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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 torsmo.
24 Since it's conception, Conky has changed significantly 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 on a binary distro, make sure you have the X development
35 libraries installed. This should be a package along the lines of "libx11-dev" or
36 "xorg-x11-dev" for X11 libs, and similar "-dev" format for the other libs required (depending
37 on your configure options).
39 Conky has (for some time) been available in the repositories of most popular distributions.
40 Here are some installation instructions for a few:
42 Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo's Portage... simply use "emerge app-admin/conky" for installation.
43 There is also usually an up-to-date ebuild within Conky's package or in SVN.
45 Debian, etc. users -- Conky should be in your repositories, and can be installed by doing
46 "aptitude install conky".
48 Example to compile and run Conky with all optional components (note that some configure options may differ for your system):
50 \fB\*(T<\fBsh autogen.sh\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB# Only required if building from SVN\fR\*(T>
52 \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>
54 \fB\*(T<\fBmake\fR\*(T>\fR
56 \fB\*(T<\fBmake install\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB# Optional\fR\*(T>
58 \fB\*(T<\fBsrc/conky\fR\*(T>\fR
60 Conky has been tested to be compatible with C99 C, however it has not been tested
61 with anything other than gcc, and is not guaranteed to work with other compilers.
64 Conky is generally very good on resources. That said, the more you try to make Conky
65 do, the more resources it is going to consume.
67 An easy way to force Conky to reload your ~/.conkyrc: "killall -SIGUSR1 conky".
68 Saves you the trouble of having to kill and then restart. You can now also do the same with SIGHUP.
70 Command line options override configurations defined in configuration file.
72 \fB\*(T<\fB\-v | \-V | \-\-verbose\fR\*(T>\fR
73 Prints version and exits
76 \fB\*(T<\fB\-a | \-\-alignment=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBALIGNMENT\fR\*(T>
77 Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom}_{left,right} or none
80 \fB\*(T<\fB\-b | \-\-double\-buffer\fR\*(T>\fR
81 Use double buffering (eliminates "flicker")
84 \fB\*(T<\fB\-c | \-\-config=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBFILE\fR\*(T>
85 Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc
88 \fB\*(T<\fB\-d | \-\-daemonize\fR\*(T>\fR
89 Daemonize Conky, aka fork to background
92 \fB\*(T<\fB\-f | \-\-font=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBFONT\fR\*(T>
96 \fB\*(T<\fB\-h | \-\-help\fR\*(T>\fR
97 Prints command line help and exits
100 \fB\*(T<\fB\-o | \-\-own\-window\fR\*(T>\fR
101 Create own window to draw
104 \fB\*(T<\fB\-t | \-\-text=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBTEXT\fR\*(T>
105 Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t ' $uptime '
108 \fB\*(T<\fB\-u | \-\-interval=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBSECONDS\fR\*(T>
112 \fB\*(T<\fB\-w | \-\-window\-id=\fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBWIN_ID\fR\*(T>
116 \fB\*(T<\fB\-x \fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBX_COORDINATE\fR\*(T>
120 \fB\*(T<\fB\-y \fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBY_COORDINATE\fR\*(T>
123 .SH "CONFIGURATION SETTINGS"
124 Default configuration file location is $HOME/.conkyrc or
125 ${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf. On most systems, sysconfdir is /etc,
126 and you can find the sample config file there (/etc/conky/conky.conf).
128 You might want to copy it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying it.
129 Other configs can be found at http://conky.sf.net/
131 \fB\*(T<\fBalignment\fR\*(T>\fR
132 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)
135 \fB\*(T<\fBbackground\fR\*(T>\fR
136 Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when started
139 \fB\*(T<\fBborder_margin\fR\*(T>\fR
140 Border margin in pixels
143 \fB\*(T<\fBborder_width\fR\*(T>\fR
144 Border width in pixels
147 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor0\fR\*(T>\fR
148 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
151 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor1\fR\*(T>\fR
152 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
155 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor2\fR\*(T>\fR
156 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
159 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor3\fR\*(T>\fR
160 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
163 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor4\fR\*(T>\fR
164 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
167 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor5\fR\*(T>\fR
168 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
171 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor6\fR\*(T>\fR
172 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
175 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor7\fR\*(T>\fR
176 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
179 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor8\fR\*(T>\fR
180 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
183 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor9\fR\*(T>\fR
184 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
187 \fB\*(T<\fBcpu_avg_samples\fR\*(T>\fR
188 The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring
191 \fB\*(T<\fBtop_cpu_separate\fR\*(T>\fR
192 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.
