_empty\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(var)\fR\*(T>
853 if conky variable VAR is empty, display everything between $if_empty and the matching $endif
856 \fB\*(T<\fBif_running\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(process)\fR\*(T>
857 if PROCESS is running, display everything $if_running and the matching $endif
860 \fB\*(T<\fBif_existing\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBfile (string)\fR\*(T>
861 if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing and the matching $endif. The optional second paramater checks for FILE containing the specified string and prints everything between $if_existing and the matching $endif.
864 \fB\*(T<\fBif_mounted\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(mountpoint)\fR\*(T>
865 if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between $if_mounted and the matching $endif
868 \fB\*(T<\fBif_smapi_bat_installed\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(INDEX)\fR\*(T>
869 when using smapi, if the battery with index INDEX is installed, display everything between $if_smapi_bat_installed and the matching $endif
872 \fB\*(T<\fBif_up\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(interface)\fR\*(T>
873 if INTERFACE exists and is up, display everything between $if_up and the matching $endif
876 \fB\*(T<\fBimap_messages\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(args)\fR\*(T>
877 Displays the number of messages in your global IMAP inbox by default. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 143, default interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
880 \fB\*(T<\fBimap_unseen\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(args)\fR\*(T>
881 Displays the number of unseen messages in your global IMAP inbox by default. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 143, default interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
884 \fB\*(T<\fBkernel\fR\*(T>\fR
888 \fB\*(T<\fBloadavg\fR\*(T>\fR
889 (1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.
892 \fB\*(T<\fBmachine\fR\*(T>\fR
893 Machine, i686 for example
896 \fB\*(T<\fBmails\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(mailbox)\fR\*(T> \*(T<\fB(interval)\fR\*(T>
897 Mail count in the specified mailbox or your mail spool if not.
898 Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported. You can
899 use a program like fetchmail to get mails from some server
900 using your favourite protocol. See also new_mails.
903 \fB\*(T<\fBmboxscan\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(\-n number of messages to print) (\-fw from width) (\-sw subject width) mbox\fR\*(T>
904 Print a summary of recent messages in an mbox format mailbox. mbox parameter is the filename of the mailbox (can be encapsulated using '"', ie. ${mboxscan -n 10 "/home/brenden/some box"}
907 \fB\*(T<\fBmem\fR\*(T>\fR
908 Amount of memory in use
911 \fB\*(T<\fBmembar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
912 Bar that shows amount of memory in use
915 \fB\*(T<\fBmemmax\fR\*(T>\fR
916 Total amount of memory
919 \fB\*(T<\fBmemperc\fR\*(T>\fR
920 Percentage of memory in use
923 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_artist\fR\*(T>\fR
924 Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile
927 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_album\fR\*(T>\fR
928 Album in current MPD song
931 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
932 Bar of mpd's progress
935 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR
936 Bitrate of current song
939 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_status\fR\*(T>\fR
940 Playing, stopped, et cetera.
943 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_title\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(max length)\fR\*(T>
944 Title of current MPD song
947 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_vol\fR\*(T>\fR
951 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_elapsed\fR\*(T>\fR
955 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_length\fR\*(T>\fR
959 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_percent\fR\*(T>\fR
960 Percent of song's progress
963 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_random\fR\*(T>\fR
964 Random status (On/Off)
967 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_repeat\fR\*(T>\fR
968 Repeat status (On/Off)
971 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_track\fR\*(T>\fR
972 Prints the MPD track field
975 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_name\fR\*(T>\fR
976 Prints the MPD name field
979 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_file\fR\*(T>\fR
980 Prints the file name of the current MPD song
983 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_smart\fR\*(T>\fR
984 Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file name, depending on whats available
987 \fB\*(T<\fBnew_mails\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(mailbox)\fR\*(T> \*(T<\fB(interval)\fR\*(T>
988 Unread mail count in the specified mailbox or mail spool if
989 not. Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported.
992 \fB\*(T<\fBnodename\fR\*(T>\fR
996 \fB\*(T<\fBoutlinecolor\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(color)\fR\*(T>
1000 \fB\*(T<\fBpb_battery\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBitem\fR\*(T>
1001 If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display
1002 information on battery status. The item parameter
1003 specifies, what information to display. Exactly one item
1004 must be specified. Valid items are:
1007 Display if battery is fully charged, charging,
1008 discharging or absent (running on AC)
1011 Display charge of battery in percent, if
1012 charging or discharging. Nothing will be
1013 displayed, if battery is fully charged
1017 Display the time remaining until the battery
1018 will be fully charged or discharged at current
1019 rate. Nothing is displayed, if battery is
1020 absent or if it's present but fully charged
1021 and not discharging.
1024 \fB\*(T<\fBplatform\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(dev) type n\fR\*(T>
1025 Platform sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omitted if you have only one platform device. Platform type is either 'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' (Celsius) or 'tempf' (Fahrenheit) meaning temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See /sys/bus/platform/devices/ on your local computer.
1028 \fB\*(T<\fBpop3_unseen\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(args)\fR\*(T>
1029 Displays the number of unseen messages in your global POP3 inbox by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes seperately by passing arguments to this object. 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.
