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1 <variablelist>
2         <varlistentry>
3                 <term>
4                         <command><option>addr</option></command>
5                         <option>interface</option>
6                 </term>
7                 <listitem>
8                         IP address for an interface, or "No Address" if no address is assigned.
9                         <para></para></listitem>
10         </varlistentry>
11
12         <varlistentry>
13                 <term>
14                         <command><option>addrs</option></command>
15                         <option>interface</option>
16                 </term>
17                 <listitem>
18                         IP addresses for an interface (if one - works like addr). Linux only.
19                         <para></para></listitem>
20         </varlistentry>
21
22
23         <varlistentry>
24                 <term>
25                         <command><option>acpiacadapter</option></command>
26                 </term>
27                 <listitem>
28                         ACPI ac adapter state.
29                         <para></para></listitem>
30         </varlistentry>
31
32         <varlistentry>
33                 <term>
34                         <command><option>acpifan</option></command>
35                 </term>
36                 <listitem>
37                         ACPI fan state
38                         <para></para></listitem>
39         </varlistentry>
40
41         <varlistentry>
42                 <term>
43                         <command><option>acpitemp</option></command>
44                 </term>
45                 <listitem>
46                         ACPI temperature in C.
47                         <para></para></listitem>
48         </varlistentry>
49
50         <varlistentry>
51                 <term>
52                         <command><option>adt746xcpu</option></command>
53                 </term>
54                 <listitem>
55                         CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
56                         <para></para></listitem>
57         </varlistentry>
58
59         <varlistentry>
60                 <term>
61                         <command><option>adt746xfan</option></command>
62                 </term>
63                 <listitem>
64                         Fan speed from therm_adt746x
65                         <para></para></listitem>
66         </varlistentry>
67
68         <varlistentry>
69                 <term>
70                         <command><option>alignr</option></command>
71                         <option>(num)</option>
72                 </term>
73                 <listitem>
74                         Right-justify text, with space of N
75                         <para></para></listitem>
76         </varlistentry>
77
78         <varlistentry>
79                 <term>
80                         <command><option>alignc</option></command>
81                         <option>(num)</option>
82                 </term>
83                 <listitem>
84                         Align text to centre
85                         <para></para></listitem>
86         </varlistentry>
87
88         <varlistentry>
89                 <term>
90                         <command><option>apcupsd</option></command>
91                         <option>host</option>
92                         <option>port</option>
93                 </term>
94                 <listitem>
95                         Sets up the connection to apcupsd daemon. Prints nothing, defaults to localhost:3551
96                         <para></para></listitem>
97         </varlistentry>
98
99         <varlistentry>
100                 <term>
101                         <command><option>apcupsd_name</option></command>
102                 </term>
103                 <listitem>
104                         Prints the UPS user-defined name.
105                         <para></para></listitem>
106         </varlistentry>
107
108         <varlistentry>
109                 <term>
110                         <command><option>apcupsd_model</option></command>
111                 </term>
112                 <listitem>
113                         Prints the model of the UPS.
114                         <para></para></listitem>
115         </varlistentry>
116
117         <varlistentry>
118                 <term>
119                         <command><option>apcupsd_upsmode</option></command>
120                 </term>
121                 <listitem>
122                         Prints the UPS mode (e.g. standalone).
123                         <para></para></listitem>
124         </varlistentry>
125
126         <varlistentry>
127                 <term>
128                         <command><option>apcupsd_cable</option></command>
129                 </term>
130                 <listitem>
131                         Prints the UPS connection type.
132                         <para></para></listitem>
133         </varlistentry>
134
135         <varlistentry>
136                 <term>
137                         <command><option>apcupsd_status</option></command>
138                 </term>
139                 <listitem>
140                         Prints current status (on-line, on-battery).
141                         <para></para></listitem>
142         </varlistentry>
143
144         <varlistentry>
145                 <term>
146                         <command><option>apcupsd_linev</option></command>
147                 </term>
148                 <listitem>
149                         Nominal input voltage.
150                         <para></para></listitem>
151         </varlistentry>
152
153         <varlistentry>
154                 <term>
155                         <command><option>apcupsd_load</option></command>
156                 </term>
157                 <listitem>
158                         Current load in percent.
159                         <para></para></listitem>
160         </varlistentry>
161
162         <varlistentry>
163                 <term>
164                         <command><option>apcupsd_loadbar</option></command>
165                 </term>
166                 <listitem>
167                         Bar showing current load.
168                         <para></para></listitem>
169         </varlistentry>
170
171         <varlistentry>
172                 <term>
173                         <command><option>apcupsd_loadgraph</option></command>
174                 </term>
175                 <listitem>
176                         History graph of current load.
177                         <para></para></listitem>
178         </varlistentry>
179
180         <varlistentry>
181                 <term>
182                         <command><option>apcupsd_loadgauge</option></command>
183                         <option>(height),(width)</option>
184                 </term>
185                 <listitem>
186                         Gauge that shows current load.
187                         <para></para></listitem>
188         </varlistentry>
189
190         <varlistentry>
191                 <term>
192                         <command><option>apcupsd_charge</option></command>
193                 </term>
194                 <listitem>
195                         Current battery capacity in percent.
196                         <para></para></listitem>
197         </varlistentry>
198
199         <varlistentry>
200                 <term>
201                         <command><option>apcupsd_timeleft</option></command>
202                 </term>
203                 <listitem>
204                         Time left to run on battery.
205                         <para></para></listitem>
206         </varlistentry>
207
208         <varlistentry>
209                 <term>
210                         <command><option>apcupsd_temp</option></command>
211                 </term>
212                 <listitem>
213                         Current internal temperature.
214                         <para></para></listitem>
215         </varlistentry>
216
217         <varlistentry>
218                 <term>
219                         <command><option>apcupsd_lastxfer</option></command>
220                 </term>
221                 <listitem>
222                         Reason for last transfer from line to battery.
223                         <para></para></listitem>
224         </varlistentry>
225
226         <varlistentry>
227                 <term>
228                         <command><option>apm_adapter</option></command>
229                 </term>
230                 <listitem>
231                         Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)
232                         <para></para></listitem>
233         </varlistentry>
234
235         <varlistentry>
236                 <term>
237                         <command><option>apm_battery_life</option></command>
238                 </term>
239                 <listitem>
240                         Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD only)
241                         <para></para></listitem>
242         </varlistentry>
243
244         <varlistentry>
245                 <term>
246                         <command><option>apm_battery_time</option></command>
247                 </term>
248                 <listitem>
249                         Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if
250                         AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only)
251                         <para></para></listitem>
252         </varlistentry>
253
254         <varlistentry>
255                 <term>
256                         <command><option>audacious_bar</option></command>
257                         <option>(height),(width)</option>
258                 </term>
259                 <listitem>
260                         Progress bar
261                         <para></para></listitem>
262         </varlistentry>
263
264         <varlistentry>
265                 <term>
266                         <command><option>audacious_bitrate</option></command>
267                 </term>
268                 <listitem>
269                         Bitrate of current tune
270                         <para></para></listitem>
271         </varlistentry>
272
273         <varlistentry>
274                 <term>
275                         <command><option>audacious_channels</option></command>
276                 </term>
277                 <listitem>
278                         Number of audio channels of current tune
279                         <para></para></listitem>
280         </varlistentry>
281
282         <varlistentry>
283                 <term>
284                         <command><option>audacious_filename</option></command>
285                 </term>
286                 <listitem>
287                         Full path and filename of current tune
288                         <para></para></listitem>
289         </varlistentry>
290
291         <varlistentry>
292                 <term>
293                         <command><option>audacious_frequency</option></command>
294                 </term>
295                 <listitem>
296                         Sampling frequency of current tune
297                         <para></para></listitem>
298         </varlistentry>
299
300         <varlistentry>
301                 <term>
302                         <command><option>audacious_length</option></command>
303                 </term>
304                 <listitem>
305                         Total length of current tune as MM:SS
306                         <para></para></listitem>
307         </varlistentry>
308
309         <varlistentry>
310                 <term>
311                         <command><option>audacious_length_seconds</option></command>
312                 </term>
313                 <listitem>
314                         Total length of current tune in seconds
315                         <para></para></listitem>
316         </varlistentry>
317
318         <varlistentry>
319                 <term>
320                         <command><option>audacious_playlist_position</option></command>
321                 </term>
322                 <listitem>
323                         Playlist position of current tune
324                         <para></para></listitem>
325         </varlistentry>
326
327         <varlistentry>
328                 <term>
329                         <command><option>audacious_playlist_length</option></command>
330                 </term>
331                 <listitem>
332                         Number of tunes in playlist
333                         <para></para></listitem>
334         </varlistentry>
335
336         <varlistentry>
337                 <term>
338                         <command><option>audacious_position</option></command>
339                 </term>
340                 <listitem>
341                         Position of current tune (MM:SS)
342                         <para></para></listitem>
343         </varlistentry>
344
345         <varlistentry>
346                 <term>
347                         <command><option>audacious_position_seconds</option></command>
348                 </term>
349                 <listitem>
350                         Position of current tune in seconds
351                         <para></para></listitem>
352         </varlistentry>
353
354         <varlistentry>
355                 <term>
356                         <command><option>audacious_status</option></command>
357                 </term>
358                 <listitem>
359                         Player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not running)
360                         <para></para></listitem>
361         </varlistentry>
362
363         <varlistentry>
364                 <term>
365                         <command><option>audacious_title</option></command>
366                         <option>(max length)</option>
367                 </term>
368                 <listitem>
369                         Title of current tune with optional maximum length specifier
370                         <para></para></listitem>
371         </varlistentry>
372
373         <varlistentry>
374                 <term>
375                         <command><option>audacious_main_volume</option></command>
376                 </term>
377                 <listitem>
378                         The current volume fetched from Audacious
379                         <para></para></listitem>
380         </varlistentry>
381
382         <varlistentry>
383                 <term>
384                         <command><option>battery</option></command>
385                         <option>(num)</option>
386                 </term>
387                 <listitem>
388                         Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
389                         <para></para></listitem>
390         </varlistentry>
391
392         <varlistentry>
393                 <term>
394                         <command><option>battery_short</option></command>
395                         <option>(num)</option>
396                 </term>
397                 <listitem>
398                         Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
399                         This mode display a short status, which means that C is displayed instead of charging and D is displayed instead of discharging.