195 \fB\*(T<\fBdefault_color\fR\*(T>\fR
196 Default color and border color
199 \fB\*(T<\fBdefault_outline_color\fR\*(T>\fR
200 Default outline color
203 \fB\*(T<\fBdefault_shade_color\fR\*(T>\fR
204 Default shading color and border's shading color
207 \fB\*(T<\fBdouble_buffer\fR\*(T>\fR
208 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.
211 \fB\*(T<\fBdraw_borders\fR\*(T>\fR
212 Draw borders around text?
215 \fB\*(T<\fBdraw_graph_borders\fR\*(T>\fR
216 Draw borders around graphs?
219 \fB\*(T<\fBdraw_outline\fR\*(T>\fR
223 \fB\*(T<\fBdraw_shades\fR\*(T>\fR
227 \fB\*(T<\fBfont\fR\*(T>\fR
228 Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font
231 \fB\*(T<\fBgap_x\fR\*(T>\fR
232 Gap, in pixels, between right or left border of screen, same as passing -x at command line,
236 \fB\*(T<\fBgap_y\fR\*(T>\fR
237 Gap, in pixels, between top or bottom border of screen, same as passing -y at command line,
241 \fB\*(T<\fBimap\fR\*(T>\fR
242 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.
245 \fB\*(T<\fBmail_spool\fR\*(T>\fR
246 Mail spool for mail checking
249 \fB\*(T<\fBmax_port_monitor_connections\fR\*(T>\fR
250 Allow each port monitor to track at most this many connections (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
253 \fB\*(T<\fBmax_specials\fR\*(T>\fR
254 Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts, offsets, aligns, etc. (default is 512)
257 \fB\*(T<\fBmax_user_text\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBbytes\fR\*(T>
258 Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in config file
259 (default is 16384 bytes)
262 \fB\*(T<\fBtext_buffer_size\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBbytes\fR\*(T>
263 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.
266 \fB\*(T<\fBmaximum_width\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBpixels\fR\*(T>
267 Maximum width of window
270 \fB\*(T<\fBminimum_size\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBwidth (height)\fR\*(T>
271 Minimum size of window
274 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_host\fR\*(T>\fR
278 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_port\fR\*(T>\fR
282 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_password\fR\*(T>\fR
286 \fB\*(T<\fBmusic_player_interval\fR\*(T>\fR
287 Music player thread update interval (defaults to Conky's update interval)
290 \fB\*(T<\fBnet_avg_samples\fR\*(T>\fR
291 The number of samples to average for net data
294 \fB\*(T<\fBno_buffers\fR\*(T>\fR
295 Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?
298 \fB\*(T<\fBoverride_utf8_locale\fR\*(T>\fR
299 Force UTF8? requires XFT
302 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window\fR\*(T>\fR
303 Boolean, create own window to draw?
306 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_class\fR\*(T>\fR
307 Manually set the WM_CLASS name. Defaults to "Conky".
310 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_colour\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcolour\fR\*(T>
311 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)
314 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_hints\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBundecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager\fR\*(T>
315 If own_window is yes, you may use these window manager hints to affect the way Conky displays.
316 Notes: Use own_window_type desktop as another way to implement many of these hints implicitly.
317 If you use own_window_type override, window manager hints have no meaning and are ignored.
320 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_title\fR\*(T>\fR
321 Manually set the window name. Defaults to "<hostname> - conky".
324 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_transparent\fR\*(T>\fR
325 Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?
328 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_type\fR\*(T>\fR
329 if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal, desktop or override (default: normal).
330 Desktop windows are special windows that have no window decorations; are always visible
331 on your desktop; do not appear in your pager or taskbar; and are sticky across all workspaces.
332 Override windows are not under the control of the window manager. Hints are ignored. This type
333 of window can be useful for certain situations.
336 \fB\*(T<\fBout_to_console\fR\*(T>\fR
337 Print text to stdout.
340 \fB\*(T<\fBpad_percents\fR\*(T>\fR
341 Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)
344 \fB\*(T<\fBpop3\fR\*(T>\fR
345 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.