1032 \fB\*(T<\fBpop3_used\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(args)\fR\*(T>
1033 Displays the amount of space (in MiB, 2^20) used in your global POP3 inbox by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes seperately by passing arguments to this object. 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.
1036 \fB\*(T<\fBpre_exec\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBshell command\fR\*(T>
1037 Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything and puts output as text.
1040 \fB\*(T<\fBprocesses\fR\*(T>\fR
1041 Total processes (sleeping and running)
1044 \fB\*(T<\fBrunning_processes\fR\*(T>\fR
1045 Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6
1048 \fB\*(T<\fBshadecolor\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(color)\fR\*(T>
1049 Change shading color
1052 \fB\*(T<\fBsmapi\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(ARGS)\fR\*(T>
1053 when using smapi, display contents of the /sys/devices/platform/smapi directory. ARGS are either '(FILENAME)' or 'bat (INDEX) (FILENAME)' to display the corresponding files' content. This is a very raw method of accessing the smapi values. When available, better use one of the smapi_* variables instead.
1056 \fB\*(T<\fBsmapi_bat_perc\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(INDEX)\fR\*(T>
1057 when using smapi, display the remaining capacity in percent of the battery with index INDEX. This is a separate variable because it supports the 'use_spacer' configuration option.
1060 \fB\*(T<\fBsmapi_bat_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(INDEX),(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
1061 when using smapi, display the remaining capacity of the battery with index INDEX as a bar.
1064 \fB\*(T<\fBstippled_hr\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(space)\fR\*(T>
1065 Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
1068 \fB\*(T<\fBswapbar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
1069 Bar that shows amount of swap in use
1072 \fB\*(T<\fBswap\fR\*(T>\fR
1073 Amount of swap in use
1076 \fB\*(T<\fBswapmax\fR\*(T>\fR
1077 Total amount of swap
1080 \fB\*(T<\fBswapperc\fR\*(T>\fR
1081 Percentage of swap in use
1084 \fB\*(T<\fBsysname\fR\*(T>\fR
1085 System name, Linux for example
1088 \fB\*(T<\fBtcp_portmon\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBport_begin port_end item (index)\fR\*(T> \fI(ip4 only at present)\fR
1089 TCP port monitor for specified local ports. Port numbers must be in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:
1091 \fBcount\fR - total number of connections in the range
1093 \fBrip\fR - remote ip address
1095 \fBrhost\fR - remote host name
1097 \fBrport\fR - remote port number
1099 \fBrservice\fR - remote service name from /etc/services
1101 \fBlip\fR - local ip address
1103 \fBlhost\fR - local host name
1105 \fBlport\fR - local port number
1107 \fBlservice\fR - local service name from /etc/services
1109 The connection index provides you with access to each connection in the port monitor. The monitor will return information for index values from 0 to n-1 connections. Values higher than n-1 are simply ignored. For the "count" item, the connection index must be omitted. It is required for all other items.
1113 \fB${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count}\fR -
1114 displays the number of connections in the bittorrent port range
1116 \fB${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0}\fR -
1117 displays the remote host ip of the first sshd connection
1119 \fB${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9}\fR -
1120 displays the remote host ip of the tenth sshd connection
1122 \fB${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0}\fR -
1123 displays the remote host name of the first connection on a privileged port
1125 \fB${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4}\fR -
1126 displays the remote host port of the fifth connection on a privileged port
1128 \fB${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14}\fR -
1129 displays the local service name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports
1131 Note that port monitor variables which share the same port range actually refer to the same monitor, so many references to a single port range for different items and different indexes all use the same monitor internally. In other words, the program avoids creating redundant monitors.
1133 \fB\*(T<\fBtexeci\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
1134 Runs a command at an interval inside a thread and displays the output. Same as $execi, except the command is run inside a thread. Use this if you have a slow script to keep Conky updating. You should make the interval slightly longer then the time it takes your script to execute. For example, if you have a script that take 5 seconds to execute, you should make the interval at least 6 seconds. See also $execi.
1137 \fB\*(T<\fBoffset\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(pixels)\fR\*(T>
1138 Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.
1141 \fB\*(T<\fBrss\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBurl delay_in_minutes action item_num\fR\*(T>
1142 Download and parse RSS feeds. Action may be one of the following: feed_title, item_title (with num par), item_desc (with num par) and item_titles.
1145 \fB\*(T<\fBtab\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(width, (start))\fR\*(T>
1146 Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from column 'start'.
1149 \fB\*(T<\fBtail\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBlogfile lines (interval)\fR\*(T>
1150 Displays last N lines of supplied text text file. If interval is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval. Max of 30 lines can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.
1153 \fB\*(T<\fBtime\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(format)\fR\*(T>
1154 Local time, see man strftime to get more information about format
1157 \fB\*(T<\fButime\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(format)\fR\*(T>
1158 Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).
1161 \fB\*(T<\fBtztime\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(timezone) (format)\fR\*(T>
1162 Local time for specified timezone, see man strftime to get more information about format. The timezone argument is specified in similar fashion as TZ environment variable. For hints, look in /usr/share/zoneinfo. e.g. US/Pacific, Europe/Zurich, etc.