400                         <para></para></listitem>
401         </varlistentry>
402
403         <varlistentry>
404                 <term>
405                         <command><option>battery_bar</option></command>
406                         <option>(height),(width) (num)</option>
407                 </term>
408                 <listitem>
409                         Battery percentage remaining of ACPI battery in a bar.  ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
410                         <para></para></listitem>
411         </varlistentry>
412
413         <varlistentry>
414                 <term>
415                         <command><option>battery_percent</option></command>
416                         <option>(num)</option>
417                 </term>
418                 <listitem>
419                         Battery percentage remaining for ACPI battery.  ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
420                         <para></para></listitem>
421         </varlistentry>
422
423         <varlistentry>
424                 <term>
425                         <command><option>battery_time</option></command>
426                         <option>(num)</option>
427                 </term>
428                 <listitem>
429                         Battery charge/discharge time remaining of ACPI battery.  ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
430                         <para></para></listitem>
431         </varlistentry>
432
433         <varlistentry>
434                 <term>
435                         <command><option>bmpx_artist</option></command>
436                 </term>
437                 <listitem>
438                         Artist in current BMPx track
439                         <para></para></listitem>
440         </varlistentry>
441
442         <varlistentry>
443                 <term>
444                         <command><option>bmpx_album</option></command>
445                 </term>
446                 <listitem>
447                         Album in current BMPx track
448                         <para></para></listitem>
449         </varlistentry>
450
451         <varlistentry>
452                 <term>
453                         <command><option>bmpx_title</option></command>
454                 </term>
455                 <listitem>
456                         Title of the current BMPx track
457                         <para></para></listitem>
458         </varlistentry>
459
460         <varlistentry>
461                 <term>
462                         <command><option>bmpx_track</option></command>
463                 </term>
464                 <listitem>
465                         Track number of the current BMPx track
466                         <para></para></listitem>
467         </varlistentry>
468
469         <varlistentry>
470                 <term>
471                         <command><option>bmpx_bitrate</option></command>
472                 </term>
473                 <listitem>
474                         Bitrate of the current BMPx track
475                         <para></para></listitem>
476         </varlistentry>
477
478         <varlistentry>
479                 <term>
480                         <command><option>bmpx_uri</option></command>
481                 </term>
482                 <listitem>
483                         URI of the current BMPx track
484                         <para></para></listitem>
485         </varlistentry>
486
487         <varlistentry>
488                 <term>
489                         <command><option>buffers</option></command>
490                 </term>
491                 <listitem>
492                         Amount of memory buffered
493                         <para></para></listitem>
494         </varlistentry>
495
496         <varlistentry>
497                 <term>
498                         <command><option>cached</option></command>
499                 </term>
500                 <listitem>
501                         Amount of memory cached
502                         <para></para></listitem>
503         </varlistentry>
504
505         <varlistentry>
506                 <term>
507                         <command><option>color</option></command>
508                         <option>(color)</option>
509                 </term>
510                 <listitem>
511                         Change drawing color to color
512                         <para></para></listitem>
513         </varlistentry>
514
515         <varlistentry>
516                 <term><command><option>colorN</option></command></term>
517                 <listitem>
518                         Change drawing color to colorN configuration option, where N is a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively.
519                         <para></para></listitem>
520         </varlistentry>
521
522         <varlistentry>
523                 <term>
524                         <command><option>combine</option></command>
525                         <option>var1 var2</option>
526                 </term>
527                 <listitem>
528                         Places the lines of var2 to the right of the lines of var1 seperated by the chars that are put between var1 and var2. For example: ${combine ${head /proc/cpuinfo 2} - ${head /proc/meminfo 1}} gives as output "cpuinfo_line1 - meminfo_line1" on line 1 and "cpuinfo_line2 -" on line 2. $combine vars can also be nested to place more vars next to each other.
529                         <para></para></listitem>
530         </varlistentry>
531
532         <varlistentry>
533                 <term>
534                         <command><option>conky_version</option></command>
535                 </term>
536                 <listitem>
537                         Conky version
538                         <para></para></listitem>
539         </varlistentry>
540
541         <varlistentry>
542                 <term>
543                         <command><option>conky_build_date</option></command>
544                 </term>
545                 <listitem>
546                         Date Conky was built
547                         <para></para></listitem>
548         </varlistentry>
549
550         <varlistentry>
551                 <term>
552                         <command><option>conky_build_arch</option></command>
553                 </term>
554                 <listitem>
555                         CPU architecture Conky was built for
556                         <para></para></listitem>
557         </varlistentry>
558
559         <varlistentry>
560                 <term>
561                         <command><option>cpu</option></command>
562                         <option>(cpuN)</option>
563                 </term>
564                 <listitem>
565                         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.
566                         <para></para></listitem>
567         </varlistentry>
568
569         <varlistentry>
570                 <term>
571                         <command><option>cpubar</option></command>
572                         <option>(cpuN) (height),(width)</option>
573                 </term>
574                 <listitem>
575                         Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels.  See $cpu for more info on SMP.
576                         <para></para></listitem>
577         </varlistentry>
578
579         <varlistentry>
580                 <term>
581                         <command><option>cpugauge</option></command>
582                         <option>(cpuN) (height),(width)</option>
583                 </term>
584                 <listitem>
585                         Elliptical gauge that shows CPU usage, height and width are gauge's vertical and horizontal axis respectively.  See $cpu for more info on SMP.
586                         <para></para></listitem>
587         </varlistentry>
588
589         <varlistentry>
590                 <term>
591                         <command><option>cpugraph</option></command>
592                         <option>(cpuN) ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)</option>
593                 </term>
594                 <listitem>
595                         CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #.  See $cpu for more info on SMP. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".
596                         <para></para></listitem>
597         </varlistentry>
598
599         <varlistentry>
600                 <term>
601                         <command><option>diskio</option></command>
602                         <option>(device)</option>
603                 </term>
604                 <listitem>
605                         Displays current disk IO.  Device is optional, and takes the form of sda for /dev/sda.  Individual partitions are allowed.
606                         <para></para></listitem>
607         </varlistentry>
608
609         <varlistentry>
610                 <term>
611                         <command><option>diskiograph</option></command>
612                         <option>("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (device)</option>
613                 </term>
614                 <listitem>
615                         Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #.  If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".
616                         <para></para></listitem>
617         </varlistentry>
618
619         <varlistentry>
620                 <term>
621                         <command><option>diskio_read</option></command>
622                         <option>(device)</option>
623                 </term>
624                 <listitem>
625                         Displays current disk IO for reads.  Device as in diskio.
626                         <para></para></listitem>
627         </varlistentry>
628
629         <varlistentry>
630                 <term>
631                         <command><option>diskiograph_read</option></command>
632                         <option>("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (device)</option>
633                 </term>
634                 <listitem>
635                         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. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".
636                         <para></para></listitem>
637         </varlistentry>
638
639         <varlistentry>
640                 <term>
641                         <command><option>diskio_write</option></command>
642                         <option>(device)</option>
643                 </term>
644                 <listitem>
645                         Displays current disk IO for writes.  Device as in diskio.
646                         <para></para></listitem>
647         </varlistentry>
648
649         <varlistentry>
650                 <term>
651                         <command><option>diskiograph_write</option></command>
652                         <option>("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (device)</option>
653                 </term>
654                 <listitem>
655                         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. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".
656                         <para></para></listitem>
657         </varlistentry>
658
659         <varlistentry>
660                 <term>
661                         <command><option>disk_protect</option></command>
662                         <option>device</option>
663                 </term>
664                 <listitem>
665                         Disk protection status, if supported (needs kernel-patch). Prints either "frozen" or "free  " (note the padding).
666                         <para></para></listitem>
667         </varlistentry>
668
669         <varlistentry>
670                 <term>
671                         <command><option>downspeed</option></command>
672                         <option>net</option>
673                 </term>
674                 <listitem>
675                         Download speed in KiB
676                         <para></para></listitem>
677         </varlistentry>
678
679         <varlistentry>
680                 <term>
681                         <command><option>downspeedf</option></command>
682                         <option>net</option>
683                 </term>
684                 <listitem>
685                         Download speed in KiB with one decimal
686                         <para></para></listitem>
687         </varlistentry>
688
689         <varlistentry>
690                 <term>
691                         <command><option>downspeedgraph</option></command>
692                         <option>("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (net)</option>
693                 </term>
694                 <listitem>
695                         Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #.  If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".
696                         <para></para></listitem>
697         </varlistentry>
698
699         <varlistentry>
700                 <term>
701                         <command><option>else</option></command>
702                 </term>
703                 <listitem>
704                         Text to show if any of the above are not true
705                         <para></para></listitem>
706         </varlistentry>
707
708         <varlistentry>
709                 <term>
710                         <command><option>entropy_avail</option></command>
711                 </term>
712                 <listitem>
713                         Current entropy available for crypto freaks
714                         <para></para></listitem>
715         </varlistentry>
716
717         <varlistentry>
718                 <term>
719                         <command><option>entropy_bar</option></command>
720                         <option>(height),(width)</option>
721                 </term>
722                 <listitem>
723                         Normalized bar of available entropy for crypto freaks
724                         <para></para></listitem>
725         </varlistentry>
726
727         <varlistentry>
728                 <term>
729                         <command><option>entropy_poolsize</option></command>
730                 </term>
731                 <listitem>
732                         Total size of system entropy pool for crypto freaks
733                         <para></para></listitem>
734         </varlistentry>
735
736         <varlistentry>
737                 <term>
738                         <command><option>eval</option></command>
739                         <option>string</option>
740                 </term>
741                 <listitem>
742                         Evalutates given string according to the rules of TEXT interpretation, i.e. parsing any contained text object specifications into their output, any occuring '$$' into a single '$' and so on. The output is then being parsed again.
743                         <para></para></listitem>
744         </varlistentry>
745
746         <varlistentry>
747                 <term>
748                         <command><option>exec</option></command>
749                         <option>command</option>
750                 </term>
751                 <listitem>
752                         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.
753                         <para></para></listitem>
754         </varlistentry>
755
756         <varlistentry>
757                 <term>
758                         <command><option>execbar</option></command>
759                         <option>command</option>
760                 </term>
761                 <listitem>
762                         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 bars can be controlled via the default_bar_size config setting.
763                         <para></para></listitem>
764         </varlistentry>
765
766         <varlistentry>
767                 <term>
768                         <command><option>execgauge</option></command>
769                         <option>command</option>
770                 </term>
771                 <listitem>
772                         Same as exec, except if the first value returned is a value between 0-100, it will use that number for a gauge. The size for gauges can be controlled via the default_gauge_size config setting.
773                         <para></para></listitem>
774         </varlistentry>
775
776         <varlistentry>
777                 <term>
778                         <command><option>execgraph</option></command>
779                         <option>("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) command</option>
780                 </term>
781                 <listitem>
782                         Same as execbar, but graphs values. Uses a logaritmic scale when the log option is given (to see small numbers). Values still have to be between 0 and 100.  The size for graphs can be controlled via the default_graph_size config setting.
