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1 <variablelist>
2 <varlistentry>
3         <term>
4                 <command><option>addr</option></command>
5         <option>interface</option>
6         </term>
7         <listitem>
8                 IP address for an interface
9         <para></para></listitem>
10 </varlistentry>
11
12 <varlistentry>
13         <term>
14                 <command><option>acpiacadapter</option></command>
15         </term>
16         <listitem>
17                 ACPI ac adapter state.
18         <para></para></listitem>
19 </varlistentry>
20
21 <varlistentry>
22         <term>
23                 <command><option>acpifan</option></command>
24         </term>
25         <listitem>
26                 ACPI fan state
27         <para></para></listitem>
28 </varlistentry>
29
30 <varlistentry>
31         <term>
32                 <command><option>acpitemp</option></command>
33         </term>
34         <listitem>
35                 ACPI temperature in C.
36                 <para></para></listitem>
37 </varlistentry>
38
39 <varlistentry>
40         <term>
41                 <command><option>acpitempf</option></command>
42         </term>
43         <listitem>
44                 ACPI temperature in F.
45                 <para></para></listitem>
46 </varlistentry>
47
48 <varlistentry>
49         <term>
50                 <command><option>adt746xcpu</option></command>
51         </term>
52         <listitem>
53                 CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
54         <para></para></listitem>
55 </varlistentry>
56
57 <varlistentry>
58         <term>
59                 <command><option>adt746xfan</option></command>
60         </term>
61         <listitem>
62                 Fan speed from therm_adt746x
63         <para></para></listitem>
64 </varlistentry>
65
66 <varlistentry>
67         <term>
68                 <command><option>alignr</option></command>
69         <option>(num)</option>
70         </term>
71         <listitem>
72                 Right-justify text, with space of N
73         <para></para></listitem>
74 </varlistentry>
75
76 <varlistentry>
77         <term>
78                 <command><option>alignc</option></command>
79         <option>(num)</option>
80         </term>
81         <listitem>
82                 Align text to centre
83         <para></para></listitem>
84 </varlistentry>
85
86 <varlistentry>
87         <term>
88                 <command><option>apm_adapter</option></command>
89         </term>
90         <listitem>
91                 Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)
92         <para></para></listitem>
93 </varlistentry>
94
95 <varlistentry>
96         <term>
97                 <command><option>apm_battery_life</option></command>
98         </term>
99         <listitem>
100                 Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD only)
101         <para></para></listitem>
102 </varlistentry>
103
104 <varlistentry>
105         <term>
106                 <command><option>apm_battery_time</option></command>
107         </term>
108         <listitem>
109                 Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if
110                 AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only)
111         <para></para></listitem>
112 </varlistentry>
113
114 <varlistentry>
115         <term>
116                 <command><option>audacious_bar</option></command>
117                 <option>(height),(width)</option>
118         </term>
119         <listitem>
120                 Progress bar
121         <para></para></listitem>
122 </varlistentry>
123
124 <varlistentry>
125         <term>
126                 <command><option>audacious_bitrate</option></command>
127         </term>
128         <listitem>
129                 Bitrate of current tune
130         <para></para></listitem>
131 </varlistentry>
132
133 <varlistentry>
134         <term>
135                 <command><option>audacious_channels</option></command>
136         </term>
137         <listitem>
138                 Number of audio channels of current tune
139         <para></para></listitem>
140 </varlistentry>
141
142 <varlistentry>
143         <term>
144                 <command><option>audacious_filename</option></command>
145         </term>
146         <listitem>
147                 Full path and filename of current tune
148         <para></para></listitem>
149 </varlistentry>
150
151 <varlistentry>
152         <term>
153                 <command><option>audacious_frequency</option></command>
154         </term>
155         <listitem>
156                 Sampling frequency of current tune
157         <para></para></listitem>
158 </varlistentry>
159
160 <varlistentry>
161         <term>
162                 <command><option>audacious_length</option></command>
163         </term>
164         <listitem>
165                 Total length of current tune as MM:SS
166         <para></para></listitem>
167 </varlistentry>
168
169 <varlistentry>
170         <term>
171                 <command><option>audacious_length_seconds</option></command>
172         </term>
173         <listitem>
174                 Total length of current tune in seconds
175         <para></para></listitem>
176 </varlistentry>
177
178 <varlistentry>
179         <term>
