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8 .TH conky 1 2007-08-08 "" ""
10 conky \- A system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code, but more kickass. It just keeps on given'er. Yeah.
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23 Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code.
24 Since it's original conception, Conky has changed a fair bit from it's predecessor.
25 Conky can display just about anything, either on your root desktop or in it's own window.
26 Conky has many built-in objects, as well as the ability to execute programs and scripts,
27 then display the output from stdout.
29 We are always looking for help, and anyone interested in becoming a developer is welcome.
30 Please use the facilities at SourceForge to make bug reports, feature requests, and submit patches.
32 Thanks for your interest in Conky.
34 For users compiling from source, make sure you have the X development libraries installed.
35 This should be a package along the lines of "libx11-dev or xorg-x11-dev".
37 Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo's Portage... simply use "emerge app-admin/conky" for installation.
38 There is also usually an up-to-date ebuild within Conky's package or in Svn.
40 Debian,etc. users -- Conky will be in Debian's repositories soon (by mid-September, hopefully), and then
41 Ubuntu shortly thereafter. Until then, "dpkg -i" the .deb package to install.
43 Example to compile and run Conky with all optional components (note that some configure options may differ for your system):
45 \fB\*(T<\fBsh autogen.sh\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB# Only required if building from SVN\fR\*(T>
47 \fB\*(T<\fB\&./configure \fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fB\-\-prefix=/usr \-\-mandir=/usr/share/man \-\-infodir=/usr/share/info \-\-datadir=/usr/share \-\-sysconfdir=/etc \-\-localstatedir=/var/lib \-\-disable\-own\-window \-\-enable\-audacious[=yes|no|legacy] \-\-enable\-bmpx \-\-disable\-hddtemp \-\-disable\-mpd \-\-enable\-xmms2 \-\-disable\-portmon \-\-disable\-network \-\-enable\-debug \-\-disable\-x11 \-\-disable\-double\-buffer \-\-disable\-xdamage \-\-disable\-xft\fR\*(T>
49 \fB\*(T<\fBmake\fR\*(T>\fR
51 \fB\*(T<\fBmake install\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB# Optional\fR\*(T>
53 \fB\*(T<\fBsrc/conky\fR\*(T>\fR
55 Conky probably doesn't compile with compilers other than gcc and icc.
56 It doesn't compile with C89 compiler and not even with pure C99.
57 It uses a few things that might not exist: strdup(), strcasecmp(), strncasecmp(),
58 optarg variable with getopt() and long long (not in C89). Crashes in file system
59 statistics stuff when compiled with icc, I don't know exactly why.
61 You can disable 'drawing to own window' feature in case you don't need it by passing
62 --disable-own-window to configure -script.
65 Conky is generally very good on resources. However, certain objects in
66 Conky are harder on resources then others. In particular, the $tail,
67 $top, $font, and $graph objects are quite costly in comparison to the rest of Conky.
69 If you do use them, please do not complain about memory or CPU usage,
70 unless you think something's seriously wrong (mem leak, etc.).
72 An easy way to force Conky to reload your ~/.conkyrc: "killall -SIGUSR1 conky".
73 Saves you the trouble of having to kill and then restart. You can now also do the same with SIGHUP.
75 IMPORTANT: For previous Conky users, Conky 1.3 no longer supports the metar stuff.
76 mdsplib was causing way too many problems. Hopefully there'll be a better solution in Conky 2.x...
78 Command line options override configurations defined in configuration file.
80 \fB\*(T<\fB\-v | \-V | \-\-verbose\fR\*(T>\fR
81 Prints version and exits
84 \fB\*(T<\fB\-a | \-\-alignment=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBALIGNMENT\fR\*(T>
85 Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom}_{left,right} or none
88 \fB\*(T<\fB\-b | \-\-double\-buffer\fR\*(T>\fR
89 Use double buffering (eliminates "flicker")
92 \fB\*(T<\fB\-c | \-\-config=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBFILE\fR\*(T>
93 Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc
96 \fB\*(T<\fB\-d | \-\-daemonize\fR\*(T>\fR
97 Daemonize Conky, aka fork to background
100 \fB\*(T<\fB\-f | \-\-font=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBFONT\fR\*(T>
104 \fB\*(T<\fB\-h | \-\-help\fR\*(T>\fR
105 Prints command line help and exits
108 \fB\*(T<\fB\-o | \-\-own\-window\fR\*(T>\fR
109 Create own window to draw
112 \fB\*(T<\fB\-t | \-\-text=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBTEXT\fR\*(T>
113 Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t ' $uptime '
116 \fB\*(T<\fB\-u | \-\-interval=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBSECONDS\fR\*(T>
120 \fB\*(T<\fB\-w | \-\-window\-id=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBWIN_ID\fR\*(T>
124 \fB\*(T<\fB\-x \fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBX_COORDINATE\fR\*(T>
128 \fB\*(T<\fB\-y \fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBY_COORDINATE\fR\*(T>
131 .SH "CONFIGURATION SETTINGS"
132 Default configuration file is $HOME/.conkyrc (can be changed from
133 conky.c among other things). See conkyrc.sample. If installing from Debian package,
134 this should be in /usr/share/doc/conky/examples ("gunzip conkyrc.sample.gz" to get conkyrc.sample).