348 \fB\*(T<\fBshort_units\fR\*(T>\fR
349 Shortens units to a single character (kiB->k, GiB->G, etc.). Default is off.
352 \fB\*(T<\fBstippled_borders\fR\*(T>\fR
353 Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
356 \fB\*(T<\fBtotal_run_times\fR\*(T>\fR
357 Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero makes Conky run forever
360 \fB\*(T<\fBupdate_interval\fR\*(T>\fR
361 Update interval in seconds
364 \fB\*(T<\fBuppercase\fR\*(T>\fR
365 Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case
368 \fB\*(T<\fBuse_spacer\fR\*(T>\fR
369 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.
372 \fB\*(T<\fBuse_xft\fR\*(T>\fR
373 Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
376 \fB\*(T<\fBxftalpha\fR\*(T>\fR
377 Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0.
380 \fB\*(T<\fBxftfont\fR\*(T>\fR
384 \fB\*(T<\fBTEXT\fR\*(T>\fR
385 After this begins text to be formatted on screen
388 Colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
389 /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt. Also, \(lahttp://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html\(ra.
390 Color can be also in #rrggbb format (hex).
392 \fB\*(T<\fBaddr\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterface\fR\*(T>
393 IP address for an interface
396 \fB\*(T<\fBaddrs\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterface\fR\*(T>
397 IP addresses for an interface (if one - works like addr). Linux only.
400 \fB\*(T<\fBacpiacadapter\fR\*(T>\fR
401 ACPI ac adapter state.
404 \fB\*(T<\fBacpifan\fR\*(T>\fR
408 \fB\*(T<\fBacpitemp\fR\*(T>\fR
409 ACPI temperature in C.
412 \fB\*(T<\fBacpitempf\fR\*(T>\fR
413 ACPI temperature in F.
416 \fB\*(T<\fBadt746xcpu\fR\*(T>\fR
417 CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
420 \fB\*(T<\fBadt746xfan\fR\*(T>\fR
421 Fan speed from therm_adt746x
424 \fB\*(T<\fBalignr\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
425 Right-justify text, with space of N
428 \fB\*(T<\fBalignc\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
432 \fB\*(T<\fBapm_adapter\fR\*(T>\fR
433 Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)
436 \fB\*(T<\fBapm_battery_life\fR\*(T>\fR
437 Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD only)
440 \fB\*(T<\fBapm_battery_time\fR\*(T>\fR
441 Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if
442 AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only)
445 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
449 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR
450 Bitrate of current tune
453 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_channels\fR\*(T>\fR
454 Number of audio channels of current tune
457 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_filename\fR\*(T>\fR
458 Full path and filename of current tune
461 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_frequency\fR\*(T>\fR
462 Sampling frequency of current tune
465 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_length\fR\*(T>\fR
466 Total length of current tune as MM:SS
469 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_length_seconds\fR\*(T>\fR
470 Total length of current tune in seconds
473 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_playlist_position\fR\*(T>\fR
474 Playlist position of current tune
477 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_playlist_length\fR\*(T>\fR
478 Number of tunes in playlist
481 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_position\fR\*(T>\fR
482 Position of current tune (MM:SS)
485 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_position_seconds\fR\*(T>\fR
486 Position of current tune in seconds
489 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_status\fR\*(T>\fR
490 Player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not running)
493 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_title\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(max length)\fR\*(T>
494 Title of current tune with optional maximum length specifier
497 \fB\*(T<\fBbattery\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
498 Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
501 \fB\*(T<\fBbattery_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width) (num)\fR\*(T>
502 Battery percentage remaining of ACPI battery in a bar. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
505 \fB\*(T<\fBbattery_percent\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
506 Battery percentage remaining for ACPI battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
509 \fB\*(T<\fBbattery_time\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
510 Battery charge/discharge time remaining of ACPI battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
513 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_artist\fR\*(T>\fR
514 Artist in current BMPx track
517 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_album\fR\*(T>\fR
518 Album in current BMPx track
521 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_title\fR\*(T>\fR
522 Title of the current BMPx track
525 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_track\fR\*(T>\fR
526 Track number of the current BMPx track
529 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR
530 Bitrate of the current BMPx track
533 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_uri\fR\*(T>\fR
534 URI of the current BMPx track
537 \fB\*(T<\fBbuffers\fR\*(T>\fR
538 Amount of memory buffered
541 \fB\*(T<\fBcached\fR\*(T>\fR
542 Amount of memory cached
545 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(color)\fR\*(T>
546 Change drawing color to color
549 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor0\fR\*(T>\fR
550 Change drawing color to color0 configuration option
553 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor1\fR\*(T>\fR
554 Change drawing color to color1 configuration option
557 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor2\fR\*(T>\fR
558 Change drawing color to color2 configuration option