180                 <command><option>audacious_playlist_position</option></command>
181         </term>
182         <listitem>
183                 Playlist position of current tune
184         <para></para></listitem>
185 </varlistentry>
186
187 <varlistentry>
188         <term>
189                 <command><option>audacious_playlist_length</option></command>
190         </term>
191         <listitem>
192                 Number of tunes in playlist
193         <para></para></listitem>
194 </varlistentry>
195
196 <varlistentry>
197         <term>
198                 <command><option>audacious_position</option></command>
199         </term>
200         <listitem>
201                 Position of current tune (MM:SS)
202         <para></para></listitem>
203 </varlistentry>
204
205 <varlistentry>
206         <term>
207                 <command><option>audacious_position_seconds</option></command>
208         </term>
209         <listitem>
210                 Position of current tune in seconds
211         <para></para></listitem>
212 </varlistentry>
213
214 <varlistentry>
215         <term>
216                 <command><option>audacious_status</option></command>
217         </term>
218         <listitem>
219                 Player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not running)
220         <para></para></listitem>
221 </varlistentry>
222
223 <varlistentry>
224         <term>
225                 <command><option>audacious_title</option></command>
226         </term>
227         <listitem>
228                 Title of current tune
229         <para></para></listitem>
230 </varlistentry>
231
232 <varlistentry>
233         <term>
234                 <command><option>battery</option></command>
235         <option>(num)</option>
236         </term>
237         <listitem>
238                 Remaining capacity in ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
239         <para></para></listitem>
240 </varlistentry>
241
242 <varlistentry>  
243         <term>          
244                 <command><option>bmpx_artist</option></command>
245         </term>
246         <listitem>
247                 Artist in current BMPx track
248         <para></para></listitem>
249 </varlistentry>
250
251 <varlistentry>  
252         <term>
253                 <command><option>bmpx_album</option></command>
254         </term>         
255         <listitem>
256                 Album in current BMPx track
257         <para></para></listitem>
258 </varlistentry>
259
260 <varlistentry>
261         <term>
262                 <command><option>bmpx_title</option></command>
263         </term>
264         <listitem>
265                 Title of the current BMPx track
266         <para></para></listitem>
267 </varlistentry>
268
269 <varlistentry>
270         <term>
271                 <command><option>bmpx_track</option></command>
272         </term>
273         <listitem>
274                 Track number of the current BMPx track
275         <para></para></listitem>
276 </varlistentry>
277
278 <varlistentry>
279         <term>
280                 <command><option>bmpx_bitrate</option></command>
281         </term>
282         <listitem>
283                 Bitrate of the current BMPx track
284         <para></para></listitem>
285 </varlistentry>
286
287 <varlistentry>
288         <term>
289                 <command><option>bmpx_uri</option></command>
290         </term>
291         <listitem>
292                 URI of the current BMPx track
293         <para></para></listitem>
294 </varlistentry>
295
296 <varlistentry>
297         <term>
298                 <command><option>buffers</option></command>
299         </term>
300         <listitem>
301                 Amount of memory buffered
302         <para></para></listitem>
303 </varlistentry>
304
305 <varlistentry>
306         <term>
307                 <command><option>cached</option></command>
308         </term>
309         <listitem>
310                 Amount of memory cached
311         <para></para></listitem>
312 </varlistentry>
313
314 <varlistentry>
315         <term>
316                 <command><option>color</option></command>
317         <option>(color)</option>
318         </term>
319         <listitem>
320                 Change drawing color to color
321         <para></para></listitem>
322 </varlistentry>
323
324 <varlistentry>
325         <term>
326                 <command><option>cpu</option></command>
327                 <option>(cpuN)</option>
328         </term>
329         <listitem>
330                 CPU usage in percents.  For SMP machines, the CPU number can be provided as an argument.  ${cpu 0} is the total usage, and ${cpu X} (X >= 1) are individual CPUs. 
331         <para></para></listitem>
332 </varlistentry>
333
334 <varlistentry>
335         <term>
336                 <command><option>cpubar</option></command>
337                 <option>(cpu number) (height),(width)</option>
338         </term>
339         <listitem>
340                 Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels.  See $cpu for more info on SMP.
341         <para></para></listitem>
342 </varlistentry>
343
344 <varlistentry>
345         <term>
346                 <command><option>cpugraph</option></command>
347         <option>(cpu number) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2)</option>