136 You might want to copy it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying it.
137 Other configs can be found at http://conky.sf.net
139 \fB\*(T<\fBalignment\fR\*(T>\fR
140 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)
143 \fB\*(T<\fBbackground\fR\*(T>\fR
144 Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when started
147 \fB\*(T<\fBborder_margin\fR\*(T>\fR
148 Border margin in pixels
151 \fB\*(T<\fBborder_width\fR\*(T>\fR
152 Border width in pixels
155 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor0\fR\*(T>\fR
156 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
159 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor1\fR\*(T>\fR
160 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
163 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor2\fR\*(T>\fR
164 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
167 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor3\fR\*(T>\fR
168 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
171 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor4\fR\*(T>\fR
172 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
175 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor5\fR\*(T>\fR
176 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
179 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor6\fR\*(T>\fR
180 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
183 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor7\fR\*(T>\fR
184 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
187 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor8\fR\*(T>\fR
188 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
191 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor9\fR\*(T>\fR
192 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
195 \fB\*(T<\fBcpu_avg_samples\fR\*(T>\fR
196 The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring
199 \fB\*(T<\fBtop_cpu_separate\fR\*(T>\fR
200 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.
203 \fB\*(T<\fBdefault_color\fR\*(T>\fR
204 Default color and border color
207 \fB\*(T<\fBdefault_outline_color\fR\*(T>\fR
208 Default outline color
211 \fB\*(T<\fBdefault_shade_color\fR\*(T>\fR
212 Default shading color and border's shading color
215 \fB\*(T<\fBdouble_buffer\fR\*(T>\fR
216 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.
219 \fB\*(T<\fBdraw_borders\fR\*(T>\fR
220 Draw borders around text?
223 \fB\*(T<\fBdraw_graph_borders\fR\*(T>\fR
224 Draw borders around graphs?
227 \fB\*(T<\fBdraw_outline\fR\*(T>\fR
231 \fB\*(T<\fBdraw_shades\fR\*(T>\fR
235 \fB\*(T<\fBfont\fR\*(T>\fR
236 Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font
239 \fB\*(T<\fBgap_x\fR\*(T>\fR
240 Gap, in pixels, between right or left border of screen, same as passing -x at command line,
244 \fB\*(T<\fBgap_y\fR\*(T>\fR
245 Gap, in pixels, between top or bottom border of screen, same as passing -y at command line,
249 \fB\*(T<\fBimap\fR\*(T>\fR
250 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.
253 \fB\*(T<\fBmail_spool\fR\*(T>\fR
254 Mail spool for mail checking
257 \fB\*(T<\fBmax_port_monitor_connections\fR\*(T>\fR
258 Allow each port monitor to track at most this many connections (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
261 \fB\*(T<\fBmax_specials\fR\*(T>\fR
262 Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts, offsets, aligns, etc. (default is 512)
265 \fB\*(T<\fBmax_user_text\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBbytes\fR\*(T>
266 Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in config file
267 (default is 16384 bytes)
270 \fB\*(T<\fBtext_buffer_size\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBbytes\fR\*(T>
271 Size of the standard text buffer (default is 128 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 128 bytes.
274 \fB\*(T<\fBmaximum_width\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBpixels\fR\*(T>
275 Maximum width of window
278 \fB\*(T<\fBminimum_size\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBwidth (height)\fR\*(T>
279 Minimum size of window
282 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_host\fR\*(T>\fR
286 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_port\fR\*(T>\fR
290 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_password\fR\*(T>\fR
294 \fB\*(T<\fBmusic_player_interval\fR\*(T>\fR
295 Music player thread update interval (defaults to Conky's update interval)
298 \fB\*(T<\fBnet_avg_samples\fR\*(T>\fR
299 The number of samples to average for net data
302 \fB\*(T<\fBno_buffers\fR\*(T>\fR
303 Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?
306 \fB\*(T<\fBoverride_utf8_locale\fR\*(T>\fR
307 Force UTF8? requires XFT
310 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window\fR\*(T>\fR
311 Boolean, create own window to draw?
314 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_class\fR\*(T>\fR
315 Manually set the WM_CLASS name. Defaults to "Conky".
318 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_colour\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcolour\fR\*(T>
319 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)
322 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_hints\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBundecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager\fR\*(T>
323 If own_window is yes, you may use these window manager hints to affect the way Conky displays.
324 Notes: Use own_window_type desktop as another way to implement many of these hints implicitly.
325 If you use own_window_type override, window manager hints have no meaning and are ignored.
328 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_title\fR\*(T>\fR
329 Manually set the window name. Defaults to "<hostname> - conky".
332 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_transparent\fR\*(T>\fR
333 Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?
