2 * Added inotify support to reload the config when modified automatically
3 on systems that support it
6 * Added support for the Lua programming language
7 * Added support for rending images by way of IMLIB2
8 * Patch to fix rounding error with CPU values (thanks Filipe)
11 * Added arguments to hwmon for value precalculation
14 * Added support for APC UPS daemon monitoring
15 * Fixed hwmon for kernel 2.6.29
18 * Allow the use of '#' for comments within text area (can be escaped with
22 * Fix occasional cpubar segfaults
23 * Added top_name_width config option
26 * Added some completely pointless OpenMP optimizations(?)
29 * Added Sony VAIO fanspeed info (thanks Yeon-Hyeong)
32 * Added diskio_avg_samples patch (thanks Yeon-Hyeong)
33 * Fixed $texeci regression
36 * Added $combine, a var that places 2 other vars next to each other, even if they
37 have a output of multiple lines. This also makes the moving of RSS-itemes with
38 $goto (see change from 2009-04-19) no longer necessary.
41 * Various XMMS2 updates (thanks Lassi)
42 * Make ALSA mixers available on Linux, and added $if_mixer_mute (thanks
45 * Make it possible to place spaces in front of RSS-items as a workaround
46 for the problem that $goto only moves the first RSS-item. This is only a
47 workaround and should be replaced by a permanent fix that makes $goto move
51 * Fix broken compilation without X11
54 * Added default_bar/graph/gauge_size config options (thanks wire64 for the
58 * Added eval text object to realise double parsing
61 * Added gauge widget patch, sf.net id #2676128 (thanks Aner)
64 * Conky 1.7.0 "Hungry Hobo" released!
67 * Various XMMS2 updates (thanks Lassi)
70 * Fix broken xmms2 compilation (thanks fusetak)
71 * Minor fix for fs_used_perc, fs_free and fs_free_perc (thanks
75 * Applied FreeBSD patches (thanks Nikos)
78 * Fix bug with wacky netstat values on startup
81 * Added extra newline patch, sf.net id #2638601 (thanks Ali)
82 * Disk i/o support on FreeBSD patch, sf.net id #2657227 (thanks Nikos)
83 * Added gauge widget patch, sf.net id #2676128 (thanks Aner)
86 * Added alias patch ( sf.net id #2663691 ) changed it to prevent it from
87 overwriting existing environment variables and updated docs, syntaxfiles, ...
91 * Rewrite human_readable() to minimise amount of padding
92 * Fix padding in temp_print()
93 * Fix padding of $processes and $running_processes
96 * Added $battery_short patch, sf.net id #2300911 (thanks Swoog)
97 * Patch by Kim Holviala sf.net id #2484548:
98 * change the height of execbar and execibar to be the same as other
99 bars have by default (6 pixels)
100 * treat mixer values as percentages as they're usually 0-100 (switch
101 to spaced_print() with pad_percents)
102 * change temp_print() from snprintf() to spaced_print()
103 * remove decimals from temp_print() as none of the current sources can
104 supply values smaller than 1 degree (C or F, doesn't matter)
105 * fix number printing in human_readable()
106 * network $upspeed and $downspeed now use human_readable()
107 * Fix diskio_read/write patch sf.net id #2493084 (thanks Alexander)
108 * Fix nvidia memory frequency reading patch sf.net id #2493134
109 * Patch to clarify things in conky.conf sf.net id #2548805 (thanks
111 * Fix shown battery status when the battery is not charging any more but
112 is not full charged patch sf.net id #2556056 (thanks Martin)
113 * Extended support for local Maildir patch sf.net id #2561323 (thanks
115 * XMMS2 fix and refactoring patch sf.net id #2579357 (thanks Tamim)
116 * Null mpd variables should have an empty string patch sf.net id #2564747
122 * Added overwrite_file and append_file
125 * Added out_to_stderr
128 * Refactor top code, add top_time to sort by process cpu time (thanks
132 * Drop --enable-smapi and use --enable-ibm instead
133 * Make ibm-acpi objects optional (--enable-ibm)
136 * Add if_match object comparing strings, floats and ints
139 * Fix segfault for diskiograph*, note the changed order of arguments
140 * Fix documentation for all graph objects
143 * Make gateway objects also detect routes with missing RTF_GATEWAY flag
146 * Have a maximum width for all variable length mpd vars
147 * Patch to allow escaping newlines in the config (thanks Itai)
150 * Fix disk_protect for linux-2.6.27 (and hopefully above)
151 * Improve behaviour of $pb_battery
154 * Add an option to timed_thread_test() to not wait for the interval period
155 (so that IMAP IDLE works better)
158 * Fix runtime debugging macros again
159 * Big hddtemp rewrite
160 * Remove README from git and ignore it
161 * Remove obsolete documentation
164 * Removing $freq_dyn and $freq_dyn_g due to license issues (see sf.net
165 tracker bug #2166612)
166 * Allow more than 9 CPUs for CPU stats (bug 2155500)
167 * Fix broken $execbar (bug 2133709)
