6 conky - A system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code, but
7 more kickass. It just keeps on given'er. Yeah.
13 Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code.
14 Since it's original conception, Conky has changed a fair bit from it's
15 predecessor. Conky can display just about anything, either on your
16 root desktop or in it's own window. Conky has many built-in objects,
17 as well as the ability to execute programs and scripts, then display
18 the output from stdout.
20 We are always looking for help, and anyone interested in becoming a de-
21 veloper is welcome. Please use the facilities at SourceForge to make
22 bug reports, feature requests, and submit patches.
24 Thanks for your interest in Conky.
27 For users compiling from source, make sure you have the X development
28 libraries installed. This should be a package along the lines of
29 "libx11-dev or xorg-x11-dev".
31 Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo's Portage... simply use "emerge app-
32 admin/conky" for installation. There is also usually an up-to-date
33 ebuild within Conky's package or in Svn.
35 Debian,etc. users -- Conky will be in Debian's repositories soon (by
36 mid-September, hopefully), and then Ubuntu shortly thereafter. Until
37 then, "dpkg -i" the .deb package to install.
39 Example to compile and run Conky with all optional components (note
40 that some configure options may differ for your system):
42 sh autogen.sh # Only required if building from Svn
44 ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --in-
45 fodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --local-
46 statedir=/var/lib --disable-own-window --enable-audacious --enable-bmpx
47 --disable-hddtemp --disable-mpd --enable-xmms2 --disable-portmon --dis-
48 able-network --enable-debug --disable-x11 --disable-double-buffer
49 --disable-xdamage --disable-xft
53 make install # Optional
57 Conky probably doesn't compile with compilers other than gcc and icc.
58 It doesn't compile with C89 compiler and not even with pure C99. It
59 uses a few things that might not exist: strdup(), strcasecmp(), strn-
60 casecmp(), optarg variable with getopt() and long long (not in C89).
61 Crashes in file system statistics stuff when compiled with icc, I don't
64 You can disable 'drawing to own window' feature in case you don't need
65 it by passing --disable-own-window to configure -script.
69 Conky is generally very good on resources. However, certain objects in
70 Conky are harder on resources then others. In particular, the $tail,
71 $top, $font, and $graph objects are quite costly in comparison to the
74 If you do use them, please do not complain about memory or CPU usage,
75 unless you think something's seriously wrong (mem leak, etc.).
77 An easy way to force Conky to reload your ~/.conkyrc: "killall -SIGUSR1
78 conky". Saves you the trouble of having to kill and then restart.
80 IMPORTANT: For previous Conky users, Conky 1.3 no longer supports the
81 metar stuff. mdsplib was causing way too many problems. Hopefully
82 there'll be a better solution in Conky 2.x...
85 Command line options override configurations defined in configuration
89 Prints version and exits
93 Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom}_{left,right} or none
96 -b Use double buffering (eliminates "flicker")
100 Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc
103 -d Daemonize Conky, aka fork to background
110 -h Prints command line help and exits
113 -o Create own window to draw
117 Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t ' $uptime '
136 CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
137 Default configuration file is $HOME/.conkyrc (can be changed from
138 conky.c among other things). See conkyrc.sample. If installing from De-
139 bian package, this should be in /usr/share/doc/conky/examples ("gunzip
140 conkyrc.sample.gz" to get conkyrc.sample).
142 You might want to copy it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying
143 it. Other configs can be found at http://conky.sf.net
146 Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, bot-
147 tom_left, bottom_right, or none
151 Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when
156 Border margin in pixels
160 Border width in pixels
163 color0 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
166 color1 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
169 color2 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
172 color3 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
175 color4 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
178 color5 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
181 color6 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
184 color7 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
187 color8 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
190 color9 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
194 The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring
198 Default color and border color
201 default_outline_color
202 Default outline color
206 Default shading color and border's shading color
210 Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recom-
211 mended to use own window with this one so double buffer won't be
216 Draw borders around text?
220 Draw borders around graphs?
231 font Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font
234 gap_x Gap, in pixels, between right or left border of screen, same as
235 passing -x at command line, e.g. gap_x 10
238 gap_y Gap, in pixels, between top or bottom border of screen, same as
239 passing -y at command line, e.g. gap_y 10.
242 imap Default global IMAP server. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i
243 interval] [-f folder] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is
244 143, default folder is 'INBOX', default interval is 5 minutes.
245 If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to en-
246 ter the password when Conky starts.