1165 \fB\*(T<\fBtotaldown\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1166 Total download, overflows at 4 GB on Linux with 32-bit arch and there doesn't seem to be a way to know how many times it has already done that before conky has started.
1169 \fB\*(T<\fBtop\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBtype, num\fR\*(T>
1170 This takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number) Basically, processes are ranked from highest to lowest in terms of cpu usage, which is what (num) represents. The types are: "name", "pid", "cpu", "mem", and "time". There can be a max of 10 processes listed.
1173 \fB\*(T<\fBtop_mem\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBtype, num\fR\*(T>
1174 Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu
1177 \fB\*(T<\fBtotalup\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1178 Total upload, this one too, may overflow
1181 \fB\*(T<\fBupdates\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBNumber of updates\fR\*(T>
1185 \fB\*(T<\fBupspeed\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1186 Upload speed in kilobytes
1189 \fB\*(T<\fBupspeedf\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1190 Upload speed in kilobytes with one decimal
1193 \fB\*(T<\fBupspeedgraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
1194 Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
1197 \fB\*(T<\fBuptime\fR\*(T>\fR
1201 \fB\*(T<\fBuptime_short\fR\*(T>\fR
1202 Uptime in a shorter format
1205 \fB\*(T<\fBuser_number\fR\*(T>\fR
1206 Number of users logged in
1209 \fB\*(T<\fBuser_names\fR\*(T>\fR
1210 Lists the names of the users logged in
1213 \fB\*(T<\fBuser_terms\fR\*(T>\fR
1214 Lists the consoles in use
1217 \fB\*(T<\fBuser_times\fR\*(T>\fR
1218 Lists how long users have been logged in for
1221 \fB\*(T<\fBvoffset\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(pixels)\fR\*(T>
1222 Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause text to overlap. See also $offset.
1225 \fB\*(T<\fBvoltage_mv\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(n)\fR\*(T>
1226 Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs are
1227 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
1231 \fB\*(T<\fBvoltage_v\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(n)\fR\*(T>
1232 Returns CPU #n's voltage in V. CPUs are
1233 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
1237 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_essid\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1238 Wireless access point ESSID (Linux only)
1241 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_mode\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1242 Wireless mode (Managed/Ad-Hoc/Master) (Linux only)
1245 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1246 Wireless bitrate (ie 11 Mb/s) (Linux only)
1249 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_ap\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1250 Wireless access point MAC address (Linux only)
1253 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_link_qual\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1254 Wireless link quality (Linux only)
1257 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_link_qual_max\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1258 Wireless link quality maximum value (Linux only)
1261 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_link_qual_perc\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1262 Wireless link quality in percents (Linux only)
1265 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_link_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height), (width) net\fR\*(T>
1266 Wireless link quality bar (Linux only)
1269 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_artist\fR\*(T>\fR
1270 Artist in current XMMS2 song
1273 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_album\fR\*(T>\fR
1274 Album in current XMMS2 song
1277 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_title\fR\*(T>\fR
1278 Title in current XMMS2 song
1281 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_genre\fR\*(T>\fR
1282 Genre in current XMMS2 song
1285 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_comment\fR\*(T>\fR
1286 Comment in current XMMS2 song
1289 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_decoder\fR\*(T>\fR
1293 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_transport\fR\*(T>\fR
1294 Transport plugin used
1297 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_url\fR\*(T>\fR
1298 Full path to current song
1301 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_tracknr\fR\*(T>\fR
1302 Track number in current XMMS2 song
1305 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR
1306 Bitrate of current song
1309 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_id\fR\*(T>\fR
1310 XMMS2 id of current song
1313 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_duration\fR\*(T>\fR
1314 Duration of current song
1317 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_elapsed\fR\*(T>\fR
1321 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_size\fR\*(T>\fR
1322 Size of current song
1325 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_percent\fR\*(T>\fR
1326 Percent of song's progress
1329 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_status\fR\*(T>\fR
1330 XMMS2 status (Playing, Paused, Stopped, or Disconnected)
1333 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
1334 Bar of XMMS2's progress
1337 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_smart\fR\*(T>\fR
1338 Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file name, depending on whats available
1342 \*(T<conky \*(T>\*(T<\fB\-t '${time %D %H:%M}' \-o \-u 30\fR\*(T>
1343 Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as text and 30 sec update interval.
1345 \*(T<conky \*(T>\*(T<\fB\-a top_left \-x 5 \-y 500 \-d\fR\*(T>
1346 Start Conky to background at coordinates (5, 500).
1348 \*(T<\fI~/.conkyrc\fR\*(T> default configuration file
1350 Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn't work with
1351 all window managers. Especially doesn't work well with Gnome and it has
1352 been reported that it doesn't work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
1353 disabled from drawing to desktop with program gconf-editor. Uncheck
1354 show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/. There is -w switch in Conky
1355 to set some specific window id. You might find xwininfo -tree useful to
1356 find the window to draw to. You can also use -o argument which makes
1357 Conky to create its own window.
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1361 \(lahttp://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky\(ra
1363 #conky on irc.freenode.net
1365 The Conky dev team. What's up now!