-\e[1mNAME\e[0m
+NAME
conky - A system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code, but
more kickass. It just keeps on given'er. Yeah.
-\e[1mSYNOPSIS\e[0m
- \e[1mconky \e[22m[\e[4moptions\e[24m]
+SYNOPSIS
+ conky [ options ]
-\e[1mDESCRIPTION\e[0m
+DESCRIPTION
Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on torsmo. Since its
inception, Conky has changed significantly from its predecessor, while
maintaining simplicity and configurability. Conky can display just
about anything, either on your root desktop or in its own window. Not
only does Conky have many built-in objects, it can also display just
- about any piece of information by using scripts and other external pro‐
+ about any piece of information by using scripts and other external pro-
grams.
Conky has more than 250 built in objects, including support for a
graph widgets, with different fonts and colours.
We are always looking for help, whether its reporting bugs, writing
- patches, or writing docs. Please use the facilities at SourceForge to
+ patches, or writing docs. Please use the facilities at SourceForge to
make bug reports, feature requests, and submit patches, or stop by
#conky on irc.freenode.net if you have questions or want to contribute.
Thanks for your interest in Conky.
-\e[1mCOMPILING\e[0m
+COMPILING
For users compiling from source on a binary distro, make sure you have
- the X development libraries installed. This should be a package along
- the lines of "libx11-dev" or "xorg-x11-dev" for X11 libs, and similar
- "-dev" format for the other libs required (depending on your configure
- options).
-
- Conky has (for some time) been available in the repositories of most
- popular distributions. Here are some installation instructions for a
+ the X development libraries installed (Unless you provide configure
+ with "--disable-x11"). This should be a package along the lines of
+ "libx11-dev" or "xorg-x11-dev" for X11 libs, and similar "-dev" format
+ for the other libs required (depending on your configure options). You
+ should be able to see which extra packages you need to install by read-
+ ing errors that you get from './configure'. You can enable/disable
+ stuff by giving options to configure, but be careful with disabling.
+ For example: with --disable-math you won't get errors but logarithmic
+ graphs will be normal graphs and gauges will miss their line.
+
+ Conky has (for some time) been available in the repositories of most
+ popular distributions. Here are some installation instructions for a
few:
- Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo's Portage... simply use "emerge app-
- admin/conky" for installation. There is also usually an up-to-date
- ebuild within Conky's package or in the git repo.
+ Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo's Portage... simply use "emerge
+ app-admin/conky" for installation.
Debian, etc. users -- Conky should be in your repositories, and can be
installed by doing "aptitude install conky".
Example to compile and run Conky with all optional components (note
that some configure options may differ for your system):
- \e[1msh autogen.sh # Only required if building from the git repo\e[0m
+ sh autogen.sh # Only required if building from the git repo
- \e[1m./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --in‐\e[0m
- \e[1mfodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --local‐\e[0m
- \e[1mstatedir=/var/lib --disable-own-window --enable-audacious[=yes|no|lega‐\e[0m
- \e[1mcy] --enable-bmpx --disable-hddtemp --disable-mpd --enable-xmms2 --dis‐\e[0m
- \e[1mable-portmon --disable-network --enable-debug --disable-x11 --dis‐\e[0m
- \e[1mable-double-buffer --disable-xdamage --disable-xft\e[0m
+ ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --in-
+ fodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --local-
+ statedir=/var/lib --disable-own-window --enable-audacious[=yes|no|lega-
+ cy] --enable-bmpx --disable-hddtemp --disable-mpd --enable-xmms2 --dis-
+ able-portmon --disable-network --enable-debug --disable-x11 --dis-
+ able-double-buffer --disable-xdamage --disable-xft
- \e[1mmake\e[0m
+ make
- \e[1mmake install # Optional\e[0m
+ make install # Optional
- \e[1msrc/conky\e[0m
+ src/conky
Conky has been tested to be compatible with C99 C, however it has not
been tested with anything other than gcc, and is not guaranteed to work
with other compilers.
-\e[1mYOU SHOULD KNOW\e[0m
+YOU SHOULD KNOW
Conky is generally very good on resources. That said, the more you try
to make Conky do, the more resources it is going to consume.
An easy way to force Conky to reload your ~/.conkyrc: "killall -SIGUSR1
- conky". Saves you the trouble of having to kill and then restart. You
+ conky". Saves you the trouble of having to kill and then restart. You
can now also do the same with SIGHUP.
-\e[1mOPTIONS\e[0m
+OPTIONS
Command line options override configurations defined in configuration
file.
- \e[1m-v | -V | --version\e[0m
+ -v | -V | --version
Prints version and exits
- \e[1m-q | --quiet\e[0m
+ -q | --quiet
Run Conky in 'quiet mode' (ie. no output)
- \e[1m-a | --alignment=ALIGNMENT\e[0m
- Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom,middle}_{left,right,mid‐
- dle} or none
+ -D | --debug
+ Increase debugging output, ie. -DD for more debugging
+
+ -a | --alignment= ALIGNMENT
+ Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom,middle}_{left,right,mid-
+ dle} or none. Can also be abbreviated with first chars of posi-
+ tion, ie. tr for top_right.
- \e[1m-b | --double-buffer\e[0m
+
+ -b | --double-buffer
Use double buffering (eliminates "flicker")
- \e[1m-c | --config=FILE\e[0m
+ -c | --config= FILE
Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc
- \e[1m-d | --daemonize\e[0m
+ -C | --print-config
+ Print builtin default config to stdout. See also the section EX-
+ AMPLES for more information.
+
+
+ -d | --daemonize
Daemonize Conky, aka fork to background
- \e[1m-f | --font=FONT\e[0m
+ -f | --font= FONT
Font to use
- \e[1m-h | --help\e[0m
+ -h | --help
Prints command line help and exits
- \e[1m-o | --own-window\e[0m
+ -o | --own-window
Create own window to draw
- \e[1m-t | --text=TEXT\e[0m
+ -t | --text= TEXT
Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t ' $uptime '
- \e[1m-u | --interval=SECONDS\e[0m
+ -p | --pause= SECONDS
+ Time to pause before actually starting Conky
+
+
+ -u | --interval= SECONDS
Update interval
- \e[1m-w | --window-id=WIN_ID\e[0m
+ -w | --window-id= WIN_ID
Window id to draw
- \e[1m-x X_COORDINATE\e[0m
+ -X | --display= DISPLAY
+ X11 display to use
+
+
+ -x X_COORDINATE
X position
- \e[1m-y Y_COORDINATE\e[0m
+ -y Y_COORDINATE
Y position
- \e[1m-i COUNT\e[0m
+ -i COUNT
Number of times to update Conky (and quit)
-\e[1mCONFIGURATION SETTINGS\e[0m
+CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
Default configuration file location is $HOME/.conkyrc or
${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf. On most systems, sysconfdir is /etc,
and you can find the sample config file there (/etc/conky/conky.conf).
You might want to copy it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying
- it. Other configs can be found at http://conky.sf.net/
+ it. Other configs can be found at http://conky.sf.net/
+
+ TEXT After this begins text to be formatted on screen. Backslash (\)
+ escapes newlines in the text section. This can be useful for
+ cleaning up config files where conky is used to pipe input to
+ dzen2.
+
- \e[1malias \e[22mUse this to create aliases of variables. The first argument is
- the new name, the second the old name, and the other arguments
- are passed on to the variable. Example: If you want to use $al‐
- pha instead of ${beta gamma delta} then you have to write the
- following: alias alpha beta gamma delta . PS: Instead of creat‐
- ing an alias in the config you can also use environment vari‐
- ables. Example: Start conky like this: alpha="beta gamma delta"
- conky
+ alignment
+ Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, top_mid-
+ dle, bottom_left, bottom_right, bottom_middle, middle_left, mid-
+ dle_middle, middle_right, or none (also can be abreviated as tl,
+ tr, tm, bl, br, bm, ml, mm, mr). See also gap_x and gap_y.
- \e[1malignment\e[0m
- Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, top_mid‐
- dle, bottom_left, bottom_right, bottom_middle, middle_left, mid‐
- dle_right, or none (also can be abreviated as tl, tr, tm, bl,
- br, bm, ml, mr)
+ append_file
+ Append the file given as argument.
- \e[1mbackground\e[0m
+ background
Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when
- started
+ started.
+
+ border_inner_margin
+ Inner border margin in pixels (the margin between the border and
+ text).
- \e[1mborder_margin\e[0m
- Border margin in pixels
+ border_outer_margin
+ Outer border margin in pixels (the margin between the border and
+ the edge of the window).
- \e[1mborder_width\e[0m
- Border width in pixels
+ border_width
+ Border width in pixels.
- \e[1mcolorN \e[22mPredefine a color for use inside TEXT segments. Substitute N by
+
+ colorN Predefine a color for use inside TEXT segments. Substitute N by
a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively. When specifying the color
value in hex, omit the leading hash (#).
- \e[1mcpu_avg_samples\e[0m
- The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring
+ cpu_avg_samples
+ The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring.
- \e[1mtop_cpu_separate\e[0m
- 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.
+ default_bar_size
+ Specify a default width and height for bars. Example: 'de-
+ fault_bar_size 0 6'. This is particularly useful for execbar and
+ execibar as they do not take size arguments.
- \e[1mdefault_color\e[0m
+ default_color
Default color and border color
- \e[1mdefault_outline_color\e[0m
+ default_gauge_size
+ Specify a default width and height for gauges. Example: 'de-
+ fault_gauge_size 25 25'. This is particularly useful for exec-
+ gauge and execigauge as they do not take size arguments
+
+
+ default_graph_size
+ Specify a default width and height for graphs. Example: 'de-
+ fault_graph_size 0 25'. This is particularly useful for exec-
+ graph and execigraph as they do not take size arguments
+
+
+ default_outline_color
Default outline color
- \e[1mdefault_shade_color\e[0m
+ default_shade_color
Default shading color and border's shading color
- \e[1mdouble_buffer\e[0m
- Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recom‐
+ disable_auto_reload
+ Enable to disable the inotify-based auto config reload feature.
+
+
+ diskio_avg_samples
+ The number of samples to average for disk I/O monitoring.
+
+
+ display
+ Specify an X display to connect to.
+
+
+ double_buffer
+ Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recom-
mended to use own window with this one so double buffer won't be
so big.
- \e[1mdraw_borders\e[0m
+ draw_borders
Draw borders around text?
- \e[1mdraw_graph_borders\e[0m
+ draw_graph_borders
Draw borders around graphs?
- \e[1mdraw_outline\e[0m
+ draw_outline
Draw outlines?
- \e[1mdraw_shades\e[0m
+ draw_shades
Draw shades?
- \e[1mfont \e[22mFont name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font
+ extra_newline
+ Put an extra newline at the end when writing to stdout, useful
+ for writing to awesome's wiboxes.
+
+
+ font Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font
+
+ format_human_readable
+ If enabled, values which are in bytes will be printed in human
+ readable format (i.e., KiB, MiB, etc). If disabled, the number
+ of bytes is printed instead.
- \e[1mgap_x \e[22mGap, in pixels, between right or left border of screen, same as
- passing -x at command line, e.g. gap_x 10
+ gap_x Gap, in pixels, between right or left border of screen, same as
+ passing -x at command line, e.g. gap_x 10. For other position
+ related stuff, see 'alignment'.
- \e[1mgap_y \e[22mGap, in pixels, between top or bottom border of screen, same as
- passing -y at command line, e.g. gap_y 10.
+ gap_y Gap, in pixels, between top or bottom border of screen, same as
+ passing -y at command line, e.g. gap_y 10. For other position
+ related stuff, see 'alignment'.
- \e[1mif_up_strictness\e[0m
+
+ hddtemp_host
+ Hostname to connect to for hddtemp objects. Defaults to
+ "127.0.0.1".
+
+
+ hddtemp_port
+ Port to use for hddtemp connections. Defaults to 7634.
+
+
+ if_up_strictness
How strict should if_up be when testing an interface for being
up? The value is one of up, link or address, to check for the
interface being solely up, being up and having link or being up,
having link and an assigned IP address.
- \e[1mimap \e[22mDefault global IMAP server. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i
- interval] [-f folder] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". De‐
- fault port is 143, default folder is 'INBOX', default interval
- is 5 minutes, and default number of retries before giving up is
- 5. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to
- enter the password when Conky starts.
+ imap Default global IMAP server. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i
+ interval (in seconds)] [-f 'folder'] [-p port] [-e 'command']
+ [-r retries]". Default port is 143, default folder is 'INBOX',
+ default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of retries be-
+ fore giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as '*', you
+ will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
+
+
+ imlib_cache_flush_interval
+ Interval (in seconds) to flush Imlib2 cache.
+
+
+ imlib_cache_size
+ Imlib2 image cache size, in bytes. Defaults to 4MiB. Increase
+ this value if you use $image lots. Set to 0 to disable the image
+ cache.