250 Mail spool for mail checking
253 max_port_monitor_connections
254 Allow each port monitor to track at most this many connections
255 (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
259 Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts, offsets, aligns,
260 etc. (default is 512)
264 Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in
265 config file (default is 16384 bytes)
268 text_buffer_size bytes
269 Size of the standard text buffer (default is 1280 bytes).
273 Maximum width of window
276 minimum_size width (height)
277 Minimum size of window
292 music_player_interval
293 Music player thread update interval (defaults to Conky's update
298 The number of samples to average for net data
302 Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?
306 Force UTF8? requires XFT
310 Boolean, create own window to draw?
314 Manually set the WM_CLASS name. Defaults to "Conky".
317 own_window_colour colour
318 If own_window_transparent no, set a specified background colour
319 (defaults to black). Takes either a hex value (#ffffff) or a
320 valid RGB name (see /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt)
323 own_window_hints undecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
324 If own_window is yes, you may use these window manager hints to
325 affect the way Conky displays. Notes: Use own_window_type desk-
326 top as another way to implement many of these hints implicitly.
327 If you use own_window_type override, window manager hints have
328 no meaning and are ignored.
332 Manually set the window name. Defaults to "<hostname> - conky".
335 own_window_transparent
336 Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?
340 if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal, desktop or
341 override (default: normal). Desktop windows are special windows
342 that have no window decorations; are always visible on your
343 desktop; do not appear in your pager or taskbar; and are sticky
344 across all workspaces. Override windows are not under the con-
345 trol of the window manager. Hints are ignored. This type of win-
346 dow can be useful for certain situations.
350 Print text to stdout.
354 Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)
357 pop3 Default global POP3 server. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i
358 interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 110, default
359 interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*', you
360 will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
364 Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
368 Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero
369 makes Conky run forever
373 Update interval in seconds
377 Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case
381 Adds spaces after certain objects to stop them from moving other
382 things around. Note that this only helps if you are using a mono
383 font, such as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.
387 Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
391 Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0.
398 TEXT After this begins text to be formatted on screen
402 Colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
403 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt. Also, <http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html>.
404 Color can be also in #rrggbb format (hex). Note that when displaying
405 bytes, power is 1024 and not 1000 so 1M really means 1024*1024 bytes
409 IP address for an interface
413 ACPI ac adapter state.
421 ACPI temperature in C.
425 ACPI temperature in F.
429 CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
433 Fan speed from therm_adt746x
437 Right-justify text, with space of N
445 Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)
449 Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD only)
453 Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if
454 AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only)
457 audacious_bar (height),(width)
462 Bitrate of current tune
466 Number of audio channels of current tune
470 Full path and filename of current tune
474 Sampling frequency of current tune
478 Total length of current tune as MM:SS
481 audacious_length_seconds
482 Total length of current tune in seconds
485 audacious_playlist_position
486 Playlist position of current tune
489 audacious_playlist_length
490 Number of tunes in playlist
494 Position of current tune (MM:SS)
497 audacious_position_seconds
498 Position of current tune in seconds
502 Player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not running)
505 audacious_title (max length)
506 Title of current tune with optional maximum length specifier
510 Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM
511 battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default
515 battery_bar (height),(width) (num)
516 Battery percentage remaining of ACPI battery in a bar. ACPI bat-
517 tery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
520 battery_percent (num)
521 Battery percentage remaining for ACPI battery. ACPI battery num-
522 ber can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
526 Battery charge/discharge time remaining of ACPI battery. ACPI
527 battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
531 Artist in current BMPx track
535 Album in current BMPx track
539 Title of the current BMPx track
543 Track number of the current BMPx track
547 Bitrate of the current BMPx track
551 URI of the current BMPx track
555 Amount of memory buffered
558 cached Amount of memory cached
562 Change drawing color to color
565 color0 Change drawing color to color0 configuration option
568 color1 Change drawing color to color1 configuration option
571 color2 Change drawing color to color2 configuration option
574 color3 Change drawing color to color3 configuration option
577 color4 Change drawing color to color4 configuration option
580 color5 Change drawing color to color5 configuration option
583 color6 Change drawing color to color6 configuration option
586 color7 Change drawing color to color7 configuration option
589 color8 Change drawing color to color8 configuration option
592 color9 Change drawing color to color9 configuration option
596 CPU usage in percents. For SMP machines, the CPU number can be
597 provided as an argument. ${cpu cpu0} is the total usage, and
598 ${cpu cpuX} (X >= 1) are individual CPUs.
