<option>acpiacadapter</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>ACPI ac adapter state.
+ <listitem>ACPI ac adapter state.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>acpifan</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>ACPI fan state
+ <listitem>ACPI fan state
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>acpitemp</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>ACPI temperature in C.
+ <listitem>ACPI temperature in C.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>addr</option>
</command>
- <option>interface</option>
+ <option>(interface)</option>
</term>
<listitem>IP address for an interface, or "No Address" if
- no address is assigned.
+ no address is assigned.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>addrs</option>
</command>
- <option>interface</option>
+ <option>(interface)</option>
</term>
<listitem>IP addresses for an interface (if one - works
- like addr). Linux only.
+ like addr). Linux only.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>adt746xcpu</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
+ <listitem>CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>adt746xfan</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Fan speed from therm_adt746x
+ <listitem>Fan speed from therm_adt746x
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(num)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Align text to centre
+ <listitem>Align text to centre
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(num)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Right-justify text, with space of N
+ <listitem>Right-justify text, with space of N
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>port</option>
</term>
<listitem>Sets up the connection to apcupsd daemon. Prints
- nothing, defaults to localhost:3551
+ nothing, defaults to localhost:3551
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>apcupsd_cable</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Prints the UPS connection type.
+ <listitem>Prints the UPS connection type.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>apcupsd_charge</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Current battery capacity in percent.
+ <listitem>Current battery capacity in percent.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>apcupsd_lastxfer</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Reason for last transfer from line to battery.
+ <listitem>Reason for last transfer from line to battery.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>apcupsd_linev</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Nominal input voltage.
+ <listitem>Nominal input voltage.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>apcupsd_load</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Current load in percent.
+ <listitem>Current load in percent.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>apcupsd_loadbar</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Bar showing current load.
+ <listitem>Bar showing current load.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(height),(width)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Gauge that shows current load.
+ <listitem>Gauge that shows current load.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>apcupsd_loadgraph</option>
</command>
- <option>("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient
- colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t)</option>
+ <option>(height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient
+ colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>History graph of current load.
+ <listitem>History graph of current load.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>apcupsd_model</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Prints the model of the UPS.
+ <listitem>Prints the model of the UPS.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>apcupsd_name</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Prints the UPS user-defined name.
+ <listitem>Prints the UPS user-defined name.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>apcupsd_status</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Prints current status (on-line, on-battery).
+ <listitem>Prints current status (on-line, on-battery).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>apcupsd_temp</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Current internal temperature.
+ <listitem>Current internal temperature.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>apcupsd_timeleft</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Time left to run on battery.
+ <listitem>Time left to run on battery.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>apcupsd_upsmode</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Prints the UPS mode (e.g. standalone).
+ <listitem>Prints the UPS mode (e.g. standalone).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>apm_adapter</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)
+ <listitem>Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD
- only)
+ only)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or
"unknown" if AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging
- (FreeBSD only)
+ (FreeBSD only)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(height),(width)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Progress bar
+ <listitem>Progress bar
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>audacious_bitrate</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Bitrate of current tune
+ <listitem>Bitrate of current tune
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>audacious_channels</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Number of audio channels of current tune
+ <listitem>Number of audio channels of current tune
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>audacious_filename</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Full path and filename of current tune
+ <listitem>Full path and filename of current tune
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>audacious_frequency</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Sampling frequency of current tune
+ <listitem>Sampling frequency of current tune
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>audacious_length</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Total length of current tune as MM:SS
+ <listitem>Total length of current tune as MM:SS
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>audacious_length_seconds</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Total length of current tune in seconds
+ <listitem>Total length of current tune in seconds
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>audacious_main_volume</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>The current volume fetched from Audacious
+ <listitem>The current volume fetched from Audacious
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>audacious_playlist_length</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Number of tunes in playlist
+ <listitem>Number of tunes in playlist
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>audacious_playlist_position</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Playlist position of current tune
+ <listitem>Playlist position of current tune
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>audacious_position</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Position of current tune (MM:SS)
+ <listitem>Position of current tune (MM:SS)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>audacious_position_seconds</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Position of current tune in seconds
+ <listitem>Position of current tune in seconds
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not
- running)
+ running)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(max length)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Title of current tune with optional maximum
- length specifier
+ length specifier
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Battery status and remaining percentage capacity
of ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number can be given as
- argument (default is BAT0).
+ argument (default is BAT0).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Battery percentage remaining of ACPI battery in a
bar. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default
- is BAT0).
+ is BAT0).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Battery percentage remaining for ACPI battery.
ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is
- BAT0).
+ BAT0).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>Battery status and remaining percentage capacity
of ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number can be given as
argument (default is BAT0). This mode display a short
- status, which means that C is displayed instead of charging
- and D is displayed instead of discharging.