168 * Don't put unit with hddtemp values for consistency (bug 2133107)
169 * Limit $battery_percent to 100 (bug 2145006)
170 * Fix runtime debugging macros
171 * Make unit of all temperature objects selectable
172 * Make Conky in dock mode a withdrawn window
175 * Switching from svn to git repository. The repo can be viewed from
176 http://git.omp.am/?p=conky.git;a=summary and you can clone the repo with:
177 git clone git://git.omp.am/conky.git
178 * Fix for wrong usage of strncat (thanks Pavol)
179 * Adds a variable if_xmms2_connected to hide objects when xmms2d is not
180 running (thanks Lassi)
181 * Fix for buffer overflow with $execi (thanks Cesare)
182 * Fetch volume through Audacious API (thanks Erik)
185 * Removed duplicate sanity check for diskio
188 * Added runtime debugging output
191 * Added template support
194 * Applied OpenBSD patches
195 * Added $if_mpd_playing patch (thanks tarpman)
198 * Introduced (buggy) support for IMAP IDLE
199 * Added support for MOC (the console audio player) (thanks henux)
200 * Added scroll step patch (thanks asto)
203 * Maybe fix missing include bug
204 (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235233)
205 * Improve timed_thread interval timing
206 * Improve Conky's overall interval timing
207 * Added small patch to support negative values (such as negative disk
208 capacity) (thanks hinokind)
211 * Improved hddtemp support
214 * Fixed bug with freq_dyn on x86_64 (thanks Miroslav)
215 * Fixed buffer overflow in update_net_stats() (thanks Miroslav)
216 * Small fix for nvidia mem freq (thanks Cezary)
219 * Conky 1.6.1 released
220 * Fix compile error when MPD support not enabled
223 * Add option to specify number of retries for IMAP/POP3 stuff (via -r)
226 * Smaller $nvidia improvements
229 * Added missing header to package dist
232 * Conky 1.6.0 released
235 * Fixed bug with $if_empty and $mpd_* vars (sf.net #2008752)
238 * Made log/normal argument for graphs optional
241 * Solve linking on problems on some systems (like Debian's Lenny)
244 * Add libgnu convenience lib, modules stdio and getaddrinfo.
245 * Configure option for mathfunctions
248 * Fixed missing entries in Makefile.am
249 * Get rid of obsolete gethostbyaddr and getservbyport
252 * Added sysfs AC adapter support patch (thanks Byron)
253 * Added support for EVE-Online skill monitoring (thanks Asbjørn)
256 * new variables smapi_bat_temp and smapi_bat_power
257 * improved docs for freq_dyn* variables
260 * Replaced the global text_object array and count with a
262 * Renamed various vars
263 * Removed redundancy in various parts
266 * Use output_methods instead of out_to_console
267 * Made some functions non-inline to compile with gcc 4.2 and higher
270 * Fixed compilation issues with --enable-testing
271 * Refactored format_seconds and format_seconds_short
272 * Changed addr to print "No Address" when there is no address
273 * Removed redundancy in various parts
274 * Split help output into a separate function
277 * Made defines of magic numbers
280 * Moved audacious defs into header
281 * Fixed 3 bufferoverflows in a struct utmp in users.c
284 * Graphs can now be logarithmic (except execigraph)
287 * Bugfix, $memgraph wasn't working and needed docs
288 * Code for $lines and $words
289 * Bugfix, $execgraph showed 0-0 instead of 0-100 values
292 * Case-insensitive values for if_up_strictness
293 * Fix bug where DEV_NAME can read uninitialised memory
294 * Fix bug where ${if_mounted /}foo$endif prints foo on 1 line for
295 each update instead of just 1 line
299 * Code for $memfree and $memeasyfree
302 * Fix bug where conky prints everything twice to STDOUT when
303 out_to_console is enabled
304 * Code for show_graph_range
305 * Code for $monitor and $monitor_number
308 * Fix bug where conky tries to free a already freed pointer when you
309 use gw_iface with a empty routingtable in linux
310 * Fix bug where conky tries to tries to display deleted chars in a
311 string (chars followed by a backspace-char) causing strange output.
314 * Added NVIDIA Graficcard support patch (thanks meissna)
315 * Added --quiet patch (thanks sceptik)
318 * Simplified docs for color0-9 config settings and variables.
319 * Improved $if_up for configurable behaviour.
322 * own_window_type dock patch (thanks Morgan).
323 * Fix for $if_up memleak (thanks Micha¿).
326 * Added patch for the following (thanks larsko):
327 * New $loadgraph to show a graph of load averages,
328 * add "show_graph_scale" option to turn off/on the showing of the
329 current max value for the graph,
331 * update nano and vim syntax highlighting stuff.
334 * Getting rid of goto usage throughout code.
335 * Fix bug due to usage of gethostbyname() in threads (which is not
336 reentrant) by using gethostbyname_r() when available.
337 * Added patch for battery_time problem on 2.6.24 (thanks wedge).