348         </term>
349         <listitem>
350                 CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #.  See $cpu for more info on SMP.
351         <para></para></listitem>
352 </varlistentry>
353
354 <varlistentry>
355         <term>
356                 <command><option>diskio</option></command>
357         </term>
358         <listitem>
359                 Displays current disk IO.
360                 <para></para></listitem>
361 </varlistentry>
362
363 <varlistentry>
364         <term>
365                 <command><option>diskiograph</option></command>
366                 <option>(height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)</option>
367         </term>
368         <listitem>
369                 Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #.  If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
370                 <para></para></listitem>
371 </varlistentry>
372
373 <varlistentry>
374         <term>
375                 <command><option>downspeed</option></command>
376         <option>net</option>
377         </term>
378         <listitem>
379                 Download speed in kilobytes
380         <para></para></listitem>
381 </varlistentry>
382
383 <varlistentry>
384         <term>
385                 <command><option>downspeedf</option></command>
386         <option>net</option>
387         </term>
388         <listitem>
389                 Download speed in kilobytes with one decimal
390         <para></para></listitem>
391 </varlistentry>
392
393 <varlistentry>
394         <term>
395                 <command><option>downspeedgraph</option></command>
396                 <option>net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)</option>
397         </term>
398         <listitem>
399                 Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #.  If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
400         <para></para></listitem>
401 </varlistentry>
402
403 <varlistentry>
404         <term>
405                 <command><option>else</option></command>
406         </term>
407         <listitem>
408                 Text to show if any of the above are not true
409         <para></para></listitem>
410 </varlistentry>
411
412 <varlistentry>
413         <term>
414                 <command><option>entropy_avail</option></command>
415         </term>
416         <listitem>
417                 Current entropy available for crypto freaks
418         <para></para></listitem>
419 </varlistentry>
420
421 <varlistentry>
422         <term>
423                 <command><option>entropy_bar</option></command>
424                 <option>(height),(width)</option>
425         </term>
426         <listitem>
427                 Normalized bar of available entropy for crypto freaks
428         <para></para></listitem>
429 </varlistentry>
430
431 <varlistentry>
432         <term>
433                 <command><option>entropy_poolsize</option></command>
434         </term>
435         <listitem>
436                 Total size of system entropy pool for crypto freaks
437         <para></para></listitem>
438 </varlistentry>
439
440
441 <varlistentry>
442         <term>
443                 <command><option>exec</option></command>
444         <option>command</option>
445         </term>
446         <listitem>
447                 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.
448         <para></para></listitem>
449 </varlistentry>
450
451 <varlistentry>
452         <term>
453                 <command><option>execbar</option></command>
454         <option>command</option>
455         </term>
456         <listitem>
457                 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.
458         <para></para></listitem>
459 </varlistentry>
460
461 <varlistentry>
462         <term>
463                 <command><option>execgraph</option></command>
464         <option>command</option>
465         </term>
466         <listitem>
467                 Same as execbar, but graphs values.
468         <para></para></listitem>
469 </varlistentry>
470
471 <varlistentry>
472         <term>
473                 <command><option>execi</option></command>
474                 <option>interval command</option>
475         </term>
476         <listitem>
477                 Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci
478                 <para></para></listitem>
479 </varlistentry>
480
481 <varlistentry>
482         <term>
483                 <command><option>execibar</option></command>
484                 <option>interval command</option>
485         </term>
486         <listitem>
487                 Same as execbar, except with an interval
488                 <para></para></listitem>
489 </varlistentry>
490
491 <varlistentry>
492         <term>
493                 <command><option>execigraph</option></command>
494                 <option>interval command</option>
495         </term>
496         <listitem>
497                 Same as execigraph, but takes an interval arg graphs values
498                 <para></para></listitem>
499 </varlistentry>
500
501 <varlistentry>
502         <term>
503                 <command><option>font</option></command>
504         <option>(font)</option>
505         </term>
506         <listitem>
507                 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)
508         <para></para></listitem>
509 </varlistentry>
510
511 <varlistentry>
512         <term>
513                 <command><option>freq</option></command>
514                 <option>(n)</option>
515         </term>
516         <listitem>
517                 Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz. CPUs are
518                 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
519                 defaults to 1.
520                 <para></para></listitem>
521 </varlistentry>
522 <varlistentry>
523         <term>
524                 <command><option>freq_g</option></command>
525                 <option>(n)</option>
526         </term>
527         <listitem>
528                 Returns CPU #n's frequency in GHz. CPUs are
529                 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
530                 defaults to 1.
531                 <para></para></listitem>
532 </varlistentry>
533         
534 <varlistentry>
535         <term>
536                 <command><option>freq_dyn</option></command>
537         </term>
538         <listitem>
539                         Returns CPU frequency in MHz, but is calculated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction.  Only available for x86/amd64.
540                         <para></para></listitem>
541 </varlistentry>
542
543 <varlistentry>
544         <term>
545                 <command><option>freq_dyn_g</option></command>
546         </term>
547         <listitem>
548                 Returns CPU frequency in GHz, but is calculated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction.  Only available for x86/amd64.
549         <para></para></listitem>
550 </varlistentry>
551         
552 <varlistentry>
553         <term>
554                 <command><option>fs_bar</option></command>
555         <option>(height),(width) fs</option>
556         </term>
557         <listitem>
558                 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.
559         <para></para></listitem>
560 </varlistentry>
561
562 <varlistentry>
563         <term>
564                 <command><option>fs_free</option></command>
565         <option>(fs)</option>
566         </term>
567         <listitem>
568                 Free space on a file system available for users.
569         <para></para></listitem>
570 </varlistentry>
571
572 <varlistentry>
573         <term>
574                 <command><option>fs_free_perc</option></command>
575         <option>(fs)</option>
576         </term>
577         <listitem>
578                 Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.