+
+
+ lua_draw_hook_post function_name [function arguments]
+ This function, if defined, will be called by Conky through each
+ iteration after drawing to the window. Requires X support. Takes
+ any number of optional arguments. Use this hook for drawing
+ things on top of what Conky draws. Conky puts 'conky_' in front
+ of function_name to prevent accidental calls to the wrong func-
+ tion unless you place 'conky_' in front of it yourself.
+
+
+ lua_draw_hook_pre function_name [function arguments]
+ This function, if defined, will be called by Conky through each
+ iteration before drawing to the window. Requires X support.
+ Takes any number of optional arguments. Use this hook for draw-
+ ing things on top of what Conky draws. Conky puts 'conky_' in
+ front of function_name to prevent accidental calls to the wrong
+ function unless you place 'conky_' in front of it yourself.
+
+
+ lua_load
+ Loads the Lua scripts separated by spaces.
+
+ lua_shutdown_hook function_name [function arguments]
+ This function, if defined, will be called by Conky at shutdown
+ or when the configuration is reloaded. Use this hook to clean up
+ after yourself, such as freeing memory which has been allocated
+ by external libraries via Lua. Conky puts 'conky_' in front of
+ function_name to prevent accidental calls to the wrong function
+ unless you place 'conky_' in front of it yourself.
- \e[1mmail_spool\e[0m
+
+ lua_startup_hook function_name [function arguments]
+ This function, if defined, will be called by Conky at startup or
+ when the configuration is reloaded. Use this hook to initialize
+ values, or for any run-once applications. Conky puts 'conky_' in
+ front of function_name to prevent accidental calls to the wrong
+ function unless you place 'conky_' in front of it yourself.
+
+
+ mail_spool
Mail spool for mail checking
- \e[1mmax_port_monitor_connections\e[0m
- Allow each port monitor to track at most this many connections
+ max_port_monitor_connections
+ Allow each port monitor to track at most this many connections
(if 0 or not set, default is 256)
- \e[1mmax_specials\e[0m
- Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts, offsets, aligns,
+ max_specials
+ Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts, offsets, aligns,
etc. (default is 512)
- \e[1mmax_user_text bytes\e[0m
- Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in
- config file (default is 16384 bytes)
+ max_text_width width
+ When a line in the output contains 'width' chars and the end
+ isn't reached, the next char will start on a new line. If you
+ want to make sure that lines don't get broken, set 'width' to 0
- \e[1mtext_buffer_size bytes\e[0m
- Size of the standard text buffer (default is 256 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 perfor‐
- mance, but will allow for more text display per variable. The
- size of this buffer cannot be smaller than the default value of
- 256 bytes.
+ max_user_text bytes
+ Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in
+ config file (default is 16384 bytes)
- \e[1mmaximum_width pixels\e[0m
+ maximum_width pixels
Maximum width of window
- \e[1mminimum_size width (height)\e[0m
+ minimum_size width (height)
Minimum size of window
- \e[1mmpd_host\e[0m
+ mpd_host
Host of MPD server
- \e[1mmpd_port\e[0m
- Port of MPD server
+ mpd_password
+ MPD server password
- \e[1mmpd_password\e[0m
- MPD server password
+ mpd_port
+ Port of MPD server
- \e[1mmusic_player_interval\e[0m
- Music player thread update interval (defaults to Conky's update
+ music_player_interval
+ Music player thread update interval (defaults to Conky's update
interval)
- \e[1mnet_avg_samples\e[0m
+ net_avg_samples
The number of samples to average for net data
- \e[1mno_buffers\e[0m
- Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?
+ no_buffers
+ Subtract (file system) buffers from used memory?
- \e[1moverride_utf8_locale\e[0m
- Force UTF8? requires XFT
+ out_to_console
+ Print text to stdout.
- \e[1mown_window\e[0m
- Boolean, create own window to draw?
+ out_to_ncurses
+ Print text in the console, but use ncurses so that conky can
+ print the text of a new update over the old text. (In the future
+ this will provide more useful things)
- \e[1mown_window_class\e[0m
- Manually set the WM_CLASS name. Defaults to "Conky".
+ out_to_stderr
+ Print text to stderr.
- \e[1mown_window_colour colour\e[0m
- 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)
+ out_to_x
+ When set to no, there will be no output in X (useful when you
+ also use things like out_to_console). If you set it to no, make
+ sure that it's placed before all other X-related setting (take
+ the first line of your configfile to be sure). Default value is
+ yes
- \e[1mown_window_hints undecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager\e[0m
- If own_window is yes, you may use these window manager hints to
- affect the way Conky displays. Notes: Use own_window_type desk‐
- top as another way to implement many of these hints implicitly.
- If you use own_window_type override, window manager hints have
- no meaning and are ignored.
+ override_utf8_locale
+ Force UTF8? requires XFT
- \e[1mown_window_title\e[0m
- Manually set the window name. Defaults to "<hostname> - conky".
+ overwrite_file
+ Overwrite the file given as argument.
- \e[1mown_window_transparent\e[0m
- Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?
+ own_window
+ Boolean, create own window to draw?
+
+ own_window_class
+ Manually set the WM_CLASS name. Defaults to "Conky".
- \e[1mown_window_type\e[0m
- if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal, desktop, dock
- or override (default: normal). Desktop windows are special win‐
- dows that have no window decorations; are always visible on your
- desktop; do not appear in your pager or taskbar; and are sticky
- across all workspaces. Override windows are not under the con‐
- trol of the window manager. Hints are ignored. This type of win‐
- dow can be useful for certain situations.
+ own_window_colour colour
+ If own_window_transparent no, set a specified background colour
+ (defaults to black). Takes either a hex value (e.g. ffffff, note
+ the lack of '#') or a valid RGB name (see /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt)
- \e[1mout_to_console\e[0m
- Print text to stdout.
+ own_window_hints undecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
+ If own_window is yes, you may use these window manager hints to
+ affect the way Conky displays. Notes: Use own_window_type desk-
+ top as another way to implement many of these hints implicitly.
+ If you use own_window_type override, window manager hints have
+ no meaning and are ignored.
- \e[1mout_to_stderr\e[0m
- Print text to stderr.
+ own_window_title
+ Manually set the window name. Defaults to "<hostname> - conky".
- \e[1mout_to_x\e[0m
- When set to no, there will be no output in X (useful when you
- also use things like out_to_console). If you set it to no, make
- sure that it's placed before all other X-related setting (take
- the first line of your configfile to be sure). Default value is
- yes
+ own_window_argb_visual
+ Boolean, use ARGB visual? ARGB can be used for real transparen-
+ cy, note that a composite manager is required for real trans-
+ parency. This option will not work as desired (in most cases) in
+ conjunction with 'own_window_type override'.
- \e[1moverwrite_file\e[0m
- Overwrite the file given as argument.
+ own_window_argb_value
+ When ARGB visuals are enabled, this use this to modify the alpha
+ value used. Valid range is 0-255, where 0 is 0% opacity, and 255
+ is 100% opacity. Note that if own_window_transparent is enabled,
+ this value has no effect.
- \e[1mappend_file\e[0m
- Append the file given as argument.
+ own_window_transparent
+ Boolean, set transparency? If ARGB visual is enabled, sets back-
+ ground opacity to 0%.
- \e[1mpad_percents\e[0m
+
+ own_window_type
+ if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal, desktop,
+ dock, panel or override (default: normal). Desktop windows are
+ special windows that have no window decorations; are always vis-
+ ible on your desktop; do not appear in your pager or taskbar;
+ and are sticky across all workspaces. Panel windows reserve
+ space along a desktop edge, just like panels and taskbars, pre-
+ venting maximized windows from overlapping them. The edge is
+ chosen based on the alignment option. Override windows are not
+ under the control of the window manager. Hints are ignored. This
+ type of window can be useful for certain situations.
+
+
+ pad_percents
Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)
- \e[1mpop3 \e[22mDefault global POP3 server. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i
- interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". Default port is
- 110, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of re‐
- tries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as '*',
- you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
+ pop3 Default global POP3 server. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i
+ interval (in seconds)] [-p port] [-e 'command'] [-r retries]".
+ Default port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes, and default
+ number of retries before giving up is 5. If the password is sup-
+ plied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when
+ Conky starts.
- \e[1mshort_units\e[0m
- Shortens units to a single character (kiB->k, GiB->G, etc.). De‐
+ short_units
+ Shortens units to a single character (kiB->k, GiB->G, etc.). De-
fault is off.
- \e[1mshow_graph_scale\e[0m
- Shows the maximum value in scaled graphs.
+ show_graph_range
+ Shows the time range covered by a graph.
- \e[1mshow_graph_range\e[0m
- Shows the time range covered by a graph.
+ show_graph_scale
+ Shows the maximum value in scaled graphs.
- \e[1mstippled_borders\e[0m
+ stippled_borders
Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
- \e[1mtemperature_unit\e[0m
- Desired output unit of all objects displaying a temperature.
- Parameters are either "fahrenheit" or "celsius". The default
- unit is degree Celsius.
+ temperature_unit
+ Desired output unit of all objects displaying a temperature. Pa-
+ rameters are either "fahrenheit" or "celsius". The default unit
+ is degree Celsius.
- \e[1mtemplateN\e[0m
+ templateN
Define a template for later use inside TEXT segments. Substitute
- N by a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively. The value of the
- variable is being inserted into the stuff below TEXT at the cor‐
+ N by a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively. The value of the
+ variable is being inserted into the stuff below TEXT at the cor-
responding position, but before some substitutions are applied:
'\n' -> newline
'\N' -> template argument N
- \e[1mtotal_run_times\e[0m
- Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero
+ text_buffer_size bytes
+ Size of the standard text buffer (default is 256 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 perfor-
+ mance, but will allow for more text display per variable. The
+ size of this buffer cannot be smaller than the default value of
+ 256 bytes.
+
+
+ times_in_seconds
+ If true, variables that output times output a number that repre-
+ sents seconds. This doesn't affect $time, $tztime and $utime
+
+
+ top_cpu_separate
+ 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.
+
+
+ top_name_width
+ Width for $top name value (defaults to 15 characters).
+
+
+ total_run_times
+ Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero
makes Conky run forever
- \e[1mupdate_interval\e[0m
- Update interval in seconds
+ update_interval seconds
+ Update interval
+
+
+ update_interval_on_battery seconds
+ Update interval when running on batterypower
- \e[1muppercase\e[0m
+ uppercase
Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case
- \e[1muse_spacer\e[0m
- Adds spaces around certain objects to stop them from moving oth‐
+ use_spacer
+ Adds spaces around certain objects to stop them from moving oth-
er 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
+ 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.
- \e[1muse_xft\e[0m
+ use_xft
Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
- \e[1mxftalpha\e[0m
+ xftalpha
Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0.
- \e[1mxftfont\e[0m
+ xftfont
Xft font to use.
- \e[1mTEXT \e[22mAfter this begins text to be formatted on screen. Backslash (\)
- escapes newlines in the text section. This can be useful for
- cleaning up config files where conky is used to pipe input to
- dzen2.
-
+OBJECTS/VARIABLES
+ Colours are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
+ /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt. Colour can be also in #rrggbb format (hex).
-\e[1mVARIABLES\e[0m
- Colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
- /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt. Also, ⟨http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html⟩.
- Color can be also in #rrggbb format (hex).
+ Some objects may create threads, and sometimes these threads will not
+ be destroyed until Conky terminates. There is no way to destroy or
+ clean up threads while Conky is running. For example, if you use an MPD
+ variable, the MPD thread will keep running until Conky dies. Some
+ threaded objects will use one of the parameters as a 'key', so that you
+ only have 1 relevant thread running (for example, the $curl, $rss and
+ $weather objects launch one thread per URI).
- \e[1maddr interface\e[0m
- IP address for an interface, or "No Address" if no address is
- assigned.
+ acpiacadapter (adapter)
+ ACPI ac adapter state. On linux, the adapter option specifies
+ the subfolder of /sys/class/power_supply containing the state
+ information (defaults to "AC"). Other systems ignore it.
- \e[1maddrs interface\e[0m
- IP addresses for an interface (if one - works like addr). Linux
- only.
+ acpifan
+ ACPI fan state
- \e[1macpiacadapter\e[0m
- ACPI ac adapter state.
+ acpitemp
+ ACPI temperature in C.
- \e[1macpifan\e[0m
- ACPI fan state
+ addr (interface)
+ IP address for an interface, or "No Address" if no address is
+ assigned.
- \e[1macpitemp\e[0m
- ACPI temperature in C.
+ addrs (interface)
+ IP addresses for an interface (if one - works like addr). Linux
+ only.
- \e[1madt746xcpu\e[0m
+ adt746xcpu
CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
- \e[1madt746xfan\e[0m
+ adt746xfan
Fan speed from therm_adt746x
- \e[1malignr (num)\e[0m
+ alignc (num)
+ Align text to centre
+
+
+ alignr (num)
Right-justify text, with space of N
- \e[1malignc (num)\e[0m
- Align text to centre
+ apcupsd host port
+ Sets up the connection to apcupsd daemon. Prints nothing, de-
+ faults to localhost:3551
+
+
+ apcupsd_cable
+ Prints the UPS connection type.