+ status, which means that C is displayed instead of
+ charging, D for discharging, F for full, N for not present,
+ E for empty and U for unknown.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Battery charge/discharge time remaining of ACPI
battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument
- (default is BAT0).
+ (default is BAT0).
+ <para /></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>
+ <option>blink</option>
+ </command>
+ <option>text_and_other_conky_vars</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>Let 'text_and_other_conky_vars' blink on and off.
+
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>bmpx_album</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Album in current BMPx track
+ <listitem>Album in current BMPx track
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>bmpx_artist</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Artist in current BMPx track
+ <listitem>Artist in current BMPx track
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>bmpx_bitrate</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Bitrate of the current BMPx track
+ <listitem>Bitrate of the current BMPx track
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>bmpx_title</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Title of the current BMPx track
+ <listitem>Title of the current BMPx track
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>bmpx_track</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Track number of the current BMPx track
+ <listitem>Track number of the current BMPx track
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>bmpx_uri</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>URI of the current BMPx track
+ <listitem>URI of the current BMPx track
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>buffers</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Amount of memory buffered
+ <listitem>Amount of memory buffered
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>cached</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Amount of memory cached
+ <listitem>Amount of memory cached
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(color)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Change drawing color to color
+ <listitem>Change drawing color to 'color' which is a name of
+ a color or a hexcode preceded with # (for example #0A1B2C ).
+ If you use ncurses only the following colors are supported:
+ red,green,yellow,blue,magenta,cyan,black,white.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Change drawing color to colorN configuration
- option, where N is a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively.
+ option, where N is a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
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.
+ nested to place more vars next to each other.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>conky_build_arch</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>CPU architecture Conky was built for
+ <listitem>CPU architecture Conky was built for
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>conky_build_date</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Date Conky was built
+ <listitem>Date Conky was built
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>conky_version</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Conky version
+ <listitem>Conky version
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>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.
+ CPUs.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(cpuN) (height),(width)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height
- in pixels. See $cpu for more info on SMP.
+ in pixels. See $cpu for more info on SMP.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Elliptical gauge that shows CPU usage, height and
width are gauge's vertical and horizontal axis
- respectively. See $cpu for more info on SMP.
+ respectively. See $cpu for more info on SMP.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>cpugraph</option>
</command>
- <option>(cpuN) ("normal"|"log") (height),(width)
- (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)
- (-t)</option>
+ <option>(cpuN) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)
+ (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)</option>
</term>
<listitem>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". Takes the switch '-t' to use a
- temperature gradient, which makes the gradient values
- change depending on the amplitude of a particular graph
- value (try it and see).
+ logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use the
+ -l switch. Takes the switch '-t' to use a temperature
+ gradient, which makes the gradient values change depending
+ on the amplitude of a particular graph value (try it and
+ see).
+ <para /></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>
+ <option>curl</option>
+ </command>
+ <option>url interval_in_minutes</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Download data from URI using Curl at the
+ specified interval. The interval may be a floating
+ point value greater than 0, otherwise defaults to 15
+ minutes. Most useful when used in conjunction with Lua
+ and the Lua API. This object is threaded, and once a
+ thread is created it can't be explicitely destroyed.
+ One thread will run for each URI specified. You can use
+ any protocol that Curl supports.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>
+ <option>desktop</option>
+ </command>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>Number of the desktop on which conky is running
+ or the message "Not running in X" if this is the case.
+ <para /></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>
+ <option>desktop_name</option>
+ </command>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>Name of the desktop on which conky is running or
+ the message "Not running in X" if this is the case.
+ <para /></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>
+ <option>desktop_number</option>
+ </command>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>Number of desktops or the message "Not running in
+ X" if this is the case.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Disk protection status, if supported (needs
kernel-patch). Prints either "frozen" or "free " (note the
- padding).
+ padding).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Displays current disk IO. Device is optional, and
takes the form of sda for /dev/sda. Individual partitions
- are allowed.
+ are allowed.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(device)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Displays current disk IO for reads. Device as in
- diskio.
+ diskio.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(device)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Displays current disk IO for writes. Device as in
- diskio.
+ diskio.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>diskiograph</option>
</command>
- <option>("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient
- colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t)
- (device)</option>
+ <option>(device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)
+ (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)</option>
</term>
<listitem>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". Takes the switch '-t' to
- use a temperature gradient, which makes the gradient values
+ you use -l switch. Takes the switch '-t' to use a
+ temperature gradient, which makes the gradient values
change depending on the amplitude of a particular graph
- value (try it and see).
+ value (try it and see).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>diskiograph_read</option>
</command>
- <option>("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient
- colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t)
- (device)</option>
+ <option>(device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)
+ (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)</option>
</term>
<listitem>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". Takes the switch '-t' to use a temperature
- gradient, which makes the gradient values change depending
- on the amplitude of a particular graph value (try it and
- see).