579         <para></para></listitem>
580 </varlistentry>
581
582 <varlistentry>
583         <term>
584                 <command><option>fs_size</option></command>
585         <option>(fs)</option>
586         </term>
587         <listitem>
588                 File system size
589         <para></para></listitem>
590 </varlistentry>
591
592 <varlistentry>
593         <term>
594                 <command><option>fs_used</option></command>
595         <option>(fs)</option>
596         </term>
597         <listitem>
598                 File system used space
599         <para></para></listitem>
600 </varlistentry>
601
602 <varlistentry>
603         <term>
604                 <command><option>goto</option></command>
605                 <option>x</option>
606         </term>
607         <listitem>
608         The next element will be printed at position 'x'.
609                 <para></para></listitem>
610 </varlistentry>
611
612 <varlistentry>
613         <term>
614                 <command><option>hddtemp</option></command>
615                 <option>dev, (host,(port))</option>
616         </term>
617         <listitem>
618                 Displays temperature of a selected hard disk drive as reported by the hddtemp daemon running on host:port.
619                 Default host is 127.0.0.1, default port is 7634.
620                 <para></para></listitem>
621 </varlistentry>
622
623 <varlistentry>
624         <term>
625                 <command><option>head</option></command>
626                 <option>logfile lines (interval)</option>
627         </term>
628         <listitem>
629                 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.
630                 <para></para></listitem>
631 </varlistentry>
632
633 <varlistentry>
634         <term>
635                 <command><option>hr</option></command>
636         <option>(height)</option>
637         </term>
638         <listitem>
639                 Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels
640         <para></para></listitem>
641 </varlistentry>
642
643 <varlistentry>
644         <term>
645                 <command><option>iconv_start</option></command>
646         <option>codeset_from codeset_to</option>
647         </term>
648         <listitem>
649                 Convert text from one codeset to another using GNU iconv.  Needs to be stopped with iconv_stop.
650         <para></para></listitem>
651 </varlistentry>
652
653 <varlistentry>
654         <term>
655                 <command><option>iconv_stop</option></command>
656         <option></option>
657         </term>
658         <listitem>
659                 Stop iconv codeset conversion.
660         <para></para></listitem>
661 </varlistentry>
662
663 <varlistentry>
664         <term>
665                 <command><option>i2c</option></command>
666         <option>(dev) type n</option>
667         </term>
668         <listitem>
669                 I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev may be omitted if you have only one I2C device. type is either in (or vol) meaning voltage, fan meaning fan or temp/tempf (first in C, second in F) meaning temperature. n is number of the sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer.
670         <para></para></listitem>
671 </varlistentry>
672
673 <varlistentry>
674         <term>
675                 <command><option>i8k_ac_status</option></command>
676         <option></option>
677         </term>
678         <listitem>
679                 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.
680         <para></para></listitem>
681 </varlistentry>
682
683 <varlistentry>
684         <term>
685                 <command><option>i8k_bios</option></command>
686         <option></option>
687         </term>
688         <listitem>
689                 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.
690         <para></para></listitem>
691 </varlistentry>
692
693 <varlistentry>
694         <term>
695                 <command><option>i8k_buttons_status</option></command>
696         <option></option>
697         </term>
698         <listitem>
699                 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.
700         <para></para></listitem>
701 </varlistentry>
702
703 <varlistentry>
704         <term>
705                 <command><option>i8k_cpu_temp</option></command>
706         <option></option>
707         </term>
708         <listitem>
709                 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.
710         <para></para></listitem>
711 </varlistentry>
712
713 <varlistentry>
714         <term>
715                 <command><option>i8k_cpu_tempf</option></command>
716         <option></option>
717         </term>
718         <listitem>
719                 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in Fahrenheit, as reported by /proc/i8k.
720         <para></para></listitem>
721 </varlistentry>
722
723 <varlistentry>
724         <term>
725                 <command><option>i8k_left_fan_rpm</option></command>
726         <option></option>
727         </term>
728         <listitem>
729                 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.
730         <para></para></listitem>
731 </varlistentry>
732
733 <varlistentry>
734         <term>
735                 <command><option>i8k_left_fan_status</option></command>
736         <option></option>
737         </term>
738         <listitem>
739                 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.
740         <para></para></listitem>
741 </varlistentry>
742
743 <varlistentry>
744         <term>
745                 <command><option>i8k_right_fan_rpm</option></command>
746         <option></option>
747         </term>
748         <listitem>
749                 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.
750         <para></para></listitem>
751 </varlistentry>
752
753 <varlistentry>
754         <term>
755                 <command><option>i8k_right_fan_status</option></command>
756         <option></option>
757         </term>
758         <listitem>
759                 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.
760         <para></para></listitem>
761 </varlistentry>
762
763 <varlistentry>
764         <term>
765                 <command><option>i8k_serial</option></command>
766         <option></option>
767         </term>
768         <listitem>
769                 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.
770         <para></para></listitem>
771 </varlistentry>
772
773 <varlistentry>
774         <term>
775                 <command><option>i8k_version</option></command>
776         <option></option>
777         </term>
778         <listitem>
779                 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the version formatting of /proc/i8k.
780         <para></para></listitem>
781 </varlistentry>
782
783 <varlistentry>
784         <term>
785                 <command><option>ibm_fan</option></command>
786         </term>
787         <listitem>
788                 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.