+
+
+ apcupsd_charge
+ Current battery capacity in percent.
+
+
+ apcupsd_lastxfer
+ Reason for last transfer from line to battery.
+
+
+ apcupsd_linev
+ Nominal input voltage.
+
+
+ apcupsd_load
+ Current load in percent.
+
+ apcupsd_loadbar
+ Bar showing current load.
- \e[1mapm_adapter\e[0m
+
+ apcupsd_loadgauge (height),(width)
+ Gauge that shows current load.
+
+
+ apcupsd_loadgraph (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour
+ 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
+ History graph of current load.
+
+
+ apcupsd_model
+ Prints the model of the UPS.
+
+
+ apcupsd_name
+ Prints the UPS user-defined name.
+
+
+ apcupsd_status
+ Prints current status (on-line, on-battery).
+
+
+ apcupsd_temp
+ Current internal temperature.
+
+
+ apcupsd_timeleft
+ Time left to run on battery.
+
+
+ apcupsd_upsmode
+ Prints the UPS mode (e.g. standalone).
+
+
+ apm_adapter
Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)
- \e[1mapm_battery_life\e[0m
+ apm_battery_life
Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD only)
- \e[1mapm_battery_time\e[0m
- Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if
+ apm_battery_time
+ Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if
AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only)
- \e[1maudacious_bar (height),(width)\e[0m
+ audacious_bar (height),(width)
Progress bar
- \e[1maudacious_bitrate\e[0m
+ audacious_bitrate
Bitrate of current tune
- \e[1maudacious_channels\e[0m
+ audacious_channels
Number of audio channels of current tune
- \e[1maudacious_filename\e[0m
+ audacious_filename
Full path and filename of current tune
- \e[1maudacious_frequency\e[0m
+ audacious_frequency
Sampling frequency of current tune
- \e[1maudacious_length\e[0m
+ audacious_length
Total length of current tune as MM:SS
- \e[1maudacious_length_seconds\e[0m
+ audacious_length_seconds
Total length of current tune in seconds
- \e[1maudacious_playlist_position\e[0m
- Playlist position of current tune
+ audacious_main_volume
+ The current volume fetched from Audacious
- \e[1maudacious_playlist_length\e[0m
+ audacious_playlist_length
Number of tunes in playlist
- \e[1maudacious_position\e[0m
+ audacious_playlist_position
+ Playlist position of current tune
+
+
+ audacious_position
Position of current tune (MM:SS)
- \e[1maudacious_position_seconds\e[0m
+ audacious_position_seconds
Position of current tune in seconds
- \e[1maudacious_status\e[0m
+ audacious_status
Player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not running)
- \e[1maudacious_title (max length)\e[0m
+ audacious_title (max length)
Title of current tune with optional maximum length specifier
- \e[1maudacious_main_volume\e[0m
- The current volume fetched from Audacious
-
-
- \e[1mbattery (num)\e[0m
- Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM
- battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default
+ battery (num)
+ Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM
+ battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default
is BAT0).
- \e[1mbattery_short (num)\e[0m
- Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM
- battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default
- is BAT0). This mode display a short status, which means that C
- is displayed instead of charging and D is displayed instead of
- discharging.
+ battery_bar (height),(width) (num)
+ Battery percentage remaining of ACPI battery in a bar. ACPI bat-
+ tery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
- \e[1mbattery_bar (height),(width) (num)\e[0m
- Battery percentage remaining of ACPI battery in a bar. ACPI bat‐
- tery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
+ battery_percent (num)
+ Battery percentage remaining for ACPI battery. ACPI battery
+ number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
- \e[1mbattery_percent (num)\e[0m
- Battery percentage remaining for ACPI battery. ACPI battery num‐
- ber can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
+ battery_short (num)
+ Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM
+ battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default
+ is BAT0). This mode display a short status, which means that C
+ is displayed instead of charging, D for discharging, F for full,
+ N for not present, E for empty and U for unknown.
- \e[1mbattery_time (num)\e[0m
- Battery charge/discharge time remaining of ACPI battery. ACPI
+ battery_time (num)
+ Battery charge/discharge time remaining of ACPI battery. ACPI
battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
- \e[1mbmpx_artist\e[0m
- Artist in current BMPx track
+ blink text_and_other_conky_vars
+ Let 'text_and_other_conky_vars' blink on and off.
- \e[1mbmpx_album\e[0m
+ bmpx_album
Album in current BMPx track
- \e[1mbmpx_title\e[0m
- Title of the current BMPx track
+ bmpx_artist
+ Artist in current BMPx track
- \e[1mbmpx_track\e[0m
- Track number of the current BMPx track
+ bmpx_bitrate
+ Bitrate of the current BMPx track
- \e[1mbmpx_bitrate\e[0m
- Bitrate of the current BMPx track
+ bmpx_title
+ Title of the current BMPx track
+
+
+ bmpx_track
+ Track number of the current BMPx track
- \e[1mbmpx_uri\e[0m
+ bmpx_uri
URI of the current BMPx track
- \e[1mbuffers\e[0m
+ buffers
Amount of memory buffered
- \e[1mcached \e[22mAmount of memory cached
+ cached Amount of memory cached
+
+
+ cmdline_to_pid string
+ PID of the first process that has string in it's commandline
- \e[1mcolor (color)\e[0m
- Change drawing color to color
+ color (color)
+ Change drawing color to 'color' which is a name of a color or a
+ hexcode preceded with # (for example #0A1B2C ). If you use
+ ncurses only the following colors are supported: red,green,yel-
+ low,blue,magenta,cyan,black,white.
- \e[1mcolorN \e[22mChange drawing color to colorN configuration option, where N is
+ colorN Change drawing color to colorN configuration option, where N is
a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively.
- \e[1mconky_version\e[0m
- Conky version
+ combine var1 var2
+ Places the lines of var2 to the right of the lines of var1 sepa-
+ rated by the chars that are put between var1 and var2. For exam-
+ ple: ${combine ${head /proc/cpuinfo 2} - ${head /proc/meminfo
+ 1}} gives as output "cpuinfo_line1 - meminfo_line1" on line 1
+ and "cpuinfo_line2 -" on line 2. $combine vars can also be nest-
+ ed to place more vars next to each other.
+
+
+ conky_build_arch
+ CPU architecture Conky was built for
- \e[1mconky_build_date\e[0m
+ conky_build_date
Date Conky was built
- \e[1mconky_build_arch\e[0m
- CPU architecture Conky was built for
+ conky_version
+ Conky version
- \e[1mcpu (cpuN)\e[0m
- CPU usage in percents. For SMP machines, the CPU number can be
- provided as an argument. ${cpu cpu0} is the total usage, and
+ cpu (cpuN)
+ 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.
- \e[1mcpubar (cpuN) (height),(width)\e[0m
- Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels. See
+ cpubar (cpuN) (height),(width)
+ Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels. See
$cpu for more info on SMP.
- \e[1mcpugauge (cpuN) (height),(width)\e[0m
- Elliptical gauge that shows CPU usage, height and width are
- gauge's vertical and horizontal axis respectively. See $cpu for
+ cpugauge (cpuN) (height),(width)
+ Elliptical gauge that shows CPU usage, height and width are
+ gauge's vertical and horizontal axis respectively. See $cpu for
more info on SMP.
- \e[1mcpugraph (cpuN) ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)\e[0m
- \e[1m(gradient colour 2) (scale)\e[0m
- CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #. See
- $cpu for more info on SMP. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see
- small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".
+ cpugraph (cpuN) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour
+ 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
+ CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #. See
+ $cpu for more info on SMP. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see
+ small numbers) when you use the -l switch. Takes the switch '-t'
+ to use a temperature gradient, which makes the gradient values
+ change depending on the amplitude of a particular graph value
+ (try it and see).
+
+
+ curl url (interval_in_minutes)
+ Download data from URI using Curl at the specified interval. The
+ interval may be a floating point value greater than 0, otherwise
+ defaults to 15 minutes. Most useful when used in conjunction
+ with Lua and the Lua API. This object is threaded, and once a
+ thread is created it can't be explicitly destroyed. One thread
+ will run for each URI specified. You can use any protocol that
+ Curl supports.
+ desktop
+ Number of the desktop on which conky is running or the message
+ "Not running in X" if this is the case.
- \e[1mdiskio (device)\e[0m
+
+ desktop_name
+ Name of the desktop on which conky is running or the message
+ "Not running in X" if this is the case.
+
+
+ desktop_number
+ Number of desktops or the message "Not running in X" if this is
+ the case.
+
+
+ disk_protect device
+ Disk protection status, if supported (needs kernel-patch).
+ Prints either "frozen" or "free " (note the padding).
+
+
+ diskio (device)
Displays current disk IO. Device is optional, and takes the form
of sda for /dev/sda. Individual partitions are allowed.
- \e[1mdiskiograph ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gra‐\e[0m
- \e[1mdient colour 2) (scale) (device)\e[0m
- Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is
- non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a logarithmic
- scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "nor‐
- mal".
+ diskio_read (device)
+ Displays current disk IO for reads. Device as in diskio.
- \e[1mdiskio_read (device)\e[0m
- Displays current disk IO for reads. Device as in diskio.
+ diskio_write (device)
+ Displays current disk IO for writes. Device as in diskio.
+
+
+ diskiograph (device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient
+ colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
+ Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is
+ non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a logarithmic
+ scale (to see small numbers) when you use -l switch. Takes the
+ switch '-t' to use a temperature gradient, which makes the gra-
+ dient values change depending on the amplitude of a particular
+ graph value (try it and see).
- \e[1mdiskiograph_read ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)\e[0m
- \e[1m(gradient colour 2) (scale) (device)\e[0m
+ diskiograph_read (device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradi-
+ ent colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
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. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when
- you use "log" instead of "normal".
-
-
- \e[1mdiskio_write (device)\e[0m
- Displays current disk IO for writes. Device as in diskio.
+ you use -l switch. Takes the switch '-t' to use a temperature
+ gradient, which makes the gradient values change depending on
+ the amplitude of a particular graph value (try it and see).
- \e[1mdiskiograph_write ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)\e[0m
- \e[1m(gradient colour 2) (scale) (device)\e[0m
+ diskiograph_write (device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradi-
+ ent colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
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. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers)
- when you use "log" instead of "normal".
+ when you use -l switch. Takes the switch '-t' to use a tempera-
+ ture gradient, which makes the gradient values change depending
+ on the amplitude of a particular graph value (try it and see).
- \e[1mdisk_protect device\e[0m
- Disk protection status, if supported (needs kernel-patch).
- Prints either "frozen" or "free " (note the padding).
+ downspeed (net)
+ Download speed in suitable IEC units
+
+ downspeedf (net)
+ Download speed in KiB with one decimal
- \e[1mdownspeed net\e[0m
- Download speed in KiB
+ downspeedgraph (netdev) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient
+ colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
+ Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
+ scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a
+ logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use -l switch.
+ Takes the switch '-t' to use a temperature gradient, which makes
+ the gradient values change depending on the amplitude of a par-
+ ticular graph value (try it and see).
- \e[1mdownspeedf net\e[0m
- Download speed in KiB with one decimal
+
+ draft_mails (maildir) (interval)
+ Number of mails marked as draft in the specified mailbox or mail
+ spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox
+ type will return -1.
- \e[1mdownspeedgraph ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)\e[0m
- \e[1m(gradient colour 2) (scale) (net)\e[0m
- Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
- scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a
- logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" in‐
- stead of "normal".
+ else Text to show if any of the above are not true
- \e[1melse \e[22mText to show if any of the above are not true
+ endif Ends an $if block.
- \e[1mentropy_avail\e[0m
+ entropy_avail
Current entropy available for crypto freaks
- \e[1mentropy_bar (height),(width)\e[0m
+ entropy_bar (height),(width)
Normalized bar of available entropy for crypto freaks
- \e[1mentropy_poolsize\e[0m
+ entropy_perc
+ Percentage of entropy available in comparison to the poolsize
+
+
+ entropy_poolsize
Total size of system entropy pool for crypto freaks
- \e[1meval string\e[0m
- Evalutates given string according to the rules of TEXT interpre‐
- tation, i.e. parsing any contained text object specifications
- into their output, any occuring '$$' into a single '$' and so
+ eval string
+ Evaluates given string according to the rules of TEXT interpre-
+ tation, i.e. parsing any contained text object specifications
+ into their output, any occuring '$$' into a single '$' and so
on. The output is then being parsed again.
- \e[1mexec command\e[0m
- Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn‐
- ing: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd
+ eve api_userid api_key character_id
+ Fetches your currently training skill from the Eve Online API
+ servers (http://www.eve-online.com/) and displays the skill
+ along with the remaining training time.
+
+
+ exec command
+ Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn-
+ ing: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd
recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch.
- \e[1mexecbar command\e[0m
- Same as exec, except if the first value return is a value be‐
- tween 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.
+ execbar command
+ Same as exec, except if the first value return is a value be-
+ tween 0-100, it will use that number for a bar. The size for
+ bars can be controlled via the default_bar_size config setting.
