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   1 <variablelist>
   2         <varlistentry>
   3                 <term><command><option>alias</option></command></term>
   4                 <listitem>
   5                         Use this to create aliases of variables. The first argument is the new name, the second the old name, and the other arguments are passed on to the variable. Example: If you want to use $alpha instead of ${beta gamma delta} then you have to write the following: alias alpha beta gamma delta . PS: Instead of creating an alias in the config you can also use environment variables. Example: Start conky like this: alpha="beta gamma delta" conky
   6                         <para></para></listitem>
   7         </varlistentry>
   8
   9         <varlistentry>
  10                 <term><command><option>alignment</option></command></term>
  11                 <listitem>
  12                         Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, top_middle, bottom_left, bottom_right, bottom_middle, middle_left, middle_right, or none (also can be abreviated as tl, tr, tm, bl, br, bm, ml, mr)
  13                         <para></para></listitem>
  14         </varlistentry>
  15
  16         <varlistentry>
  17                 <term><command><option>background</option></command></term>
  18                 <listitem>
  19                         Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when started.
  20                         <para></para></listitem>
  21         </varlistentry>
  22
  23         <varlistentry>
  24                 <term><command><option>border_margin</option></command></term>
  25                 <listitem>
  26                         Border margin in pixels.
  27                         <para></para></listitem>
  28         </varlistentry>
  29
  30         <varlistentry>
  31                 <term><command><option>border_width</option></command></term>
  32                 <listitem>
  33                         Border width in pixels.
  34                         <para></para></listitem>
  35         </varlistentry>
  36
  37         <varlistentry>
  38                 <term><command><option>colorN</option></command></term>
  39                 <listitem>
  40                         Predefine a color for use inside TEXT segments. Substitute N by a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively. When specifying the color value in hex, omit the leading hash (#).
  41                         <para></para></listitem>
  42         </varlistentry>
  43
  44         <varlistentry>
  45                 <term><command><option>cpu_avg_samples</option></command></term>
  46                 <listitem>
  47                         The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring.
  48                         <para></para></listitem>
  49         </varlistentry>
  50
  51         <varlistentry>
  52                 <term><command><option>diskio_avg_samples</option></command></term>
  53                 <listitem>
  54                         The number of samples to average for disk I/O monitoring.
  55                         <para></para></listitem>
  56         </varlistentry>
  57
  58         <varlistentry>
  59                 <term><command><option>top_cpu_separate</option></command></term>
  60                 <listitem>
  61                         If true, cpu in top will show usage of one processor's power.  If false, cpu in top will show the usage of all processors' power combined.
  62                         <para></para></listitem>
  63         </varlistentry>
  64
  65         <varlistentry>
  66                 <term><command><option>default_bar_size</option></command></term>
  67                 <listitem>
  68                         Specify a default width and height for bars.  Example: 'default_bar_size 0 6'.  This is particularly useful for execbar and execibar as they do not take size arguments.
  69                         <para></para></listitem>
  70         </varlistentry>
  71
  72         <varlistentry>
  73                 <term><command><option>default_graph_size</option></command></term>
  74                 <listitem>
  75                         Specify a default width and height for graphs.  Example: 'default_graph_size 0 25'.  This is particularly useful for execgraph and execigraph as they do not take size arguments
  76                         <para></para></listitem>
  77         </varlistentry>
  78
  79         <varlistentry>
  80                 <term><command><option>default_gauge_size</option></command></term>
  81                 <listitem>
  82                         Specify a default width and height for gauges.  Example: 'default_gauge_size 25 25'.  This is particularly useful for execgauge and execigauge as they do not take size arguments
  83                         <para></para></listitem>
  84         </varlistentry>
  85
  86         <varlistentry>
  87                 <term><command><option>default_color</option></command></term>
  88                 <listitem>
  89                         Default color and border color
  90                         <para></para></listitem>
  91         </varlistentry>
  92
  93         <varlistentry>
  94                 <term><command><option>default_outline_color</option></command></term>
  95                 <listitem>
  96                         Default outline color
  97                         <para></para></listitem>
  98         </varlistentry>
  99
 100         <varlistentry>
 101                 <term><command><option>default_shade_color</option></command></term>
 102                 <listitem>
 103                         Default shading color and border's shading color
 104                         <para></para></listitem>
 105         </varlistentry>
 106
 107         <varlistentry>
 108                 <term><command><option>double_buffer</option></command></term>
 109                 <listitem>
 110                         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.