789         <para></para></listitem>
790 </varlistentry>
791
792 <varlistentry>
793         <term>
794                 <command><option>ibm_temps</option></command>
795                 <option>N</option>
796         </term>
797         <listitem>
798                 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the temperatures
799                 from the IBM temperature sensors (N=0..7) Sensor 0 is
800                 on the CPU, 3 is on the GPU.
801         <para></para></listitem>
802 </varlistentry>
803
804 <varlistentry>
805         <term>
806                 <command><option>ibm_volume</option></command>
807         </term>
808         <listitem>
809                 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the "master" volume,
810         controlled by the volume keys (0-14).
811         <para></para></listitem>
812 </varlistentry>
813
814 <varlistentry>
815         <term>
816                 <command><option>ibm_brightness</option></command>
817         </term>
818         <listitem>
819                 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the
820         laptops's LCD (0-7).
821         <para></para></listitem>
822 </varlistentry>
823
824
825 <varlistentry>
826         <term>
827                 <command><option>if_running</option></command>
828         <option>(process)</option>
829         </term>
830         <listitem>
831                 if PROCESS is running, display everything if_running and the matching $endif
832         <para></para></listitem>
833 </varlistentry>
834
835 <varlistentry>
836         <term>
837                 <command><option>if_existing</option></command>
838         <option>(file)</option>
839         </term>
840         <listitem>
841                 if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing and the matching $endif
842         <para></para></listitem>
843 </varlistentry>
844
845 <varlistentry>
846         <term>
847                 <command><option>if_mounted</option></command>
848         <option>(mountpoint)</option>
849         </term>
850         <listitem>
851                 if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between if_mounted and the matching $endif
852         <para></para></listitem>
853 </varlistentry>
854
855 <varlistentry>
856         <term>
857                 <command><option>imap_messages</option></command>
858         <option>(args)</option>
859         </term>
860         <listitem>
861                 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.
862         <para></para></listitem>
863 </varlistentry>
864
865 <varlistentry>
866         <term>
867                 <command><option>imap_unseen</option></command>
868         <option>(args)</option>
869         </term>
870         <listitem>
871                 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.
872         <para></para></listitem>
873 </varlistentry>
874
875 <varlistentry>
876         <term>
877                 <command><option>kernel</option></command>
878         </term>
879         <listitem>
880                 Kernel version
881         <para></para></listitem>
882 </varlistentry>
883
884 <varlistentry>
885         <term>
886                 <command><option>linkstatus</option></command>
887         <option>interface</option>
888         </term>
889         <listitem>
890                 Get the link status for wireless connections
891         <para></para></listitem>
892 </varlistentry>
893
894 <varlistentry>
895         <term>
896                 <command><option>loadavg</option></command>
897         </term>
898         <listitem>
899                 (1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.
900         <para></para></listitem>
901 </varlistentry>
902
903 <varlistentry>
904         <term>
905                 <command><option>machine</option></command>
906         </term>
907         <listitem>
908                 Machine, i686 for example
909         <para></para></listitem>
910 </varlistentry>
911
912 <varlistentry>
913         <term>
914                 <command><option>mails</option></command>
915         </term>
916         <listitem>
917                 Mail count in mail spool. You can use program like fetchmail to get mails from some server using your favourite protocol. See also new_mails.