561 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor3\fR\*(T>\fR
562 Change drawing color to color3 configuration option
565 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor4\fR\*(T>\fR
566 Change drawing color to color4 configuration option
569 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor5\fR\*(T>\fR
570 Change drawing color to color5 configuration option
573 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor6\fR\*(T>\fR
574 Change drawing color to color6 configuration option
577 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor7\fR\*(T>\fR
578 Change drawing color to color7 configuration option
581 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor8\fR\*(T>\fR
582 Change drawing color to color8 configuration option
585 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor9\fR\*(T>\fR
586 Change drawing color to color9 configuration option
589 \fB\*(T<\fBconky_version\fR\*(T>\fR
593 \fB\*(T<\fBconky_build_date\fR\*(T>\fR
597 \fB\*(T<\fBconky_bulid_arch\fR\*(T>\fR
598 CPU architecture Conky was built for
601 \fB\*(T<\fBcpu\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(cpuN)\fR\*(T>
602 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.
605 \fB\*(T<\fBcpubar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(cpu number) (height),(width)\fR\*(T>
606 Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels. See $cpu for more info on SMP.
609 \fB\*(T<\fBcpugraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(cpu number) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2)\fR\*(T>
610 CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #. See $cpu for more info on SMP.
613 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskio\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device)\fR\*(T>
614 Displays current disk IO. Device is optional, and takes the form of sda for /dev/sda. Individual partitions are allowed.
617 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskiograph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
618 Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
621 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskio_read\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device)\fR\*(T>
622 Displays current disk IO for reads. Device as in diskio.
625 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskiograph_read\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
626 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.
629 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskio_write\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device)\fR\*(T>
630 Displays current disk IO for writes. Device as in diskio.
633 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskiograph_write\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
634 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.
637 \fB\*(T<\fBdisk_protect\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBdevice\fR\*(T>
638 Disk protection status, if supported (needs kernel-patch). Prints either "frozen" or "free " (note the padding).
641 \fB\*(T<\fBdownspeed\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
642 Download speed in kilobytes
645 \fB\*(T<\fBdownspeedf\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
646 Download speed in kilobytes with one decimal
649 \fB\*(T<\fBdownspeedgraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
650 Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
653 \fB\*(T<\fBelse\fR\*(T>\fR
654 Text to show if any of the above are not true
657 \fB\*(T<\fBentropy_avail\fR\*(T>\fR
658 Current entropy available for crypto freaks
661 \fB\*(T<\fBentropy_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
662 Normalized bar of available entropy for crypto freaks
665 \fB\*(T<\fBentropy_poolsize\fR\*(T>\fR
666 Total size of system entropy pool for crypto freaks
669 \fB\*(T<\fBexec\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcommand\fR\*(T>
670 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.
673 \fB\*(T<\fBexecbar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcommand\fR\*(T>
674 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.
677 \fB\*(T<\fBexecgraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcommand\fR\*(T>
678 Same as execbar, but graphs values.
681 \fB\*(T<\fBexeci\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
682 Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci
685 \fB\*(T<\fBexecibar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
686 Same as execbar, except with an interval
689 \fB\*(T<\fBexecigraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
690 Same as execgraph, but takes an interval arg graphs values
693 \fB\*(T<\fBexecp\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcommand\fR\*(T>
694 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.
695 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.
698 \fB\*(T<\fBexecpi\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
699 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.
702 \fB\*(T<\fBfont\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(font)\fR\*(T>
703 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)
706 \fB\*(T<\fBfreq\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(n)\fR\*(T>
707 Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz. CPUs are
708 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
712 \fB\*(T<\fBfreq_g\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(n)\fR\*(T>
713 Returns CPU #n's frequency in GHz. CPUs are
714 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
718 \fB\*(T<\fBfreq_dyn\fR\*(T>\fR
719 Returns CPU frequency in MHz, but is calculated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for x86/amd64.
722 \fB\*(T<\fBfreq_dyn_g\fR\*(T>\fR
723 Returns CPU frequency in GHz, but is calculated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for x86/amd64.
726 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width) fs\fR\*(T>
727 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.