 111                         <para></para></listitem>
 112         </varlistentry>
 113
 114         <varlistentry>
 115                 <term><command><option>draw_borders</option></command></term>
 116                 <listitem>
 117                         Draw borders around text?
 118                         <para></para></listitem>
 119         </varlistentry>
 120
 121         <varlistentry>
 122                 <term><command><option>draw_graph_borders</option></command></term>
 123                 <listitem>
 124                         Draw borders around graphs?
 125                         <para></para></listitem>
 126         </varlistentry>
 127
 128         <varlistentry>
 129                 <term><command><option>draw_outline</option></command></term>
 130                 <listitem>
 131                         Draw outlines?
 132                         <para></para></listitem>
 133         </varlistentry>
 134
 135         <varlistentry>
 136                 <term><command><option>draw_shades</option></command></term>
 137                 <listitem>
 138                         Draw shades?
 139                         <para></para></listitem>
 140         </varlistentry>
 141
 142         <varlistentry>
 143                 <term><command><option>font</option></command></term>
 144                 <listitem>
 145                         Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font
 146                         <para></para></listitem>
 147         </varlistentry>
 148
 149         <varlistentry>
 150                 <term><command><option>gap_x</option></command></term>
 151                 <listitem>
 152                         Gap, in pixels, between right or left border of screen, same as passing -x at command line,
 153                         e.g. gap_x 10
 154                         <para></para></listitem>
 155         </varlistentry>
 156
 157         <varlistentry>
 158                 <term><command><option>gap_y</option></command></term>
 159                 <listitem>
 160                         Gap, in pixels, between top or bottom border of screen, same as passing -y at command line,
 161                         e.g. gap_y 10.
 162                         <para></para></listitem>
 163         </varlistentry>
 164
 165         <varlistentry>
 166                 <term><command><option>if_up_strictness</option></command></term>
 167                 <listitem>
 168                         How strict should if_up be when testing an interface for being up? The value is one of up, link or address, to check for the interface being solely up, being up and having link or being up, having link and an assigned IP address.
 169                         <para></para></listitem>
 170         </varlistentry>
 171
 172         <varlistentry>
 173                 <term><command><option>imap</option></command></term>
 174                 <listitem>
 175                         Default global IMAP server.  Arguments are: "host user pass [-i interval] [-f folder] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]".  Default port is 143, default folder is 'INBOX', default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of retries before giving up is 5.  If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
 176                         <para></para></listitem>
 177         </varlistentry>
 178
 179         <varlistentry>
 180                 <term><command><option>mail_spool</option></command></term>
 181                 <listitem>
 182                         Mail spool for mail checking
 183                         <para></para></listitem>
 184         </varlistentry>
 185
 186         <varlistentry>
 187                 <term><command><option>max_port_monitor_connections</option></command></term>
 188                 <listitem>
 189                         Allow each port monitor to track at most this many connections (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
 190                         <para></para></listitem>
 191         </varlistentry>
 192
 193         <varlistentry>
 194                 <term><command><option>max_specials</option></command></term>
 195                 <listitem>
 196                         Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts, offsets, aligns, etc. (default is 512)
 197                         <para></para></listitem>
 198         </varlistentry>
 199
 200         <varlistentry>
 201                 <term><command><option>max_user_text</option></command>
 202                         <option>bytes</option>
 203                 </term>
 204                 <listitem>
 205                         Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in config file
 206                         (default is 16384 bytes)
 207                         <para></para></listitem>
 208         </varlistentry>
 209
 210         <varlistentry>
 211                 <term><command><option>text_buffer_size</option></command>
 212                         <option>bytes</option>
 213                 </term>
 214                 <listitem>
 215                         Size of the standard text buffer (default is 256 bytes).  This buffer is used for intermediary text, such as individual lines, output from $exec vars, and various other variables.  Increasing the size of this buffer can drastically reduce Conky's performance, but will allow for more text display per variable.  The size of this buffer cannot be smaller than the default value of 256 bytes.