918         <para></para></listitem>
919 </varlistentry>
920
921 <varlistentry>
922         <term>
923                 <command><option>mem</option></command>
924         </term>
925         <listitem>
926                 Amount of memory in use
927         <para></para></listitem>
928 </varlistentry>
929
930 <varlistentry>
931         <term>
932                 <command><option>membar</option></command>
933         <option>(height),(width)</option>
934         </term>
935         <listitem>
936                 Bar that shows amount of memory in use
937         <para></para></listitem>
938 </varlistentry>
939
940 <varlistentry>
941         <term>
942                 <command><option>memmax</option></command>
943         </term>
944         <listitem>
945                 Total amount of memory
946         <para></para></listitem>
947 </varlistentry>
948
949 <varlistentry>
950         <term>
951                 <command><option>memperc</option></command>
952         </term>
953         <listitem>
954                 Percentage of memory in use
955         <para></para></listitem>
956 </varlistentry>
957
958 <varlistentry>
959         <term>
960                 <command><option>mpd_artist</option></command>
961         </term>
962         <listitem>
963                 Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile
964         <para></para></listitem>
965 </varlistentry>
966
967 <varlistentry>
968         <term>
969                 <command><option>mpd_album</option></command>
970         </term>
971         <listitem>
972                 Album in current MPD song
973         <para></para></listitem>
974 </varlistentry>
975
976 <varlistentry>
977         <term>
978                 <command><option>mpd_bar</option></command>
979         <option>(height),(width)</option>
980         </term>
981         <listitem>
982                 Bar of mpd's progress
983         <para></para></listitem>
984 </varlistentry>
985
986 <varlistentry>
987         <term>
988                 <command><option>mpd_bitrate</option></command>
989         </term>
990         <listitem>
991                 Bitrate of current song
992         <para></para></listitem>
993 </varlistentry>
994
995 <varlistentry>
996         <term>
997                 <command><option>mpd_status</option></command>
998         </term>
999         <listitem>
1000                 Playing, stopped, et cetera.
1001         <para></para></listitem>
1002 </varlistentry>
1003
1004 <varlistentry>
1005         <term>
1006                 <command><option>mpd_title</option></command>
1007         </term>
1008         <listitem>
1009                 Title of current MPD song
1010         <para></para></listitem>
1011 </varlistentry>
1012
1013 <varlistentry>
1014         <term>
1015                 <command><option>mpd_vol</option></command>
1016         </term>
1017         <listitem>
1018                 MPD's volume
1019         <para></para></listitem>
1020 </varlistentry>
1021
1022 <varlistentry>
1023         <term>
1024                 <command><option>mpd_elapsed</option></command>
1025         </term>
1026         <listitem>
1027                 Song's elapsed time
1028         <para></para></listitem>
1029 </varlistentry>
1030
1031 <varlistentry>
1032         <term>
1033                 <command><option>mpd_length</option></command>
1034         </term>
1035         <listitem>
1036                 Song's length
1037         <para></para></listitem>
1038 </varlistentry>
1039
1040 <varlistentry>
1041         <term>
1042                 <command><option>mpd_percent</option></command>
1043         </term>
1044         <listitem>
1045                 Percent of song's progress
1046         <para></para></listitem>
1047 </varlistentry>
1048
1049 <varlistentry>
1050         <term>
1051                 <command><option>mpd_random</option></command>
1052         </term>
1053         <listitem>
1054                 Random status (On/Off)
1055         <para></para></listitem>
1056 </varlistentry>
1057
1058 <varlistentry>
1059         <term>
1060                 <command><option>mpd_repeat</option></command>
1061         </term>
1062         <listitem>
1063                 Repeat status (On/Off)
1064         <para></para></listitem>
1065 </varlistentry>
1066
1067 <varlistentry>
1068         <term>
1069                 <command><option>mpd_track</option></command>
1070         </term>
1071         <listitem>
1072                 Prints the MPD track field
1073         <para></para></listitem>
1074 </varlistentry>
1075
1076 <varlistentry>
1077         <term>
1078                 <command><option>mpd_name</option></command>
1079         </term>
1080         <listitem>
1081                 Prints the MPD name field
1082         <para></para></listitem>
1083 </varlistentry>
1084
1085 <varlistentry>
1086         <term>
1087                 <command><option>mpd_file</option></command>
1088         </term>
1089         <listitem>
1090                 Prints the file name of the current MPD song
1091         <para></para></listitem>
1092 </varlistentry>
1093
1094 <varlistentry>
1095         <term>
1096                 <command><option>mpd_smart</option></command>
1097         </term>
1098         <listitem>
1099                 Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file name, depending on whats available
1100         <para></para></listitem>
1101 </varlistentry>
1102
1103 <varlistentry>
1104         <term>
1105                 <command><option>new_mails</option></command>
1106         </term>
1107         <listitem>
1108                 Unread mail count in mail spool.
1109         <para></para></listitem>
1110 </varlistentry>
1111
1112 <varlistentry>
1113         <term>
1114                 <command><option>nodename</option></command>
1115         </term>
1116         <listitem>
1117                 Hostname
1118         <para></para></listitem>
1119 </varlistentry>
1120
1121 <varlistentry>
1122         <term>
1123                 <command><option>outlinecolor</option></command>
1124         <option>(color)</option>
1125         </term>
1126         <listitem>
1127                 Change outline color
1128         <para></para></listitem>
1129 </varlistentry>
1130
1131 <varlistentry>
1132         <term>
1133                 <command><option>pb_battery</option></command>
1134                 <option>item</option>
1135         </term>
1136         <listitem>
1137                 If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display
1138                 information on battery status. The item parameter
1139                 specifies, what information to display. Exactly one item
1140                 must be specified. Valid items are:
1141                 <simplelist>
1142                         <member><command>status</command>:
1143                                 Display if battery is fully charged, charging,
1144                                 discharging or absent (running on AC)
1145                         </member>
1146                         <member><command>percent</command>:
1147                                 Display charge of battery in percent, if
1148                                 charging or discharging. Nothing will be
1149                                 displayed, if battery is fully charged
1150                                 or absent.
1151                         </member>
1152                         <member><command>time</command>:
1153                                 Display the time remaining until the battery
1154                                 will be fully charged or discharged at current
1155                                 rate.  Nothing is displayed, if battery is
1156                                 absent or if it's present but fully charged
1157                                 and not discharging.
1158                         </member>
1159                 </simplelist>
1160         <para></para></listitem>
1161 </varlistentry>
1162
1163 <varlistentry>
1164         <term>
1165                 <command><option>pop3_unseen</option></command>
1166         <option>(args)</option>
1167         </term>
1168         <listitem>
1169                 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.
1170
1171                 <para></para></listitem>
1172 </varlistentry>
1173
1174 <varlistentry>
1175         <term>
1176                 <command><option>pop3_used</option></command>
1177         <option>(args)</option>
1178         </term>
1179         <listitem>
1180                 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.