+ (to see small numbers) when you use -l switch. Takes the
+ switch '-t' to use a temperature gradient, which makes the
+ gradient values change depending on the amplitude of a
+ particular graph value (try it and see).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>diskiograph_write</option>
</command>
- <option>("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient
- colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t)
- (device)</option>
+ <option>(device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)
+ (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)</option>
</term>
<listitem>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". Takes the switch '-t' to use a temperature
- gradient, which makes the gradient values change depending
- on the amplitude of a particular graph value (try it and
- see).
+ (to see small numbers) when you use -l switch. Takes the
+ switch '-t' to use a temperature gradient, which makes the
+ gradient values change depending on the amplitude of a
+ particular graph value (try it and see).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>downspeed</option>
</command>
- <option>net</option>
+ <option>(net)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Download speed in KiB
+ <listitem>Download speed in suitable IEC units
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>downspeedf</option>
</command>
- <option>net</option>
+ <option>(net)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Download speed in KiB with one decimal
+ <listitem>Download speed in KiB with one decimal
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>downspeedgraph</option>
</command>
- <option>("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient
- colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t)
- (net)</option>
+ <option>(netdev) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)
+ (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)</option>
</term>
<listitem>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". Takes the switch
- '-t' to use a temperature gradient, which makes the
- gradient values change depending on the amplitude of a
- particular graph value (try it and see).
+ when you use -l switch. Takes the switch '-t' to use a
+ temperature gradient, which makes the gradient values
+ change depending on the amplitude of a particular graph
+ value (try it and see).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Number of mails marked as draft in the specified
mailbox or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes
- are supported, mbox type will return -1.
+ are supported, mbox type will return -1.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>else</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Text to show if any of the above are not true
+ <listitem>Text to show if any of the above are not true
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option />
</term>
- <listitem>Ends an $if block.
+ <listitem>Ends an $if block.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>entropy_avail</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Current entropy available for crypto freaks
+ <listitem>Current entropy available for crypto freaks
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(height),(width)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Normalized bar of available entropy for crypto
- freaks
+ freaks
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Percentage of entropy available in comparison to
- the poolsize
+ the poolsize
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Total size of system entropy pool for crypto
- freaks
+ freaks
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
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.
+ again.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>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.
+ displays the skill along with the remaining training time.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>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.
+ and posting a patch.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>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.
+ default_bar_size config setting.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>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.
+ default_gauge_size config setting.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>execgraph</option>
</command>
- <option>("normal"|"log") (-t) command</option>
+ <option>(-t) (-l) command</option>
</term>
<listitem>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
+ logaritmic scale when the log option (-l switch) 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. Takes the switch '-t' to
use a temperature gradient, which makes the gradient values
change depending on the amplitude of a particular graph
- value (try it and see).
+ value (try it and see). If -t or -l is your first argument,
+ you may need to preceed it by a space (' ').
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval
can't be less than update_interval in configuration. See
- also $texeci
+ also $texeci
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>interval command</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Same as execbar, except with an interval
+ <listitem>Same as execbar, except with an interval
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>interval command</option>
</term>
<listitem>Same as execgauge, but takes an interval arg and
- gauges values.
+ gauges values.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>execigraph</option>
</command>
- <option>interval ("normal"|"log") (-t) command</option>
+ <option>interval (-t) (-l) command</option>
</term>
<listitem>Same as execgraph, but takes an interval arg and
- graphs values.
+ graphs values. If -t or -l is your first argument, you may
+ need to preceed it by a space (' ').
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
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.
+ interval.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>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.
+ command is still parsed and evaluated at every interval.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Number of mails marked as flagged in the
specified mailbox or mail spool if not. Only maildir type
- mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
+ mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>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)
+ font (much like with $color)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Number of mails marked as forwarded in the
specified mailbox or mail spool if not. Only maildir type
- mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
+ mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(n)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz. CPUs are
- counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
+ counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(n)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Returns CPU #n's frequency in GHz. CPUs are
- counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
+ counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>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.
+ that file system.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>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.
+ that file system.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(fs)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Free space on a file system available for users.
+ <listitem>Free space on a file system available for users.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(fs)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Free percentage of space on a file system
- available for users.
+ available for users.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(fs)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>File system size.
+ <listitem>File system size.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(fs)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>File system type.
+ <listitem>File system type.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(fs)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>File system used space.
+ <listitem>File system used space.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(fs)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Percent of file system used space.
+ <listitem>Percent of file system used space.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>x</option>
</term>
<listitem>The next element will be printed at position 'x'.
-
+
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Displays the default route's interface or
- "multiple"/"none" accordingly.
+ "multiple"/"none" accordingly.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Displays the default gateway's IP or
- "multiple"/"none" accordingly.