601 cpubar (cpu number) (height),(width)
602 Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels. See
603 $cpu for more info on SMP.
606 cpugraph (cpu number) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient
608 CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #. See
609 $cpu for more info on SMP.
612 diskio Displays current disk IO.
615 diskiograph (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2)
617 Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is
618 non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
622 Displays current disk IO for reads.
625 diskiograph_read (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour
627 Disk IO graph for reads, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
628 scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
632 Displays current disk IO for writes.
635 diskiograph_write (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour
637 Disk IO graph for writes, colours defined in hex, minus the #.
638 If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
642 Download speed in kilobytes
646 Download speed in kilobytes with one decimal
649 downspeedgraph net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient
651 Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
652 scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
655 else Text to show if any of the above are not true
659 Current entropy available for crypto freaks
662 entropy_bar (height),(width)
663 Normalized bar of available entropy for crypto freaks
667 Total size of system entropy pool for crypto freaks
671 Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn-
672 ing: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd
673 recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch.
677 Same as exec, except if the first value return is a value be-
678 tween 0-100, it will use that number for a bar. The size for the
679 bar is currently fixed, but that may change in the future.
683 Same as execbar, but graphs values.
686 execi interval command
687 Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less
688 than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci
691 execibar interval command
692 Same as execbar, except with an interval
695 execigraph interval command
696 Same as execigraph, but takes an interval arg graphs values
700 Specify a different font. This new font will apply to the cur-
701 rent line and everything following. You can use a $font with no
702 arguments to change back to the default font (much like with
707 Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If
708 omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
712 Returns CPU #n's frequency in GHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If
713 omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
717 Returns CPU frequency in MHz, but is calculated by counting to
718 clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for
723 Returns CPU frequency in GHz, but is calculated by counting to
724 clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for
728 fs_bar (height),(width) fs
729 Bar that shows how much space is used on a file system. height
730 is the height in pixels. fs is any file on that file system.
734 Free space on a file system available for users.
738 Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.
746 File system used space
749 goto x The next element will be printed at position 'x'.
752 hddtemp dev, (host,(port))
753 Displays temperature of a selected hard disk drive as reported
754 by the hddtemp daemon running on host:port. Default host is
755 127.0.0.1, default port is 7634.
758 head logfile lines (interval)
759 Displays first N lines of supplied text text file. If interval
760 is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval. Max of 30
761 lines can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.
765 Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels
769 Hwmon sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omit-
770 ted if you have only one hwmon device. Parameter type is either
771 'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' (Cel-
772 sius) or 'tempf' (Fahrenheit) meaning temperature. Parameter n
773 is number of the sensor. See /sys/class/hwmon/ on your local
777 iconv_start codeset_from codeset_to
778 Convert text from one codeset to another using GNU iconv. Needs
779 to be stopped with iconv_stop.
783 Stop iconv codeset conversion.
787 I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omitted
788 if you have only one I2C device. Parameter type is either 'in'
789 or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' (Celsius) or
790 'tempf' (Fahrenheit) meaning temperature. Parameter n is number
791 of the sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer.
795 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
796 whether ac power is on, as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to
797 human-readable). Beware that this is by default not enabled by
802 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
803 the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.
807 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
808 the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.
812 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
813 the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.
817 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
818 the cpu temperature in Fahrenheit, as reported by /proc/i8k.
822 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
823 the left fan's rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as
824 listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans
829 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
830 the left fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to human-
831 readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in re-
836 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
837 the right fan's rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as
838 listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans
843 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
844 the right fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to hu-
845 man-readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in
850 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
851 your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.
855 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
856 the version formatting of /proc/i8k.
860 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.
864 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the temperatures from the IBM
865 temperature sensors (N=0..7) Sensor 0 is on the CPU, 3 is on the
870 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the "master" volume, con-
871 trolled by the volume keys (0-14).
875 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the laptops's
880 if conky variable VAR is empty, display everything between
881 $if_empty and the matching $endif
885 if PROCESS is running, display everything $if_running and the
889 if_existing file (string)
890 if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing and the
891 matching $endif. The optional second paramater checks for FILE
892 containing the specified string and prints everything between
893 $if_existing and the matching $endif.
896 if_mounted (mountpoint)
897 if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between $if_mounted
898 and the matching $endif
902 Displays the number of messages in your global IMAP inbox by de-
903 fault. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by
904 passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
905 [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 143, de-
906 fault interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*',
907 you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
911 Displays the number of unseen messages in your global IMAP inbox
912 by default. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by
913 passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
914 [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 143, de-
915 fault interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*',
916 you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
919 kernel Kernel version
923 (1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past
924 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.