1181
1182                 <para></para></listitem>
1183 </varlistentry>
1184
1185 <varlistentry>
1186         <term>
1187                 <command><option>pre_exec</option></command>
1188         <option>shell command</option>
1189         </term>
1190         <listitem>
1191                 Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything and puts output as text.
1192         <para></para></listitem>
1193 </varlistentry>
1194
1195 <varlistentry>
1196         <term>
1197                 <command><option>processes</option></command>
1198         </term>
1199         <listitem>
1200                 Total processes (sleeping and running)
1201         <para></para></listitem>
1202 </varlistentry>
1203
1204 <varlistentry>
1205         <term>
1206                 <command><option>running_processes</option></command>
1207         </term>
1208         <listitem>
1209                 Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6
1210         <para></para></listitem>
1211 </varlistentry>
1212
1213 <varlistentry>
1214         <term>
1215                 <command><option>shadecolor</option></command>
1216         <option>(color)</option>
1217         </term>
1218         <listitem>
1219                 Change shading color
1220         <para></para></listitem>
1221 </varlistentry>
1222
1223 <varlistentry>
1224         <term>
1225                 <command><option>stippled_hr</option></command>
1226         <option>(space)</option>
1227         </term>
1228         <listitem>
1229                 Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
1230         <para></para></listitem>
1231 </varlistentry>
1232
1233 <varlistentry>
1234         <term>
1235                 <command><option>swapbar</option></command>
1236         <option>(height),(width)</option>
1237         </term>
1238         <listitem>
1239                 Bar that shows amount of swap in use
1240         <para></para></listitem>
1241 </varlistentry>
1242
1243 <varlistentry>
1244         <term>
1245                 <command><option>swap</option></command>
1246         </term>
1247         <listitem>
1248                 Amount of swap in use
1249         <para></para></listitem>
1250 </varlistentry>
1251
1252 <varlistentry>
1253         <term>
1254                 <command><option>swapmax</option></command>
1255         </term>
1256         <listitem>
1257                 Total amount of swap
1258         <para></para></listitem>
1259 </varlistentry>
1260
1261 <varlistentry>
1262         <term>
1263                 <command><option>swapperc</option></command>
1264         </term>
1265         <listitem>
1266                 Percentage of swap in use
1267         <para></para></listitem>
1268 </varlistentry>
1269
1270 <varlistentry>
1271         <term>
1272                 <command><option>sysname</option></command>
1273         </term>
1274         <listitem>
1275                 System name, Linux for example
1276         <para></para></listitem>
1277 </varlistentry>
1278
1279 <varlistentry>
1280         <term>
1281                 <command><option>tcp_portmon</option></command>
1282                 <option>port_begin port_end item (index)</option>
1283                 <emphasis>(ip4 only at present)</emphasis>
1284         </term>
1285         <listitem>
1286                 TCP port monitor for specified local ports.  Port numbers must be in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:
1287                 <simplelist>
1288                         <member><command>count</command> - total number of connections in the range
1289                                 </member>
1290                         <member><command>rip</command> - remote ip address
1291                                 </member>
1292                         <member><command>rhost</command> - remote host name 
1293                                 </member>
1294                         <member><command>rport</command> - remote port number
1295                                 </member>
1296                         <member><command>rservice</command> - remote service name from /etc/services
1297                                 </member>
1298                         <member><command>lip</command> - local ip address
1299                                 </member>
1300                         <member><command>lhost</command> - local host name
1301                                 </member>
1302                         <member><command>lport</command> - local port number
1303                                 </member>
1304                         <member><command>lservice</command> - local service name from /etc/services
1305                                 </member>
1306                 </simplelist>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.
1307                 <simplelist>
1308                         <member>Examples:</member>
1309                         <member><command>${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count}</command> -
1310                                 displays the number of connections in the bittorrent port range</member>
1311                         <member><command>${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0}</command> -
1312                                 displays the remote host ip of the first sshd connection</member>
1313                         <member><command>${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9}</command> -
1314                                 displays the remote host ip of the tenth sshd connection</member>
1315                         <member><command>${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0}</command> -
1316                                 displays the remote host name of the first connection on a privileged port</member>
1317                         <member><command>${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4}</command> -
1318                                 displays the remote host port of the fifth connection on a privileged port</member>
1319                         <member><command>${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14}</command> -
1320                                 displays the local service name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports</member>
1321                 </simplelist>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. 
1322         </listitem>
1323 </varlistentry>
1324
1325 <varlistentry>
1326         <term>
1327                 <command><option>texeci</option></command>
1328                 <option>interval command</option>
1329         </term>
1330         <listitem>
1331                 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.
1332                 <para></para></listitem>
1333 </varlistentry>
1334
1335 <varlistentry>
1336         <term>
1337                 <command><option>offset</option></command>
1338                 <option>(pixels)</option>
1339         </term>
1340         <listitem>
1341                 Move text over by N pixels.  See also $voffset.
1342                 <para></para></listitem>
1343 </varlistentry>
1344
1345 <varlistentry>
1346         <term>
1347                 <command><option>tab</option></command>
1348                 <option>(width, (start))</option>
1349         </term>
1350         <listitem>
1351         Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from column 'start'.