730 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_free\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
731 Free space on a file system available for users.
734 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_free_perc\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
735 Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.
738 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_size\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
742 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_type\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
746 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_used\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
747 File system used space
750 \fB\*(T<\fBgoto\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBx\fR\*(T>
751 The next element will be printed at position 'x'.
754 \fB\*(T<\fBgw_iface\fR\*(T>\fR
755 Displays the default route's interface or "multiple"/"none" accordingly.
758 \fB\*(T<\fBgw_ip\fR\*(T>\fR
759 Displays the default gateway's IP or "multiple"/"none" accordingly.
762 \fB\*(T<\fBhddtemp\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBdev, (host,(port))\fR\*(T>
763 Displays temperature of a selected hard disk drive as reported by the hddtemp daemon running on host:port.
764 Default host is 127.0.0.1, default port is 7634.
767 \fB\*(T<\fBhead\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBlogfile lines (interval)\fR\*(T>
768 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.
771 \fB\*(T<\fBhr\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height)\fR\*(T>
772 Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels
775 \fB\*(T<\fBhwmon\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(dev) type n\fR\*(T>
776 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.
779 \fB\*(T<\fBiconv_start\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcodeset_from codeset_to\fR\*(T>
780 Convert text from one codeset to another using GNU iconv. Needs to be stopped with iconv_stop.
783 \fB\*(T<\fBiconv_stop\fR\*(T>\fR
784 Stop iconv codeset conversion.
787 \fB\*(T<\fBi2c\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(dev) type n\fR\*(T>
788 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.
791 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_ac_status\fR\*(T>\fR
792 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.
795 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_bios\fR\*(T>\fR
796 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.
799 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_buttons_status\fR\*(T>\fR
800 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.
803 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_cpu_temp\fR\*(T>\fR
804 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.
807 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_cpu_tempf\fR\*(T>\fR
808 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in Fahrenheit, as reported by /proc/i8k.
811 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_left_fan_rpm\fR\*(T>\fR
812 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.
815 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_left_fan_status\fR\*(T>\fR
816 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.
819 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_right_fan_rpm\fR\*(T>\fR
820 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.
823 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_right_fan_status\fR\*(T>\fR
824 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.
827 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_serial\fR\*(T>\fR
828 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.
831 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_version\fR\*(T>\fR
832 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the version formatting of /proc/i8k.
835 \fB\*(T<\fBibm_fan\fR\*(T>\fR
836 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.
839 \fB\*(T<\fBibm_temps\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBN\fR\*(T>
840 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the temperatures
841 from the IBM temperature sensors (N=0..7) Sensor 0 is
842 on the CPU, 3 is on the GPU.
845 \fB\*(T<\fBibm_volume\fR\*(T>\fR
846 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the "master" volume,
847 controlled by the volume keys (0-14).
850 \fB\*(T<\fBibm_brightness\fR\*(T>\fR
851 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the
855 \fB\*(T<\fBif_empty\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(var)\fR\*(T>
856 if conky variable VAR is empty, display everything between $if_empty and the matching $endif
859 \fB\*(T<\fBif_gw\fR\*(T>\fR
860 if there is at least one default gateway, display everything between $if_gw and the matching $endif
863 \fB\*(T<\fBif_running\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(process)\fR\*(T>
864 if PROCESS is running, display everything $if_running and the matching $endif
867 \fB\*(T<\fBif_existing\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBfile (string)\fR\*(T>
868 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.
871 \fB\*(T<\fBif_mounted\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(mountpoint)\fR\*(T>
872 if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between $if_mounted and the matching $endif
875 \fB\*(T<\fBif_smapi_bat_installed\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(INDEX)\fR\*(T>
876 when using smapi, if the battery with index INDEX is installed, display everything between $if_smapi_bat_installed and the matching $endif
879 \fB\*(T<\fBif_up\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(interface)\fR\*(T>
880 if INTERFACE exists and is up, display everything between $if_up and the matching $endif
883 \fB\*(T<\fBimap_messages\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(args)\fR\*(T>
884 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.
887 \fB\*(T<\fBimap_unseen\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(args)\fR\*(T>
888 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.