338 * Added patch to fix broken xmms2 stuff (thanks sleipner).
339 * Added patch to fix SIGHUP/SIGUSR1 segfault (thanks norsetto).
340 * Added patch to improve $if_up (thanks Aseem).
343 * Added patch to use mail_spool correctly (thanks Kapil)
344 * Replacing strdup() with strndup() throughout
347 * Fixed segfault when configuration doesn't contain TEXT block (thanks
351 * Conky 1.5.1 released.
352 * Added --enable-testing configure option to use insane compiler flags.
355 * Added mem_res and mem_vsize to $top.
356 * Improved parsing of $diskio*, $disk_protect and $ioscheduler args.
359 * Increased C99 compliance.
360 * Fixed potential segfault in get_ioscheduler().
361 * Implemented upwards path traversal for fs_type.
362 * Fixed bug in libmpdclient that caused file descriptors to be left open.
363 * Cleaned up output of battery_* vars.
366 * Fixed messed up percentages (fs_free_perc, fs_used_perc, mpd_percent,
370 * Fixed for specifying a non-existent configuration file.
371 * Added disk_protect.
372 * Fixed too many open files bug in laptop_mode.
373 * Fixed reading interface adresses.
374 * Fixed battery_bar default size.
377 * Fixed compilation with --disable-x11.
378 * Fixed linux.c compilation problem due to (suspected) broken linux
380 * $battery_bar sysfs fix (thanks Marcus).
383 * Conky 1.5.0 released.
384 * Smapi review: improved code, fixed memleaks and smapi_bat_perc when
386 * Fixed spaced_print, so pad_percents should now work as expected.
387 * Removed a line of dead code.
388 * Added support for displaying the default gateway.
389 * Support displaying current laptop_mode.
390 * Per-disk IO scheduler information now available.
391 * Support printing current nameservers.
394 * Added CRLF characters to POP3 and IMAP stuff (should play nicer with
396 * Added preliminary support for parsing the output of external commands
397 (via $execp and $execpi).
398 * Applied FreeBSD total memory patch (thanks Nikos).
401 * Fixed a number of small memory leaks.
402 * Performed some minor profiling on Conky; reduced text_buffer_size
403 default to 128 bytes to improve performance.
404 * Fixed some minor bugs introduced by new patches.
407 * Applied 12 patches:
408 1) sysfs battery support (for Linux >=2.6.24) (thanks Kapil)
409 2) Improved audacious support patch (thanks Miroslav)
410 3) tp_smapi support patch for IBM laptops (thanks Phil)
411 4) user info patch (thanks Roland)
412 5) added conky build info patch (thanks Roland)
413 6) added if_up patch (thanks Phil)
414 7) added reload on SIGHUP patch (thanks Jonas)
415 8) added pad percentages patch (thanks Jonas)
416 9) added fs_type patch (thanks Ryan)
417 10) added xmms2 fixes patch (thanks Lassi)
418 11) fix sysfs crash patch (thanks Phil)
419 12) multiple ip patch ($addrs).
420 * Added more alignment support (top_middle, bottom_middle, middle_left,
425 1) Add diskio for individual devices.
426 2) Improved output of units, added "short_units" option.
429 * Applied some more submitted patches:
430 1) Add long forms of (most of) the command-line options.
431 2) Added an option (top_cpu_separate) that emulates top's "separate
432 cpus" option. Processor usage is shown as a percentage of a
433 single processor on your system, instead of a percentage
434 of all processors combined.
435 3) Adds a parameter (time) to top and top_mem that will show the
436 cumulative CPU time of a process.
437 4) Simplified integer rounding.
438 5) Fixed the window width when a goto is used.
439 6) Fixed the window width when an offset is used.
440 (thanks Kevin Lyles).
443 * Applied submitted patches:
444 1) to suport Debian's kFreeBSD;
445 2) to use realtime clock in timed threads and
446 3) to fix get_ibm_acpi_volume zero value bug
447 (thanks Kapil Hari Paranjape).
450 * Conky 1.4.9 released.
453 * Added Gentoo USE flag audacious-legacy for Audacious legacy support.
456 * Added support for Audacious 1.4.0 and legacy versions via
457 --enable-audacious=yes|no|legacy.
460 * Fix compilation error with --disable-x11 (bug #1830373).
461 * Bump doc stylesheet from 4.3 to 4.4.
464 * Fix mpd_smart bug #1822773.
467 * Externalize default config file: ${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf
470 * Initialize music_player_interval so built-in .conkyrc actual works.
471 * Lower timed_thread minimum timing interval from 50 usecs to 10 usecs.
472 * Separate timed thread asserts for clarity.
473 * Remove ${tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log} from default text.
474 * Update vim/nano syntax files.
477 * Conky 1.4.8 released.
480 * doc/man fixes 1810328 & 1813483.
481 * struct alignment patch 1812924 (sohalt).
484 * Multiple mailbox patch (thanks Ben Kibbey).
487 * Small fix for $ibm_volume (thanks Kapil Hari Paranjape).
