Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?
+ own_window_type
+ if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal or desktop
+ (default: normal). Desktop windows are special windows 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.
+
+
own_window_colour colour
If own_window_transparent no, set a specified background colour
(defaults to black). Takes either a hex value (#ffffff) or a
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
+ affect the way conky displays. Note: own_window_type desktop is
+ another way to implement many of these hints.
out_to_console
total_run_times
- Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero
+ Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero
makes Conky run forever
xmms_player
Use specified player/plugin for the xmms status variables. Valid
- items are: none, xmms, bmp, audacious and infopipe. (default is
+ items are: none, xmms, bmp, audacious and infopipe. (default is
none). Note that bmpx is currently handled separately.
VARIABLES
- Colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
+ Colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt. Also, http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html
[http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html]. Color can be also in #rrggbb for-
mat (hex). Note that when displaying bytes, power is 1024 and not 1000
apm_battery_time
- Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if
+ Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if
AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only)
battery (num)
- Remaining capacity in ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number
+ Remaining capacity in ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number
can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
cpu (cpuN)
- CPU usage in percents. For SMP machines, the CPU number can be
+ CPU usage in percents. For SMP machines, the CPU number can be
provided as an argument. cpu0 is the total usage, and >=cpu1 are
individual CPUs.
cpubar (cpu number) (height),(width)
- Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels. See
+ Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels. See
$cpu for more info on SMP.
- cpugraph (cpu number) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient
+ cpugraph (cpu number) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient
colour 2)
- CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #. See
+ CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #. See
$cpu for more info on SMP.
diskio Displays current disk IO.
- diskiograph (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2)
+ diskiograph (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2)
(scale)
- Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is
+ Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is
non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
downspeedgraph net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient
colour 2) (scale)
- Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
+ Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
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
+ ing: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd
recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch.
execbar command
- Same as exec, except if the first value return is a value
- between 0-100, it will use that number for a bar. The size for
+ Same as exec, except if the first value return is a value
+ between 0-100, it will use that number for a bar. The size for
the bar is currently fixed, but that may change in the future.
execi interval command
- Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less
+ Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less
than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci
freq_dyn
- Returns CPU frequency in MHz, but is calculated by counting to
- clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for
+ Returns CPU frequency in MHz, but is calculated by counting to
+ clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for
x86/amd64.
freq_dyn_g
- Returns CPU frequency in GHz, but is calculated by counting to
- clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for
+ Returns CPU frequency in GHz, but is calculated 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
+ 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.
head logfile lines (interval)
- Displays first N lines of supplied text text file. If interval
- is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval. Max of 30
+ 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.
i2c (dev) type n
- I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev may be omitted if you
- have only one I2C device. type is either in (or vol) meaning
+ I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev may be omitted if you
+ have only one I2C device. type is either in (or vol) meaning
voltage, fan meaning fan or temp/tempf (first in C, second in F)
- meaning temperature. n is number of the sensor. See
+ meaning temperature. n is number of the sensor. See
/sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer.
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
+ 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.
i8k_bios
- If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
+ If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.
i8k_buttons_status
- If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
+ If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.
i8k_cpu_temp
- If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
+ If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.
i8k_cpu_tempf
- If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
+ If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
the cpu temperature in Farenheit, as reported by /proc/i8k.
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
+ 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.
i8k_left_fan_status
- If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
+ 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
+ readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in
reverse order.
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
+ 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.
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
- human-readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in
+ If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
+ the right fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to
+ human-readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in
reverse order.
i8k_serial
- If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
+ If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.
i8k_version
- If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
+ If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
the version formatting of /proc/i8k.
if_running (process)
- if PROCESS is running, display everything if_running and the
+ if PROCESS is running, display everything if_running and the
matching $endif
if_existing (file)
- if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing and the
+ if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing and the
matching $endif
if_mounted (mountpoint)
- if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between if_mounted
+ if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between if_mounted
and the matching $endif
Machine, i686 for example
- mails Mail count in mail spool. You can use program like fetchmail to
- get mails from some server using your favourite protocol. See
+ mails Mail count in mail spool. You can use program like fetchmail to
+ get mails from some server using your favourite protocol. See
also new_mails.
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
- index values from 0 to n-1 connections. Values higher than n-1
- are simply ignored. For the "count" item, the connection index
+ in the port monitor. The monitor will return information for
+ index values from 0 to n-1 connections. Values higher than n-1
+ are simply ignored. For the "count" item, the connection index
must be omitted. It is required for all other items.
Examples:
- ${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count} - displays the number of connec-
+ ${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count} - displays the number of connec-
tions in the bittorrent port range
- ${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0} - displays the remote host ip of the
+ ${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0} - displays the remote host ip of the
first sshd connection
- ${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9} - displays the remote host ip of the
+ ${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9} - displays the remote host ip of the
tenth sshd connection
${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0} - displays the remote host name of
${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4} - displays the remote host port of
the fifth connection on a privileged port
- ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14} - 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-
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.
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-
- 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
+ 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-
+ 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
interval at least 6 seconds. See also $execi.
time (format)
- Local time, see man strftime to get more information about for-
+ 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
+ Total download, overflows at 4 GB on Linux with 32-bit arch and
+ there doesn't seem to be a way to know how many times it has
already done that before conky has started.
top type, num
- This takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number) Basically,
- processes are ranked from highest to lowest in terms of cpu
- usage, which is what (num) represents. The types are: "name",
- "pid", "cpu", and mem". There can be a max of 10 processes
+ This takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number) Basically,
+ processes are ranked from highest to lowest in terms of cpu
+ usage, which is what (num) represents. The types are: "name",
+ "pid", "cpu", and mem". There can be a max of 10 processes
listed.
Upload speed in kilobytes with one decimal
- upspeedgraph net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour
+ upspeedgraph net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour
2) (scale)
- Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
+ Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
voffset (pixels)
- Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause
+ Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause
text to overlap. See also $offset.
xmms_channels
- xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: number of audio channels of
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: number of audio channels of
current tune
xmms_filename
- xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: full path and filename of
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: full path and filename of
current tune
xmms_length
- xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: total length of current tune
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: total length of current tune
as MM:SS
xmms_length_seconds
- xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: total length of current tune
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: total length of current tune
in seconds
xmms_playlist_position
- xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: playlist position of current
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: playlist position of current
tune
xmms_position
- xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: MM:SS position of current
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: MM:SS position of current
tune
xmms_position_seconds
- xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: position of current tune in
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: position of current tune in
seconds
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
+ 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
which makes Conky to create its own window.
SEE ALSO
projects / monky / commitdiff