783                         <para></para></listitem>
784         </varlistentry>
785
786         <varlistentry>
787                 <term>
788                         <command><option>execi</option></command>
789                         <option>interval command</option>
790                 </term>
791                 <listitem>
792                         Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci
793                         <para></para></listitem>
794         </varlistentry>
795
796         <varlistentry>
797                 <term>
798                         <command><option>execibar</option></command>
799                         <option>interval command</option>
800                 </term>
801                 <listitem>
802                         Same as execbar, except with an interval
803                         <para></para></listitem>
804         </varlistentry>
805
806         <varlistentry>
807                 <term>
808                         <command><option>execigraph</option></command>
809                         <option>interval command</option>
810                 </term>
811                 <listitem>
812                         Same as execgraph, but takes an interval arg and graphs values.
813                         <para></para></listitem>
814         </varlistentry>
815
816         <varlistentry>
817                 <term>
818                         <command><option>execigauge</option></command>
819                         <option>interval command</option>
820                 </term>
821                 <listitem>
822                         Same as execgauge, but takes an interval arg and gauges values.
823                         <para></para></listitem>
824         </varlistentry>
825
826         <varlistentry>
827                 <term>
828                         <command><option>execp</option></command>
829                         <option>command</option>
830                 </term>
831                 <listitem>
832                         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.
833                         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.
834                         <para></para></listitem>
835         </varlistentry>
836
837         <varlistentry>
838                 <term>
839                         <command><option>execpi</option></command>
840                         <option>interval command</option>
841                 </term>
842                 <listitem>
843                         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.
844                         <para></para></listitem>
845         </varlistentry>
846
847         <varlistentry>
848                 <term>
849                         <command><option>font</option></command>
850                         <option>(font)</option>
851                 </term>
852                 <listitem>
853                         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)
854                         <para></para></listitem>
855         </varlistentry>
856
857         <varlistentry>
858                 <term>
859                         <command><option>freq</option></command>
860                         <option>(n)</option>
861                 </term>
862                 <listitem>
863                         Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
864                         <para></para></listitem>
865         </varlistentry>
866         <varlistentry>
867                 <term>
868                         <command><option>freq_g</option></command>
869                         <option>(n)</option>
870                 </term>
871                 <listitem>
872                         Returns CPU #n's frequency in GHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
873                         <para></para></listitem>
874         </varlistentry>
875
876         <varlistentry>
877                 <term>
878                         <command><option>fs_bar</option></command>
879                         <option>(height),(width) fs</option>
880                 </term>
881                 <listitem>
882                         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.
883                         <para></para></listitem>
884         </varlistentry>
885
886         <varlistentry>
887                 <term>
888                         <command><option>fs_bar_free</option></command>
889                         <option>(height),(width) fs</option>
890                 </term>
891                 <listitem>
892                         Bar that shows how much space is free on a file system. height is the height in pixels. fs is any file on that file system.
893                         <para></para></listitem>
894         </varlistentry>
895
896         <varlistentry>
897                 <term>
898                         <command><option>fs_free</option></command>
899                         <option>(fs)</option>
900                 </term>
901                 <listitem>
902                         Free space on a file system available for users.
903                         <para></para></listitem>
904         </varlistentry>
905
906         <varlistentry>
907                 <term>
908                         <command><option>fs_free_perc</option></command>
909                         <option>(fs)</option>
910                 </term>
911                 <listitem>
912                         Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.
913                         <para></para></listitem>
914         </varlistentry>
915
916         <varlistentry>
917                 <term>
918                         <command><option>fs_size</option></command>
919                         <option>(fs)</option>
920                 </term>
921                 <listitem>
922                         File system size.
923                         <para></para></listitem>
924         </varlistentry>
925
926         <varlistentry>
927                 <term>
928                         <command><option>fs_type</option></command>
929                         <option>(fs)</option>
930                 </term>
931                 <listitem>
932                         File system type.
933                         <para></para></listitem>
934         </varlistentry>
935
936         <varlistentry>
937                 <term>
938                         <command><option>fs_used</option></command>
939                         <option>(fs)</option>
940                 </term>
941                 <listitem>
942                         File system used space.
943                         <para></para></listitem>
944         </varlistentry>
945
946         <varlistentry>
947                 <term>
948                         <command><option>fs_used_perc</option></command>
949                         <option>(fs)</option>
950                 </term>
951                 <listitem>
952                         Percent of file system used space.
953                         <para></para></listitem>
954         </varlistentry>
955
956         <varlistentry>
957                 <term>
958                         <command><option>goto</option></command>
959                         <option>x</option>
960                 </term>
961                 <listitem>
962                         The next element will be printed at position 'x'.
963                         <para></para></listitem>
964         </varlistentry>
965
966         <varlistentry>
967                 <term>
968                         <command><option>gw_iface</option></command>
969                 </term>
970                 <listitem>
971                         Displays the default route's interface or "multiple"/"none" accordingly.
972                         <para></para></listitem>
973         </varlistentry>
974
975         <varlistentry>
976                 <term>
977                         <command><option>gw_ip</option></command>
978                 </term>
979                 <listitem>
980                         Displays the default gateway's IP or "multiple"/"none" accordingly.
981                         <para></para></listitem>
982         </varlistentry>
983
984         <varlistentry>
985                 <term>
986                         <command><option>hddtemp</option></command>
987                         <option>dev, (host,(port))</option>
988                 </term>
989                 <listitem>
990                         Displays temperature of a selected hard disk drive as reported by the hddtemp daemon running on host:port.
991                         Default host is 127.0.0.1, default port is 7634.
992                         <para></para></listitem>
993         </varlistentry>
994
995         <varlistentry>
996                 <term>
997                         <command><option>head</option></command>
998                         <option>logfile lines (interval)</option>
999                 </term>
1000                 <listitem>
1001                         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.
1002                         <para></para></listitem>
1003         </varlistentry>
1004
1005         <varlistentry>
1006                 <term>
1007                         <command><option>hr</option></command>
1008                         <option>(height)</option>
1009                 </term>
1010                 <listitem>
1011                         Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels
1012                         <para></para></listitem>
1013         </varlistentry>
1014
1015         <varlistentry>
1016                 <term>
1017                         <command><option>hwmon</option></command>
1018                         <option>(dev) type n (factor offset)</option>
1019                 </term>
1020                 <listitem>
1021                         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' meaning temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See /sys/class/hwmon/ on your local computer. The optional arguments 'factor' and 'offset' allow precalculation of the raw input, which is being modified as follows: 'input = input * factor + offset'. Note that they have to be given as decimal values (i.e. contain at least one decimal place).
1022                         <para></para></listitem>
1023         </varlistentry>
1024
1025         <varlistentry>
1026                 <term>
1027                         <command><option>iconv_start</option></command>
1028                         <option>codeset_from codeset_to</option>
1029                 </term>
1030                 <listitem>
1031                         Convert text from one codeset to another using GNU iconv.  Needs to be stopped with iconv_stop.
1032                         <para></para></listitem>
1033         </varlistentry>
1034
1035         <varlistentry>
1036                 <term>
1037                         <command><option>iconv_stop</option></command>
1038                         <option></option>
1039                 </term>
1040                 <listitem>
1041                         Stop iconv codeset conversion.
1042                         <para></para></listitem>
1043         </varlistentry>
1044
1045         <varlistentry>
1046                 <term>
1047                         <command><option>i2c</option></command>
1048                         <option>(dev) type n</option>
1049                 </term>
1050                 <listitem>
1051                         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' meaning temperature.  Parameter n is number of the sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer.
1052                         <para></para></listitem>
1053         </varlistentry>
1054
1055         <varlistentry>
1056                 <term>
1057                         <command><option>i8k_ac_status</option></command>
1058                         <option></option>
1059                 </term>
1060                 <listitem>
1061                         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.
1062                         <para></para></listitem>
1063         </varlistentry>
1064
1065         <varlistentry>
1066                 <term>
1067                         <command><option>i8k_bios</option></command>
1068                         <option></option>
1069                 </term>
1070                 <listitem>
1071                         If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.
1072                         <para></para></listitem>
1073         </varlistentry>
1074
1075         <varlistentry>
1076                 <term>
1077                         <command><option>i8k_buttons_status</option></command>
1078                         <option></option>
1079                 </term>
1080                 <listitem>
1081                         If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.
1082                         <para></para></listitem>
1083         </varlistentry>
1084
1085         <varlistentry>
1086                 <term>
1087                         <command><option>i8k_cpu_temp</option></command>
1088                         <option></option>
1089                 </term>
1090                 <listitem>
1091                         If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.
1092                         <para></para></listitem>
1093         </varlistentry>
1094
1095         <varlistentry>
1096                 <term>
1097                         <command><option>i8k_left_fan_rpm</option></command>
1098                         <option></option>
1099                 </term>
1100                 <listitem>
1101                         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.
1102                         <para></para></listitem>
1103         </varlistentry>
1104
1105         <varlistentry>
1106                 <term>
1107                         <command><option>i8k_left_fan_status</option></command>
1108                         <option></option>
1109                 </term>
1110                 <listitem>
1111                         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.
1112                         <para></para></listitem>
1113         </varlistentry>
1114
1115         <varlistentry>
1116                 <term>
1117                         <command><option>i8k_right_fan_rpm</option></command>
1118                         <option></option>
1119                 </term>
1120                 <listitem>
1121                         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.
1122                         <para></para></listitem>
1123         </varlistentry>
1124
1125         <varlistentry>
1126                 <term>
1127                         <command><option>i8k_right_fan_status</option></command>
1128                         <option></option>
1129                 </term>
1130                 <listitem>
1131                         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.
1132                         <para></para></listitem>
1133         </varlistentry>
1134
1135         <varlistentry>
1136                 <term>
1137                         <command><option>i8k_serial</option></command>
1138                         <option></option>
1139                 </term>
1140                 <listitem>
1141                         If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.
1142                         <para></para></listitem>
1143         </varlistentry>
1144
1145         <varlistentry>
1146                 <term>
1147                         <command><option>i8k_version</option></command>
1148                         <option></option>
1149                 </term>
1150                 <listitem>
1151                         If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the version formatting of /proc/i8k.
1152                         <para></para></listitem>
1153         </varlistentry>
1154
1155         <varlistentry>
1156                 <term>
1157                         <command><option>ibm_fan</option></command>
1158                 </term>
1159                 <listitem>
1160                         If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.
1161                         <para></para></listitem>
1162         </varlistentry>
1163
1164         <varlistentry>
1165                 <term>
1166                         <command><option>ibm_temps</option></command>
1167                         <option>N</option>
1168                 </term>
1169                 <listitem>
1170                         If running the IBM ACPI, displays the temperatures
1171                         from the IBM temperature sensors (N=0..7) Sensor 0 is
1172                         on the CPU, 3 is on the GPU.
1173                         <para></para></listitem>
1174         </varlistentry>
1175
1176         <varlistentry>
1177                 <term>
1178                         <command><option>ibm_volume</option></command>
1179                 </term>
1180                 <listitem>
1181                         If running the IBM ACPI, displays the "master" volume,
1182                         controlled by the volume keys (0-14).
1183                         <para></para></listitem>
1184         </varlistentry>
1185
1186         <varlistentry>
1187                 <term>
1188                         <command><option>ibm_brightness</option></command>
1189                 </term>
1190                 <listitem>
1191                         If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the
1192                         laptops's LCD (0-7).