488 * Patch so $tail can read from a fifo file descriptor (thanks Ben Kibbey).
491 * Improved performance slightly.
492 * Added 'music_player_interval' config option to specify an update interval for
493 music player threads (currently honored by mpd and audacious).
494 * Fixed some minor memory leaks associated with SIGUSR1.
495 * Zero out imap and pop3 stuff when the connection fails.
498 * _Really_ fix mpd SIGPIPE issues.
499 * Fix timed thread race condition, seen esp. on new kernel scheduler (cfs).
500 * Fix $audacious_title not being displayed when no length argument indicated.
503 * Conky 1.4.7 released.
504 * Check for pkg-config >=0.19.
505 * Use timed_thread for mpd.
508 * Fixed issue with SIGPIPE and mpd.
509 * Updated COPYING (with more clarifications).
512 * Updated vim/nano syntax files.
515 * Added $hwmon var, similar to $i2c and $platform.
518 * Added var $platform which is similar to $i2c and accommodates the conversion
519 of many devices from /sys/bus/i2c/devices to /sys/bus/platform/devices.
520 * Removed config item post_21_kernel since it forced all i2c device lookups
521 to go to /sys/bus/platform/devices and some people may need a mix of both
522 i2c and platform devices.
525 * Clarifying licensing
529 * Wireless support for Linux
532 * Conky 1.4.6 released
533 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.13.0
534 * Added 'post_21_kernel' config param to specify kernels 2.6.22 and newer
535 so i2c works properly
538 * Fixed potential issue on FreeBSD when nprocs < 10 (thanks zotrix)
539 * Added support for multiple batteries when using acpi (thanks Phil)
540 * a bunch of code cleanups (thanks Psychon)
541 * added max length paramater to mpd_title (thinks fow)
542 * a number of small bug fixes
545 * Fix PID display, patch #1753934. thanks sohalt.
546 * Fix displaying 4 GB traffic after reloading network driver,
547 patch #1754260. thanks sohalt.
550 * Right-justify top/top_mem vars (pid/cpu/mem} so they align on the decimal.
553 * Added color[0-9] variable patch (thanks jieryn)
556 * Added if_empty patch (thanks Erik)
557 * Added if_existing patch for string matching (thanks cromka)
558 * Added hwmon support (thanks flitsch)
559 * Some xmms2 updates (thanks sleipner)
560 * Added $battery_percent and $battery_bar (thanks akash)
563 * OpenBSD support added to Conky (thanks hifi)
564 * Updated mboxscan stuff (thanks calmar)
567 * Created branch/1.5 copy of trunk/conky1. Removing all experimental
568 network code from trunk/conky1.
571 * Include missing mboxscan.h in conky.h.
572 * Fixed signedness warnings in conky.c.
575 * Added buffer_text_size option to change the size of the buffer for
576 things like $exec, $tail, et cetera
577 * Added $mboxscan which lets you display the Subject and From fields
578 from recent email in an mbox file
579 * Disambiguated (is that a word?) $cpu docs
582 * Fallback to gettimeofday() when clock_gettime () not available (mac os).
585 * API change (timing in milliseconds) for dexter_timedsampler_new ().
588 * Add config.rpath (created by gettextize -copy) to distribution
590 * Clean up some warnings; remove ftp.[ch] from src/Makefile.am.
593 * Update svn ebuild to new sourceforge url scheme.
594 - requires deletion of existing wc: rm -rf /usr/portage/distfile/svn-src/conky/
595 * Added head/tail rewrite patch (thanks Ryan Twitchell)
596 * Added diskio read/write sf.net patch 1542880 (thanks Blondak)
599 * Clear conky vars on disconnect/failure to open files.
602 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.12.0
605 * client/server infrastructure and prototype for linux only (so far):
606 - requires libdexter (http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdexter)
607 and the dxt-sysinfo plugin (svn only at the moment).
609 - dexter_client yes/no
610 - dexter_server yes/no
611 - dexter_config /path/to/libdexter/config (default: $HOME/.dexterrc)
612 - own_window_class <WM Class Name> (default: Conky)
613 - replaces wm_class_name
614 - own_window_title <Window Title> (default: <hostname> - conky)
615 * removed config items:
616 - wm_class_name (use own_window_class, same function)
618 --disable-network (default=yes) with auto-detection for libdexter.
619 - remove useless --enable-proc-uptime (PROC_UPTIME never referenced).
620 HAVE_SYSINFO and others determine if /proc/uptime is used.
621 - silently disable xft, double-buffer and xdamage if no x11.
622 - change enable/disable labels to reflect defaults accurately.
623 - simplified compile-based checks for sysinfo/getloadavg and by moving
624 them into AC_CHECK_FUNCS.
625 * allow decorated, own_window=yes windows to be given input focus by WM:
626 - do not pass button clicks through to desktop in this scenario as conky
627 immediately loses focus.
630 * Clarify LGPL license on timed_thread modules.
634 * Split battery variable into two:
635 battery, e.g. "charging 75%" and
636 battery_time, e.g. "3h 15m".