- \e[1mexecgauge command\e[0m
- Same as exec, except if the first value return is a value be‐
- tween 0-100, it will use that number for a gauge. The size for
- the gauge is currently fixed, but you may change that for the
- future conky release.
+ execgauge command
+ Same as exec, except if the first value returned is a value be-
+ tween 0-100, it will use that number for a gauge. The size for
+ gauges can be controlled via the default_gauge_size config set-
+ ting.
- \e[1mexecgraph ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradi‐\e[0m
- \e[1ment colour 2) (scale) command\e[0m
+ execgraph (-t) (-l) command
Same as execbar, but graphs values. Uses a logaritmic scale when
- the log option is given (to see small numbers). Values still
- have to be between 0 and 100.
+ the log option (-l switch) is given (to see small numbers). Val-
+ ues still have to be between 0 and 100. The size for graphs can
+ be controlled via the default_graph_size config setting. Takes
+ the switch '-t' to use a temperature gradient, which makes the
+ gradient values change depending on the amplitude of a particu-
+ lar graph value (try it and see). If -t or -l is your first ar-
+ gument, you may need to preceed it by a space (' ').
- \e[1mexeci interval command\e[0m
- Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less
+ execi interval command
+ Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less
than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci
- \e[1mexecibar interval command\e[0m
+ execibar interval command
Same as execbar, except with an interval
- \e[1mexecigraph interval command\e[0m
- Same as execgraph, but takes an interval arg graphs values
+ execigauge interval command
+ Same as execgauge, but takes an interval arg and gauges values.
- \e[1mexecp command\e[0m
- Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn‐
- ing: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd
+ execigraph interval (-t) (-l) command
+ Same as execgraph, but takes an interval arg and graphs values.
+ If -t or -l is your first argument, you may need to preceed it
+ by a space (' ').
+
+
+ execp command
+ Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn-
+ ing: 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. Caveats: Conky
- parses and evaluates the output of $execp every time Conky
- loops, and then destroys all the objects. If you try to use any‐
- thing like $execi within an $execp statement, it will function‐
+ 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. Caveats: Conky
+ parses and evaluates the output of $execp every time Conky
+ loops, and then destroys all the objects. If you try to use any-
+ thing like $execi within an $execp statement, it will function-
ally run at the same interval that the $execp statement runs, as
it is created and destroyed at every interval.
- \e[1mexecpi interval command\e[0m
- Same as execp but with specific interval. Interval can't be less
- than update_interval in configuration. Note that the output from
- the $execpi command is still parsed and evaluated at every in‐
- terval.
+ execpi interval command
+ Same as execp but with specific interval. Interval can't be
+ less than update_interval in configuration. Note that the output
+ from the $execpi command is still parsed and evaluated at every
+ interval.
+
+
+ flagged_mails (maildir) (interval)
+ Number of mails marked as flagged in the specified mailbox or
+ mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
+ mbox type will return -1.
- \e[1mfont (font)\e[0m
- Specify a different font. This new font will apply to the cur‐
- rent line and everything following. You can use a $font with no
- arguments to change back to the default font (much like with
+ font (font)
+ Specify a different font. This new font will apply to the cur-
+ rent line and everything following. You can use a $font with no
+ arguments to change back to the default font (much like with
$color)
- \e[1mfreq (n)\e[0m
- Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If
- omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
+ format_time seconds format
+ Format time given in seconds. This var only works when the
+ times_in_seconds configuration setting is on. Format is a string
+ that should start and end with a "-char. The "-chars are not
+ part of the output, \w,\d,\h,\m,\s,\(,\) and \\ are replaced by
+ weeks,days,hours,minutes,seconds,(,) and \. If you leave out a
+ unit, it's value will be expressed in the highest unite lower
+ then the one left out. Text between ()-chars will not be visible
+ if a replaced unit in this text is 0. If seconds is a decimal
+ number then you can see the numbers behind the point by using \S
+ followed by a number that specifies the amount of digits behind
+ the point that you want to see (maximum 9). You can also place
+ a 'x' behind \S so you have all digits behind the point and no
+ trailing zero's. (also maximum 9)
+
+
+ forwarded_mails (maildir) (interval)
+ Number of mails marked as forwarded in the specified mailbox or
+ mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
+ mbox type will return -1.
- \e[1mfreq_g (n)\e[0m
- Returns CPU #n's frequency in GHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If
+ freq (n)
+ Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If
omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
- \e[1mfreq_dyn (n)\e[0m
- Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz (defaults to 1), but is calcu‐
- lated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction.
- Only available for x86/amd64.
+ freq_g (n)
+ Returns CPU #n's frequency in GHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If
+ omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
- \e[1mfreq_dyn_g (n)\e[0m
- Returns CPU #n's frequency in GHz (defaults to 1), but is calcu‐
- lated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction.
- Only available for x86/amd64.
+ fs_bar (height),(width) fs
+ 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.
- \e[1mfs_bar (height),(width) fs\e[0m
- Bar that shows how much space is used on a file system. height
+ fs_bar_free (height),(width) fs
+ Bar that shows how much space is free on a file system. height
is the height in pixels. fs is any file on that file system.
- \e[1mfs_free (fs)\e[0m
+ fs_free (fs)
Free space on a file system available for users.
- \e[1mfs_free_perc (fs)\e[0m
+ fs_free_perc (fs)
Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.
- \e[1mfs_size (fs)\e[0m
- File system size
+ fs_size (fs)
+ File system size.
+
+
+ fs_type (fs)
+ File system type.
- \e[1mfs_type (fs)\e[0m
- File system type
+ fs_used (fs)
+ File system used space.
- \e[1mfs_used (fs)\e[0m
- File system used space
+ fs_used_perc (fs)
+ Percent of file system used space.
- \e[1mgoto x \e[22mThe next element will be printed at position 'x'.
+ goto x The next element will be printed at position 'x'.
- \e[1mgw_iface\e[0m
- Displays the default route's interface or "multiple"/"none" ac‐
+ gw_iface
+ Displays the default route's interface or "multiple"/"none" ac-
cordingly.
- \e[1mgw_ip \e[22mDisplays the default gateway's IP or "multiple"/"none" accord‐
+ gw_ip Displays the default gateway's IP or "multiple"/"none" accord-
ingly.
- \e[1mhddtemp dev, (host,(port))\e[0m
+ hddtemp (dev)
Displays temperature of a selected hard disk drive as reported
- by the hddtemp daemon running on host:port. Default host is
- 127.0.0.1, default port is 7634.
+ by the hddtemp daemon. Use hddtemp_host and hddtemp_port to
+ specify a host and port for all hddtemp objects. If no dev pa-
+ rameter is given, the first disk returned by the hddtemp daemon
+ is used.
- \e[1mhead logfile lines (interval)\e[0m
- 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.
+ head logfile lines (next_check)
+ Displays first N lines of supplied text file. The file is
+ checked every 'next_check' update. If next_check is not sup-
+ plied, Conky defaults to 2. Max of 30 lines can be displayed, or
+ until the text buffer is filled.
- \e[1mhr (height)\e[0m
+ hr (height)
Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels
- \e[1mhwmon (dev) type n\e[0m
- Hwmon sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omit‐
- ted if you have only one hwmon device. Parameter type is either
+ hwmon (dev) type n (factor offset)
+ Hwmon sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omit-
+ ted if you have only one hwmon device. Parameter type is either
'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' meaning
- temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See
- /sys/class/hwmon/ on your local computer.
+ temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See
+ /sys/class/hwmon/ on your local computer. The optional arguments
+ 'factor' and 'offset' allow precalculation of the raw input,
+ which is being modified as follows: 'input = input * factor +
+ offset'. Note that they have to be given as decimal values (i.e.
+ contain at least one decimal place).
- \e[1miconv_start codeset_from codeset_to\e[0m
- Convert text from one codeset to another using GNU iconv. Needs
- to be stopped with iconv_stop.
-
-
- \e[1miconv_stop\e[0m
- Stop iconv codeset conversion.
-
-
- \e[1mi2c (dev) type n\e[0m
+ i2c (dev) type n (factor offset)
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' meaning tem‐
+ or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' meaning tem-
perature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See
- /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer.
+ /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer. The optional argu-
+ ments 'factor' and 'offset' allow precalculation of the raw in-
+ put, which is being modified as follows: 'input = input * factor
+ + offset'. Note that they have to be given as decimal values
+ (i.e. contain at least one decimal place).
- \e[1mi8k_ac_status\e[0m
+ i8k_ac_status
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.
- \e[1mi8k_bios\e[0m
+ i8k_bios
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.
- \e[1mi8k_buttons_status\e[0m
+ i8k_buttons_status
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.
- \e[1mi8k_cpu_temp\e[0m
+ i8k_cpu_temp
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.
- \e[1mi8k_left_fan_rpm\e[0m
+ i8k_left_fan_rpm
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.
- \e[1mi8k_left_fan_status\e[0m
+ i8k_left_fan_status
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 re‐
+ readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in re-
verse order.
- \e[1mi8k_right_fan_rpm\e[0m
+ i8k_right_fan_rpm
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.
- \e[1mi8k_right_fan_status\e[0m
+ i8k_right_fan_status
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
- the right fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to hu‐
+ the right fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to hu-
man-readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in
reverse order.
- \e[1mi8k_serial\e[0m
+ i8k_serial
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.
- \e[1mi8k_version\e[0m
+ i8k_version
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
the version formatting of /proc/i8k.
- \e[1mibm_fan\e[0m
+ ibm_brightness
+ If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the laptops's
+ LCD (0-7).
+
+
+ ibm_fan
If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.
- \e[1mibm_temps N\e[0m
- If running the IBM ACPI, displays the temperatures from the IBM
+ ibm_temps N
+ If running the IBM ACPI, displays the temperatures from the IBM
temperature sensors (N=0..7) Sensor 0 is on the CPU, 3 is on the
GPU.
- \e[1mibm_volume\e[0m
- If running the IBM ACPI, displays the "master" volume, con‐
+ ibm_volume
+ If running the IBM ACPI, displays the "master" volume, con-
trolled by the volume keys (0-14).
- \e[1mibm_brightness\e[0m
- If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the laptops's
- LCD (0-7).
+ iconv_start codeset_from codeset_to
+ Convert text from one codeset to another using GNU iconv. Needs
+ to be stopped with iconv_stop.
+
+
+ iconv_stop
+ Stop iconv codeset conversion.
- \e[1mif_empty (var)\e[0m
- if conky variable VAR is empty, display everything between
+ if_empty (var)
+ if conky variable VAR is empty, display everything between
$if_empty and the matching $endif
- \e[1mif_existing file (string)\e[0m
- 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 file (string)
+ 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.
- \e[1mif_gw \e[22mif there is at least one default gateway, display everything be‐
+ if_gw if there is at least one default gateway, display everything be-
tween $if_gw and the matching $endif
- \e[1mif_match expression\e[0m
- Evaluates the given boolean expression, printing everything be‐
+ if_match expression
+ Evaluates the given boolean expression, printing everything be-
tween $if_match and the matching $endif depending on whether the
- evaluation returns true or not. Valid expressions consist of a
- left side, an operator and a right side. Left and right sides
- are being parsed for contained text objects before evaluation.
+ evaluation returns true or not. Valid expressions consist of a
+ left side, an operator and a right side. Left and right sides
+ are being parsed for contained text objects before evaluation.
Recognised left and right side types are:
- \e[1mdouble\e[22m: argument consists of only digits and a single dot.
- \e[1mlong\e[22m: argument consists of only digits.
- \e[1mstring\e[22m: argument is enclosed in quotation mark or the checks for
- double and long failed before.
+ doubleArgument consists of only digits and a single dot.
+ longArgument consists of only digits.
+ stringArgument is enclosed in quotation marks (")
Valid operands are: '>', '<', '>=', '<=', '==', '!='.
- \e[1mif_running (process)\e[0m
- if PROCESS is running, display everything $if_running and the
- matching $endif. This uses the ``pidof'' command, so the -x
- switch is also supported.
+ if_mixer_mute (mixer)
+ If mixer exists, display everything between $if_mixer_mute and
+ the matching $endif. If no mixer is specified, "Master" is used.
- \e[1mif_mounted (mountpoint)\e[0m
+ if_mounted (mountpoint)
if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between $if_mounted
and the matching $endif
- \e[1mif_smapi_bat_installed (INDEX)\e[0m
+ if_mpd_playing
+ if mpd is playing or paused, display everything between
+ $if_mpd_playing and the matching $endif
+
+
+ if_running (process)
+ if PROCESS is running, display everything $if_running and the
+ matching $endif. This uses the ``pidof'' command, so the -x
+ switch is also supported.