1193                         <para></para></listitem>
1194         </varlistentry>
1195
1196         <varlistentry>
1197                 <term>
1198                         <command><option>if_empty</option></command>
1199                         <option>(var)</option>
1200                 </term>
1201                 <listitem>
1202                         if conky variable VAR is empty, display everything
1203                         between $if_empty and the matching $endif
1204                         <para></para></listitem>
1205         </varlistentry>
1206
1207         <varlistentry>
1208                 <term>
1209                         <command><option>if_existing</option></command>
1210                         <option>file (string)</option>
1211                 </term>
1212                 <listitem>
1213                         if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing
1214                         and the matching $endif.  The optional second paramater
1215                         checks for FILE containing the specified string and
1216                         prints everything between $if_existing and the matching
1217                         $endif.
1218                         <para></para></listitem>
1219         </varlistentry>
1220
1221         <varlistentry>
1222                 <term>
1223                         <command><option>if_gw</option></command>
1224                 </term>
1225                 <listitem>
1226                         if there is at least one default gateway, display
1227                         everything between $if_gw and the matching $endif
1228                         <para></para></listitem>
1229         </varlistentry>
1230
1231         <varlistentry>
1232                 <term>
1233                         <command><option>if_match</option></command>
1234                         <option>expression</option>
1235                 </term>
1236                 <listitem>
1237                         Evaluates the given boolean expression, printing
1238                         everything between $if_match and the matching $endif
1239                         depending on whether the evaluation returns true or not.
1240                         Valid expressions consist of a left side, an operator
1241                         and a right side. Left and right sides are being parsed
1242                         for contained text objects before evaluation. Recognised
1243                         left and right side types are:
1244                         <simplelist>
1245                                 <member><command>double</command>:
1246                                         argument consists of only digits and a
1247                                         single dot.
1248                                 </member>
1249                                 <member><command>long</command>:
1250                                         argument consists of only digits.
1251                                 </member>
1252                                 <member><command>string</command>:
1253                                         argument is enclosed in quotation mark
1254                                         or the checks for double and long failed
1255                                         before.
1256                                 </member>
1257                         </simplelist>
1258                         Valid operands are:
1259                         '&gt;', '&lt;', '&gt;=', '&lt;=', '==', '!='.
1260                         <para></para></listitem>
1261         </varlistentry>
1262
1263         <varlistentry>
1264                 <term>
1265                         <command><option>if_mixer_mute</option></command>
1266                         <option>(mixer)</option>
1267                 </term>
1268                 <listitem>
1269                         If mixer exists, display everything between $if_mixer_mute and the
1270                         matching $endif.  If no mixer is specified, "Master" is used.
1271                         <para></para></listitem>
1272         </varlistentry>
1273
1274         <varlistentry>
1275                 <term>
1276                         <command><option>if_running</option></command>
1277                         <option>(process)</option>
1278                 </term>
1279                 <listitem>
1280                         if PROCESS is running, display everything $if_running
1281                         and the matching $endif.  This uses the ``pidof'' command, so the
1282                         -x switch is also supported.
1283                         <para></para></listitem>
1284         </varlistentry>
1285
1286         <varlistentry>
1287                 <term>
1288                         <command><option>if_mounted</option></command>
1289                         <option>(mountpoint)</option>
1290                 </term>
1291                 <listitem>
1292                         if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between
1293                         $if_mounted and the matching $endif
1294                         <para></para></listitem>
1295         </varlistentry>
1296
1297         <varlistentry>
1298                 <term>
1299                         <command><option>if_smapi_bat_installed</option></command>
1300                         <option>(INDEX)</option>
1301                 </term>
1302                 <listitem>
1303                         when using smapi, if the battery with index INDEX is
1304                         installed, display everything between
1305                         $if_smapi_bat_installed and the matching $endif
1306                         <para></para></listitem>
1307         </varlistentry>
1308
1309         <varlistentry>
1310                 <term>
1311                         <command><option>if_up</option></command>
1312                         <option>(interface)</option>
1313                 </term>
1314                 <listitem>
1315                         if INTERFACE exists and is up, display everything between $if_up and the matching $endif
1316                         <para></para></listitem>
1317         </varlistentry>
1318
1319         <varlistentry>
1320                 <term>
1321                         <command><option>if_updatenr</option></command>
1322                         <option>(updatenr)</option>
1323                 </term>
1324                 <listitem>
1325                         If it's the UPDATENR-th time that conky updates, 
1326                         display everything between $if_updatenr and the matching $endif.
1327                         The counter resets when the highest UPDATENR is reached.
1328                         Example : "{$if_updatenr 1}foo$endif{$if_updatenr 2}bar$endif{$if_updatenr 4}$endif"
1329                         shows foo 25% of the time followed by bar 25% of the time followed by nothing the other half of the time.
1330                         <para></para></listitem>
1331         </varlistentry>
1332
1333         <varlistentry>
1334                 <term>
1335                         <command><option>imap_messages</option></command>
1336                         <option>(args)</option>
1337                 </term>
1338                 <listitem>
1339                         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 (in seconds)] [-f folder] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]".  Default port is 143, default folder is 'INBOX', default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of retries before giving up is 5.  If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
1340                         <para></para></listitem>
1341         </varlistentry>
1342
1343         <varlistentry>
1344                 <term>
1345                         <command><option>imap_unseen</option></command>
1346                         <option>(args)</option>
1347                 </term>
1348                 <listitem>
1349                         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 (in seconds)] [-f folder] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]".  Default port is 143, default folder is 'INBOX', default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of retries before giving up is 5.  If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
1350                         <para></para></listitem>
1351         </varlistentry>
1352
1353         <varlistentry>
1354                 <term>
1355                         <command><option>ioscheduler</option></command>
1356                         <option>disk</option>
1357                 </term>
1358                 <listitem>
1359                         Prints the current ioscheduler used for the given disk name (i.e. e.g. "hda" or "sdb")
1360                         <para></para></listitem>
1361         </varlistentry>
1362
1363         <varlistentry>
1364                 <term>
1365                         <command><option>kernel</option></command>
1366                 </term>
1367                 <listitem>
1368                         Kernel version
1369                         <para></para></listitem>
1370         </varlistentry>
1371
1372         <varlistentry>
1373                 <term>
1374                         <command><option>laptop_mode</option></command>
1375                 </term>
1376                 <listitem>
1377                         The value of /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
1378                         <para></para></listitem>
1379         </varlistentry>
1380
1381         <varlistentry>
1382                 <term>
1383                         <command><option>loadavg</option></command>
1384                 </term>
1385                 <listitem>
1386                         (1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.
1387                         <para></para></listitem>
1388         </varlistentry>
1389
1390         <varlistentry>
1391                 <term>
1392                         <command><option>loadgraph</option></command>
1393                         <option>("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)</option>
1394                 </term>
1395                 <listitem>
1396                         Load1 average graph, similar to xload, with optional colours in hex, minus the #. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".
1397                         <para></para></listitem>
1398         </varlistentry>
1399
1400         <varlistentry>
1401                 <term>
1402                         <command><option>lines</option></command>
1403                         <option>textfile</option>
1404                 </term>
1405                 <listitem>
1406                         Displays the number of lines in the given file
1407                         <para></para></listitem>
1408         </varlistentry>
1409
1410         <varlistentry>
1411                 <term>
1412                         <command><option>machine</option></command>
1413                 </term>
1414                 <listitem>
1415                         Machine, i686 for example
1416                         <para></para></listitem>
1417         </varlistentry>
1418
1419         <varlistentry>
1420                 <term>
1421                         <command><option>mails</option></command>
1422                         <option>(mailbox)</option>
1423                         <option>(interval)</option>
1424                 </term>
1425                 <listitem>
1426                         Mail count in the specified mailbox or your mail spool if not.
1427                         Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported. You can
1428                         use a program like fetchmail to get mails from some server
1429                         using your favourite protocol. See also new_mails.
1430                         <para></para></listitem>
1431         </varlistentry>
1432
1433         <varlistentry>
1434                 <term>
1435                         <command><option>new_mails</option></command>
1436                         <option>(mailbox)</option>
1437                         <option>(interval)</option>
1438                 </term>
1439                 <listitem>
1440                         Unread mail count in the specified mailbox or mail spool if
1441                         not. Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported.
1442                         <para></para></listitem>
1443         </varlistentry>
1444
1445         <varlistentry>
1446                 <term>
1447                         <command><option>seen_mails</option></command>
1448                         <option>(maildir)</option>
1449                         <option>(interval)</option>
1450                 </term>
1451                 <listitem>
1452                         Number of mails marked as seen in the specified mailbox or mail spool if
1453                         not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
1454                         <para></para></listitem>
1455         </varlistentry>
1456
1457         <varlistentry>
1458                 <term>
1459                         <command><option>unseen_mails</option></command>
1460                         <option>(maildir)</option>
1461                         <option>(interval)</option>
1462                 </term>
1463                 <listitem>
1464                         Number of new or unseen mails in the specified mailbox or mail spool if
1465                         not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
1466                         <para></para></listitem>
1467         </varlistentry>
1468
1469         <varlistentry>
1470                 <term>
1471                         <command><option>flagged_mails</option></command>
1472                         <option>(maildir)</option>
1473                         <option>(interval)</option>
1474                 </term>
1475                 <listitem>
1476                         Number of mails marked as flagged in the specified mailbox or mail spool if
1477                         not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
1478                         <para></para></listitem>
1479         </varlistentry>
1480
1481         <varlistentry>
1482                 <term>
1483                         <command><option>unflagged_mails</option></command>
1484                         <option>(maildir)</option>
1485                         <option>(interval)</option>
1486                 </term>
1487                 <listitem>
1488                         Number of mails not marked as flagged in the specified mailbox or mail spool if
1489                         not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
1490                         <para></para></listitem>
1491         </varlistentry>
1492
1493         <varlistentry>
1494                 <term>
1495                         <command><option>forwarded_mails</option></command>
1496                         <option>(maildir)</option>
1497                         <option>(interval)</option>
1498                 </term>
1499                 <listitem>
1500                         Number of mails marked as forwarded in the specified mailbox or mail spool if
1501                         not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
1502                         <para></para></listitem>
1503         </varlistentry>
1504
1505         <varlistentry>
1506                 <term>
1507                         <command><option>unforwarded_mails</option></command>
1508                         <option>(maildir)</option>
1509                         <option>(interval)</option>
1510                 </term>
1511                 <listitem>
1512                         Number of mails not marked as forwarded in the specified mailbox or mail spool if
1513                         not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
1514                         <para></para></listitem>
1515         </varlistentry>
1516
1517         <varlistentry>
1518                 <term>
1519                         <command><option>replied_mails</option></command>
1520                         <option>(maildir)</option>
1521                         <option>(interval)</option>
1522                 </term>
1523                 <listitem>
1524                         Number of mails marked as replied in the specified mailbox or mail spool if
1525                         not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
1526                         <para></para></listitem>
1527         </varlistentry>
1528
1529         <varlistentry>
1530                 <term>
1531                         <command><option>unreplied_mails</option></command>
1532                         <option>(maildir)</option>
1533                         <option>(interval)</option>
1534                 </term>
1535                 <listitem>
1536                         Number of mails not marked as replied in the specified mailbox or mail spool if
1537                         not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
1538                         <para></para></listitem>
1539         </varlistentry>
1540
1541         <varlistentry>
1542                 <term>
1543                         <command><option>draft_mails</option></command>
1544                         <option>(maildir)</option>
1545                         <option>(interval)</option>
1546                 </term>
1547                 <listitem>
1548                         Number of mails marked as draft in the specified mailbox or mail spool if
1549                         not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
1550                         <para></para></listitem>
1551         </varlistentry>
1552
1553         <varlistentry>
1554                 <term>
1555                         <command><option>trashed_mails</option></command>
1556                         <option>(maildir)</option>
1557                         <option>(interval)</option>
1558                 </term>
1559                 <listitem>
1560                         Number of mails marked as trashed in the specified mailbox or mail spool if
1561                         not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
1562                         <para></para></listitem>
1563         </varlistentry>
1564
1565         <varlistentry>
1566                 <term>
1567                         <command><option>mboxscan</option></command>
1568                         <option>(-n number of messages to print) (-fw from width) (-sw subject width) mbox</option>
1569                 </term>
1570                 <listitem>
1571                         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"}
1572                         <para></para></listitem>
1573         </varlistentry>
1574
1575         <varlistentry>
1576                 <term>
1577                         <command><option>mem</option></command>
1578                 </term>
1579                 <listitem>
1580                         Amount of memory in use
1581                         <para></para></listitem>
1582         </varlistentry>
1583
1584         <varlistentry>
1585                 <term>
1586                         <command><option>membar</option></command>
1587                         <option>(height),(width)</option>
1588                 </term>
1589                 <listitem>
1590                         Bar that shows amount of memory in use
1591                         <para></para></listitem>
1592         </varlistentry>
1593
1594         <varlistentry>
1595                 <term>
1596                         <command><option>memgauge</option></command>
1597                         <option>(height),(width)</option>
1598                 </term>
1599                 <listitem>
1600                         Gauge that shows amount of memory in use (see cpugauge)
1601                         <para></para></listitem>
1602         </varlistentry>
1603
1604         <varlistentry>
1605                 <term>
1606                         <command><option>memgraph</option></command>
1607                         <option>("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)</option>