891 \fB\*(T<\fBioscheduler\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBdisk\fR\*(T>
892 Prints the current ioscheduler used for the given disk name (i.e. e.g. "hda" or "sdb")
895 \fB\*(T<\fBkernel\fR\*(T>\fR
899 \fB\*(T<\fBlaptop_mode\fR\*(T>\fR
900 The value of /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
903 \fB\*(T<\fBloadavg\fR\*(T>\fR
904 (1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.
907 \fB\*(T<\fBmachine\fR\*(T>\fR
908 Machine, i686 for example
911 \fB\*(T<\fBmails\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(mailbox)\fR\*(T> \*(T<\fB(interval)\fR\*(T>
912 Mail count in the specified mailbox or your mail spool if not.
913 Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported. You can
914 use a program like fetchmail to get mails from some server
915 using your favourite protocol. See also new_mails.
918 \fB\*(T<\fBmboxscan\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(\-n number of messages to print) (\-fw from width) (\-sw subject width) mbox\fR\*(T>
919 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"}
922 \fB\*(T<\fBmem\fR\*(T>\fR
923 Amount of memory in use
926 \fB\*(T<\fBmembar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
927 Bar that shows amount of memory in use
930 \fB\*(T<\fBmemmax\fR\*(T>\fR
931 Total amount of memory
934 \fB\*(T<\fBmemperc\fR\*(T>\fR
935 Percentage of memory in use
938 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_artist\fR\*(T>\fR
939 Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile
942 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_album\fR\*(T>\fR
943 Album in current MPD song
946 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
947 Bar of mpd's progress
950 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR
951 Bitrate of current song
954 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_status\fR\*(T>\fR
955 Playing, stopped, et cetera.
958 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_title\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(max length)\fR\*(T>
959 Title of current MPD song
962 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_vol\fR\*(T>\fR
966 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_elapsed\fR\*(T>\fR
970 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_length\fR\*(T>\fR
974 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_percent\fR\*(T>\fR
975 Percent of song's progress
978 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_random\fR\*(T>\fR
979 Random status (On/Off)
982 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_repeat\fR\*(T>\fR
983 Repeat status (On/Off)
986 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_track\fR\*(T>\fR
987 Prints the MPD track field
990 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_name\fR\*(T>\fR
991 Prints the MPD name field
994 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_file\fR\*(T>\fR
995 Prints the file name of the current MPD song
998 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_smart\fR\*(T>\fR
999 Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file name, depending on whats available
1002 \fB\*(T<\fBnameserver\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(index)\fR\*(T>
1003 Print a nameserver from /etc/resolv.conf. Index starts at and defaults to 0.
1006 \fB\*(T<\fBnew_mails\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(mailbox)\fR\*(T> \*(T<\fB(interval)\fR\*(T>
1007 Unread mail count in the specified mailbox or mail spool if
1008 not. Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported.
1011 \fB\*(T<\fBnodename\fR\*(T>\fR
1015 \fB\*(T<\fBoutlinecolor\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(color)\fR\*(T>
1016 Change outline color
1019 \fB\*(T<\fBpb_battery\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBitem\fR\*(T>
1020 If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display
1021 information on battery status. The item parameter
1022 specifies, what information to display. Exactly one item
1023 must be specified. Valid items are:
1026 Display if battery is fully charged, charging,
1027 discharging or absent (running on AC)
1030 Display charge of battery in percent, if
1031 charging or discharging. Nothing will be
1032 displayed, if battery is fully charged
1036 Display the time remaining until the battery
1037 will be fully charged or discharged at current
1038 rate. Nothing is displayed, if battery is
1039 absent or if it's present but fully charged
1040 and not discharging.
1043 \fB\*(T<\fBplatform\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(dev) type n\fR\*(T>
1044 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.
1047 \fB\*(T<\fBpop3_unseen\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(args)\fR\*(T>
1048 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.
1051 \fB\*(T<\fBpop3_used\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(args)\fR\*(T>
1052 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.
1055 \fB\*(T<\fBpre_exec\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBshell command\fR\*(T>
1056 Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything and puts output as text.