+
+
+ if_smapi_bat_installed (INDEX)
when using smapi, if the battery with index INDEX is installed,
display everything between $if_smapi_bat_installed and the
matching $endif
- \e[1mif_up (interface)\e[0m
+ if_up (interface)
if INTERFACE exists and is up, display everything between $if_up
and the matching $endif
- \e[1mif_updatenr (updatenr)\e[0m
- If it's the UPDATENR-th time that conky updates, display every‐
- thing between $if_updatenr and the matching $endif. The counter
- resets when the highest UPDATENR is reached. Example :
- "{$if_updatenr 1}foo$endif{$if_updatenr 2}bar$endif{$if_updatenr
- 4}$endif" shows foo 25% of the time followed by bar 25% of the
- time followed by nothing the other half of the time.
+ if_updatenr (updatenr)
+ If it's the UPDATENR-th time that conky updates, display every-
+ thing between $if_updatenr and the matching $endif. The counter
+ resets when the highest UPDATENR is reached. Example : "{$if_up-
+ datenr 1}foo$endif{$if_updatenr 2}bar$endif{$if_updatenr 4}$en-
+ dif" shows foo 25% of the time followed by bar 25% of the time
+ followed by nothing the other half of the time.
- \e[1mimap_messages (args)\e[0m
- Displays the number of messages in your global IMAP inbox by de‐
- fault. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by
- passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
- [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". Default port
- is 143, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of re‐
- tries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as '*',
- you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
+ if_xmms2_connected
+ Display everything between $if_xmms2_connected and the matching
+ $endif if xmms2 is running.
- \e[1mimap_unseen (args)\e[0m
+ image <path to image> (-p x,y) (-s WxH) (-n) (-f interval)
+ Renders an image from the path specified using Imlib2. Takes 4
+ optional arguments: a position, a size, a no-cache switch, and a
+ cache flush interval. Changing the x,y position will move the
+ position of the image, and changing the WxH will scale the im-
+ age. If you specify the no-cache flag (-n), the image will not
+ be cached. Alternately, you can specify the -f int switch to
+ specify a cache flust interval for a particular image. Example:
+ ${image /home/brenden/cheeseburger.jpg -p 20,20 -s 200x200} will
+ render 'cheeseburger.jpg' at (20,20) scaled to 200x200 pixels.
+ Conky does not make any attempt to adjust the position (or any
+ other formatting) of images, they are just rendered as per the
+ arguments passed. The only reason $image is part of the TEXT
+ section, is to allow for runtime modifications, through $execp
+ $lua_parse, or some other method.
+
+
+ imap_messages (args)
+ Displays the number of messages in your global IMAP inbox by de-
+ fault. You can define individual IMAP inboxes separately by
+ passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user
+ pass [-i interval (in seconds)] [-f 'folder'] [-p port] [-e
+ 'command'] [-r retries]". Default port is 143, default folder is
+ 'INBOX', default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of
+ retries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as
+ '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky
+ starts.
+
+
+ imap_unseen (args)
Displays the number of unseen messages in your global IMAP inbox
- by default. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by
+ by default. You can define individual IMAP inboxes separately by
passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
- [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". Default port
- is 143, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of re‐
- tries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as '*',
- you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
+ [-i interval (in seconds)] [-f 'folder'] [-p port] [-e 'com-
+ mand'] [-r retries]". Default port is 143, default folder is
+ 'INBOX', default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of
+ retries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as
+ '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky
+ starts.
- \e[1mioscheduler disk\e[0m
+ include path
+ Loads the configfile at path, places the configsettings behind
+ the configsettings in the orginal config and places the vars
+ where the includevar stood.
+
+ ioscheduler disk
Prints the current ioscheduler used for the given disk name
(i.e. e.g. "hda" or "sdb")
- \e[1mkernel \e[22mKernel version
+ kernel Kernel version
- \e[1mlaptop_mode\e[0m
+ laptop_mode
The value of /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
- \e[1mloadavg\e[0m
- (1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past
- 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.
-
-
- \e[1mloadgraph ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradi‐\e[0m
- \e[1ment colour 2) (scale)\e[0m
- Load1 average graph, similar to xload, with optional colours in
- hex, minus the #. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small num‐
- bers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".
-
-
- \e[1mlines textfile\e[0m
+ lines textfile
Displays the number of lines in the given file
- \e[1mmachine\e[0m
- Machine, i686 for example
+ loadavg (1|2|3)
+ System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past 5 min-
+ utes and 3 for past 15 minutes. Without argument, prints all
+ three values separated by whitespace.
- \e[1mmails (mailbox) (interval)\e[0m
- Mail count in the specified mailbox or your mail spool if not.
- Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported. You can use
- a program like fetchmail to get mails from some server using
- your favourite protocol. See also new_mails.
+ loadgraph (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2)
+ (scale) (-t) (-l)
+ Load1 average graph, similar to xload, with optional colours in
+ hex, minus the #. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small num-
+ bers) when you use the -l switch. Takes the switch '-t' to use
+ a temperature gradient, which makes the gradient values change
+ depending on the amplitude of a particular graph value (try it
+ and see).
- \e[1mnew_mails (mailbox) (interval)\e[0m
- Unread mail count in the specified mailbox or mail spool if not.
- Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported.
+ lua function_name (function parameters)
+ Executes a Lua function with given parameters, then prints the
+ returned string. See also 'lua_load' on how to load scripts.
+ Conky puts 'conky_' in front of function_name to prevent acci-
+ dental calls to the wrong function unless you put you place
+ 'conky_' in front of it yourself.
- \e[1mseen_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
- Number of mails marked as seen in the specified mailbox or mail
- spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox
- type will return -1.
+ lua_bar (height, width) function_name (function parameters)
+ Executes a Lua function with given parameters and draws a bar.
+ Expects result value to be an integer between 0 and 100. See al-
+ so 'lua_load' on how to load scripts. Conky puts 'conky_' in
+ front of function_name to prevent accidental calls to the wrong
+ function unless you put you place 'conky_' in front of it your-
+ self.
- \e[1munseen_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
- Number of new or unseen mails in the specified mailbox or mail
- spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox
- type will return -1.
+ lua_gauge (height, width) function_name (function parameters)
+ Executes a Lua function with given parameters and draws a gauge.
+ Expects result value to be an integer between 0 and 100. See al-
+ so 'lua_load' on how to load scripts. Conky puts 'conky_' in
+ front of function_name to prevent accidental calls to the wrong
+ function unless you put you place 'conky_' in front of it your-
+ self.
- \e[1mflagged_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
- Number of mails marked as flagged in the specified mailbox or
- mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
- mbox type will return -1.
+ lua_graph function_name (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient
+ colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
+ Executes a Lua function with and draws a graph. Expects result
+ value to be any number, and by default will scale to show the
+ full range. See also 'lua_load' on how to load scripts. Takes
+ the switch '-t' to use a temperature gradient, which makes the
+ gradient values change depending on the amplitude of a particu-
+ lar graph value (try it and see). Conky puts 'conky_' in front
+ of function_name to prevent accidental calls to the wrong func-
+ tion unless you put you place 'conky_' in front of it yourself.
- \e[1munflagged_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
- Number of mails not marked as flagged in the specified mailbox
- or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
- mbox type will return -1.
+ lua_parse function_name (function parameters)
+ Executes a Lua function with given parameters as per $lua, then
+ parses and prints the result value as per the syntax for Conky's
+ TEXT section. See also 'lua_load' on how to load scripts. Conky
+ puts 'conky_' in front of function_name to prevent accidental
+ calls to the wrong function unless you put you place 'conky_' in
+ front of it yourself.
- \e[1mforwarded_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
- Number of mails marked as forwarded in the specified mailbox or
- mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
- mbox type will return -1.
-
-
- \e[1munforwarded_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
- Number of mails not marked as forwarded in the specified mailbox
- or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
- mbox type will return -1.
-
-
- \e[1mreplied_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
- Number of mails marked as replied in the specified mailbox or
- mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
- mbox type will return -1.
-
-
- \e[1munreplied_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
- Number of mails not marked as replied in the specified mailbox
- or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
- mbox type will return -1.
-
-
- \e[1mdraft_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
- Number of mails marked as draft in the specified mailbox or mail
- spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox
- type will return -1.
+ machine
+ Machine, i686 for example
- \e[1mtrashed_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
- Number of mails marked as trashed in the specified mailbox or
- mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
- mbox type will return -1.
+ mails (mailbox) (interval)
+ Mail count in the specified mailbox or your mail spool if not.
+ Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported. You can use
+ a program like fetchmail to get mails from some server using
+ your favourite protocol. See also new_mails.
- \e[1mmboxscan (-n number of messages to print) (-fw from width) (-sw subject\e[0m
- \e[1mwidth) mbox\e[0m
+ mboxscan (-n number of messages to print) (-fw from width) (-sw subject
+ width) mbox
Print a summary of recent messages in an mbox format mailbox.
- mbox parameter is the filename of the mailbox (can be encapsu‐
+ mbox parameter is the filename of the mailbox (can be encapsu-
lated using '"', ie. ${mboxscan -n 10 "/home/brenden/some box"}
- \e[1mmem \e[22mAmount of memory in use
+ mem Amount of memory in use
- \e[1mmembar (height),(width)\e[0m
+ membar (height),(width)
Bar that shows amount of memory in use
- \e[1mmemgauge (height),(width)\e[0m
- Gauge that shows amount of memory in use (see cpugauge)
+ memeasyfree
+ Amount of free memory including the memory that is very easily
+ freed (buffers/cache)
- \e[1mmemgraph ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradi‐\e[0m
- \e[1ment colour 2) (scale)\e[0m
- Memory usage graph. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small num‐
- bers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".
+ memfree
+ Amount of free memory
- \e[1mmemeasyfree\e[0m
- Amount of free memory including the memory that is very easily
- freed (buffers/cache)
+ memgauge (height),(width)
+ Gauge that shows amount of memory in use (see cpugauge)
- \e[1mmemfree\e[0m
- Amount of free memory
+ memgraph (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2)
+ (scale) (-t) (-l)
+ Memory usage graph. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small num-
+ bers) when you use the -l switch. Takes the switch '-t' to use a
+ temperature gradient, which makes the gradient values change de-
+ pending on the amplitude of a particular graph value (try it and
+ see).
- \e[1mmemmax \e[22mTotal amount of memory
+ memmax Total amount of memory
- \e[1mmemperc\e[0m
+ memperc
Percentage of memory in use
- \e[1mmixer (device)\e[0m
- Prints the mixer value as reported by the OS. Default mixer is
- "vol", but you can specify one of the following optional argu‐
- ments: "vol", "bass", "treble", "synth", "pcm", "speaker",
- "line", "mic", "cd", "mix", "pcm2", "rec", "igain", "ogain",
- "line1", "line2", "line3", "dig1", "dig2", "dig3", "phin",
- "phout", "video", "radio", "monitor". Refer to the definition of
- SOUND_DEVICE_NAMES in <linux/soundcard.h> (on Linux), <sound‐
- card.h> (on OpenBSD), or <sys/soundcard.h> to find the exact op‐
- tions available on your system.
+ mixer (device)
+ Prints the mixer value as reported by the OS. Default mixer is
+ "Master", but you can specify one of the available ALSA Simple
+ mixer controls. You can find the list of those available on
+ your system using amixer.
- \e[1mmixerbar (device)\e[0m
+ mixerbar (device)
Displays mixer value in a bar as reported by the OS. See docs
for $mixer for details on arguments.
- \e[1mmixerr (device)\e[0m
- Prints the right channel mixer value as reported by the OS. See
+ mixerl (device)
+ Prints the left channel mixer value as reported by the OS. See
docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
- \e[1mmixerrbar (device)\e[0m
- Displays the right channel mixer value in a bar as reported by
+ mixerlbar (device)
+ Displays the left channel mixer value in a bar as reported by
the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
- \e[1mmixerl (device)\e[0m
- Prints the left channel mixer value as reported by the OS. See
+ mixerr (device)
+ Prints the right channel mixer value as reported by the OS. See
docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
- \e[1mmixerlbar (device)\e[0m
- Displays the left channel mixer value in a bar as reported by
+ mixerrbar (device)
+ Displays the right channel mixer value in a bar as reported by
the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
- \e[1mmoc_state\e[0m
- Current state of MOC; playing, stopped etc.
+ moc_album
+ Album of the current MOC song
- \e[1mmoc_file\e[0m
- File name of the current MOC song
+ moc_artist
+ Artist of the current MOC song
- \e[1mmoc_title\e[0m
- Title of the current MOC song
+ moc_bitrate
+ Bitrate in the current MOC song
- \e[1mmoc_artist\e[0m
- Artist of the current MOC song
+ moc_curtime
+ Current time of the current MOC song
- \e[1mmoc_song\e[0m
- The current song name being played in MOC.
+ moc_file
+ File name of the current MOC song
- \e[1mmoc_album\e[0m
- Album of the current MOC song
+ moc_rate
+ Rate of the current MOC song
- \e[1mmoc_totaltime\e[0m
- Total length of the current MOC song
+ moc_song
+ The current song name being played in MOC.
- \e[1mmoc_timeleft\e[0m
- Time left in the current MOC song
+ moc_state
+ Current state of MOC; playing, stopped etc.