336 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_type\fR\*(T>\fR
337 if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal, desktop 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.
344 \fB\*(T<\fBout_to_console\fR\*(T>\fR
345 Print text to stdout.
348 \fB\*(T<\fBpad_percents\fR\*(T>\fR
349 Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)
352 \fB\*(T<\fBpop3\fR\*(T>\fR
353 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.
356 \fB\*(T<\fBshort_units\fR\*(T>\fR
357 Shortens units to a single character (kiB->k, GiB->G, etc.). Default is off.
360 \fB\*(T<\fBstippled_borders\fR\*(T>\fR
361 Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
364 \fB\*(T<\fBtotal_run_times\fR\*(T>\fR
365 Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero makes Conky run forever
368 \fB\*(T<\fBupdate_interval\fR\*(T>\fR
369 Update interval in seconds
372 \fB\*(T<\fBuppercase\fR\*(T>\fR
373 Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case
376 \fB\*(T<\fBuse_spacer\fR\*(T>\fR
377 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.
380 \fB\*(T<\fBuse_xft\fR\*(T>\fR
381 Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
384 \fB\*(T<\fBxftalpha\fR\*(T>\fR
385 Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0.
388 \fB\*(T<\fBxftfont\fR\*(T>\fR
392 \fB\*(T<\fBTEXT\fR\*(T>\fR
393 After this begins text to be formatted on screen
396 Colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
397 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt. Also, \(lahttp://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html\(ra.
398 Color can be also in #rrggbb format (hex).
399 Note that when displaying bytes, power is 1024 and not 1000 so 1M really
400 means 1024*1024 bytes and not 1000*1000.
402 \fB\*(T<\fBaddr\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterface\fR\*(T>
403 IP address for an interface
406 \fB\*(T<\fBaddrs\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterface\fR\*(T>
407 IP addresses for an interface (if one - works like addr). Linux only.
410 \fB\*(T<\fBacpiacadapter\fR\*(T>\fR
411 ACPI ac adapter state.
414 \fB\*(T<\fBacpifan\fR\*(T>\fR
418 \fB\*(T<\fBacpitemp\fR\*(T>\fR
419 ACPI temperature in C.
422 \fB\*(T<\fBacpitempf\fR\*(T>\fR
423 ACPI temperature in F.
426 \fB\*(T<\fBadt746xcpu\fR\*(T>\fR
427 CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
430 \fB\*(T<\fBadt746xfan\fR\*(T>\fR
431 Fan speed from therm_adt746x
434 \fB\*(T<\fBalignr\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
435 Right-justify text, with space of N
438 \fB\*(T<\fBalignc\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
442 \fB\*(T<\fBapm_adapter\fR\*(T>\fR
443 Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)
446 \fB\*(T<\fBapm_battery_life\fR\*(T>\fR
447 Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD only)
450 \fB\*(T<\fBapm_battery_time\fR\*(T>\fR
451 Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if
452 AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only)
455 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
459 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR
460 Bitrate of current tune
463 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_channels\fR\*(T>\fR
464 Number of audio channels of current tune
467 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_filename\fR\*(T>\fR
468 Full path and filename of current tune
471 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_frequency\fR\*(T>\fR
472 Sampling frequency of current tune
475 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_length\fR\*(T>\fR
476 Total length of current tune as MM:SS
479 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_length_seconds\fR\*(T>\fR
480 Total length of current tune in seconds
483 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_playlist_position\fR\*(T>\fR
484 Playlist position of current tune
487 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_playlist_length\fR\*(T>\fR
488 Number of tunes in playlist
491 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_position\fR\*(T>\fR
492 Position of current tune (MM:SS)
495 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_position_seconds\fR\*(T>\fR
496 Position of current tune in seconds
499 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_status\fR\*(T>\fR
500 Player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not running)
503 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_title\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(max length)\fR\*(T>
504 Title of current tune with optional maximum length specifier
507 \fB\*(T<\fBbattery\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
508 Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
511 \fB\*(T<\fBbattery_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width) (num)\fR\*(T>
512 Battery percentage remaining of ACPI battery in a bar. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
515 \fB\*(T<\fBbattery_percent\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
516 Battery percentage remaining for ACPI battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
519 \fB\*(T<\fBbattery_time\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
520 Battery charge/discharge time remaining of ACPI battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
523 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_artist\fR\*(T>\fR
524 Artist in current BMPx track
527 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_album\fR\*(T>\fR
528 Album in current BMPx track
531 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_title\fR\*(T>\fR
532 Title of the current BMPx track
535 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_track\fR\*(T>\fR
536 Track number of the current BMPx track
539 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR
540 Bitrate of the current BMPx track
543 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_uri\fR\*(T>\fR
544 URI of the current BMPx track
547 \fB\*(T<\fBbuffers\fR\*(T>\fR
548 Amount of memory buffered
551 \fB\*(T<\fBcached\fR\*(T>\fR
552 Amount of memory cached
555 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(color)\fR\*(T>
556 Change drawing color to color
559 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor0\fR\*(T>\fR