637 * Conky 1.4.5 released.
640 * Close pop3/imap sockets.
641 * Fix outstanding battery issues.
644 * Fix peek table bug with new portmon code.
647 * Replaced hash module used by libtcp-portmon with GLib's GHashTable,
648 due to licensing issue noted by Fedora Core packagers.
649 * Eliminated config items:
651 min_port_monitor_connections
653 max_port_monitor_connections
656 * Added $entropy_avail, $entropy_poolsize and $entropy_bar
657 for the crypto freaks. Idea suggested by Perttu Luukko
658 <nuteater@users.sourceforge.net> in feature request 1497050.
659 * Added max length specifier to audacious_title. Closes
660 feature request #1600631.
663 * Rearrange retry attempts in pop3 and imap code, removing sleep()
664 calls which cause the whole process to sleep, not just the thread.
667 * Added max_specials config item with default 512. This should
668 close bug #1574523 for real this time. Thanks to John Harrigan
669 <jfharrigan@fedex.com> for this one.
672 * Changed autotools for subversion versioning.
673 * Updated svn ebuild for gentoo.
674 * Documentation updates for clarity, i.e. close bug #1599041.
677 * fix compile error with --disable-xdamage when Xdamage.h not present.
680 * fix bug where present rate var was not being read from acpi battery
681 state file: /proc/acpi/battery/%s/state.
684 * Change linkstatus display for use_spacer. Closes bug #1577580.
687 * Fix compile error with --disable-x11.
688 * Add new timed thread abstraction routines.
689 * Convert thread activity to timed threads, including
690 texeci, imap, pop3, audacious.
691 * Change memory vars from unsigned long to unsigned long long
692 to fix reported overflow, e.g. swapmax >= 4Gb.
695 * Use pthread_cond_timedwait() instead of sleep() in audacious
696 thread. Will convert all worker threads to this timing method.
699 * Fix freebsd build error.
700 * Minor changes to syntax files.
701 * Conky 1.4.4 released.
704 * Add max_user_text to documentation.
705 * Fixed BadWindow bugs (#1568366, #1588384).
708 * Remove on_bottom and xmms_player completely.
709 * Closed ibm_temps bug #1591609.
710 * Conky 1.4.3 released.
713 * Updated vim and nano syntax coloring scripts.
714 * Added extras/ dir with syntax stuff to distribution tarball.
717 * Added new config item 'max_user_text' with default 16384,
718 twice as large as previous hard-coded default of 8192 bytes.
719 Increase as needed to accomodate large config files with a
720 great deal of text. This closes SF bug #1574523.
723 * Changes to configure.ac for pkg-config on x11/xext/xdamage,
724 with fallback to conventional checks.
725 * Fixed segmentation fault on SUGUSR1 bug.
726 * Commented out Imlib2 from configure.ac since it's only partially
730 * Removed broken mldonkey and seti support.
731 * Added Hellf[i]re's nano syntax coloring script to svn.
734 * Removed support for Xmms, BMP and Infopipe from conky.
735 The Xmms and Bmp players are projects are dead and distros such
736 as Gentoo are slating them for removal.
737 * Added support for Audacious using new audacious vars.
740 * Implement WiFi signal level detection on FreeBSD (patch
744 * Fix buffer overflow in parsing LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LANG
745 environment variables and fix crash for users with locale
746 name longer than 10 chars (repored by Michael Schwendt)
749 * --enable-debug added.
750 * prevent libtool from adding its default CFLAGS
753 * Use pkg-config instead of xft-config.
754 * Fix last line bug which had required padding text with extra blank line
755 to see text on last line.
758 * Fix type-punning and "differ in signedness" warnings seen with
762 * Fix compilation errors when building with --diable-x11; bug #1547164
765 * Make configure script print summary info
766 * Make `conky -v` show compiled-in features
769 * Added Spock's patches, adding hddtemp, goto and tab variables.
772 * Added tztime patch to show time in arbitrary time zones (thanks Ram
776 * Small battery fix (thanks Nexox, sf.net patch 1500014)
777 * Fixed order of variables/objects in docs (thanks Peter Tarjan)
780 * Fixed a bug with $font
783 * Xdamage support for composite and pals
786 * CPU voltage support via $voltage_mv and $voltage_v (thanks to Peter
787 Tarjan for the patch)
790 * SMP support for $freq and $freq_g (thanks to Peter Tarjan for the
794 * Fixed issue with graphs not reaching all the way to the borders
799 * Conky 1.4.2 released
802 * GNU Iconv support added, new objects $iconv_start and $iconv_stop
803 * Added some safety to the threading code
806 * Changed $font behavior so that the font persists past the next
807 newline. It can be set back to the default with $font with no args.
