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1 <variablelist>
2 <varlistentry>
3         <term><command><option>alignment</option></command></term>
4         <listitem>
5                 Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, bottom_left, bottom_right, or none
6         <para></para></listitem>
7 </varlistentry>
8
9 <varlistentry>
10         <term><command><option>background</option></command></term>
11         <listitem>
12                 Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when started
13         <para></para></listitem>
14 </varlistentry>
15
16 <varlistentry>
17         <term><command><option>border_margin</option></command></term>
18         <listitem>
19                 Border margin in pixels
20         <para></para></listitem>
21 </varlistentry>
22
23 <varlistentry>
24         <term><command><option>border_width</option></command></term>
25         <listitem>
26                 Border width in pixels
27         <para></para></listitem>
28 </varlistentry>
29
30 <varlistentry>
31         <term><command><option>cpu_avg_samples</option></command></term>
32         <listitem>
33                 The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring
34         <para></para></listitem>
35 </varlistentry>
36
37 <varlistentry>
38         <term><command><option>default_color</option></command></term>
39         <listitem>
40                 Default color and border color
41         <para></para></listitem>
42 </varlistentry>
43
44 <varlistentry>
45         <term><command><option>default_outline_color</option></command></term>
46         <listitem>
47                 Default outline color
48         <para></para></listitem>
49 </varlistentry>
50
51 <varlistentry>
52         <term><command><option>default_shade_color</option></command></term>
53         <listitem>
54                 Default shading color and border's shading color
55         <para></para></listitem>
56 </varlistentry>
57
58 <varlistentry>
59         <term><command><option>double_buffer</option></command></term>
60         <listitem>
61                 Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recommended to use own window with this one so double buffer won't be so big.
62         <para></para></listitem>
63 </varlistentry>
64
65 <varlistentry>
66         <term><command><option>draw_borders</option></command></term>
67         <listitem>
68                 Draw borders around text?
69         <para></para></listitem>
70 </varlistentry>
71
72 <varlistentry>
73         <term><command><option>draw_graph_borders</option></command></term>
74         <listitem>
75                 Draw borders around graphs?
76         <para></para></listitem>
77 </varlistentry>
78
79 <varlistentry>
80         <term><command><option>draw_outline</option></command></term>
81         <listitem>
82                 Draw outlines?
83         <para></para></listitem>
84 </varlistentry>
85
86 <varlistentry>
87         <term><command><option>draw_shades</option></command></term>
88         <listitem>
89                 Draw shades?
90         <para></para></listitem>
91 </varlistentry>
92
93 <varlistentry>
94         <term><command><option>font</option></command></term>
95         <listitem>
96                 Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font
97         <para></para></listitem>
98 </varlistentry>
99
100 <varlistentry>
101         <term><command><option>gap_x</option></command></term>
102         <listitem>
103                 Gap, in pixels, between right or left border of screen, same as passing -x at command line,
104                 e.g. gap_x 10
105         <para></para></listitem>
106 </varlistentry>
107
108 <varlistentry>
109         <term><command><option>gap_y</option></command></term>
110         <listitem>
111                 Gap, in pixels, between top or bottom border of screen, same as passing -y at command line,
112                 e.g. gap_y 10.
113         <para></para></listitem>
114 </varlistentry>
115
116 <varlistentry>
117         <term><command><option>imap</option></command></term>
118         <listitem>
119                 Default global IMAP server.  Arguments are: "host user pass [-i interval] [-f folder] [-p port] [-e command]".  Default port is 143, default folder is 'INBOX', default interval is 5 minutes.  If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
120         <para></para></listitem>
121 </varlistentry>
122
123 <varlistentry>
124         <term><command><option>mail_spool</option></command></term>
125         <listitem>
126                 Mail spool for mail checking
127         <para></para></listitem>
128 </varlistentry>
129
130 <varlistentry>
131         <term><command><option>max_port_monitor_connections</option></command></term>
132         <listitem>
133                 Allow each port monitor to track at most this many connections (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
134         <para></para></listitem>
135 </varlistentry>
136
137 <varlistentry>
138         <term><command><option>max_specials</option></command></term>
139         <listitem>
140                 Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts, offsets, aligns, etc. (default is 512)
141                 <para></para></listitem>
142 </varlistentry>
143
144 <varlistentry>
145         <term><command><option>max_user_text</option></command>
146                 <option>bytes</option>
147         </term>
148         <listitem>
149                 Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in config file
150                 (default is 16384 bytes)
151                 <para></para></listitem>
152 </varlistentry>
153
154 <varlistentry>
155         <term><command><option>text_buffer_size</option></command>
156                 <option>bytes</option>
157         </term>
158         <listitem>
159                 Size of the standard text buffer (default is 1280 bytes).
160                 <para></para></listitem>
161 </varlistentry>
162
163 <varlistentry>
164         <term><command><option>maximum_width</option></command>
165                 <option>pixels</option>
166         </term>
167         <listitem>
168                 Maximum width of window
169                 <para></para></listitem>
170 </varlistentry>
171
172 <varlistentry>
173         <term><command><option>minimum_size</option></command>
174         <option>width (height)</option>
175         </term>
176         <listitem>
177                 Minimum size of window
178         <para></para></listitem>
179 </varlistentry>
180
181 <varlistentry>
182         <term><command><option>mpd_host</option></command></term>
183         <listitem>
184                 Host of MPD server
185         <para></para></listitem>
186 </varlistentry>
187
188 <varlistentry>
189         <term><command><option>mpd_port</option></command></term>
190         <listitem>
191                 Port of MPD server
192         <para></para></listitem>
193 </varlistentry>
194
195 <varlistentry>
196         <term><command><option>mpd_password</option></command></term>
197         <listitem>
198                 MPD server password
199         <para></para></listitem>
200 </varlistentry>
201
202 <varlistentry>
203         <term><command><option>net_avg_samples</option></command></term>
204         <listitem>
205                 The number of samples to average for net data
206         <para></para></listitem>
207 </varlistentry>
208
209 <varlistentry>
210         <term><command><option>no_buffers</option></command></term>
211         <listitem>
212                 Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?