560 Change drawing color to color0 configuration option
563 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor1\fR\*(T>\fR
564 Change drawing color to color1 configuration option
567 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor2\fR\*(T>\fR
568 Change drawing color to color2 configuration option
571 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor3\fR\*(T>\fR
572 Change drawing color to color3 configuration option
575 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor4\fR\*(T>\fR
576 Change drawing color to color4 configuration option
579 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor5\fR\*(T>\fR
580 Change drawing color to color5 configuration option
583 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor6\fR\*(T>\fR
584 Change drawing color to color6 configuration option
587 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor7\fR\*(T>\fR
588 Change drawing color to color7 configuration option
591 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor8\fR\*(T>\fR
592 Change drawing color to color8 configuration option
595 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor9\fR\*(T>\fR
596 Change drawing color to color9 configuration option
599 \fB\*(T<\fBconky_version\fR\*(T>\fR
603 \fB\*(T<\fBconky_build_date\fR\*(T>\fR
607 \fB\*(T<\fBconky_bulid_arch\fR\*(T>\fR
608 CPU architecture Conky was built for
611 \fB\*(T<\fBcpu\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(cpuN)\fR\*(T>
612 CPU usage in percents. For SMP machines, the CPU number can be provided as an argument. ${cpu cpu0} is the total usage, and ${cpu cpuX} (X >= 1) are individual CPUs.
615 \fB\*(T<\fBcpubar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(cpu number) (height),(width)\fR\*(T>
616 Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels. See $cpu for more info on SMP.
619 \fB\*(T<\fBcpugraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(cpu number) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2)\fR\*(T>
620 CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #. See $cpu for more info on SMP.
623 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskio\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device)\fR\*(T>
624 Displays current disk IO. Device is optional, and takes the form of sda for /dev/sda. Individual partitions are allowed.
627 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskiograph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
628 Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
631 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskio_read\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device)\fR\*(T>
632 Displays current disk IO for reads. Device as in diskio.
635 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskiograph_read\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
636 Disk IO graph for reads, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Device as in diskio.
639 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskio_write\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device)\fR\*(T>
640 Displays current disk IO for writes. Device as in diskio.
643 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskiograph_write\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
644 Disk IO graph for writes, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Device as in diskio.
647 \fB\*(T<\fBdisk_protect\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBdevice\fR\*(T>
648 Disk protection status, if supported (needs kernel-patch). Prints either "frozen" or "free " (note the padding).
651 \fB\*(T<\fBdownspeed\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
652 Download speed in kilobytes
655 \fB\*(T<\fBdownspeedf\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
656 Download speed in kilobytes with one decimal
659 \fB\*(T<\fBdownspeedgraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
660 Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
663 \fB\*(T<\fBelse\fR\*(T>\fR
664 Text to show if any of the above are not true
667 \fB\*(T<\fBentropy_avail\fR\*(T>\fR
668 Current entropy available for crypto freaks
671 \fB\*(T<\fBentropy_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
672 Normalized bar of available entropy for crypto freaks
675 \fB\*(T<\fBentropy_poolsize\fR\*(T>\fR
676 Total size of system entropy pool for crypto freaks
679 \fB\*(T<\fBexec\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcommand\fR\*(T>
680 Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warning: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch.
683 \fB\*(T<\fBexecbar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcommand\fR\*(T>
684 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.
687 \fB\*(T<\fBexecgraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcommand\fR\*(T>
688 Same as execbar, but graphs values.
691 \fB\*(T<\fBexeci\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
692 Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci
695 \fB\*(T<\fBexecibar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
696 Same as execbar, except with an interval
699 \fB\*(T<\fBexecigraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
700 Same as execigraph, but takes an interval arg graphs values
703 \fB\*(T<\fBexecp\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcommand\fR\*(T>
704 Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warning: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch. This differs from $exec in that it parses the output of the command, so you can insert things like ${color red}hi!${color} in your script and have it correctly parsed by Conky.
705 Caveats: Conky parses and evaluates the output of $execp every time Conky loops, and then destroys all the objects. If you try to use anything like $execi within an $execp statement, it will functionally run at the same interval that the $execp statement runs, as it is created and destroyed at every interval.
708 \fB\*(T<\fBexecpi\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
709 Same as execp but with specific interval. Interval can't be less than update_interval in configuration. Note that the output from the $execpi command is still parsed and evaluated at every interval.