1059 \fB\*(T<\fBprocesses\fR\*(T>\fR
1060 Total processes (sleeping and running)
1063 \fB\*(T<\fBrunning_processes\fR\*(T>\fR
1064 Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6
1067 \fB\*(T<\fBshadecolor\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(color)\fR\*(T>
1068 Change shading color
1071 \fB\*(T<\fBsmapi\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(ARGS)\fR\*(T>
1072 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.
1075 \fB\*(T<\fBsmapi_bat_perc\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(INDEX)\fR\*(T>
1076 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.
1079 \fB\*(T<\fBsmapi_bat_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(INDEX),(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
1080 when using smapi, display the remaining capacity of the battery with index INDEX as a bar.
1083 \fB\*(T<\fBstippled_hr\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(space)\fR\*(T>
1084 Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
1087 \fB\*(T<\fBswapbar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
1088 Bar that shows amount of swap in use
1091 \fB\*(T<\fBswap\fR\*(T>\fR
1092 Amount of swap in use
1095 \fB\*(T<\fBswapmax\fR\*(T>\fR
1096 Total amount of swap
1099 \fB\*(T<\fBswapperc\fR\*(T>\fR
1100 Percentage of swap in use
1103 \fB\*(T<\fBsysname\fR\*(T>\fR
1104 System name, Linux for example
1107 \fB\*(T<\fBtcp_portmon\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBport_begin port_end item (index)\fR\*(T> \fI(ip4 only at present)\fR
1108 TCP port monitor for specified local ports. Port numbers must be in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:
1110 \fBcount\fR - total number of connections in the range
1112 \fBrip\fR - remote ip address
1114 \fBrhost\fR - remote host name
1116 \fBrport\fR - remote port number
1118 \fBrservice\fR - remote service name from /etc/services
1120 \fBlip\fR - local ip address
1122 \fBlhost\fR - local host name
1124 \fBlport\fR - local port number
1126 \fBlservice\fR - local service name from /etc/services
1128 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.
1132 \fB${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count}\fR -
1133 displays the number of connections in the bittorrent port range
1135 \fB${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0}\fR -
1136 displays the remote host ip of the first sshd connection
1138 \fB${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9}\fR -
1139 displays the remote host ip of the tenth sshd connection
1141 \fB${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0}\fR -
1142 displays the remote host name of the first connection on a privileged port
1144 \fB${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4}\fR -
1145 displays the remote host port of the fifth connection on a privileged port
1147 \fB${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14}\fR -
1148 displays the local service name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports
1150 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.
1152 \fB\*(T<\fBtexeci\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
1153 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.
1156 \fB\*(T<\fBoffset\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(pixels)\fR\*(T>
1157 Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.
1160 \fB\*(T<\fBrss\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBurl delay_in_minutes action item_num\fR\*(T>
1161 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.
1164 \fB\*(T<\fBtab\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(width, (start))\fR\*(T>
1165 Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from column 'start'.
1168 \fB\*(T<\fBtail\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBlogfile lines (interval)\fR\*(T>
1169 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.
1172 \fB\*(T<\fBtime\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(format)\fR\*(T>
1173 Local time, see man strftime to get more information about format
1176 \fB\*(T<\fButime\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(format)\fR\*(T>
1177 Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).
1180 \fB\*(T<\fBtztime\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(timezone) (format)\fR\*(T>
1181 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.
1184 \fB\*(T<\fBtotaldown\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1185 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.
1188 \fB\*(T<\fBtop\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBtype, num\fR\*(T>
1189 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.
1192 \fB\*(T<\fBtop_mem\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBtype, num\fR\*(T>
1193 Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu
1196 \fB\*(T<\fBtotalup\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1197 Total upload, this one too, may overflow
1200 \fB\*(T<\fBupdates\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBNumber of updates\fR\*(T>
1204 \fB\*(T<\fBupspeed\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1205 Upload speed in kilobytes
1208 \fB\*(T<\fBupspeedf\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1209 Upload speed in kilobytes with one decimal
1212 \fB\*(T<\fBupspeedgraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
1213 Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
1216 \fB\*(T<\fBuptime\fR\*(T>\fR
1220 \fB\*(T<\fBuptime_short\fR\*(T>\fR
1221 Uptime in a shorter format
1224 \fB\*(T<\fBuser_number\fR\*(T>\fR
1225 Number of users logged in
1228 \fB\*(T<\fBuser_names\fR\*(T>\fR
1229 Lists the names of the users logged in
1232 \fB\*(T<\fBuser_terms\fR\*(T>\fR
1233 Lists the consoles in use
1236 \fB\*(T<\fBuser_times\fR\*(T>\fR
1237 Lists how long users have been logged in for
1240 \fB\*(T<\fBvoffset\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(pixels)\fR\*(T>
1241 Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause text to overlap. See also $offset.