928 Machine, i686 for example
931 mails (mailbox) (interval)
932 Mail count in the specified mailbox or your mail spool if not.
933 Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported. You can use
934 a program like fetchmail to get mails from some server using
935 your favourite protocol. See also new_mails.
938 mboxscan (-n number of messages to print) (-fw from width) (-sw subject
940 Print a summary of recent messages in an mbox format mailbox.
941 mbox parameter is the filename of the mailbox (can be encapsu-
942 lated using '"', ie. ${mboxscan -n 10 "/home/brenden/some box"}
945 mem Amount of memory in use
948 membar (height),(width)
949 Bar that shows amount of memory in use
952 memmax Total amount of memory
956 Percentage of memory in use
960 Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile
964 Album in current MPD song
967 mpd_bar (height),(width)
968 Bar of mpd's progress
972 Bitrate of current song
976 Playing, stopped, et cetera.
979 mpd_title (max length)
980 Title of current MPD song
996 Percent of song's progress
1000 Random status (On/Off)
1004 Repeat status (On/Off)
1008 Prints the MPD track field
1012 Prints the MPD name field
1016 Prints the file name of the current MPD song
1020 Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file
1021 name, depending on whats available
1024 new_mails (mailbox) (interval)
1025 Unread mail count in the specified mailbox or mail spool if not.
1026 Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported.
1033 outlinecolor (color)
1034 Change outline color
1038 If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display information on bat-
1039 tery status. The item parameter specifies, what information to
1040 display. Exactly one item must be specified. Valid items are:
1042 status: Display if battery is fully charged, charging, discharg-
1043 ing or absent (running on AC)
1044 percent: Display charge of battery in percent, if charging or
1045 discharging. Nothing will be displayed, if battery is fully
1047 time: Display the time remaining until the battery will be fully
1048 charged or discharged at current rate. Nothing is displayed, if
1049 battery is absent or if it's present but fully charged and not
1053 platform (dev) type n
1054 Platform sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be
1055 omitted if you have only one platform device. Platform type is
1056 either 'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp'
1057 (Celsius) or 'tempf' (Fahrenheit) meaning temperature. Parameter
1058 n is number of the sensor. See /sys/bus/platform/devices/ on
1059 your local computer.
1063 Displays the number of unseen messages in your global POP3 inbox
1064 by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes seperately by
1065 passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
1066 [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 110, de-
1067 fault interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*',
1068 you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
1072 Displays the amount of space (in MiB, 2^20) used in your global
1073 POP3 inbox by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes
1074 seperately by passing arguments to this object. Arguments are:
1075 "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default
1076 port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes. If the password is
1077 supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when
1081 pre_exec shell command
1082 Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything
1083 and puts output as text.
1087 Total processes (sleeping and running)
1091 Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6
1095 Change shading color
1099 Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
1102 swapbar (height),(width)
1103 Bar that shows amount of swap in use
1106 swap Amount of swap in use
1110 Total amount of swap
1114 Percentage of swap in use
1118 System name, Linux for example
1121 tcp_portmon port_begin port_end item (index) (ip4 only at present)
1122 TCP port monitor for specified local ports. Port numbers must be
1123 in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:
1125 count - total number of connections in the range
1126 rip - remote ip address
1127 rhost - remote host name
1128 rport - remote port number
1129 rservice - remote service name from /etc/services
1130 lip - local ip address
1131 lhost - local host name
1132 lport - local port number
1133 lservice - local service name from /etc/services
1135 The connection index provides you with access to each connection
1136 in the port monitor. The monitor will return information for in-
1137 dex values from 0 to n-1 connections. Values higher than n-1 are
1138 simply ignored. For the "count" item, the connection index must
1139 be omitted. It is required for all other items.
1142 ${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count} - displays the number of connec-
1143 tions in the bittorrent port range
1144 ${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0} - displays the remote host ip of the
1145 first sshd connection
1146 ${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9} - displays the remote host ip of the
1147 tenth sshd connection
1148 ${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0} - displays the remote host name of
1149 the first connection on a privileged port
1150 ${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4} - displays the remote host port of
1151 the fifth connection on a privileged port
1152 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14} - displays the local service
1153 name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports
1155 Note that port monitor variables which share the same port range
1156 actually refer to the same monitor, so many references to a sin-
1157 gle port range for different items and different indexes all use
1158 the same monitor internally. In other words, the program avoids
1159 creating redundant monitors.