1608                 </term>
1609                 <listitem>
1610                         Memory usage graph. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".
1611                         <para></para></listitem>
1612         </varlistentry>
1613
1614         <varlistentry>
1615                 <term>
1616                         <command><option>memeasyfree</option></command>
1617                 </term>
1618                 <listitem>
1619                         Amount of free memory including the memory that is very easily freed (buffers/cache)
1620                         <para></para></listitem>
1621         </varlistentry>
1622
1623         <varlistentry>
1624                 <term>
1625                         <command><option>memfree</option></command>
1626                 </term>
1627                 <listitem>
1628                         Amount of free memory
1629                         <para></para></listitem>
1630         </varlistentry>
1631
1632         <varlistentry>
1633                 <term>
1634                         <command><option>memmax</option></command>
1635                 </term>
1636                 <listitem>
1637                         Total amount of memory
1638                         <para></para></listitem>
1639         </varlistentry>
1640
1641         <varlistentry>
1642                 <term>
1643                         <command><option>memperc</option></command>
1644                 </term>
1645                 <listitem>
1646                         Percentage of memory in use
1647                         <para></para></listitem>
1648         </varlistentry>
1649
1650         <varlistentry>
1651                 <term>
1652                         <command><option>mixer</option></command>
1653                         <option>(device)</option>
1654                 </term>
1655                 <listitem>
1656                         Prints the mixer value as reported by the OS.  Default mixer is "vol", but you can specify one of the following optional arguments: "vol", "bass", "treble", "synth", "pcm", "speaker", "line", "mic", "cd", "mix", "pcm2", "rec", "igain", "ogain", "line1", "line2", "line3", "dig1", "dig2", "dig3", "phin", "phout", "video", "radio", "monitor".  Refer to the definition of SOUND_DEVICE_NAMES in &lt;linux/soundcard.h&gt; (on Linux), &lt;soundcard.h&gt; (on OpenBSD), or &lt;sys/soundcard.h&gt; to find the exact options available on your system.
1657                         <para></para></listitem>
1658         </varlistentry>
1659
1660         <varlistentry>
1661                 <term>
1662                         <command><option>mixerbar</option></command>
1663                         <option>(device)</option>
1664                 </term>
1665                 <listitem>
1666                         Displays mixer value in a bar as reported by the OS.  See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
1667                         <para></para></listitem>
1668         </varlistentry>
1669
1670         <varlistentry>
1671                 <term>
1672                         <command><option>mixerr</option></command>
1673                         <option>(device)</option>
1674                 </term>
1675                 <listitem>
1676                         Prints the right channel mixer value as reported by the OS.  See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
1677                         <para></para></listitem>
1678         </varlistentry>
1679
1680         <varlistentry>
1681                 <term>
1682                         <command><option>mixerrbar</option></command>
1683                         <option>(device)</option>
1684                 </term>
1685                 <listitem>
1686                         Displays the right channel mixer value in a bar as reported by the OS.  See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
1687                         <para></para></listitem>
1688         </varlistentry>
1689
1690         <varlistentry>
1691                 <term>
1692                         <command><option>mixerl</option></command>
1693                         <option>(device)</option>
1694                 </term>
1695                 <listitem>
1696                         Prints the left channel mixer value as reported by the OS.  See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
1697                         <para></para></listitem>
1698         </varlistentry>
1699
1700         <varlistentry>
1701                 <term>
1702                         <command><option>mixerlbar</option></command>
1703                         <option>(device)</option>
1704                 </term>
1705                 <listitem>
1706                         Displays the left channel mixer value in a bar as reported by the OS.  See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
1707                         <para></para></listitem>
1708         </varlistentry>
1709
1710         <varlistentry>
1711                 <term>
1712                         <command><option>moc_state</option></command>
1713                 </term>
1714                 <listitem>
1715                         Current state of MOC; playing, stopped etc.
1716                         <para></para></listitem>
1717         </varlistentry>
1718
1719         <varlistentry>
1720                 <term>
1721                         <command><option>moc_file</option></command>
1722                 </term>
1723                 <listitem>
1724                         File name of the current MOC song
1725                         <para></para></listitem>
1726         </varlistentry>
1727
1728         <varlistentry>
1729                 <term>
1730                         <command><option>moc_title</option></command>
1731                 </term>
1732                 <listitem>
1733                         Title of the current MOC song
1734                         <para></para></listitem>
1735         </varlistentry>
1736
1737         <varlistentry>
1738                 <term>
1739                         <command><option>moc_artist</option></command>
1740                 </term>
1741                 <listitem>
1742                         Artist of the current MOC song
1743                         <para></para></listitem>
1744         </varlistentry>
1745
1746         <varlistentry>
1747                 <term>
1748                         <command><option>moc_song</option></command>
1749                 </term>
1750                 <listitem>
1751                         The current song name being played in MOC.
1752                         <para></para></listitem>
1753         </varlistentry>
1754
1755         <varlistentry>
1756                 <term>
1757                         <command><option>moc_album</option></command>
1758                 </term>
1759                 <listitem>
1760                         Album of the current MOC song
1761                         <para></para></listitem>
1762         </varlistentry>
1763
1764         <varlistentry>
1765                 <term>
1766                         <command><option>moc_totaltime</option></command>
1767                 </term>
1768                 <listitem>
1769                         Total length of the current MOC song
1770                         <para></para></listitem>
1771         </varlistentry>
1772
1773         <varlistentry>
1774                 <term>
1775                         <command><option>moc_timeleft</option></command>
1776                 </term>
1777                 <listitem>
1778                         Time left in the current MOC song
1779                         <para></para></listitem>
1780         </varlistentry>
1781
1782         <varlistentry>
1783                 <term>
1784                         <command><option>moc_curtime</option></command>
1785                 </term>
1786                 <listitem>
1787                         Current time of the current MOC song
1788                         <para></para></listitem>
1789         </varlistentry>
1790
1791         <varlistentry>
1792                 <term>
1793                         <command><option>moc_bitrate</option></command>
1794                 </term>
1795                 <listitem>
1796                         Bitrate in the current MOC song
1797                         <para></para></listitem>
1798         </varlistentry>
1799
1800         <varlistentry>
1801                 <term>
1802                         <command><option>moc_rate</option></command>
1803                 </term>
1804                 <listitem>
1805                         Rate of the current MOC song
1806                         <para></para></listitem>
1807         </varlistentry>
1808
1809         <varlistentry>
1810                 <term>
1811                         <command><option>monitor</option></command>
1812                 </term>
1813                 <listitem>
1814                         Number of the monitor on which conky is running
1815                         <para></para></listitem>
1816         </varlistentry>
1817
1818         <varlistentry>
1819                 <term>
1820                         <command><option>monitor_number</option></command>
1821                 </term>
1822                 <listitem>
1823                         Number of monitors
1824                         <para></para></listitem>
1825         </varlistentry>
1826
1827         <varlistentry>
1828                 <term>
1829                         <command><option>mpd_artist</option></command>
1830                 </term>
1831                 <listitem>
1832                         Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile
1833                         <para></para></listitem>
1834         </varlistentry>
1835
1836         <varlistentry>
1837                 <term>
1838                         <command><option>mpd_album</option></command>
1839                 </term>
1840                 <listitem>
1841                         Album in current MPD song
1842                         <para></para></listitem>
1843         </varlistentry>
1844
1845         <varlistentry>
1846                 <term>
1847                         <command><option>mpd_bar</option></command>
1848                         <option>(height),(width)</option>
1849                 </term>
1850                 <listitem>
1851                         Bar of mpd's progress
1852                         <para></para></listitem>
1853         </varlistentry>
1854
1855         <varlistentry>
1856                 <term>
1857                         <command><option>mpd_bitrate</option></command>
1858                 </term>
1859                 <listitem>
1860                         Bitrate of current song
1861                         <para></para></listitem>
1862         </varlistentry>
1863
1864         <varlistentry>
1865                 <term>
1866                         <command><option>mpd_status</option></command>
1867                 </term>
1868                 <listitem>
1869                         Playing, stopped, et cetera.
1870                         <para></para></listitem>
1871         </varlistentry>
1872
1873         <varlistentry>
1874                 <term>
1875                         <command><option>mpd_title</option></command>
1876                         <option>(max length)</option>
1877                 </term>
1878                 <listitem>
1879                         Title of current MPD song
1880                         <para></para></listitem>
1881         </varlistentry>
1882
1883         <varlistentry>
1884                 <term>
1885                         <command><option>mpd_vol</option></command>
1886                 </term>
1887                 <listitem>
1888                         MPD's volume
1889                         <para></para></listitem>
1890         </varlistentry>
1891
1892         <varlistentry>
1893                 <term>
1894                         <command><option>mpd_elapsed</option></command>
1895                 </term>
1896                 <listitem>
1897                         Song's elapsed time
1898                         <para></para></listitem>
1899         </varlistentry>
1900
1901         <varlistentry>
1902                 <term>
1903                         <command><option>mpd_length</option></command>
1904                 </term>
1905                 <listitem>
1906                         Song's length
1907                         <para></para></listitem>
1908         </varlistentry>
1909
1910         <varlistentry>
1911                 <term>
1912                         <command><option>mpd_percent</option></command>
1913                 </term>
1914                 <listitem>
1915                         Percent of song's progress
1916                         <para></para></listitem>
1917         </varlistentry>
1918
1919         <varlistentry>
1920                 <term>
1921                         <command><option>mpd_random</option></command>
1922                 </term>
1923                 <listitem>
1924                         Random status (On/Off)
1925                         <para></para></listitem>
1926         </varlistentry>
1927
1928         <varlistentry>
1929                 <term>
1930                         <command><option>mpd_repeat</option></command>
1931                 </term>
1932                 <listitem>
1933                         Repeat status (On/Off)
1934                         <para></para></listitem>
1935         </varlistentry>
1936
1937         <varlistentry>
1938                 <term>
1939                         <command><option>mpd_track</option></command>
1940                 </term>
1941                 <listitem>
1942                         Prints the MPD track field
1943                         <para></para></listitem>
1944         </varlistentry>
1945
1946         <varlistentry>
1947                 <term>
1948                         <command><option>mpd_name</option></command>
1949                 </term>
1950                 <listitem>
1951                         Prints the MPD name field
1952                         <para></para></listitem>
1953         </varlistentry>
1954
1955         <varlistentry>
1956                 <term>
1957                         <command><option>mpd_file</option></command>
1958                 </term>
1959                 <listitem>
1960                         Prints the file name of the current MPD song
1961                         <para></para></listitem>
1962         </varlistentry>
1963
1964         <varlistentry>
1965                 <term>
1966                         <command><option>mpd_smart</option></command>
1967                         <option>(max length)</option>
1968                 </term>
1969                 <listitem>
1970                         Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file name, depending on whats available
1971                         <para></para></listitem>
1972         </varlistentry>
1973
1974         <varlistentry>
1975                 <term>
1976                         <command><option>if_mpd_playing</option></command>
1977                 </term>
1978                 <listitem>
1979                         if mpd is playing or paused, display everything between $if_mpd_playing and the matching $endif
1980                         <para></para></listitem>
1981         </varlistentry>
1982
1983         <varlistentry>
1984                 <term>
1985                         <command><option>nameserver</option></command>
1986                         <option>(index)</option>
1987                 </term>
1988                 <listitem>
1989                         Print a nameserver from /etc/resolv.conf. Index starts at and defaults to 0.
1990                         <para></para></listitem>
1991         </varlistentry>
1992
1993         <varlistentry>
1994                 <term>
1995                         <command><option>nodename</option></command>
1996                 </term>
1997                 <listitem>
1998                         Hostname
1999                         <para></para></listitem>
2000         </varlistentry>
2001
2002         <varlistentry>
2003                 <term>
2004                         <command><option>nvidia</option></command>
2005                         <option>threshold</option>
2006                         <option>temp</option>
2007                         <option>ambient</option>
2008                         <option>gpufreq</option>
2009                         <option>memfreq</option>
2010                         <option>imagequality</option>
2011                 </term>
2012                 <listitem>
2013                         Nvidia graficcard support for the XNVCtrl library.
2014                         Each option can be shortened to the least significant part.
2015                         Temperatures are printed as float, all other values as integer.
2016                         <simplelist>
2017                                 <member><command>threshold</command>:
2018                                         the thresholdtemperature at which the gpu slows down
2019                                 </member>
2020                                 <member><command>temp</command>:
2021                                         gives the gpu current temperature
2022                                 </member>
2023                                 <member><command>ambient</command>:
2024                                         gives current air temperature near GPU case
2025                                 </member>
2026                                 <member><command>gpufreq</command>:
2027                                         gives the current gpu frequency
2028                                 </member>
2029                                 <member><command>memfreq</command>:
2030                                         gives the current mem frequency
2031                                 </member>
2032                                 <member><command>imagequality</command>:
2033                                         which imagequality should be choosen by OpenGL applications
2034                                 </member>
2035                         </simplelist>
2036                         <para></para>
2037                 </listitem>
2038         </varlistentry>
2039
2040         <varlistentry>
2041                 <term>
2042                         <command><option>outlinecolor</option></command>
2043                         <option>(color)</option>
2044                 </term>
2045                 <listitem>
2046                         Change outline color
2047                         <para></para></listitem>
2048         </varlistentry>
2049
2050         <varlistentry>
2051                 <term>
2052                         <command><option>pb_battery</option></command>
2053                         <option>item</option>
2054                 </term>
2055                 <listitem>
2056                         If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display
2057                         information on battery status. The item parameter
2058                         specifies, what information to display. Exactly one item
2059                         must be specified. Valid items are:
2060                         <simplelist>
2061                                 <member><command>status</command>:
2062                                         Display if battery is fully charged, charging,
2063                                         discharging or absent (running on AC)
2064                                 </member>
2065                                 <member><command>percent</command>:
2066                                         Display charge of battery in percent, if
2067                                         charging or discharging. Nothing will be
2068                                         displayed, if battery is fully charged
2069                                         or absent.
2070                                 </member>
2071                                 <member><command>time</command>:
2072                                         Display the time remaining until the battery
2073                                         will be fully charged or discharged at current
2074                                         rate.  Nothing is displayed, if battery is
2075                                         absent or if it's present but fully charged
2076                                         and not discharging.
2077                                 </member>
2078                         </simplelist>
2079                         <para></para></listitem>
2080         </varlistentry>
2081
2082         <varlistentry>
2083                 <term>
2084                         <command><option>platform</option></command>
2085                         <option>(dev) type n</option>
2086                 </term>
2087                 <listitem>
2088                         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' meaning temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See /sys/bus/platform/devices/ on your local computer.
2089                         <para></para></listitem>
2090         </varlistentry>
2091
2092         <varlistentry>
2093                 <term>
2094                         <command><option>pop3_unseen</option></command>
2095                         <option>(args)</option>
2096                 </term>
2097                 <listitem>
2098                         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 (in seconds)] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]".  Default port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of retries before giving up is 5.  If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
2099
2100                         <para></para></listitem>
2101         </varlistentry>
2102
2103         <varlistentry>
2104                 <term>
2105                         <command><option>pop3_used</option></command>
2106                         <option>(args)</option>
2107                 </term>
2108                 <listitem>
2109                         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 (in seconds)] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]".  Default port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of retries before giving up is 5.  If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
2110
2111                         <para></para></listitem>
2112         </varlistentry>
2113
2114         <varlistentry>
2115                 <term>
2116                         <command><option>pre_exec</option></command>
2117                         <option>shell command</option>
2118                 </term>
2119                 <listitem>
2120                         Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything and puts output as text.
2121                         <para></para></listitem>
2122         </varlistentry>
2123
2124         <varlistentry>
2125                 <term>
2126                         <command><option>processes</option></command>
2127                 </term>
2128                 <listitem>
2129                         Total processes (sleeping and running)
2130                         <para></para></listitem>
2131         </varlistentry>
2132
2133         <varlistentry>
2134                 <term>
2135                         <command><option>running_processes</option></command>
2136                 </term>
2137                 <listitem>
2138                         Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6
2139                         <para></para></listitem>
2140         </varlistentry>
2141
2142         <varlistentry>
2143                 <term>
2144                         <command><option>scroll</option></command>
2145                         <option>length (step) text</option>
2146                 </term>
2147                 <listitem>
2148                         Scroll 'text' by 'step' characters showing 'length' number of characters at the same time. The text may also contain variables. 'step' is optional and defaults to 1 if not set. If a var creates output on multiple lines then the lines are placed behind each other separated with a '|'-sign. Do NOT use vars that change colors or otherwise affect the design inside a scrolling text. If you want spaces between the start and the end of 'text', place them at the end of 'text' not at the front ("foobar" and "    foobar" can both generate "barfoo" but "foobar    " will keep the spaces like this "bar    foo").
2149                         <para></para></listitem>
2150         </varlistentry>
2151
2152         <varlistentry>
2153                 <term>
2154                         <command><option>shadecolor</option></command>
2155                         <option>(color)</option>
2156                 </term>
2157                 <listitem>
2158                         Change shading color
2159                         <para></para></listitem>
2160         </varlistentry>
2161
2162         <varlistentry>
2163                 <term>
2164                         <command><option>smapi</option></command>
2165                         <option>(ARGS)</option>
2166                 </term>
2167                 <listitem>
2168                         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.
2169                         <para></para></listitem>
2170         </varlistentry>
2171
2172         <varlistentry>
2173                 <term>
2174                         <command><option>smapi_bat_bar</option></command>
2175                         <option>(INDEX),(height),(width)</option>
2176                 </term>
2177                 <listitem>
2178                         when using smapi, display the remaining capacity of the battery with index INDEX as a bar.
2179                         <para></para></listitem>
2180         </varlistentry>
2181
2182         <varlistentry>
2183                 <term>
2184                         <command><option>smapi_bat_perc</option></command>
2185                         <option>(INDEX)</option>
2186                 </term>
2187                 <listitem>
2188                         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.
2189                         <para></para></listitem>
2190         </varlistentry>
2191
2192         <varlistentry>
2193                 <term>
2194                         <command><option>smapi_bat_power</option></command>
2195                         <option>INDEX</option>
2196                 </term>
2197                 <listitem>
2198                         when using smapi, display the current power of the battery with index INDEX in watt. This is a separate variable because the original read out value is being converted from mW. The sign of the output reflects charging (positive) or discharging (negative) state.
2199                         <para></para></listitem>
2200         </varlistentry>
2201
2202         <varlistentry>
2203                 <term>
2204                         <command><option>smapi_bat_temp</option></command>
2205                         <option>INDEX</option>
2206                 </term>
2207                 <listitem>
2208                         when using smapi, display the current temperature of the battery with index INDEX in degree Celsius. This is a separate variable because the original read out value is being converted from milli degree Celsius.