808 (closes bug 1478676 on sf.net)
811 * Added simple POP3/IMAP mail clients
814 * Added support for PowerBook batteries
815 * Fixed broken $if/$else stuff
818 * Added patch from Peter Tarjan to add support for IBM ACPI
819 * Added xmms2 patch from Lassi Selander (sf.net patch 1469523)
822 * Removed sa_restorer crap (may fix some compile errors for some
826 * Added patch for adt746x fan/cpu speed for kernel >=2.6.12
829 * Added patch to support new port monitor REMOTESERVICE peekable.
832 * Scan port numbers as short. Fixes debian bug# 359974.
835 * Added XMMS2 patch 1456203 from Lassi Selander
836 * Added FreeBSD battery patch 1456008 from Petr Holub
839 * Fixed ${top(_mem)} related code on FreeBSD (with help of Petr
840 Holub <hopet@users.sourceforge.net>)
843 * Removed bmp-infopipe dependency from 1.4.1 and 1.9999 ebuilds for Gentoo
844 (Gentoo bug# 125226).
845 * Fixed subversion ebuild for conky1 (1.9999) so it pulls the new trunk
849 * FreeBSD cpu info patch
850 * Conky 1.4.1 released
853 * Fixed issue where some WM's don't control conky own_window windows.
854 * Added newly-updated vim file detection and syntax hilighting files to svn.
855 * Fixed issue with graphs resetting colours (sf.net bug #1420473)
858 * Fixed battery problems when charged
859 * MPD code handles broken pipe now, instead of just killing conky
860 * Switch from CVS to SVN. Thanks SourceForge.
863 * Added patch to make $cpu stuff work on alpha (thanks Thomas Cort)
864 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122637#c3
865 * Stop using override_redirect true -- conky back under WM control
866 when using 'own_window yes'.
867 * Fixed texeci breakage when forking to background is on
870 * Drastically simplified own_window=yes window creation code.
871 * on_bottom and wm_class_name deprecated (they do nothing)
874 * Fixed typo bug in portmon code that caused incorrect monitor data
878 * Conky 1.4.0 released
881 * Cleaned up texeci code
884 * Added freedesktop.org extended window manager hints (EWMH)
885 for window type NORMAL and state's STICKY/SKIP_PAGER/SKIP_TASKBAR.
886 Fixes stacking order issues with freedesktop-compliant wm's,
890 * Fixed stupid graph code (it still sucks) sf.net bug 1372962
891 * Fixed $if_* stuff, sf.net bug 1401338 and 1400854
892 * Fixed xmms.c code to load glib 1.2 shared object lib.
895 * Added xmms version 1 support.
896 * Added bmp through 0.9.7.1 support.
897 * Added config item xmms_player: none, xmms, bmp, audacious or
901 * Added Audacious media player support.
904 * Fixed infopipe bug (select() affects timer as a side effect on
908 * Added draw_graph_borders option
909 * Added XMMS/BMP InfoPipe plugin support
912 * Conky 1.3.5 released
915 * Fixed bug with use_xft causing ignorance of font selection (sf.net
917 * Fixed issue with parsing of hex values for colours
920 * Added BMPx (http://beep-media-player.org/) support
923 * Fixed issues with execi stuff
926 * Added sf.net patch 1374576
929 * Fixed sf.net bug 1367745
932 * Fixed sf.net bugs 1369607, 1367735 and gentoo bug 113921,
933 all variations of the same array out of bounds issue.
934 * "Fixed" code in fs.c and conky.c to make fs stats match those displayed by df (affects reporting against ext3 filesystems only)
937 * new code in linux.c and top.c to calculate CPU % correctly on 2.6 kernels.
940 * Fixed gentoo bug# 113219
943 * Added #define/#undef SIGNAL_BLOCKING in conky.c for experimenting
944 with synchronous signal processing. set to #undef for previous behavior.
945 * Use POSIX signal api's, not the ANSI signal().
948 * Fixed IP address bug (sf.net bug 1359055)
951 * Conky 1.3.4 released
954 * Replaced bitwise copy of tcp_connection_t with function
955 copy_tcp_connection().
956 * Changed call interfaces for get_acpi_fan(), get_acpi_ac_adapter(),
957 get_freq(), get_freq_dynamic(), get_adt746x_cpu(), get_adt746x_fan(),
958 eliminating all mallocs. pkovacs. See bug 1355470.
961 * moved hash sizing code into portmon lib, where it belongs
962 * More mem leaks fixed.
965 * Added config items min_port_monitors / min_port_monitor_connections
968 * Cleaned up top code, bug fixes
969 * Fixed some memory leaks
972 * Fix bug# 1351686. Patch by boojit.