1352         <para></para></listitem>
1353 </varlistentry>
1354
1355 <varlistentry>
1356         <term>
1357                 <command><option>tail</option></command>
1358                 <option>logfile lines (interval)</option>
1359         </term>
1360         <listitem>
1361                 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.
1362         <para></para></listitem>
1363 </varlistentry>
1364
1365 <varlistentry>
1366         <term>
1367                 <command><option>time</option></command>
1368         <option>(format)</option>
1369         </term>
1370         <listitem>
1371                 Local time, see man strftime to get more information about format
1372         <para></para></listitem>
1373 </varlistentry>
1374
1375 <varlistentry>
1376         <term>
1377                 <command><option>utime</option></command>
1378         <option>(format)</option>
1379         </term>
1380         <listitem>
1381                 Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).
1382         <para></para></listitem>
1383 </varlistentry>
1384
1385 <varlistentry>
1386         <term>
1387                 <command><option>tztime</option></command>
1388         <option>(timezone) (format)</option>
1389         </term>
1390         <listitem>
1391                 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.
1392         <para></para></listitem>
1393 </varlistentry>
1394
1395 <varlistentry>
1396         <term>
1397                 <command><option>totaldown</option></command>
1398         <option>net</option>
1399         </term>
1400         <listitem>
1401                 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.
1402         <para></para></listitem>
1403 </varlistentry>
1404
1405 <varlistentry>
1406         <term>
1407                 <command><option>top</option></command>
1408         <option>type, num</option>
1409         </term>
1410         <listitem>
1411                 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", and "mem". There can be a max of 10 processes listed.
1412         <para></para></listitem>
1413 </varlistentry>
1414
1415 <varlistentry>
1416         <term>
1417                 <command><option>top_mem</option></command>
1418         <option>type, num</option>
1419         </term>
1420         <listitem>
1421                 Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu
1422         <para></para></listitem>
1423 </varlistentry>
1424
1425 <varlistentry>
1426         <term>
1427                 <command><option>totalup</option></command>
1428         <option>net</option>
1429         </term>
1430         <listitem>
1431                 Total upload, this one too, may overflow
1432         <para></para></listitem>
1433 </varlistentry>
1434
1435 <varlistentry>
1436         <term>
1437                 <command><option>updates</option></command>
1438         <option>Number of updates</option>
1439         </term>
1440         <listitem>
1441                 for debugging
1442         <para></para></listitem>
1443 </varlistentry>
1444
1445 <varlistentry>
1446         <term>
1447                 <command><option>upspeed</option></command>
1448         <option>net</option>
1449         </term>
1450         <listitem>
1451                 Upload speed in kilobytes
1452         <para></para></listitem>
1453 </varlistentry>
1454
1455 <varlistentry>
1456         <term>
1457                 <command><option>upspeedf</option></command>
1458         <option>net</option>
1459         </term>
1460         <listitem>
1461                 Upload speed in kilobytes with one decimal
1462         <para></para></listitem>
1463 </varlistentry>
1464
1465 <varlistentry>
1466         <term>
1467                 <command><option>upspeedgraph</option></command>
1468                 <option>net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)</option>
1469         </term>
1470         <listitem>
1471                 Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #.  If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
1472         <para></para></listitem>
1473 </varlistentry>
1474
1475 <varlistentry>
1476         <term>
1477                 <command><option>uptime</option></command>
1478         </term>
1479         <listitem>
1480                 Uptime
1481         <para></para></listitem>
1482 </varlistentry>
1483
1484 <varlistentry>
1485         <term>
1486                 <command><option>uptime_short</option></command>
1487         </term>
1488         <listitem>
1489                 Uptime in a shorter format
1490         <para></para></listitem>
1491 </varlistentry>
1492
1493 <varlistentry>
1494         <term>
1495                 <command><option>voffset</option></command>
1496                 <option>(pixels)</option>
1497         </term>
1498         <listitem>
1499                 Change vertical offset by N pixels.  Negative values will cause text to overlap.  See also $offset.
1500                 <para></para></listitem>
1501 </varlistentry>
1502
1503 <varlistentry>
1504         <term>
1505                 <command><option>voltage_mv</option></command>
1506                 <option>(n)</option>
1507         </term>
1508         <listitem>
1509                 Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs are
1510                 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
1511                 defaults to 1. 
1512                 <para></para></listitem>
1513 </varlistentry>
1514
1515 <varlistentry>
1516         <term>
1517                 <command><option>voltage_v</option></command>
1518                 <option>(n)</option>
1519         </term>
1520         <listitem>
1521                 Returns CPU #n's voltage in V. CPUs are
1522                 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
1523                 defaults to 1.
1524                 <para></para></listitem>
1525 </varlistentry>
1526                 
1527 </variablelist>