712 \fB\*(T<\fBfont\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(font)\fR\*(T>
713 Specify a different font. This new font will apply to the current line and everything following. You can use a $font with no arguments to change back to the default font (much like with $color)
716 \fB\*(T<\fBfreq\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(n)\fR\*(T>
717 Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz. CPUs are
718 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
722 \fB\*(T<\fBfreq_g\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(n)\fR\*(T>
723 Returns CPU #n's frequency in GHz. CPUs are
724 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
728 \fB\*(T<\fBfreq_dyn\fR\*(T>\fR
729 Returns CPU frequency in MHz, but is calculated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for x86/amd64.
732 \fB\*(T<\fBfreq_dyn_g\fR\*(T>\fR
733 Returns CPU frequency in GHz, but is calculated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for x86/amd64.
736 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width) fs\fR\*(T>
737 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.
740 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_free\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
741 Free space on a file system available for users.
744 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_free_perc\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
745 Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.
748 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_size\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
752 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_type\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
756 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_used\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
757 File system used space
760 \fB\*(T<\fBgoto\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBx\fR\*(T>
761 The next element will be printed at position 'x'.
764 \fB\*(T<\fBgw_iface\fR\*(T>\fR
765 Displays the default route's interface or "multiple"/"none" accordingly.
768 \fB\*(T<\fBgw_ip\fR\*(T>\fR
769 Displays the default gateway's IP or "multiple"/"none" accordingly.
772 \fB\*(T<\fBhddtemp\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBdev, (host,(port))\fR\*(T>
773 Displays temperature of a selected hard disk drive as reported by the hddtemp daemon running on host:port.
774 Default host is 127.0.0.1, default port is 7634.
777 \fB\*(T<\fBhead\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBlogfile lines (interval)\fR\*(T>
778 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.
781 \fB\*(T<\fBhr\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height)\fR\*(T>
782 Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels
785 \fB\*(T<\fBhwmon\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(dev) type n\fR\*(T>
786 Hwmon sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omitted if you have only one hwmon device. Parameter type is either 'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' (Celsius) or 'tempf' (Fahrenheit) meaning temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See /sys/class/hwmon/ on your local computer.
789 \fB\*(T<\fBiconv_start\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcodeset_from codeset_to\fR\*(T>
790 Convert text from one codeset to another using GNU iconv. Needs to be stopped with iconv_stop.
793 \fB\*(T<\fBiconv_stop\fR\*(T>\fR
794 Stop iconv codeset conversion.
797 \fB\*(T<\fBi2c\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(dev) type n\fR\*(T>
798 I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omitted if you have only one I2C device. Parameter type is either 'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' (Celsius) or 'tempf' (Fahrenheit) meaning temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer.
801 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_ac_status\fR\*(T>\fR
802 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.
805 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_bios\fR\*(T>\fR
806 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.
809 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_buttons_status\fR\*(T>\fR
810 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.
813 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_cpu_temp\fR\*(T>\fR
814 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.
817 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_cpu_tempf\fR\*(T>\fR
818 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in Fahrenheit, as reported by /proc/i8k.
821 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_left_fan_rpm\fR\*(T>\fR
822 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.
825 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_left_fan_status\fR\*(T>\fR
826 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 reverse order.
829 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_right_fan_rpm\fR\*(T>\fR
830 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.
833 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_right_fan_status\fR\*(T>\fR
834 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.
837 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_serial\fR\*(T>\fR
838 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.
841 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_version\fR\*(T>\fR
842 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the version formatting of /proc/i8k.
845 \fB\*(T<\fBibm_fan\fR\*(T>\fR
846 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.
849 \fB\*(T<\fBibm_temps\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBN\fR\*(T>
850 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the temperatures
851 from the IBM temperature sensors (N=0..7) Sensor 0 is
852 on the CPU, 3 is on the GPU.
855 \fB\*(T<\fBibm_volume\fR\*(T>\fR
856 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the "master" volume,
857 controlled by the volume keys (0-14).
860 \fB\*(T<\fBibm_brightness\fR\*(T>\fR
861 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the
865 \fB\*(T<\fBif_empty\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(var)\fR\*(T>
866 if conky variable VAR is empty, display everything between $if_empty and the matching $endif
869 \fB\*(T<\fBif_gw\fR\*(T>\fR
870 if there is at least one default gateway, display everything between $if_gw and the matching $endif
873 \fB\*(T<\fBif_running\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(process)\fR\*(T>
874 if PROCESS is running, display everything $if_running and the matching $endif
877 \fB\*(T<\fBif_existing\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBfile (string)\fR\*(T>
878 if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing and the matching $endif. The optional second paramater checks for FILE containing the specified string and prints everything between $if_existing and the matching $endif.