 216                         <para></para></listitem>
 217         </varlistentry>
 218
 219         <varlistentry>
 220                 <term><command><option>maximum_width</option></command>
 221                         <option>pixels</option>
 222                 </term>
 223                 <listitem>
 224                         Maximum width of window
 225                         <para></para></listitem>
 226         </varlistentry>
 227
 228         <varlistentry>
 229                 <term><command><option>minimum_size</option></command>
 230                         <option>width (height)</option>
 231                 </term>
 232                 <listitem>
 233                         Minimum size of window
 234                         <para></para></listitem>
 235         </varlistentry>
 236
 237         <varlistentry>
 238                 <term><command><option>mpd_host</option></command></term>
 239                 <listitem>
 240                         Host of MPD server
 241                         <para></para></listitem>
 242         </varlistentry>
 243
 244         <varlistentry>
 245                 <term><command><option>mpd_port</option></command></term>
 246                 <listitem>
 247                         Port of MPD server
 248                         <para></para></listitem>
 249         </varlistentry>
 250
 251         <varlistentry>
 252                 <term><command><option>mpd_password</option></command></term>
 253                 <listitem>
 254                         MPD server password
 255                         <para></para></listitem>
 256         </varlistentry>
 257
 258         <varlistentry>
 259                 <term><command><option>music_player_interval</option></command></term>
 260                 <listitem>
 261                         Music player thread update interval (defaults to Conky's update interval)
 262                         <para></para></listitem>
 263         </varlistentry>
 264
 265         <varlistentry>
 266                 <term><command><option>net_avg_samples</option></command></term>
 267                 <listitem>
 268                         The number of samples to average for net data
 269                         <para></para></listitem>
 270         </varlistentry>
 271
 272         <varlistentry>
 273                 <term><command><option>no_buffers</option></command></term>
 274                 <listitem>
 275                         Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?
 276                         <para></para></listitem>
 277         </varlistentry>
 278
 279         <varlistentry>
 280                 <term><command><option>override_utf8_locale</option></command></term>
 281                 <listitem>
 282                         Force UTF8? requires XFT
 283                         <para></para></listitem>
 284         </varlistentry>
 285
 286         <varlistentry>
 287                 <term><command><option>own_window</option></command></term>
 288                 <listitem>
 289                         Boolean, create own window to draw?
 290                         <para></para></listitem>
 291         </varlistentry>
 292
 293         <varlistentry>
 294                 <term><command><option>own_window_class</option></command></term>
 295                 <listitem>
 296                         Manually set the WM_CLASS name.  Defaults to "Conky".
 297                         <para></para></listitem>
 298         </varlistentry>
 299
 300         <varlistentry>
 301                 <term><command><option>own_window_colour</option></command>
 302                         <option>colour</option>
 303                 </term>
 304                 <listitem>
 305                         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)
 306                         <para></para></listitem>
 307         </varlistentry>
 308
 309         <varlistentry>
 310                 <term><command><option>own_window_hints</option></command>
 311                         <option>undecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager</option>
 312                 </term>
 313                 <listitem>
 314                         If own_window is yes, you may use these window manager hints to affect the way Conky displays.
 315                         Notes: Use own_window_type desktop as another way to implement many of these hints implicitly.
 316                         If you use own_window_type override, window manager hints have no meaning and are ignored.
 317                         <para></para></listitem>
 318         </varlistentry>
 319
 320         <varlistentry>
 321                 <term><command><option>own_window_title</option></command></term>
 322                 <listitem>
 323                         Manually set the window name.  Defaults to "&lt;hostname&gt; - conky".
 324                         <para></para></listitem>
 325         </varlistentry>
 326
 327         <varlistentry>
 328                 <term><command><option>own_window_transparent</option></command></term>
 329                 <listitem>
 330                         Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?
 331                         <para></para></listitem>
 332         </varlistentry>
 333
 334         <varlistentry>
 335                 <term><command><option>own_window_type</option></command></term>
 336                 <listitem>
 337                         if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal, desktop, dock or override (default: normal).
 338                         Desktop windows are special windows that have no window decorations; are always visible
 339                         on your desktop; do not appear in your pager or taskbar; and are sticky across all workspaces.
 340                         Override windows are not under the control of the window manager.  Hints are ignored. This type
 341                         of window can be useful for certain situations.
 342                         <para></para></listitem>
 343         </varlistentry>
 344
 345         <varlistentry>
 346                 <term><command><option>out_to_console</option></command>
 347                 </term>
 348                 <listitem>
 349                         Print text to stdout.
 350                         <para></para></listitem>
 351         </varlistentry>
 352
 353         <varlistentry>
 354                 <term><command><option>out_to_stderr</option></command>
 355                 </term>
 356                 <listitem>
 357                         Print text to stderr.
 358                         <para></para></listitem>
 359         </varlistentry>
 360
 361         <varlistentry>
 362                 <term><command><option>out_to_x</option></command>
 363                 </term>
 364                 <listitem>
 365                         When set to no, there will be no output in X (useful when you also use things like out_to_console).