1244 \fB\*(T<\fBvoltage_mv\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(n)\fR\*(T>
1245 Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs are
1246 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
1250 \fB\*(T<\fBvoltage_v\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(n)\fR\*(T>
1251 Returns CPU #n's voltage in V. CPUs are
1252 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
1256 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_essid\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1257 Wireless access point ESSID (Linux only)
1260 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_mode\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1261 Wireless mode (Managed/Ad-Hoc/Master) (Linux only)
1264 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1265 Wireless bitrate (ie 11 Mb/s) (Linux only)
1268 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_ap\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1269 Wireless access point MAC address (Linux only)
1272 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_link_qual\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1273 Wireless link quality (Linux only)
1276 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_link_qual_max\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1277 Wireless link quality maximum value (Linux only)
1280 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_link_qual_perc\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
1281 Wireless link quality in percents (Linux only)
1284 \fB\*(T<\fBwireless_link_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height), (width) net\fR\*(T>
1285 Wireless link quality bar (Linux only)
1288 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_artist\fR\*(T>\fR
1289 Artist in current XMMS2 song
1292 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_album\fR\*(T>\fR
1293 Album in current XMMS2 song
1296 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_title\fR\*(T>\fR
1297 Title in current XMMS2 song
1300 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_genre\fR\*(T>\fR
1301 Genre in current XMMS2 song
1304 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_comment\fR\*(T>\fR
1305 Comment in current XMMS2 song
1308 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_decoder\fR\*(T>\fR
1312 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_transport\fR\*(T>\fR
1313 Transport plugin used
1316 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_url\fR\*(T>\fR
1317 Full path to current song
1320 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_tracknr\fR\*(T>\fR
1321 Track number in current XMMS2 song
1324 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR
1325 Bitrate of current song
1328 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_id\fR\*(T>\fR
1329 XMMS2 id of current song
1332 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_duration\fR\*(T>\fR
1333 Duration of current song
1336 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_elapsed\fR\*(T>\fR
1340 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_size\fR\*(T>\fR
1341 Size of current song
1344 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_percent\fR\*(T>\fR
1345 Percent of song's progress
1348 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_status\fR\*(T>\fR
1349 XMMS2 status (Playing, Paused, Stopped, or Disconnected)
1352 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
1353 Bar of XMMS2's progress
1356 \fB\*(T<\fBxmms2_smart\fR\*(T>\fR
1357 Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file name, depending on whats available
1361 \*(T<conky \*(T>\*(T<\fB\-t '${time %D %H:%M}' \-o \-u 30\fR\*(T>
1362 Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as text and 30 sec update interval.
1364 \*(T<conky \*(T>\*(T<\fB\-a top_left \-x 5 \-y 500 \-d\fR\*(T>
1365 Start Conky to background at coordinates (5, 500).
1367 \*(T<\fI~/.conkyrc\fR\*(T> default configuration file
1369 Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn't work with
1370 all window managers. Especially doesn't work well with Gnome and it has
1371 been reported that it doesn't work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
1372 disabled from drawing to desktop with program gconf-editor. Uncheck
1373 show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/. There is -w switch in Conky
1374 to set some specific window id. You might find xwininfo -tree useful to
1375 find the window to draw to. You can also use -o argument which makes
1376 Conky to create its own window. If you do try running Conky in its own
1377 window, be sure to read up on the own_window_type settings and experiment.
1379 \(lahttp://conky.sourceforge.net/\(ra
1381 \(lahttp://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky\(ra
1383 #conky on irc.freenode.net
1385 Copyright (c) 2005-2008 Brenden Matthews, Philip Kovacs, et. al.
1386 Any original torsmo code is licensed under the BSD license (see LICENSE.BSD for a copy).
1387 All code written since the fork of torsmo is licensed under the GPL (see LICENSE.GPL for a copy), except where noted differently (such as in portmon code, timed thread code, and audacious code which are LGPL, and prss which is an MIT-style license).
1389 The Conky dev team (see AUTHORS for a full list of contributors).