973 * Fixed 1331576 (I think) with bad cpu usage reporting
976 * Documentation updates for compiling and port monitoring
977 * Removed cairo stuff (it's useless)
980 * Added statfs sf.net patch 1344493
983 * Added tcp port monitor support (pkovacs)
986 * Added WM_CLASS patch from sf.net patch 1340825
989 * acpi segfault should be fixed (sf.net bug 1330893)
990 * SIGUSR1 bug fixed? (sf.net bug 1330914)
993 * Ugly MPD mem leak fixed
994 * Other mem leaks fixed
995 * Fixed thing where conky exits if LC_ALL and friends isn't set
996 * Conky 1.3.3 released
999 * Conky 1.3.2 released
1002 * More MPD objects (sf.net patch 1319461)
1005 * fixed mldonkey bug? sf.net bug 1316531
1008 * Linkstatus patch from btlee on f.g.o (see
1009 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2765647.html#2765647)
1012 * Fixed build on FreeBSD for non-i386
1013 * Made it so top_mem doesn't show all the forks of one process
1016 * Fixed small bug in config parsing (thanks robgrady, bug 1306032)
1019 * Fixed bug where graphs/bars don't show when maximum_width is enabled
1022 * Fixed right-alignment bug thanks to Pascal Eberhard
1023 * Applied patch 1291420 from sf.net
1024 * Fixed issue with whack graph data
1025 * Fixed issue with Conky quitting when a file fails to load
1028 * Fixed bug with xft and double buffer in own window
1032 * Misc small bug fixes
1035 * MPD patch (sf.net patch 1281108)
1036 * Fixed graph width bug
1039 * FreeBSD support was added
1043 * added threaded execi, $texeci
1047 * Fixed slight vertical misalignment of bars/graphs (sf.net 1273994)
1048 * Diskio fixes (sf.net 1274140)
1049 * $alignr and $alignc now have 25% more goodness! (sf.net bug 1273905)
1050 * Far better SMP support
1051 * Added support for i8k kernel driver, parsing information for dell inspiron laptops found in /proc/i8k (sf.net request 1256058)
1054 * More own_window fixes
1055 * applied disk io patch (sf.net patch 1271691)
1056 * applied $freq fixes patch, adds new $freq_dyn (sf.net patch 1271633)
1057 * removed units from $freq* output
1058 * fix for graph config parsing
1059 * Added $head, fixed mem leak with $tail
1062 * More configure and makefile updates
1063 * Added scale arg for net graphs
1064 * Fixed bug in own_window stuff--amazing fake transparency now works
1066 * added own_window_colour, own_window_transparent
1069 * Added maximum_width
1072 * Added $execibar and $execigraph
1075 * Moved source into src/, moved docs into doc/
1079 * Applied patch from zimba-tm, closes patch 1260225
1080 * Fixed ugly gradient bug. closes bug 1255608
1082 * Removed metar code. It sucked.
1083 * Added $acpitempf for amooricans
1087 * Multiple unit additions and modifications
1090 * mpd password patch from Joshua Gerrish
1091 * conky can run without X now, use --disable-x11 when configuring
1092 =========================================================================
1093 =========================================================================
1095 * Conky 1.2 released
1099 * added CVS ebuild, huge thanks to Hopeless for this
1102 * special thanks to Citizen_X and his patience
1104 * keep shakin' those big 'ol titties
1111 * many small fixes, thanks to those who reported problems
1114 * dramatically improved how conky handles fonts
1115 * fixed issues with graph args
1116 * fixed shades and outlines
1120 * added gradients to graphs (very pretty)
1123 * feature freeze; only bugfixes now
1126 * finalized graphing code, see $cpugraph, $memgraph, $execgraph,
1127 $downspeedgraph, and $upspeedgraph
1128 * added override_utf8_locale option
1130 * $tab patch from jack_mort on f.g.o
1133 * Added new graphing code, such as $cpugraph
1134 * small fixes all round
1137 * added more mpd objects
1140 * Conky now has UTF-8 support
1141 * Fixed $freq for those with CPU scaling
1142 * Fixed the problem with total_run_times
1143 * Fixed alignment of bars and lines and stuff
1144 * Reduced conky's memory usage (yay!)
1145 * Removed top_sort_cpu, added top_mem which sorts by mem usage instead
1149 * Fixed a pile of bugs in configure script
1150 * Added proper checking for headers in configure script
1151 * Made METAR shit threaded so it would stop being retarded, also made
1152 it try more then once to update
1153 * Added $metar_tempf and ${i2c tempf} for americans
1156 * Added option for Conky to update N times and quit, see
1157 total_run_times in conkyrc.sample
1158 * Added metar code for weather info, thanks to somebody on sf.net
1159 * Added $alignr and $alignc for right and centre alignment
1160 * Added wireless info and IP addr patch, thanks Bobby Beckmann,
1161 options $addr and $linkstatus (please test!), as well as fixed a mem
1163 * adt746x fix, thanks to dan-h on sf.net
1164 * Added mldonkey support patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
1165 * Added patch to allow hex colour values, thanks roiban adi on sf.net
1166 * Added if constructs patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
1167 * Fixed bug in tab code (hopefully for the last time)
1168 * Added option to sort by cpu or memory for top, see top_sort_cpu
1171 * Added fix for battery charged state (thanks to Lukas Zapletal
1174 =========================================================================
1175 =========================================================================
1178 * Conky 1.1 released
1181 * Added $mpd_bar and $mpd_bitrate
1182 * Some minor code cleanups prior to release
1183 * Fixed problem with Conky not compiling when XFT disabled
1184 * Fixed configure.in problems with Xdbe
1187 * Fixed memory leak in MPD code
1188 * Added new $tail object (see conkyrc.sample) which loves to suck CPU
1190 * Fixed more mem leaks
1193 * Added use_spacer to config
1195 * Added small fix for i2c from Filedil on forums.gentoo.org
1198 * Made it possible to use tabs to right-justify (just add a bunch)
1199 * Added ${execbar} (see conkyrc.sample)
1202 * Added memory % to top output
1203 * Added initial cairo backend (it's really quite useless at this stage actually, and I'm not sure if there is even any point to it)
1206 * Conky now recognizes the tab character correctly
1207 * Added simple config option to print to stdout (out_to_console
1211 * Added top output. Check the sample config.