881 \fB\*(T<\fBif_mounted\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(mountpoint)\fR\*(T>
882 if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between $if_mounted and the matching $endif
885 \fB\*(T<\fBif_smapi_bat_installed\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(INDEX)\fR\*(T>
886 when using smapi, if the battery with index INDEX is installed, display everything between $if_smapi_bat_installed and the matching $endif
889 \fB\*(T<\fBif_up\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(interface)\fR\*(T>
890 if INTERFACE exists and is up, display everything between $if_up and the matching $endif
893 \fB\*(T<\fBimap_messages\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(args)\fR\*(T>
894 Displays the number of messages in your global IMAP inbox by default. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 143, default interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
897 \fB\*(T<\fBimap_unseen\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(args)\fR\*(T>
898 Displays the number of unseen messages in your global IMAP inbox by default. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 143, default interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
901 \fB\*(T<\fBioscheduler\fR\*(T>\fR
902 Prints the current ioscheduler used for the given disk name (i.e. e.g. "hda" or "sdb")
905 \fB\*(T<\fBkernel\fR\*(T>\fR
909 \fB\*(T<\fBlaptop_mode\fR\*(T>\fR
910 The value of /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
913 \fB\*(T<\fBloadavg\fR\*(T>\fR
914 (1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.
917 \fB\*(T<\fBmachine\fR\*(T>\fR
918 Machine, i686 for example
921 \fB\*(T<\fBmails\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(mailbox)\fR\*(T> \*(T<\fB(interval)\fR\*(T>
922 Mail count in the specified mailbox or your mail spool if not.
923 Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported. You can
924 use a program like fetchmail to get mails from some server
925 using your favourite protocol. See also new_mails.
928 \fB\*(T<\fBmboxscan\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(\-n number of messages to print) (\-fw from width) (\-sw subject width) mbox\fR\*(T>
929 Print a summary of recent messages in an mbox format mailbox. mbox parameter is the filename of the mailbox (can be encapsulated using '"', ie. ${mboxscan -n 10 "/home/brenden/some box"}
932 \fB\*(T<\fBmem\fR\*(T>\fR
933 Amount of memory in use
936 \fB\*(T<\fBmembar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
937 Bar that shows amount of memory in use
940 \fB\*(T<\fBmemmax\fR\*(T>\fR
941 Total amount of memory
944 \fB\*(T<\fBmemperc\fR\*(T>\fR
945 Percentage of memory in use
948 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_artist\fR\*(T>\fR
949 Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile
952 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_album\fR\*(T>\fR
953 Album in current MPD song
956 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
957 Bar of mpd's progress
960 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR
961 Bitrate of current song
964 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_status\fR\*(T>\fR
965 Playing, stopped, et cetera.
968 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_title\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(max length)\fR\*(T>
969 Title of current MPD song
972 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_vol\fR\*(T>\fR
976 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_elapsed\fR\*(T>\fR
980 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_length\fR\*(T>\fR
984 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_percent\fR\*(T>\fR
985 Percent of song's progress
988 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_random\fR\*(T>\fR
989 Random status (On/Off)
992 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_repeat\fR\*(T>\fR
993 Repeat status (On/Off)
996 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_track\fR\*(T>\fR
997 Prints the MPD track field
1000 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_name\fR\*(T>\fR
1001 Prints the MPD name field
1004 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_file\fR\*(T>\fR
1005 Prints the file name of the current MPD song
1008 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_smart\fR\*(T>\fR
1009 Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file name, depending on whats available
1012 \fB\*(T<\fBnameserver\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(index)\fR\*(T>
1013 Print a nameserver from /etc/resolv.conf. Index starts at and defaults to 0.
1016 \fB\*(T<\fBnew_mails\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(mailbox)\fR\*(T> \*(T<\fB(interval)\fR\*(T>
1017 Unread mail count in the specified mailbox or mail spool if
1018 not. Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported.
1021 \fB\*(T<\fBnodename\fR\*(T>\fR
1025 \fB\*(T<\fBoutlinecolor\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(color)\fR\*(T>
1026 Change outline color
1029 \fB\*(T<\fBpb_battery\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBitem\fR\*(T>
1030 If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display
1031 information on battery status. The item parameter
1032 specifies, what information to display. Exactly one item
1033 must be specified. Valid items are:
1036 Display if battery is fully charged, charging,
1037 discharging or absent (running on AC)
1040 Display charge of battery in percent, if
1041 charging or discharging. Nothing will be
1042 displayed, if battery is fully charged
1046 Display the time remaining until the battery
1047 will be fully charged or discharged at current
1048 rate. Nothing is displayed, if battery is
1049 absent or if it's present but fully charged
1050 and not discharging.
1053 \fB\*(T<\fBplatform\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(dev) type n\fR\*(T>
1054 Platform sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omitted if you have only one platform device. Platform type is either 'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' (Celsius) or 'tempf' (Fahrenheit) meaning temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See /sys/bus/platform/devices/ on your local computer.