- \e[1mmoc_curtime\e[0m
- Current time of the current MOC song
+ moc_timeleft
+ Time left in the current MOC song
- \e[1mmoc_bitrate\e[0m
- Bitrate in the current MOC song
+ moc_title
+ Title of the current MOC song
- \e[1mmoc_rate\e[0m
- Rate of the current MOC song
+ moc_totaltime
+ Total length of the current MOC song
- \e[1mmonitor\e[0m
- Number of the monitor on which conky is running
+ monitor
+ Number of the monitor on which conky is running or the message
+ "Not running in X" if this is the case.
- \e[1mmonitor_number\e[0m
- Number of monitors
+ monitor_number
+ Number of monitors or the message "Not running in X" if this is
+ the case.
- \e[1mmpd_artist\e[0m
- Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile
+ mpd_album
+ Album in current MPD song
- \e[1mmpd_album\e[0m
- Album in current MPD song
+ mpd_artist
+ Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile
- \e[1mmpd_bar (height),(width)\e[0m
+ mpd_bar (height),(width)
Bar of mpd's progress
- \e[1mmpd_bitrate\e[0m
+ mpd_bitrate
Bitrate of current song
- \e[1mmpd_status\e[0m
- Playing, stopped, et cetera.
-
-
- \e[1mmpd_title (max length)\e[0m
- Title of current MPD song
+ mpd_elapsed
+ Song's elapsed time
- \e[1mmpd_vol\e[0m
- MPD's volume
+ mpd_file
+ Prints the file name of the current MPD song
- \e[1mmpd_elapsed\e[0m
- Song's elapsed time
+ mpd_length
+ Song's length
- \e[1mmpd_length\e[0m
- Song's length
+ mpd_name
+ Prints the MPD name field
- \e[1mmpd_percent\e[0m
+ mpd_percent
Percent of song's progress
- \e[1mmpd_random\e[0m
+ mpd_random
Random status (On/Off)
- \e[1mmpd_repeat\e[0m
+ mpd_repeat
Repeat status (On/Off)
- \e[1mmpd_track\e[0m
- Prints the MPD track field
+ mpd_smart (max length)
+ Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file
+ name, depending on whats available
- \e[1mmpd_name\e[0m
- Prints the MPD name field
+ mpd_status
+ Playing, stopped, et cetera.
- \e[1mmpd_file\e[0m
- Prints the file name of the current MPD song
+ mpd_title (max length)
+ Title of current MPD song
- \e[1mmpd_smart (max length)\e[0m
- Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file
- name, depending on whats available
+ mpd_track
+ Prints the MPD track field
- \e[1mif_mpd_playing\e[0m
- if mpd is playing or paused, display everything between
- $if_mpd_playing and the matching $endif
+ mpd_vol
+ MPD's volume
- \e[1mnameserver (index)\e[0m
- Print a nameserver from /etc/resolv.conf. Index starts at and
+ nameserver (index)
+ Print a nameserver from /etc/resolv.conf. Index starts at and
defaults to 0.
- \e[1mnodename\e[0m
+ new_mails (mailbox) (interval)
+ Unread mail count in the specified mailbox or mail spool if not.
+ Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported.
+
+
+ nodename
Hostname
- \e[1mnvidia threshold temp ambient gpufreq memfreq imagequality\e[0m
- Nvidia graficcard support for the XNVCtrl library. Each option
- can be shortened to the least significant part. Temperatures
- are printed as float, all other values as integer.
+ nvidia threshold temp ambient gpufreq memfreq imagequality
+ Nvidia graficcard support for the XNVCtrl library. Each option
+ can be shortened to the least significant part. Temperatures are
+ printed as float, all other values as integer.
- \e[1mthreshold\e[22m: the thresholdtemperature at which the gpu slows down
- \e[1mtemp\e[22m: gives the gpu current temperature
- \e[1mambient\e[22m: gives current air temperature near GPU case
- \e[1mgpufreq\e[22m: gives the current gpu frequency
- \e[1mmemfreq\e[22m: gives the current mem frequency
- \e[1mimagequality\e[22m: which imagequality should be choosen by OpenGL ap‐
+ threshold The thresholdtemperature at which the gpu slows down
+ temp Gives the gpu current temperature
+ ambient Gives current air temperature near GPU case
+ gpufreq Gives the current gpu frequency
+ memfreq Gives the current mem frequency
+ imagequality Which imagequality should be chosen by OpenGL ap-
plications
- \e[1moutlinecolor (color)\e[0m
+ offset (pixels)
+ Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.
+
+
+ outlinecolor (color)
Change outline color
- \e[1mpb_battery item\e[0m
- If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display information on bat‐
+ pb_battery item
+ If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display information on bat-
tery status. The item parameter specifies, what information to
display. Exactly one item must be specified. Valid items are:
- \e[1mstatus\e[22m: Display if battery is fully charged, charging, discharg‐
+ status Display if battery is fully charged, charging, discharg-
ing or absent (running on AC)
- \e[1mpercent\e[22m: Display charge of battery in percent, if charging or
+ percent Display charge of battery in percent, if charging or
discharging. Nothing will be displayed, if battery is fully
charged or absent.
- \e[1mtime\e[22m: Display the time remaining until the battery will be fully
+ time Display the time remaining until the battery will be fully
charged or discharged at current rate. Nothing is displayed, if
battery is absent or if it's present but fully charged and not
discharging.
- \e[1mplatform (dev) type n\e[0m
+ pid_chroot pid
+ Directory used as rootdirectory by the process (this will be "/"
+ unless the process did a chroot syscall)
+
+
+ pid_cmdline pid
+ Command line this process was invoked with
+
+
+ pid_cwd pid
+ Current working directory of the process
+
+
+ pid_environ pid varname
+ Contents of a environment-var of the process
+
+
+ pid_environ_list pid
+ List of environment-vars that the process can see
+
+
+ pid_exe pid
+ Path to executed command that started the process
+
+
+ pid_nice pid
+ The nice value of the process
+
+
+ pid_openfiles pid
+ List of files that the process has open
+
+
+ pid_parent pid
+ The pid of the parent of the process
+
+
+ pid_priority pid
+ The priority of the process (see 'priority' in "man 5 proc")
+
+
+ pid_read pid
+ Total number of bytes read by the process
+
+
+ pid_state pid
+ State of the process
+
+
+ pid_state_short pid
+ One of the chars in "RSDZTW" representing the state of the
+ process where R is running, S is sleeping in an interruptible
+ wait, D is waiting in uninterruptible disk sleep, Z is zombie, T
+ is traced or stopped (on a signal), and W is paging
+
+
+ pid_stderr pid
+ Filedescriptor binded to the STDERR of the process
+
+
+ pid_stdin pid
+ Filedescriptor binded to the STDIN of the process
+
+
+ pid_stdout pid
+ Filedescriptor binded to the STDOUT of the process
+
+
+ pid_threads pid
+ Number of threads in process containing this thread
+
+
+ pid_thread_list pid
+ List with pid's from threads from this process
+
+
+ pid_time_kernelmode pid
+ Amount of time that the process has been scheduled in kernel
+ mode in seconds
+
+
+ pid_time_usermode pid
+ Amount of time that the process has been scheduled in user mode
+ in seconds
+
+
+ pid_time pid
+ Sum of $pid_time_kernelmode and $pid_time_usermode
+
+
+ pid_uid pid
+ The real uid of the process
+
+
+ pid_euid pid
+ The effective uid of the process
+
+
+ pid_suid pid
+ The saved set uid of the process
+
+
+ pid_fsuid pid
+ The file system uid of the process
+
+
+ pid_gid pid
+ The real gid of the process
+
+
+ pid_egid pid
+ The effective gid of the process
+
+
+ pid_sgid pid
+ The saved set gid of the process
+
+
+ pid_fsgid pid
+ The file system gid of the process
+
+
+ pid_vmpeak pid
+ Peak virtual memory size of the process
+
+
+ pid_vmsize pid
+ Virtual memory size of the process
+
+
+ pid_vmlck pid
+ Locked memory size of the process
+
+
+ pid_vmhwm pid
+ Peak resident set size ("high water mark") of the process
+
+
+ pid_vmrss pid
+ Resident set size of the process
+
+
+ pid_vmdata pid
+ Data segment size of the process
+
+
+ pid_vmstk pid
+ Stack segment size of the process
+
+
+ pid_vmexe pid
+ Text segment size of the process
+
+
+ pid_vmlib pid
+ Shared library code size of the process
+
+
+ pid_vmpte pid
+ Page table entries size of the process
+
+
+ pid_write pid
+ Total number of bytes written by the process
+
+
+ platform (dev) type n (factor offset)
Platform sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be
- omitted if you have only one platform device. Platform type is
+ omitted if you have only one platform device. Platform type is
either 'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp'
meaning temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See
- /sys/bus/platform/devices/ on your local computer.
+ /sys/bus/platform/devices/ on your local computer. The optional
+ arguments 'factor' and 'offset' allow precalculation of the raw
+ input, which is being modified as follows: 'input = input * fac-
+ tor + offset'. Note that they have to be given as decimal values
+ (i.e. contain at least one decimal place).
- \e[1mpop3_unseen (args)\e[0m
+ pop3_unseen (args)
Displays the number of unseen messages in your global POP3 inbox
- by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes seperately by
+ by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes separately by
passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
- [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". Default port
- is 110, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of re‐
- tries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as '*',
- you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
-
-
- \e[1mpop3_used (args)\e[0m
- 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] [-r re‐
+ [-i interval (in seconds)] [-p port] [-e 'command'] [-r re-
tries]". Default port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes, and
default number of retries before giving up is 5. If the password
is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password
when Conky starts.
- \e[1mpre_exec shell command\e[0m
+ pop3_used (args)
+ Displays the amount of space (in MiB, 2^20) used in your global
+ POP3 inbox by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes
+ separately by passing arguments to this object. Arguments are:
+ "host user pass [-i interval (in seconds)] [-p port] [-e 'com-
+ mand'] [-r retries]". Default port is 110, default interval is 5
+ minutes, and default number of retries before giving up is 5. If
+ the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter
+ the password when Conky starts.
+
+
+ pre_exec shell command
Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything
and puts output as text.
- \e[1mprocesses\e[0m
+ processes
Total processes (sleeping and running)
- \e[1mrunning_processes\e[0m
+ read_tcp (host) port
+ Connects to a tcp port on a host (default is localhost), reads
+ every char available at the moment and shows them.
+
+
+ replied_mails (maildir) (interval)
+ Number of mails marked as replied in the specified mailbox or
+ mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
+ mbox type will return -1.
+
+
+ rss uri interval_in_minutes action (num_par (spaces_in_front))
+ Download and parse RSS feeds. The interval may be a floating
+ point value greater than 0, otherwise defaults to 15 minutes.
+ Action may be one of the following: feed_title, item_title (with
+ num par), item_desc (with num par) and item_titles (when using
+ this action and spaces_in_front is given conky places that many
+ spaces in front of each item). This object is threaded, and once
+ a thread is created it can't be explicitly destroyed. One thread
+ will run for each URI specified. You can use any protocol that
+ Curl supports.
+
+ running_processes
Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6
- \e[1mscroll length (step) text\e[0m
+ running_threads
+ Number of running (runnable) threads. Linux only.
+
+
+ scroll length (step) text
Scroll 'text' by 'step' characters showing 'length' number of
- characters at the same time. The text may also contain vari‐
+ characters at the same time. The text may also contain vari-
ables. 'step' is optional and defaults to 1 if not set. If a var
- creates output on multiple lines then the lines are placed be‐
- hind each other separated with a '|'-sign. Do NOT use vars that
- change colors or otherwise affect the design inside a scrolling
- text. If you want spaces between the start and the end of
- 'text', place them at the end of 'text' not at the front ("foo‐
- bar" and " foobar" can both generate "barfoo" but "foobar " will
- keep the spaces like this "bar foo").
+ creates output on multiple lines then the lines are placed be-
+ hind each other separated with a '|'-sign. If you change the
+ textcolor inside $scroll it will automatically have it's old
+ value back at the end of $scroll. The end and the start of text
+ will be separated by 'length' number of spaces.
+
+
+ seen_mails (maildir) (interval)
+ Number of mails marked as seen in the specified mailbox or mail
+ spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox
+ type will return -1.
- \e[1mshadecolor (color)\e[0m
+ shadecolor (color)
Change shading color
- \e[1msmapi (ARGS)\e[0m
- when using smapi, display contents of the /sys/devices/plat‐
- form/smapi directory. ARGS are either '(FILENAME)' or 'bat (IN‐
+ smapi (ARGS)
+ when using smapi, display contents of the /sys/devices/plat-
+ form/smapi directory. ARGS are either '(FILENAME)' or 'bat (IN-
DEX) (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.
- \e[1msmapi_bat_bar (INDEX),(height),(width)\e[0m
+ smapi_bat_bar (INDEX),(height),(width)
when using smapi, display the remaining capacity of the battery
with index INDEX as a bar.