1215 * Finished MPD support ($mpd_title, $mpd_artist, $mpd_album, $mpd_vol)
1216 * Removed NVCtrl code
1217 * Added noswap and i2c patches
1219 =========================================================================
1220 =========================================================================
1223 * Version 1.0. Conky is born from the ashes of torsmo. Main site:
1224 http://conky.sf.net/
1226 * Added new feature for sample averaging of CPU and net info
1229 * Version 0.18 released
1232 * Fixed some double buffer + Xft stuff
1233 * Applied X-Mozilla-Status patch (thanks affinity)
1234 * Applied NVCtrl patch and modified it a bit (temperature monitoring
1235 for nvdia-based graphics cards) (I couldn't test this so it may or
1236 may not work or even compile) (thanks Dennis Frommknecht)
1237 * Applied fs_used_perc and fs_bar_free patch (thanks killfire [send me
1238 mail, I didn't catch your name from sourceforge])
1239 * Applied patch that supports mailbox that is in some 'maildir' format
1240 (thanks jolapache [send mail, I didn't catch your name from
1243 * Applied pad_percents patch (thanks JL Farinacci)
1244 * Fixed some stuff in acpi fan and acpi ac adapter
1245 * Optional XFT even when compiled in
1248 * Applied utime patch (UTC time) (thanks David McCabe)
1251 * Applied Xdbe patch, this includes double_buffer configuration and
1252 -b command line option (thanks Bruce Merry)
1253 * Applied some other seti patch, not tested (thanks William DiPlacido)
1256 * Applied netbsd patch (thanks Rui Paulo)
1257 * Applied cpu frequency patch (thanks William DiPlacido)
1258 * Applied adt746x patch (thanks Dennis Kaandorp)
1259 * Applied some other FreeBSD patch by the same guy
1262 * Applied FreeBSD patch (thanks Roman Bogorodskiy)
1265 * Xft support and xftfont configuration
1266 * rewrote some stuff, there might be some new bugs in old places
1269 * I2C divisor from a file (thanks Falk Feuersenger)
1272 * changed battery thing to ${battery <filename in
1273 /proc/acpi/battery/>}
1274 * SETI@Home stuff (thanks Jarski)
1277 * changed signal for config file reloading to SIGUSR1
1278 * mixer stuff, $mixer, $mixerl, $mixerr, $mixerbar, $mixerlbar,
1282 * maybe fixed acpi battery thing when "present rate" isn't known
1285 * fixed width for all bars, use like ${cpubar 4,50}
1288 * Version 0.17 released
1291 * battery number for ACPI battery (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
1292 * default battery is now BAT0 instead of BAT1, set ${battery 1} if
1293 the old battery thing worked
1294 * bug fix on load average reporting (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
1295 * outlines to text, draw_outline and default_outline_color
1296 configurations and $outlinecolor (thanks adi)
1297 * $acpifan, $acpiacadapter, $uptime_short (thanks adi)
1300 * fixed a bug when starting after Opera (and some other programs)
1305 * added border_width configuration
1308 * fixed zero length bar bug
1311 * file system stats, $fs_bar, $fs_free, $fs_free_perc, $fs_size,
1313 * leaves ACPI temperature file open (faster)
1314 * -a option to change alignment on command line
1317 * fixed ACPI temperature bug
1318 * border_margin configuration
1319 * ${execi <interval> <command>}, execute with specific interval
1320 * added possibility to manually set the position (-x and -y options)
1321 (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
1322 * $buffers and $cached (thanks to Jeremy Burch)
1323 * WM_CLASS when drawing to own window (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
1326 * Version 0.16 released
1329 * $pre_exec, execute a shell command one time
1330 * preparsing of text (faster but more memory usage)
1331 * less system calls (faster)
1332 * APM things to $battery (untested)
1335 * added $new_mails changed $mails to tell total mail count
1338 * transparent window, own_window configuration, -o cmdline option
1339 * $exec, execute a shell command
1340 * $acpitemp, $battery - acpi stuff (not really tested)
1343 * $loadavg, load average
1344 * $mails, unread local mails, mail_spool configuration
1347 * Version 0.15 released
1350 * SIGHUP reloads config file (thanks Jørgen P. Tjernø)