1057 \fB\*(T<\fBpop3_unseen\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(args)\fR\*(T>
1058 Displays the number of unseen messages in your global POP3 inbox by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes seperately by passing arguments to this object. 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.
1061 \fB\*(T<\fBpop3_used\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(args)\fR\*(T>
1062 Displays the amount of space (in MiB, 2^20) used in your global POP3 inbox by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes seperately by passing arguments to this object. 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.
1065 \fB\*(T<\fBpre_exec\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBshell command\fR\*(T>
1066 Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything and puts output as text.
1069 \fB\*(T<\fBprocesses\fR\*(T>\fR
1070 Total processes (sleeping and running)
1073 \fB\*(T<\fBrunning_processes\fR\*(T>\fR
1074 Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6
1077 \fB\*(T<\fBshadecolor\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(color)\fR\*(T>
1078 Change shading color
1081 \fB\*(T<\fBsmapi\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(ARGS)\fR\*(T>
1082 when using smapi, display contents of the /sys/devices/platform/smapi directory. ARGS are either '(FILENAME)' or 'bat (INDEX) (FILENAME)' to display the corresponding files' content. This is a very raw method of accessing the smapi values. When available, better use one of the smapi_* variables instead.
1085 \fB\*(T<\fBsmapi_bat_perc\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(INDEX)\fR\*(T>
1086 when using smapi, display the remaining capacity in percent of the battery with index INDEX. This is a separate variable because it supports the 'use_spacer' configuration option.
1089 \fB\*(T<\fBsmapi_bat_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(INDEX),(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
1090 when using smapi, display the remaining capacity of the battery with index INDEX as a bar.
1093 \fB\*(T<\fBstippled_hr\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(space)\fR\*(T>
1094 Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
1097 \fB\*(T<\fBswapbar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
1098 Bar that shows amount of swap in use
1101 \fB\*(T<\fBswap\fR\*(T>\fR
1102 Amount of swap in use
1105 \fB\*(T<\fBswapmax\fR\*(T>\fR
1106 Total amount of swap
1109 \fB\*(T<\fBswapperc\fR\*(T>\fR
1110 Percentage of swap in use
1113 \fB\*(T<\fBsysname\fR\*(T>\fR
1114 System name, Linux for example
1117 \fB\*(T<\fBtcp_portmon\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBport_begin port_end item (index)\fR\*(T> \fI(ip4 only at present)\fR
1118 TCP port monitor for specified local ports. Port numbers must be in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:
1120 \fBcount\fR - total number of connections in the range
1122 \fBrip\fR - remote ip address
1124 \fBrhost\fR - remote host name
1126 \fBrport\fR - remote port number
1128 \fBrservice\fR - remote service name from /etc/services
1130 \fBlip\fR - local ip address
1132 \fBlhost\fR - local host name
1134 \fBlport\fR - local port number
1136 \fBlservice\fR - local service name from /etc/services
1138 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 must be omitted. It is required for all other items.
1142 \fB${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count}\fR -
1143 displays the number of connections in the bittorrent port range
1145 \fB${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0}\fR -
1146 displays the remote host ip of the first sshd connection
1148 \fB${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9}\fR -
1149 displays the remote host ip of the tenth sshd connection
1151 \fB${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0}\fR -
1152 displays the remote host name of the first connection on a privileged port
1154 \fB${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4}\fR -
1155 displays the remote host port of the fifth connection on a privileged port
1157 \fB${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14}\fR -
1158 displays the local service name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports
1160 Note that port monitor variables which share the same port range actually refer to the same monitor, so many references to a single port range for different items and different indexes all use the same monitor internally. In other words, the program avoids creating redundant monitors.
1162 \fB\*(T<\fBtexeci\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
1163 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 updating. 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.
1166 \fB\*(T<\fBoffset\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(pixels)\fR\*(T>
1167 Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.
1170 \fB\*(T<\fBrss\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBurl delay_in_minutes action item_num\fR\*(T>
1171 Download and parse RSS feeds. Action may be one of the following: feed_title, item_title (with num par), item_desc (with num par) and item_titles.
1174 \fB\*(T<\fBtab\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(width, (start))\fR\*(T>
1175 Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from column 'start'.
1178 \fB\*(T<\fBtail\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBlogfile lines (interval)\fR\*(T>
1179 Displays last 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.
1182 \fB\*(T<\fBtime\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(format)\fR\*(T>
1183 Local time, see man strftime to get more information about format
1186 \fB\*(T<\fButime\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(format)\fR\*(T>
1187 Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).
1190 \fB\*(T<\fBtztime\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(timezone) (format)\fR\*(T>
1191 Local time for specified timezone, see man strftime to get more information about format. The timezone argument is specified in similar fashion as TZ environment variable. For hints, look in /usr/share/zoneinfo. e.g. US/Pacific, Europe/Zurich, etc.
1194 \fB\*(T<\fBtotaldown\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1195 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.