- \e[1msmapi_bat_perc (INDEX)\e[0m
+ smapi_bat_perc (INDEX)
when using smapi, display the remaining capacity in percent of
- the battery with index INDEX. This is a separate variable be‐
+ the battery with index INDEX. This is a separate variable be-
cause it supports the 'use_spacer' configuration option.
- \e[1msmapi_bat_power INDEX\e[0m
+ smapi_bat_power INDEX
when using smapi, display the current power of the battery with
index INDEX in watt. This is a separate variable because the
original read out value is being converted from mW. The sign of
- the output reflects charging (positive) or discharging (nega‐
+ the output reflects charging (positive) or discharging (nega-
tive) state.
- \e[1msmapi_bat_temp INDEX\e[0m
+ smapi_bat_temp INDEX
when using smapi, display the current temperature of the battery
with index INDEX in degree Celsius. This is a separate variable
- because the original read out value is being converted from mil‐
+ because the original read out value is being converted from mil-
li degree Celsius.
- \e[1mstippled_hr (space)\e[0m
+ sony_fanspeed
+ Displays the Sony VAIO fanspeed information if sony-laptop ker-
+ nel support is enabled. Linux only.
+
+
+ stippled_hr (space)
Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
- \e[1mswapbar (height),(width)\e[0m
+ swap Amount of swap in use
+
+
+ swapbar (height),(width)
Bar that shows amount of swap in use
- \e[1mswap \e[22mAmount of swap in use
+ swapfree
+ Amount of free swap
- \e[1mswapmax\e[0m
+ swapmax
Total amount of swap
- \e[1mswapperc\e[0m
+ swapperc
Percentage of swap in use
- \e[1msysname\e[0m
+ sysname
System name, Linux for example
- \e[1mtcp_portmon port_begin port_end item (index) \e[4m\e[22m(ip4\e[24m \e[4monly\e[24m \e[4mat\e[24m \e[4mpresent)\e[0m
- TCP port monitor for specified local ports. Port numbers must be
- in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:
+ tab (width, (start))
+ Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from column 'start'.
+ The unit is pixels for both arguments.
- \e[1mcount \e[22m- total number of connections in the range
- \e[1mrip \e[22m- remote ip address
- \e[1mrhost \e[22m- remote host name
- \e[1mrport \e[22m- remote port number
- \e[1mrservice \e[22m- remote service name from /etc/services
- \e[1mlip \e[22m- local ip address
- \e[1mlhost \e[22m- local host name
- \e[1mlport \e[22m- local port number
- \e[1mlservice \e[22m- local service name from /etc/services
+
+ tail logfile lines (next_check)
+ Displays last N lines of supplied text file. The file is checked
+ every 'next_check' update. If next_check is not supplied, Conky
+ defaults to 2. Max of 30 lines can be displayed, or until the
+ text buffer is filled.
+
+
+ tcp_portmon port_begin port_end item (index)
+ TCP port (both IPv6 and IPv4) monitor for specified local ports.
+ Port numbers must be in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:
+
+ count Total number of connections in the range
+ rip Remote ip address
+ rhost Remote host name
+ rport Remote port number
+ rservice Remote service name from /etc/services
+ lip Local ip address
+ lhost Local host name
+ lport Local port number
+ lservice Local service name from /etc/services
The connection index provides you with access to each connection
- in the port monitor. The monitor will return information for in‐
+ in the port monitor. The monitor will return information for in-
dex values from 0 to n-1 connections. Values higher than n-1 are
- simply ignored. For the "count" item, the connection index must
+ simply ignored. For the "count" item, the connection index must
be omitted. It is required for all other items.
Examples:
- \e[1m${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count} \e[22m- displays the number of connec‐
+
+ ${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count} Displays the number of connec-
tions in the bittorrent port range
- \e[1m${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0} \e[22m- displays the remote host ip of the
+ ${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0} Displays the remote host ip of the
first sshd connection
- \e[1m${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9} \e[22m- displays the remote host ip of the
+ ${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9} Displays the remote host ip of the
tenth sshd connection
- \e[1m${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0} \e[22m- displays the remote host name of
+ ${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0} Displays the remote host name of
the first connection on a privileged port
- \e[1m${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4} \e[22m- displays the remote host port of
+ ${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4} Displays the remote host port of
the fifth connection on a privileged port
- \e[1m${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14} \e[22m- displays the local service
+ ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14} Displays the local service
name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports
Note that port monitor variables which share the same port range
- actually refer to the same monitor, so many references to a sin‐
+ actually refer to the same monitor, so many references to a sin-
gle port range for different items and different indexes all use
- the same monitor internally. In other words, the program avoids
+ the same monitor internally. In other words, the program avoids
creating redundant monitors.
- \e[1mtexeci interval command\e[0m
+ templateN (arg1) (arg2) (arg3 ...)
+ Evaluate the content of the templateN configuration variable
+ (where N is a value between 0 and 9, inclusively), applying sub-
+ stitutions as described in the documentation of the correspond-
+ ing configuration variable. The number of arguments is optional,
+ but must match the highest referred index in the template. You
+ can use the same special sequences in each argument as the ones
+ valid for a template definition, e.g. to allow an argument to
+ contain a whitespace. Also simple nesting of templates is possi-
+ ble this way.
+
+ Here are some examples of template definitions:
+
+ template0 $\1\2
+ template1 \1: ${fs_used \2} / ${fs_size \2}
+ template2 \1 \2
+
+ The following list shows sample usage of the templates defined
+ above, with the equivalent syntax when not using any template at
+ all:
+
+ using template same without template
+ \94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94\94
+ ${template0 node name} $nodename
+ ${template1 root /} root: ${fs_free /} /
+ ${fs_size /}
+ ${template1 ${template2\ disk root: ${fs_free /} /
+ disk\ root} /} ${fs_size /}
+
+ texeci interval command
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 updat‐
+ thread. Use this if you have a slow script to keep Conky updat-
ing. 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 in‐
- terval at least 6 seconds. See also $execi.
+ script that take 5 seconds to execute, you should make the in-
+ terval at least 6 seconds. See also $execi. This object will
+ clean up the thread when it is destroyed, so it can safely be
+ used in a nested fashion, though it may not produce the desired
+ behaviour if used this way.
- \e[1moffset (pixels)\e[0m
- Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.
+ threads
+ Total threads
- \e[1mrss url delay_in_minutes action item_num\e[0m
- Download and parse RSS feeds. Action may be one of the follow‐
- ing: feed_title, item_title (with num par), item_desc (with num
- par) and item_titles.
+ time (format)
+ Local time, see man strftime to get more information about for-
+ mat
- \e[1mtab (width, (start))\e[0m
- Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from column 'start'.
+ to_bytes size
+ If 'size' is a number followed by a size-unit (kilo-
+ byte,mb,GiB,...) then it converts the size to bytes and shows it
+ without unit, otherwise it just shows 'size'.
- \e[1mtail logfile lines (interval)\e[0m
- 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.
+ top type num
+ This takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number) Basically,
+ processes are ranked from highest to lowest in terms of cpu us-
+ age, which is what (num) represents. The types are: "name",
+ "pid", "cpu", "mem", "mem_res", "mem_vsize", "time", "io_perc",
+ "io_read" and "io_write". There can be a max of 10 processes
+ listed.
- \e[1mtemplateN (arg1) (arg2) (arg3 ...)\e[0m
- Evaluate the content of the templateN configuration variable
- (where N is a value between 0 and 9, inclusively), applying sub‐
- stitutions as described in the documentation of the correspond‐
- ing configuration variable. The number of arguments is option‐
- al, but must match the highest referred index in the template.
- You can use the same special sequences in each argument as the
- ones valid for a template definition, e.g. to allow an argument
- to contain a whitespace. Also simple nesting of templates is
- possible this way.
+ top_io type num
+ Same as top, except sorted by the amount of I/O the process has
+ done during the update interval
- Here are some examples of template definitions:
- template0 $\1\2
- template1 \1: ${fs_used \2} / ${fs_size \2}
- template2 \1 \2
+ top_mem type num
+ Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu
- The following list shows sample usage of the templates defined
- above, with the equivalent syntax when not using any template at
- all:
- using template same without template
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- ${template0 node name} $nodename
- ${template1 root /} root: ${fs_free /} /
- ${fs_size /}
- ${template1 ${template2\ disk\ root} /} disk root: ${fs_free /} / ${fs_size /}
+ top_time type num
+ Same as top, except sorted by total CPU time instead of current
+ CPU usage
- \e[1mtime (format)\e[0m
- Local time, see man strftime to get more information about for‐
- mat
+ totaldown (net)
+ 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 al-
+ ready done that before conky has started.
- \e[1mutime (format)\e[0m
- Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).
+ totalup (net)
+ Total upload, this one too, may overflow
- \e[1mtztime (timezone) (format)\e[0m
- 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.
+ trashed_mails (maildir) (interval)
+ Number of mails marked as trashed in the specified mailbox or
+ mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
+ mbox type will return -1.
- \e[1mtotaldown net\e[0m
- 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 al‐
- ready done that before conky has started.
+ tztime (timezone (format))
+ 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.
- \e[1mtop type, num\e[0m
- This takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number) Basically,
- processes are ranked from highest to lowest in terms of cpu us‐
- age, which is what (num) represents. The types are: "name",
- "pid", "cpu", "mem", "mem_res", "mem_vsize", and "time". There
- can be a max of 10 processes listed.
+ gid_name gid
+ Name of group with this gid
- \e[1mtop_mem type, num\e[0m
- Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu
+ uid_name uid
+ Username of user with this uid
- \e[1mtop_time type, num\e[0m
- Same as top, except sorted by total CPU time instead of current
- CPU usage
+ unflagged_mails (maildir) (interval)
+ Number of mails not marked as flagged in the specified mailbox
+ or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
+ mbox type will return -1.
- \e[1mtotalup net\e[0m
- Total upload, this one too, may overflow
+ unforwarded_mails (maildir) (interval)
+ Number of mails not marked as forwarded in the specified mailbox
+ or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
+ mbox type will return -1.
+
+
+ unreplied_mails (maildir) (interval)
+ Number of mails not marked as replied in the specified mailbox
+ or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
+ mbox type will return -1.
- \e[1mupdates Number of updates\e[0m
+ unseen_mails (maildir) (interval)
+ Number of new or unseen mails in the specified mailbox or mail
+ spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox
+ type will return -1.
+
+
+ updates Number of updates
for debugging
- \e[1mupspeed net\e[0m
- Upload speed in KiB
+ upspeed (net)
+ Upload speed in suitable IEC units
- \e[1mupspeedf net\e[0m
+ upspeedf (net)
Upload speed in KiB with one decimal
- \e[1mupspeedgraph ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)\e[0m
- \e[1m(gradient colour 2) (scale) (net)\e[0m
+ upspeedgraph (netdev) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient
+ colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a
- logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" in‐
- stead of "normal".
+ logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use the -l
+ switch. Takes the switch '-t' to use a temperature gradient,
+ which makes the gradient values change depending on the ampli-
+ tude of a particular graph value (try it and see).
- \e[1muptime \e[22mUptime
+ uptime Uptime
- \e[1muptime_short\e[0m
+ uptime_short
Uptime in a shorter format
- \e[1muser_number\e[0m
- Number of users logged in
+ user_names
+ Lists the names of the users logged in
- \e[1muser_names\e[0m
- Lists the names of the users logged in
+ user_number
+ Number of users logged in
- \e[1muser_terms\e[0m
+ user_terms
Lists the consoles in use
- \e[1muser_times\e[0m
+ user_times
Lists how long users have been logged in for
- \e[1mvoffset (pixels)\e[0m
- Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause
+ user_time console
+ Lists how long the user for the given console has been logged in
+ for
+
+
+ utime (format)
+ Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).
+
+
+ voffset (pixels)
+ Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause
text to overlap. See also $offset.
- \e[1mvoltage_mv (n)\e[0m
- Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs are counted from 1. If
+ voltage_mv (n)
+ Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs are counted from 1. If
omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
- \e[1mvoltage_v (n)\e[0m
- Returns CPU #n's voltage in V. CPUs are counted from 1. If omit‐
+ voltage_v (n)
+ Returns CPU #n's voltage in V. CPUs are counted from 1. If omit-
ted, the parameter defaults to 1.
- \e[1mwireless_essid net\e[0m
- Wireless access point ESSID (Linux only)
+ weather URI locID data_type (interval_in_minutes)
+ Download, parse and display METAR data.
+ For the 'URI', there are two possibilities:
- \e[1mwireless_mode net\e[0m
- Wireless mode (Managed/Ad-Hoc/Master) (Linux only)
+ http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/
+ http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/
+ The first one is free to use but the second requires you to reg-
+ ister and obtain your partner ID and license key. These two must
+ be written, separated by a space, into a file called .xoaprc
+ which needs to be placed into your home directory.
- \e[1mwireless_bitrate net\e[0m
- Wireless bitrate (ie 11 Mb/s) (Linux only)
+ 'locID' must be a valid location identifier for the required
+ uri. For the NOAA site this must be a valid ICAO (see for in-
+ stance https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/qryhtml/icao/). For the
+ weather.com site this must be a valid location ID (see for in-
+ stance http://aspnetresources.com/tools/locid.aspx).