 366                         If you set it to no, make sure that it's placed before all other X-related setting (take the first
 367                         line of your configfile to be sure). Default value is yes
 368                         <para></para></listitem>
 369         </varlistentry>
 370
 371         <varlistentry>
 372                 <term><command><option>overwrite_file</option></command>
 373                 </term>
 374                 <listitem>
 375                         Overwrite the file given as argument.
 376                         <para></para></listitem>
 377         </varlistentry>
 378
 379         <varlistentry>
 380                 <term><command><option>append_file</option></command>
 381                 </term>
 382                 <listitem>
 383                         Append the file given as argument.
 384                         <para></para></listitem>
 385         </varlistentry>
 386
 387         <varlistentry>
 388                 <term><command><option>pad_percents</option></command></term>
 389                 <listitem>
 390                         Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)
 391                         <para></para></listitem>
 392         </varlistentry>
 393
 394         <varlistentry>
 395                 <term><command><option>pop3</option></command></term>
 396                 <listitem>
 397                         Default global POP3 server.  Arguments are: "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]".  Default port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of retries before giving up is 5.  If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
 398                         <para></para></listitem>
 399         </varlistentry>
 400
 401         <varlistentry>
 402                 <term><command><option>short_units</option></command></term>
 403                 <listitem>
 404                         Shortens units to a single character (kiB->k, GiB->G, etc.).  Default is off.
 405                         <para></para></listitem>
 406         </varlistentry>
 407
 408         <varlistentry>
 409                 <term><command><option>show_graph_scale</option></command></term>
 410                 <listitem>
 411                         Shows the maximum value in scaled graphs.
 412                         <para></para></listitem>
 413         </varlistentry>
 414
 415         <varlistentry>
 416                 <term><command><option>show_graph_range</option></command></term>
 417                 <listitem>
 418                         Shows the time range covered by a graph.
 419                         <para></para></listitem>
 420         </varlistentry>
 421
 422         <varlistentry>
 423                 <term><command><option>stippled_borders</option></command></term>
 424                 <listitem>
 425                         Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
 426                         <para></para></listitem>
 427         </varlistentry>
 428
 429         <varlistentry>
 430                 <term><command><option>temperature_unit</option></command></term>
 431                 <listitem>
 432                         Desired output unit of all objects displaying a temperature.
 433                         Parameters are either "fahrenheit" or "celsius". The default
 434                         unit is degree Celsius.
 435                         <para></para></listitem>
 436         </varlistentry>
 437
 438         <varlistentry>
 439                 <term><command><option>templateN</option></command></term>
 440                 <listitem>
 441                         Define a template for later use inside TEXT segments. Substitute N by a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively.
 442                         The value of the variable is being inserted into the stuff below TEXT at the corresponding position,
 443                         but before some substitutions are applied:
 444                         <simplelist>
 445                                 <member>'\n' -> newline</member>
 446                                 <member>'\\' -> backslash</member>
 447                                 <member>'\ ' -> space</member>
 448                                 <member>'\N' -> template argument N</member>
 449                         </simplelist>
 450                         <para></para></listitem>
 451         </varlistentry>
 452
 453         <varlistentry>
 454                 <term><command><option>total_run_times</option></command></term>
 455                 <listitem>
 456                         Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero makes Conky run forever
 457                         <para></para></listitem>
 458         </varlistentry>
 459
 460         <varlistentry>
 461                 <term><command><option>update_interval</option></command></term>
 462                 <listitem>
 463                         Update interval in seconds
 464                         <para></para></listitem>
 465         </varlistentry>
 466
 467         <varlistentry>
 468                 <term><command><option>uppercase</option></command></term>
 469                 <listitem>
 470                         Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case
 471                         <para></para></listitem>
 472         </varlistentry>
 473
 474         <varlistentry>
 475                 <term><command><option>use_spacer</option></command></term>
 476                 <listitem>
 477                         Adds spaces around certain objects to stop them from moving other things around. Arguments are left, right, and none (default).  The old true/false values are deprecated and default to right/none respectively. Note that this only helps if you are using a mono font, such as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.
 478                         <para></para></listitem>
 479         </varlistentry>
 480
 481         <varlistentry>
 482                 <term><command><option>use_xft</option></command></term>
 483                 <listitem>
 484                         Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
 485                         <para></para></listitem>
 486         </varlistentry>
 487
 488         <varlistentry>
 489                 <term><command><option>xftalpha</option></command></term>
 490                 <listitem>
 491                         Alpha of Xft font.  Must be a value at or between 1 and 0.
 492                         <para></para></listitem>
 493         </varlistentry>
 494
 495         <varlistentry>
 496                 <term><command><option>xftfont</option></command></term>
 497                 <listitem>
 498                         Xft font to use.
 499                         <para></para></listitem>
 500         </varlistentry>
 501
 502         <varlistentry>
 503                 <term><command><option>TEXT</option></command></term>
 504                 <listitem>
 505                         After this begins text to be formatted on screen.  Backslash (\) escapes newlines in the text section.  This can be useful for cleaning up config files where conky is used to pipe input to dzen2.
 506                         <para></para></listitem>
 507         </varlistentry>
 508
 509 </variablelist>