1161 texeci interval command
1162 Runs a command at an interval inside a thread and displays the
1163 output. Same as $execi, except the command is run inside a
1164 thread. Use this if you have a slow script to keep Conky updat-
1165 ing. You should make the interval slightly longer then the time
1166 it takes your script to execute. For example, if you have a
1167 script that take 5 seconds to execute, you should make the in-
1168 terval at least 6 seconds. See also $execi.
1172 Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.
1175 rss url delay_in_minutes action item_num
1176 Download and parse RSS feeds. Action may be one of the follow-
1177 ing: feed_title, item_title (with num par), item_desc (with num
1178 par) and item_titles.
1181 tab (width, (start))
1182 Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from column 'start'.
1185 tail logfile lines (interval)
1186 Displays last N lines of supplied text text file. If interval is
1187 not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval. Max of 30 lines
1188 can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.
1192 Local time, see man strftime to get more information about for-
1197 Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).
1200 tztime (timezone) (format)
1201 Local time for specified timezone, see man strftime to get more
1202 information about format. The timezone argument is specified in
1203 similar fashion as TZ environment variable. For hints, look in
1204 /usr/share/zoneinfo. e.g. US/Pacific, Europe/Zurich, etc.
1208 Total download, overflows at 4 GB on Linux with 32-bit arch and
1209 there doesn't seem to be a way to know how many times it has al-
1210 ready done that before conky has started.
1214 This takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number) Basically,
1215 processes are ranked from highest to lowest in terms of cpu us-
1216 age, which is what (num) represents. The types are: "name",
1217 "pid", "cpu", and "mem". There can be a max of 10 processes
1222 Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu
1226 Total upload, this one too, may overflow
1229 updates Number of updates
1234 Upload speed in kilobytes
1238 Upload speed in kilobytes with one decimal
1241 upspeedgraph net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour
1243 Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
1244 scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
1251 Uptime in a shorter format
1255 Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause
1256 text to overlap. See also $offset.
1260 Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs are counted from 1. If
1261 omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
1265 Returns CPU #n's voltage in V. CPUs are counted from 1. If omit-
1266 ted, the parameter defaults to 1.
1270 Wireless access point ESSID (Linux only)
1274 Wireless mode (Managed/Ad-Hoc/Master) (Linux only)
1277 wireless_bitrate net
1278 Wireless bitrate (ie 11 Mb/s) (Linux only)
1282 Wireless access point MAC address (Linux only)
1285 wireless_link_qual net
1286 Wireless link quality (Linux only)
1289 wireless_link_qual_max net
1290 Wireless link quality maximum value (Linux only)
1293 wireless_link_qual_perc net
1294 Wireless link quality in percents (Linux only)
1297 wireless_link_bar (height), (width) net
1298 Wireless link quality bar (Linux only)
1302 Artist in current XMMS2 song
1306 Album in current XMMS2 song
1310 Title in current XMMS2 song
1314 Genre in current XMMS2 song
1318 Comment in current XMMS2 song
1326 Transport plugin used
1330 Full path to current song
1334 Track number in current XMMS2 song
1338 Bitrate of current song
1342 XMMS2 id of current song
1346 Duration of current song
1354 Size of current song
1358 Percent of song's progress
1362 XMMS2 status (Playing, Paused, Stopped, or Disconnected)
1365 xmms2_bar (height),(width)
1366 Bar of XMMS2's progress
1370 Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file
1371 name, depending on whats available
1375 conky -t '${time %D %H:%M}' -o -u 30
1376 Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as text and 30
1377 sec update interval.
1379 conky -a top_left -x 5 -y 500 -d
1380 Start Conky to background at coordinates (5, 500).
1383 ~/.conkyrc default configuration file
1386 Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn't work with
1387 all window managers. Especially doesn't work well with Gnome and it has
1388 been reported that it doesn't work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
1389 disabled from drawing to desktop with program gconf-editor. Uncheck
1390 show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/. There is -w switch in
1391 Conky to set some specific window id. You might find xwininfo -tree
1392 useful to find the window to draw to. You can also use -o argument
1393 which makes Conky to create its own window.
1396 <http://conky.sourceforge.net>
1398 <http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky>
1400 #conky on irc.freenode.net
1403 The Conky dev team. What's up now!