+
+ 'data_type' must be one of the following:
+
+ last_update The date and time stamp of the data. The result de-
+ pends on the URI used. For the NOAA site it is date (yyyy/mm/dd)
+ and UTC time. For the weather.com one it is date ([m]m/[d]d/yy)
+ and Local Time of the station.
+ temperature
+ Air temperature (you can use the 'temperature_unit' config set-
+ ting to change units)
+ cloud_cover
- \e[1mwireless_ap net\e[0m
+ The highest cloud cover status
+ pressure
+
+ Air pressure in millibar
+ wind_speed
+
+ Wind speed in km/h
+ wind_dir
+
+ Wind direction
+ wind_dir_DEG
+
+ Compass wind direction
+ humidity
+
+ Relative humidity in %
+ weather
+
+ Any relevant weather event (rain, snow, etc.). This is not used
+ if you are querying the weather.com site since this data is ag-
+ gregated into the cloud_cover one
+ icon
+
+ Weather icon (only for www.weather.com). Can be used together
+ with the icon kit provided upon registering to their service.
+
+ 'delay_in_minutes' (optional, default 30) cannot be less than 30
+ minutes.
+
+ This object is threaded, and once a thread is created it can't
+ be explicitly destroyed. One thread will run for each URI speci-
+ fied.
+
+ Note that these variables are still EXPERIMENTAL and can be sub-
+ ject to many future changes.
+
+ weather_forecast URI locID day data_type (interval_in_minutes)
+ Download, parse and display weather forecast data for a given
+ day (daytime only).
+
+ For the 'URI', for the time being only http://xoap.weath-
+ er.com/weather/local/ is supported. See 'weather' above for de-
+ tails of usage
+
+ 'locID', see 'weather' above.
+
+ 'day' is a number from 0 (today) to 4 (3 days after tomorrow).
+
+ 'data_type' must be one of the following:
+
+ day Day of the week
+ date Date, in the form MMM DD (ie. Jul 14)
+ low Minimun temperature (you can use the 'temperature_unit' con-
+ fig setting to change units)
+ hi Maximum temperature (you can use the 'temperature_unit' con-
+ fig setting to change units)
+ icon Weather icon. Can be used together with the icon kit pro-
+ vided upon registering to the weather.com service
+ forecast Weather forecast (sunny, rainy, etc.)
+ wind_speed Wind speed in km/h
+ wind_dir Wind direction
+ wind_dir_DEG Compass wind direction
+ humidity Relative humidity in %
+ precipitation Probability of having a precipitation (in %)
+
+ 'delay_in_minutes' (optional, default 210) cannot be lower than
+ 210 min.
+
+ This object is threaded, and once a thread is created it can't
+ be explicitly destroyed. One thread will run for each URI speci-
+ fied. You can use any protocol that Curl supports.
+
+ Note that these variables are still EXPERIMENTAL and can be sub-
+ ject to many future changes.
+
+ wireless_ap (net)
Wireless access point MAC address (Linux only)
- \e[1mwireless_link_qual net\e[0m
+ wireless_bitrate (net)
+ Wireless bitrate (ie 11 Mb/s) (Linux only)
+
+
+ wireless_essid (net)
+ Wireless access point ESSID (Linux only)
+
+
+ wireless_link_bar (height),(width) (net)
+ Wireless link quality bar (Linux only)
+
+
+ wireless_link_qual (net)
Wireless link quality (Linux only)
- \e[1mwireless_link_qual_max net\e[0m
+ wireless_link_qual_max (net)
Wireless link quality maximum value (Linux only)
- \e[1mwireless_link_qual_perc net\e[0m
+ wireless_link_qual_perc (net)
Wireless link quality in percents (Linux only)
- \e[1mwireless_link_bar (height), (width) net\e[0m
- Wireless link quality bar (Linux only)
+ wireless_mode (net)
+ Wireless mode (Managed/Ad-Hoc/Master) (Linux only)
- \e[1mwords textfile\e[0m
+ words textfile
Displays the number of words in the given file
- \e[1mxmms2_artist\e[0m
- Artist in current XMMS2 song
-
-
- \e[1mxmms2_album\e[0m
+ xmms2_album
Album in current XMMS2 song
- \e[1mxmms2_title\e[0m
- Title in current XMMS2 song
+ xmms2_artist
+ Artist in current XMMS2 song
- \e[1mxmms2_genre\e[0m
- Genre in current XMMS2 song
+ xmms2_bar (height),(width)
+ Bar of XMMS2's progress
- \e[1mxmms2_comment\e[0m
- Comment in current XMMS2 song
+ xmms2_bitrate
+ Bitrate of current song
- \e[1mxmms2_decoder\e[0m
- Decoder plugin used
+ xmms2_comment
+ Comment in current XMMS2 song
- \e[1mxmms2_transport\e[0m
- Transport plugin used
+ xmms2_date
+ Returns song's date.
- \e[1mxmms2_url\e[0m
- Full path to current song
+ xmms2_duration
+ Duration of current song
- \e[1mxmms2_tracknr\e[0m
- Track number in current XMMS2 song
+ xmms2_elapsed
+ Song's elapsed time
- \e[1mxmms2_bitrate\e[0m
- Bitrate of current song
+ xmms2_genre
+ Genre in current XMMS2 song
- \e[1mxmms2_id\e[0m
+ xmms2_id
XMMS2 id of current song
- \e[1mxmms2_duration\e[0m
- Duration of current song
+ xmms2_percent
+ Percent of song's progress
- \e[1mxmms2_elapsed\e[0m
- Song's elapsed time
+ xmms2_playlist
+ Returns the XMMS2 playlist.
- \e[1mxmms2_size\e[0m
+ xmms2_size
Size of current song
- \e[1mxmms2_percent\e[0m
- Percent of song's progress
+ xmms2_smart
+ Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file
+ name, depending on whats available
- \e[1mxmms2_status\e[0m
+ xmms2_status
XMMS2 status (Playing, Paused, Stopped, or Disconnected)
- \e[1mxmms2_bar (height),(width)\e[0m
- Bar of XMMS2's progress
+ xmms2_timesplayed
+ Number of times a song was played (presumably).
- \e[1mxmms2_smart\e[0m
- Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file
- name, depending on whats available
+ xmms2_title
+ Title in current XMMS2 song
- \e[1mif_xmms2_connected\e[0m
- Display everything between $if_xmms2_connected and the matching
- $endif if xmms2 is running.
+ xmms2_tracknr
+ Track number in current XMMS2 song
- \e[1meve api_userid api_key character_id\e[0m
- Fetches your currently training skill from the Eve Online API
- servers (http://www.eve-online.com/) and displays the skill
- along with the remaining training time.
+ xmms2_url
+ Full path to current song
-\e[1mEXAMPLES\e[0m
- conky \e[1m-t '${time %D %H:%M}' -o -u 30\e[0m
+LUA API
+ Conky features a Lua Programming API, and also ships with Lua bindings
+ for some useful libraries. Conky defines certain global functions and
+ variables which can be accessed from Lua code running in Conky.
+
+ To use Lua Conky, you first need to make sure you have a version of
+ Conky with Lua support enabled (``conky -v'' will report this). Scripts
+ must first be loaded using the lua_load configuration option. You then
+ call functions in Lua via Conky's $lua, $lua_read, and Lua hooks.
+
+ Be careful when creating threaded objects through the Lua API. You
+ could wind up with a whole bunch of threads running if a thread is cre-
+ ated with each iteration.
+
+ At this time, the Lua API should not be considered stable and may
+ change drastically from one release to another as it matures.
+
+ NOTE: In order to accommodate certain features in the cairo library's
+ API, Conky will export a few additional functions for the creation of
+ certain structures. These are documented below.
+
+ conky_parse(string) function
+ This function takes a string that is evaluated as per Conky's
+ TEXT section, and then returns a string with the result.
+
+ conky_set_update_interval(number) function
+ Sets Conky's update interval (in seconds) to 'number'.
+
+ conky_window table
+ This table contains some information about Conky's window. The
+ following table describes the values contained:
+
+ drawable Window's drawable (Xlib Drawable), requires Lua extras
+ enabled at compile time.
+ visual Window's visual (Xlib Visual), requires Lua extras en-
+ abled at compile time.
+ display Window's display (Xlib Display), requires Lua extras en-
+ abled at compile time.
+ width Window width (in pixels).
+ height Window height (in pixels).
+ border_inner_margin Window's inner border margin (in pixels).
+ border_outer_margin Window's outer border margin (in pixels).
+ border_width Window's border width (in pixels).
+ text_start_x The x component of the starting coordinate of text
+ drawing.
+ text_start_y The y component of the starting coordinate of text
+ drawing.
+ text_width The width of the text drawing region.
+ text_height The height of the text drawing region.
+
+ NOTE: This table is only defined when X support is enabled.
+
+ conky_info table
+ This table contains some information about Conky's internal da-
+ ta. The following table describes the values contained:
+
+ update_interval Conky's update interval (in seconds).
+ uptime System uptime, in seconds.
+
+ conky_build_info string
+ A string containing the build info for this particular instance
+ of Conky, including the version, build date, and architecture.
+
+ conky_build_date string
+ A string containing the build date for this particular instance
+ of Conky.
+
+ conky_build_arch string
+ A string containing the build architecture for this particular
+ instance of Conky.
+
+ conky_version string
+ A string containing the version of the current instance of
+ Conky.
+
+ conky_config string
+ A string containing the path of the current Conky configuration
+ file.
+
+ cairo_text_extents_t:create() function
+ Call this function to return a new cairo_text_extents_t struc-
+ ture. A creation function for this structure is not provided by
+ the cairo API. After calling this, you should use tolua.takeown-
+ ership() on the return value to ensure ownership is passed prop-
+ erly.
+
+ cairo_font_extents_t:create() function
+ Call this function to return a new cairo_font_extents_t struc-
+ ture. A creation function for this structure is not provided by
+ the cairo API. After calling this, you should use tolua.takeown-
+ ership() on the return value to ensure ownership is passed prop-
+ erly.
+
+ cairo_matrix_t:create() function
+ Call this function to return a new cairo_matrix_t structure. A
+ creation function for this structure is not provided by the
+ cairo API. After calling this, you should use tolua.takeowner-
+ ship() on the return value to ensure ownership is passed proper-
+ ly.
+
+EXAMPLES
+ conky -t '${time %D %H:%M}' -o -u 30
Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as text and 30
sec update interval.
- conky \e[1m-a top_left -x 5 -y 500 -d\e[0m
+ conky -a top_left -x 5 -y 500 -d
Start Conky to background at coordinates (5, 500).
-\e[1mFILES\e[0m
- \e[4m~/.conkyrc\e[24m default configuration file
+ conky -C > ~/.conkyrc
+ Do not start Conky, but have it output the builtin default con-
+ fig file to ~/.conkyrc for later customising.
+
+FILES
+ ${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf
+ Default system-wide configuration file. The value of
+ ${sysconfdir} depends on the compile-time options (most likely
+ /etc).
-\e[1mBUGS\e[0m
+ ~/.conkyrc
+ Default personal configuration file.
+
+BUGS
Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn't work with
all window managers. Especially doesn't work well with Gnome and it has
been reported that it doesn't work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
disabled from drawing to desktop with program gconf-editor. Uncheck
show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/. There is -w switch in
Conky to set some specific window id. You might find xwininfo -tree
- useful to find the window to draw to. You can also use -o argument
+ useful to find the window to draw to. You can also use -o argument
which makes Conky to create its own window. If you do try running Conky
in its own window, be sure to read up on the own_window_type settings
and experiment.
-\e[1mSEE ALSO\e[0m
- ⟨http://conky.sourceforge.net/⟩
+SEE ALSO
+ \9f¨http://conky.sourceforge.net/\9f©
+
+ \9f¨http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky\9f©
- ⟨http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky⟩
+ \9f¨http://wiki.conky.be\9f©
#conky on irc.freenode.net
-\e[1mCOPYING\e[0m
- Copyright (c) 2005-2009 Brenden Matthews, Philip Kovacs, et. al. Any
+COPYING
+ Copyright (c) 2005-2010 Brenden Matthews, Philip Kovacs, et. al. Any
original torsmo code is licensed under the BSD license (see LICENSE.BSD
- for a copy). All code written since the fork of torsmo is licensed un‐
- der the GPL (see LICENSE.GPL for a copy), except where noted different‐
+ for a copy). All code written since the fork of torsmo is licensed un-
+ der the GPL (see LICENSE.GPL for a copy), except where noted different-
ly (such as in portmon code, timed thread code, and audacious code
which are LGPL, and prss which is an MIT-style license).
-\e[1mAUTHORS\e[0m
+AUTHORS
The Conky dev team (see AUTHORS for a full list of contributors).
- 2009-03-15 conky(1)
+ 2009-08-01 conky(1)
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