213         <para></para></listitem>
214 </varlistentry>
215
216 <varlistentry>
217         <term><command><option>override_utf8_locale</option></command></term>
218         <listitem>
219                 Force UTF8? requires XFT
220         <para></para></listitem>
221 </varlistentry>
222
223 <varlistentry>
224         <term><command><option>own_window</option></command></term>
225         <listitem>
226                 Boolean, create own window to draw?
227         <para></para></listitem>
228 </varlistentry>
229
230 <varlistentry>
231         <term><command><option>own_window_class</option></command></term>
232         <listitem>
233                 Manually set the WM_CLASS name.  Defaults to "Conky".
234         <para></para></listitem>
235 </varlistentry>
236
237 <varlistentry>
238         <term><command><option>own_window_colour</option></command>
239                 <option>colour</option>
240         </term>
241         <listitem>
242                 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)
243                 <para></para></listitem>
244 </varlistentry>
245
246 <varlistentry>
247         <term><command><option>own_window_hints</option></command>
248                 <option>undecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager</option>
249         </term>
250         <listitem>
251                 If own_window is yes, you may use these window manager hints to affect the way Conky displays.  
252                 Notes: Use own_window_type desktop as another way to implement many of these hints implicitly.
253                 If you use own_window_type override, window manager hints have no meaning and are ignored.
254         <para></para></listitem>
255 </varlistentry>
256
257 <varlistentry>
258         <term><command><option>own_window_title</option></command></term>
259         <listitem>
260                 Manually set the window name.  Defaults to "&lt;hostname&gt; - conky".
261         <para></para></listitem>
262 </varlistentry>
263
264 <varlistentry>
265         <term><command><option>own_window_transparent</option></command></term>
266         <listitem>
267                 Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?
268                 <para></para></listitem>
269 </varlistentry>
270
271 <varlistentry>
272         <term><command><option>own_window_type</option></command></term>
273         <listitem>
274                 if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal, desktop or override (default: normal).
275                 Desktop windows are special windows that have no window decorations; are always visible 
276                 on your desktop; do not appear in your pager or taskbar; and are sticky across all workspaces.
277                 Override windows are not under the control of the window manager.  Hints are ignored. This type
278                 of window can be useful for certain situations.
279                 <para></para></listitem>
280 </varlistentry>
281
282 <varlistentry>
283         <term><command><option>out_to_console</option></command>
284         </term>
285         <listitem>
286                 Print text to stdout.
287                 <para></para></listitem>
288 </varlistentry>
289 <varlistentry>
290         <term><command><option>pad_percents</option></command></term>
291         <listitem>
292                 Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)
293         <para></para></listitem>
294 </varlistentry>
295
296 <varlistentry>
297         <term><command><option>pop3</option></command></term>
298         <listitem>
299                 Default global POP3 server.  Arguments are: "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]".  Default port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes.  If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
300         <para></para></listitem>
301 </varlistentry>
302
303 <varlistentry>
304         <term><command><option>stippled_borders</option></command></term>
305         <listitem>
306                 Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
307         <para></para></listitem>
308 </varlistentry>
309
310 <varlistentry>
311         <term><command><option>total_run_times</option></command></term>
312         <listitem>
313                 Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero makes Conky run forever
314         <para></para></listitem>
315 </varlistentry>
316
317 <varlistentry>
318         <term><command><option>update_interval</option></command></term>
319         <listitem>
320                 Update interval in seconds
321         <para></para></listitem>
322 </varlistentry>
323
324 <varlistentry>
325         <term><command><option>uppercase</option></command></term>
326         <listitem>
327                 Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case
328         <para></para></listitem>
329 </varlistentry>
330
331 <varlistentry>
332         <term><command><option>use_spacer</option></command></term>
333         <listitem>
334                 Adds spaces after certain objects to stop them from moving other things around. Note that this only helps if you are using a mono font, such as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.
335         <para></para></listitem>
336 </varlistentry>
337
338 <varlistentry>
339         <term><command><option>use_xft</option></command></term>
340         <listitem>
341                 Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
342         <para></para></listitem>
343 </varlistentry>
344
345 <varlistentry>
346         <term><command><option>xftalpha</option></command></term>
347         <listitem>
348                 Alpha of Xft font.  Must be a value at or between 1 and 0.
349         <para></para></listitem>
350 </varlistentry>
351
352 <varlistentry>
353         <term><command><option>xftfont</option></command></term>
354         <listitem>
355                 Xft font to use.
356         <para></para></listitem>
357 </varlistentry>
358
359 <varlistentry>
360         <term><command><option>TEXT</option></command></term>
361         <listitem>
362                 After this begins text to be formatted on screen
363         <para></para></listitem>
364 </varlistentry>
365
366 </variablelist>