1198 \fB\*(T<\fBtop\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBtype, num\fR\*(T>
1199 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", "mem", "mem_res", "mem_vsize", and "time". There can be a max of 10 processes listed.
1202 \fB\*(T<\fBtop_mem\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBtype, num\fR\*(T>
1203 Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu
1206 \fB\*(T<\fBtotalup\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1207 Total upload, this one too, may overflow
1210 \fB\*(T<\fBupdates\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBNumber of updates\fR\*(T>
1214 \fB\*(T<\fBupspeed\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1215 Upload speed in kilobytes
1218 \fB\*(T<\fBupspeedf\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1219 Upload speed in kilobytes with one decimal
1222 \fB\*(T<\fBupspeedgraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
1223 Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
1226 \fB\*(T<\fBuptime\fR\*(T>\fR
1230 \fB\*(T<\fBuptime_short\fR\*(T>\fR
1231 Uptime in a shorter format
1234 \fB\*(T<\fBuser_number\fR\*(T>\fR
1235 Number of users logged in
1238 \fB\*(T<\fBuser_names\fR\*(T>\fR
1239 Lists the names of the users logged in
1242 \fB\*(T<\fBuser_terms\fR\*(T>\fR
1243 Lists the consoles in use
1246 \fB\*(T<\fBuser_times\fR\*(T>\fR
1247 Lists how long users have been logged in for
1250 \fB\*(T<\fBvoffset\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(pixels)\fR\*(T>
1251 Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause text to overlap. See also $offset.
1254 \fB\*(T<\fBvoltage_mv\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(n)\fR\*(T>
1255 Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs are
1256 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
1260 \fB\*(T<\fBvoltage_v\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(n)\fR\*(T>
1261 Returns CPU #n's voltage in V. CPUs are
1262 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
1266 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_essid\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1267 Wireless access point ESSID (Linux only)
1270 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_mode\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1271 Wireless mode (Managed/Ad-Hoc/Master) (Linux only)
1274 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1275 Wireless bitrate (ie 11 Mb/s) (Linux only)
1278 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_ap\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1279 Wireless access point MAC address (Linux only)
1282 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_link_qual\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1283 Wireless link quality (Linux only)
1286 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_link_qual_max\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1287 Wireless link quality maximum value (Linux only)
1290 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_link_qual_perc\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1291 Wireless link quality in percents (Linux only)
1294 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_link_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height), (width) net\fR\*(T>
1295 Wireless link quality bar (Linux only)
1298 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_artist\fR\*(T>\fR
1299 Artist in current XMMS2 song
1302 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_album\fR\*(T>\fR
1303 Album in current XMMS2 song
1306 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_title\fR\*(T>\fR
1307 Title in current XMMS2 song
1310 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_genre\fR\*(T>\fR
1311 Genre in current XMMS2 song
1314 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_comment\fR\*(T>\fR
1315 Comment in current XMMS2 song
1318 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_decoder\fR\*(T>\fR
1322 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_transport\fR\*(T>\fR
1323 Transport plugin used
1326 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_url\fR\*(T>\fR
1327 Full path to current song
1330 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_tracknr\fR\*(T>\fR
1331 Track number in current XMMS2 song
1334 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR
1335 Bitrate of current song
1338 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_id\fR\*(T>\fR
1339 XMMS2 id of current song
1342 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_duration\fR\*(T>\fR
1343 Duration of current song
1346 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_elapsed\fR\*(T>\fR
1350 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_size\fR\*(T>\fR
1351 Size of current song
1354 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_percent\fR\*(T>\fR
1355 Percent of song's progress
1358 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_status\fR\*(T>\fR
1359 XMMS2 status (Playing, Paused, Stopped, or Disconnected)
1362 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
1363 Bar of XMMS2's progress
1366 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_smart\fR\*(T>\fR
1367 Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file name, depending on whats available
1371 \*(T<conky \*(T>\*(T<\fB\-t '${time %D %H:%M}' \-o \-u 30\fR\*(T>
1372 Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as text and 30 sec update interval.
1374 \*(T<conky \*(T>\*(T<\fB\-a top_left \-x 5 \-y 500 \-d\fR\*(T>
1375 Start Conky to background at coordinates (5, 500).
1377 \*(T<\fI~/.conkyrc\fR\*(T> default configuration file
1379 Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn't work with
1380 all window managers. Especially doesn't work well with Gnome and it has
1381 been reported that it doesn't work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
1382 disabled from drawing to desktop with program gconf-editor. Uncheck
1383 show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/. There is -w switch in Conky
1384 to set some specific window id. You might find xwininfo -tree useful to
1385 find the window to draw to. You can also use -o argument which makes
1386 Conky to create its own window.
1388 \(lahttp://conky.sourceforge.net\(ra
1390 \(lahttp://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky\(ra
1392 #conky on irc.freenode.net
1394 The Conky dev team. What's up now!