2209                         <para></para></listitem>
2210         </varlistentry>
2211
2212         <varlistentry>
2213                 <term>
2214                         <command><option>stippled_hr</option></command>
2215                         <option>(space)</option>
2216                 </term>
2217                 <listitem>
2218                         Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
2219                         <para></para></listitem>
2220         </varlistentry>
2221
2222         <varlistentry>
2223                 <term>
2224                         <command><option>swapbar</option></command>
2225                         <option>(height),(width)</option>
2226                 </term>
2227                 <listitem>
2228                         Bar that shows amount of swap in use
2229                         <para></para></listitem>
2230         </varlistentry>
2231
2232         <varlistentry>
2233                 <term>
2234                         <command><option>swap</option></command>
2235                 </term>
2236                 <listitem>
2237                         Amount of swap in use
2238                         <para></para></listitem>
2239         </varlistentry>
2240
2241         <varlistentry>
2242                 <term>
2243                         <command><option>swapmax</option></command>
2244                 </term>
2245                 <listitem>
2246                         Total amount of swap
2247                         <para></para></listitem>
2248         </varlistentry>
2249
2250         <varlistentry>
2251                 <term>
2252                         <command><option>swapperc</option></command>
2253                 </term>
2254                 <listitem>
2255                         Percentage of swap in use
2256                         <para></para></listitem>
2257         </varlistentry>
2258
2259         <varlistentry>
2260                 <term>
2261                         <command><option>sysname</option></command>
2262                 </term>
2263                 <listitem>
2264                         System name, Linux for example
2265                         <para></para></listitem>
2266         </varlistentry>
2267
2268         <varlistentry>
2269                 <term>
2270                         <command><option>tcp_portmon</option></command>
2271                         <option>port_begin port_end item (index)</option>
2272                         <emphasis>(ip4 only at present)</emphasis>
2273                 </term>
2274                 <listitem>
2275                         TCP port monitor for specified local ports.  Port numbers must be in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:
2276                         <simplelist>
2277                                 <member><command>count</command> - total number of connections in the range
2278                                 </member>
2279                                 <member><command>rip</command> - remote ip address
2280                                 </member>
2281                                 <member><command>rhost</command> - remote host name
2282                                 </member>
2283                                 <member><command>rport</command> - remote port number
2284                                 </member>
2285                                 <member><command>rservice</command> - remote service name from /etc/services
2286                                 </member>
2287                                 <member><command>lip</command> - local ip address
2288                                 </member>
2289                                 <member><command>lhost</command> - local host name
2290                                 </member>
2291                                 <member><command>lport</command> - local port number
2292                                 </member>
2293                                 <member><command>lservice</command> - local service name from /etc/services
2294                                 </member>
2295                         </simplelist>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.
2296                         <simplelist>
2297                                 <member>Examples:</member>
2298                                 <member><command>${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count}</command> -
2299                                         displays the number of connections in the bittorrent port range</member>
2300                                 <member><command>${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0}</command> -
2301                                         displays the remote host ip of the first sshd connection</member>
2302                                 <member><command>${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9}</command> -
2303                                         displays the remote host ip of the tenth sshd connection</member>
2304                                 <member><command>${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0}</command> -
2305                                         displays the remote host name of the first connection on a privileged port</member>
2306                                 <member><command>${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4}</command> -
2307                                         displays the remote host port of the fifth connection on a privileged port</member>
2308                                 <member><command>${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14}</command> -
2309                                         displays the local service name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports</member>
2310                         </simplelist>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.
2311                 </listitem>
2312         </varlistentry>
2313
2314         <varlistentry>
2315                 <term>
2316                         <command><option>texeci</option></command>
2317                         <option>interval command</option>
2318                 </term>
2319                 <listitem>
2320                         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.
2321                         <para></para></listitem>
2322         </varlistentry>
2323
2324         <varlistentry>
2325                 <term>
2326                         <command><option>offset</option></command>
2327                         <option>(pixels)</option>
2328                 </term>
2329                 <listitem>
2330                         Move text over by N pixels.  See also $voffset.
2331                         <para></para></listitem>
2332         </varlistentry>
2333
2334         <varlistentry>
2335                 <term>
2336                         <command><option>rss</option></command>
2337                         <option>url delay_in_minutes action (num_par (spaces_in_front))</option>
2338                 </term>
2339                 <listitem>
2340                         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 (when using this action and spaces_in_front is given conky places that many spaces in front of each item).
2341                         <para></para></listitem>
2342         </varlistentry>
2343
2344         <varlistentry>
2345                 <term>
2346                         <command><option>lua</option></command>
2347                         <option>function_name (function parameters)</option>
2348                 </term>
2349                 <listitem>
2350                         Executes a Lua function with given parameters and prints the result value.
2351                         <para></para></listitem>
2352         </varlistentry>
2353
2354         <varlistentry>
2355                 <term>
2356                         <command><option>lua_bar</option></command>
2357                         <option>(height, width) function_name (function parameters)</option>
2358                 </term>
2359                 <listitem>
2360                         Executes a Lua function with given parameters and prints a bar. Expects result value to be an integer between 0 and 100.
2361                         <para></para></listitem>
2362         </varlistentry>
2363
2364         <varlistentry>
2365                 <term>
2366                         <command><option>tab</option></command>
2367                         <option>(width, (start))</option>
2368                 </term>
2369                 <listitem>
2370                         Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from column 'start'.  The unit is pixels for both arguments.
2371                         <para></para></listitem>
2372         </varlistentry>
2373
2374         <varlistentry>
2375                 <term>
2376                         <command><option>tail</option></command>
2377                         <option>logfile lines (interval)</option>
2378                 </term>
2379                 <listitem>
2380                         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.
2381                         <para></para></listitem>
2382         </varlistentry>
2383
2384         <varlistentry>
2385                 <term>
2386                         <command><option>templateN</option></command>
2387                         <option>(arg1)</option>
2388                         <option>(arg2)</option>
2389                         <option>(arg3 ...)</option>
2390                 </term>
2391                 <listitem>
2392                         Evaluate the content of the templateN configuration variable (where N is a value between 0 and 9, inclusively),
2393                         applying substitutions as described in the documentation of the corresponding configuration variable.
2394                         The number of arguments is optional, but must match the highest referred index in the template. You can use the
2395                         same special sequences in each argument as the ones valid for a template definition, e.g. to allow an argument
2396                         to contain a whitespace. Also simple nesting of templates is possible this way.
2397                         <para></para></listitem>
2398                 <listitem>
2399                         Here are some examples of template definitions:
2400                         <simplelist>
2401                                 <member>template0 $\1\2</member>
2402                                 <member>template1 \1: ${fs_used \2} / ${fs_size \2}</member>
2403                                 <member>template2 \1 \2</member>
2404                         </simplelist>
2405                         The following list shows sample usage of the templates defined above,
2406                         with the equivalent syntax when not using any template at all:
2407                         <table>
2408                                 <tgroup cols="2">
2409                                         <thead>
2410                                                 <row rowsep="1"><entry>using template</entry><entry>same without template</entry></row>
2411                                         </thead>
2412                                         <tbody>
2413                                                 <row><entry>${template0 node name}</entry><entry>$nodename</entry></row>
2414                                                 <row><entry>${template1 root /}</entry><entry>root: ${fs_free /} / ${fs_size /}</entry></row>
2415                                                 <row>
2416                                                         <entry><programlisting>${template1 ${template2\ disk\ root} /}</programlisting></entry>
2417                                                         <entry><programlisting>disk root: ${fs_free /} / ${fs_size /}</programlisting></entry>
2418                                                 </row>
2419                                         </tbody>
2420                                 </tgroup>
2421                         </table>
2422                         <para></para></listitem>
2423         </varlistentry>
2424
2425         <varlistentry>
2426                 <term>
2427                         <command><option>time</option></command>
2428                         <option>(format)</option>
2429                 </term>
2430                 <listitem>
2431                         Local time, see man strftime to get more information about format
2432                         <para></para></listitem>
2433         </varlistentry>
2434
2435         <varlistentry>
2436                 <term>
2437                         <command><option>utime</option></command>
2438                         <option>(format)</option>
2439                 </term>
2440                 <listitem>
2441                         Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).
2442                         <para></para></listitem>
2443         </varlistentry>
2444
2445         <varlistentry>
2446                 <term>
2447                         <command><option>tztime</option></command>
2448                         <option>(timezone) (format)</option>
2449                 </term>
2450                 <listitem>
2451                         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.
2452                         <para></para></listitem>
2453         </varlistentry>
2454
2455         <varlistentry>
2456                 <term>
2457                         <command><option>totaldown</option></command>
2458                         <option>net</option>
2459                 </term>
2460                 <listitem>
2461                         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.
2462                         <para></para></listitem>
2463         </varlistentry>
2464
2465         <varlistentry>
2466                 <term>
2467                         <command><option>top</option></command>
2468                         <option>type, num</option>
2469                 </term>
2470                 <listitem>
2471                         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.
2472                         <para></para></listitem>
2473         </varlistentry>
2474
2475         <varlistentry>
2476                 <term>
2477                         <command><option>top_mem</option></command>
2478                         <option>type, num</option>
2479                 </term>
2480                 <listitem>
2481                         Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu
2482                         <para></para></listitem>
2483         </varlistentry>
2484
2485         <varlistentry>
2486                 <term>
2487                         <command><option>top_time</option></command>
2488                         <option>type, num</option>
2489                 </term>
2490                 <listitem>
2491                         Same as top, except sorted by total CPU time instead of current CPU usage
2492                         <para></para></listitem>
2493         </varlistentry>
2494
2495         <varlistentry>
2496                 <term>
2497                         <command><option>totalup</option></command>
2498                         <option>net</option>
2499                 </term>
2500                 <listitem>
2501                         Total upload, this one too, may overflow
2502                         <para></para></listitem>
2503         </varlistentry>
2504
2505         <varlistentry>
2506                 <term>
2507                         <command><option>updates</option></command>
2508                         <option>Number of updates</option>
2509                 </term>
2510                 <listitem>
2511                         for debugging
2512                         <para></para></listitem>
2513         </varlistentry>
2514
2515         <varlistentry>
2516                 <term>
2517                         <command><option>upspeed</option></command>
2518                         <option>net</option>
2519                 </term>
2520                 <listitem>
2521                         Upload speed in KiB
2522                         <para></para></listitem>
2523         </varlistentry>
2524
2525         <varlistentry>
2526                 <term>
2527                         <command><option>upspeedf</option></command>
2528                         <option>net</option>
2529                 </term>
2530                 <listitem>
2531                         Upload speed in KiB with one decimal
2532                         <para></para></listitem>
2533         </varlistentry>
2534
2535         <varlistentry>
2536                 <term>
2537                         <command><option>upspeedgraph</option></command>
2538                         <option>("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (net)</option>
2539                 </term>
2540                 <listitem>
2541                         Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #.  If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".
2542                         <para></para></listitem>
2543         </varlistentry>
2544
2545         <varlistentry>
2546                 <term>
2547                         <command><option>uptime</option></command>
2548                 </term>
2549                 <listitem>
2550                         Uptime
2551                         <para></para></listitem>
2552         </varlistentry>
2553
2554         <varlistentry>
2555                 <term>
2556                         <command><option>uptime_short</option></command>
2557                 </term>
2558                 <listitem>
2559                         Uptime in a shorter format
2560                         <para></para></listitem>
2561         </varlistentry>
2562
2563         <varlistentry>
2564                 <term>
2565                         <command><option>user_number</option></command>
2566                 </term>
2567                 <listitem>
2568                         Number of users logged in
2569                         <para></para></listitem>
2570         </varlistentry>
2571
2572         <varlistentry>
2573                 <term>
2574                         <command><option>user_names</option></command>
2575                 </term>
2576                 <listitem>
2577                         Lists the names of the users logged in
2578                         <para></para></listitem>
2579         </varlistentry>
2580
2581         <varlistentry>
2582                 <term>
2583                         <command><option>user_terms</option></command>
2584                 </term>
2585                 <listitem>
2586                         Lists the consoles in use
2587                         <para></para></listitem>
2588         </varlistentry>
2589
2590         <varlistentry>
2591                 <term>
2592                         <command><option>user_times</option></command>
2593                 </term>
2594                 <listitem>
2595                         Lists how long users have been logged in for
2596                         <para></para></listitem>
2597         </varlistentry>
2598
2599         <varlistentry>
2600                 <term>
2601                         <command><option>voffset</option></command>
2602                         <option>(pixels)</option>
2603                 </term>
2604                 <listitem>
2605                         Change vertical offset by N pixels.  Negative values will cause text to overlap.  See also $offset.
2606                         <para></para></listitem>
2607         </varlistentry>
2608
2609         <varlistentry>
2610                 <term>
2611                         <command><option>voltage_mv</option></command>
2612                         <option>(n)</option>
2613                 </term>
2614                 <listitem>
2615                         Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs are
2616                         counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
2617                         defaults to 1.
2618                         <para></para></listitem>
2619         </varlistentry>
2620
2621         <varlistentry>
2622                 <term>
2623                         <command><option>voltage_v</option></command>
2624                         <option>(n)</option>
2625                 </term>
2626                 <listitem>
2627                         Returns CPU #n's voltage in V. CPUs are
2628                         counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
2629                         defaults to 1.
2630                         <para></para></listitem>
2631         </varlistentry>
2632
2633         <varlistentry>
2634                 <term>
2635                         <command><option>wireless_essid</option></command>
2636                         <option>net</option>
2637                 </term>
2638                 <listitem>
2639                         Wireless access point ESSID (Linux only)
2640                         <para></para></listitem>
2641         </varlistentry>
2642
2643         <varlistentry>
2644                 <term>
2645                         <command><option>wireless_mode</option></command>
2646                         <option>net</option>
2647                 </term>
2648                 <listitem>
2649                         Wireless mode (Managed/Ad-Hoc/Master) (Linux only)
2650                         <para></para></listitem>
2651         </varlistentry>
2652
2653         <varlistentry>
2654                 <term>
2655                         <command><option>wireless_bitrate</option></command>
2656                         <option>net</option>
2657                 </term>
2658                 <listitem>
2659                         Wireless bitrate (ie 11 Mb/s) (Linux only)
2660                         <para></para></listitem>
2661         </varlistentry>
2662
2663         <varlistentry>
2664                 <term>
2665                         <command><option>wireless_ap</option></command>
2666                         <option>net</option>
2667                 </term>
2668                 <listitem>
2669                         Wireless access point MAC address (Linux only)
2670                         <para></para></listitem>
2671         </varlistentry>
2672
2673         <varlistentry>
2674                 <term>
2675                         <command><option>wireless_link_qual</option></command>
2676                         <option>net</option>
2677                 </term>
2678                 <listitem>
2679                         Wireless link quality (Linux only)
2680                         <para></para></listitem>
2681         </varlistentry>
2682
2683         <varlistentry>
2684                 <term>
2685                         <command><option>wireless_link_qual_max</option></command>
2686                         <option>net</option>
2687                 </term>
2688                 <listitem>
2689                         Wireless link quality maximum value (Linux only)
2690                         <para></para></listitem>
2691         </varlistentry>
2692
2693         <varlistentry>
2694                 <term>
2695                         <command><option>wireless_link_qual_perc</option></command>
2696                         <option>net</option>
2697                 </term>
2698                 <listitem>
2699                         Wireless link quality in percents (Linux only)
2700                         <para></para></listitem>
2701         </varlistentry>
2702
2703         <varlistentry>
2704                 <term>
2705                         <command><option>wireless_link_bar</option></command>
2706                         <option>(height), (width) net</option>
2707                 </term>
2708                 <listitem>
2709                         Wireless link quality bar (Linux only)
2710                         <para></para></listitem>
2711         </varlistentry>
2712
2713         <varlistentry>
2714                 <term>
2715                         <command><option>words</option></command>
2716                         <option>textfile</option>
2717                 </term>
2718                 <listitem>
2719                         Displays the number of words in the given file
2720                         <para></para></listitem>
2721         </varlistentry>
2722
2723         <varlistentry>
2724                 <term>
2725                         <command><option>xmms2_artist</option></command>
2726                 </term>
2727                 <listitem>
2728                         Artist in current XMMS2 song
2729                         <para></para></listitem>
2730         </varlistentry>
2731
2732         <varlistentry>
2733                 <term>
2734                         <command><option>xmms2_album</option></command>
2735                 </term>
2736                 <listitem>
2737                         Album in current XMMS2 song
2738                         <para></para></listitem>
2739         </varlistentry>
2740
2741         <varlistentry>
2742                 <term>
2743                         <command><option>xmms2_title</option></command>
2744                 </term>
2745                 <listitem>
2746                         Title in current XMMS2 song
2747                         <para></para></listitem>
2748         </varlistentry>
2749
2750         <varlistentry>
2751                 <term>
2752                         <command><option>xmms2_genre</option></command>
2753                 </term>
2754                 <listitem>
2755                         Genre in current XMMS2 song
2756                         <para></para></listitem>
2757         </varlistentry>
2758
2759         <varlistentry>
2760                 <term>
2761                         <command><option>xmms2_comment</option></command>
2762                 </term>
2763                 <listitem>
2764                         Comment in current XMMS2 song
2765                         <para></para></listitem>
2766         </varlistentry>
2767
2768         <varlistentry>
2769                 <term>
2770                         <command><option>xmms2_url</option></command>
2771                 </term>
2772                 <listitem>
2773                         Full path to current song
2774                         <para></para></listitem>
2775         </varlistentry>
2776
2777         <varlistentry>
2778                 <term>
2779                         <command><option>xmms2_tracknr</option></command>
2780                 </term>
2781                 <listitem>
2782                         Track number in current XMMS2 song
2783                         <para></para></listitem>
2784         </varlistentry>
2785
2786         <varlistentry>
2787                 <term>
2788                         <command><option>xmms2_bitrate</option></command>
2789                 </term>
2790                 <listitem>
2791                         Bitrate of current song
2792                         <para></para></listitem>
2793         </varlistentry>
2794
2795         <varlistentry>
2796                 <term>
2797                         <command><option>xmms2_id</option></command>
2798                 </term>
2799                 <listitem>
2800                         XMMS2 id of current song
2801                         <para></para></listitem>
2802         </varlistentry>
2803
2804         <varlistentry>
2805                 <term>
2806                         <command><option>xmms2_duration</option></command>
2807                 </term>
2808                 <listitem>
2809                         Duration of current song
2810                         <para></para></listitem>
2811         </varlistentry>
2812
2813         <varlistentry>
2814                 <term>
2815                         <command><option>xmms2_elapsed</option></command>
2816                 </term>
2817                 <listitem>
2818                         Song's elapsed time
2819                         <para></para></listitem>
2820         </varlistentry>
2821
2822         <varlistentry>
2823                 <term>
2824                         <command><option>xmms2_size</option></command>
2825                 </term>
2826                 <listitem>
2827                         Size of current song
2828                         <para></para></listitem>
2829         </varlistentry>
2830
2831         <varlistentry>
2832                 <term>
2833                         <command><option>xmms2_percent</option></command>
2834                 </term>
2835                 <listitem>
2836                         Percent of song's progress
2837                         <para></para></listitem>
2838         </varlistentry>
2839
2840         <varlistentry>
2841                 <term>
2842                         <command><option>xmms2_date</option></command>
2843                 </term>
2844                 <listitem>
2845                         Returns song's date.
2846                         <para></para></listitem>
2847         </varlistentry>
2848
2849         <varlistentry>
2850                 <term>
2851                         <command><option>xmms2_playlist</option></command>
2852                 </term>
2853                 <listitem>
2854                         Returns the XMMS2 playlist.
2855                         <para></para></listitem>
2856         </varlistentry>
2857
2858         <varlistentry>
2859                 <term>
2860                         <command><option>xmms2_timesplayed</option></command>
2861                 </term>
2862                 <listitem>
2863                         Number of times a song was played (presumably).
2864                         <para></para></listitem>
2865         </varlistentry>
2866
2867         <varlistentry>
2868                 <term>
2869                         <command><option>xmms2_status</option></command>
2870                 </term>
2871                 <listitem>
2872                         XMMS2 status (Playing, Paused, Stopped, or Disconnected)
2873                         <para></para></listitem>
2874         </varlistentry>
2875
2876         <varlistentry>
2877                 <term>
2878                         <command><option>xmms2_bar</option></command>
2879                         <option>(height),(width)</option>
2880                 </term>
2881                 <listitem>
2882                         Bar of XMMS2's progress
2883                         <para></para></listitem>
2884         </varlistentry>
2885
2886         <varlistentry>
2887                 <term>
2888                         <command><option>xmms2_smart</option></command>
2889                 </term>
2890                 <listitem>
2891                         Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file name, depending on whats available
2892                         <para></para></listitem>
2893         </varlistentry>
2894
2895         <varlistentry>
2896                 <term>
2897                         <command><option>if_xmms2_connected</option></command>
2898                 </term>
2899                 <listitem>
2900                         Display everything between $if_xmms2_connected and the matching $endif if xmms2 is running.
2901                         <para></para></listitem>
2902         </varlistentry>
2903
2904         <varlistentry>
2905                 <term>
2906                         <command><option>sony_fanspeed</option></command>
2907                 </term>
2908                 <listitem>
2909                         Displays the Sony VAIO fanspeed information if sony-laptop kernel support is enabled.  Linux only.
2910                         <para></para></listitem>
2911         </varlistentry>
2912
2913         <varlistentry>
2914                 <term>
2915                         <command><option>eve</option></command>
2916                         <option>api_userid api_key character_id</option>
2917                 </term>
2918                 <listitem>
2919                         Fetches your currently training skill from the Eve Online API servers (http://www.eve-online.com/) and displays the skill along with the remaining training time.
2920                         <para></para></listitem>
2921         </varlistentry>
2922
2923         <varlistentry>
2924                 <term>
2925                         <command><option>endif</option></command>
2926                         <option></option>
2927                 </term>
2928                 <listitem>
2929                         Ends an $if block.
2930                         <para></para></listitem>
2931         </varlistentry>
2932
2933 </variablelist>