+ "multiple"/"none" accordingly.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>Displays temperature of a selected hard disk
drive as reported by the hddtemp daemon running on
host:port. Default host is 127.0.0.1, default port is 7634.
-
+
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>head</option>
</command>
- <option>logfile lines (interval)</option>
+ <option>logfile lines (next_check)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>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.
+ <listitem>Displays first N lines of supplied text file. The
+ file is checked every 'next_check' update. If next_check is
+ not supplied, Conky defaults to 2. Max of 30 lines can be
+ displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(height)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels
+ <listitem>Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
'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).
+ (i.e. contain at least one decimal place).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
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).
+ contain at least one decimal place).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>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.
+ is by default not enabled by i8k itself.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option />
</term>
<listitem>If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron
- laptops, displays the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.
+ laptops, displays the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron
laptops, displays the volume buttons status as listed in
- /proc/i8k.
+ /proc/i8k.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron
laptops, displays the cpu temperature in Celsius, as
- reported by /proc/i8k.
+ reported by /proc/i8k.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>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.
+ laptops i8k reports these fans in reverse order.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>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.
+ laptops i8k reports these fans in reverse order.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>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.
+ laptops i8k reports these fans in reverse order.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>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.
+ laptops i8k reports these fans in reverse order.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron
laptops, displays your laptop serial number as listed in
- /proc/i8k.
+ /proc/i8k.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option />
</term>
<listitem>If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron
- laptops, displays the version formatting of /proc/i8k.
+ laptops, displays the version formatting of /proc/i8k.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness
- of the laptops's LCD (0-7).
+ of the laptops's LCD (0-7).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>ibm_fan</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.
+ <listitem>If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>If running the IBM ACPI, displays the
temperatures from the IBM temperature sensors (N=0..7)
- Sensor 0 is on the CPU, 3 is on the GPU.
+ Sensor 0 is on the CPU, 3 is on the GPU.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>If running the IBM ACPI, displays the "master"
- volume, controlled by the volume keys (0-14).
+ volume, controlled by the volume keys (0-14).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>codeset_from codeset_to</option>
</term>
<listitem>Convert text from one codeset to another using
- GNU iconv. Needs to be stopped with iconv_stop.
+ GNU iconv. Needs to be stopped with iconv_stop.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option />
</term>
- <listitem>Stop iconv codeset conversion.
+ <listitem>Stop iconv codeset conversion.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(var)</option>
</term>
<listitem>if conky variable VAR is empty, display
- everything between $if_empty and the matching $endif
+ everything between $if_empty and the matching $endif
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
if_existing and the matching $endif. The optional second
paramater checks for FILE containing the specified string
and prints everything between $if_existing and the matching
- $endif.
+ $endif.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>if there is at least one default gateway, display
- everything between $if_gw and the matching $endif
+ everything between $if_gw and the matching $endif
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
Valid expressions consist of a left side, an operator and a
right side. Left and right sides are being parsed for
contained text objects before evaluation. Recognised left
- and right side types are:
+ and right side types are:
<simplelist>
<member>
- <command>double</command>: argument consists of only
+ <command>double</command>Argument consists of only
digits and a single dot.</member>
<member>
- <command>long</command>: argument consists of only
+ <command>long</command>Argument consists of only
digits.</member>
<member>
- <command>string</command>: argument is enclosed in
+ <command>string</command>Argument is enclosed in
quotation mark or the checks for double and long failed
before.</member>
</simplelist>Valid operands are: '>', '<', '>=',
- '<=', '==', '!='.
+ '<=', '==', '!='.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>If mixer exists, display everything between
$if_mixer_mute and the matching $endif. If no mixer is
- specified, "Master" is used.
+ specified, "Master" is used.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(mountpoint)</option>
</term>
<listitem>if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything
- between $if_mounted and the matching $endif
+ between $if_mounted and the matching $endif
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>if mpd is playing or paused, display everything
- between $if_mpd_playing and the matching $endif
+ between $if_mpd_playing and the matching $endif
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>if PROCESS is running, display everything
$if_running and the matching $endif. This uses the
- ``pidof'' command, so the -x switch is also supported.
+ ``pidof'' command, so the -x switch is also supported.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>when using smapi, if the battery with index INDEX
is installed, display everything between
- $if_smapi_bat_installed and the matching $endif
+ $if_smapi_bat_installed and the matching $endif
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(interface)</option>
</term>
<listitem>if INTERFACE exists and is up, display everything
- between $if_up and the matching $endif
+ between $if_up and the matching $endif
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
reached. Example : "{$if_updatenr 1}foo$endif{$if_updatenr
2}bar$endif{$if_updatenr 4}$endif" shows foo 25% of the
time followed by bar 25% of the time followed by nothing
- the other half of the time.
+ the other half of the time.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Display everything between $if_xmms2_connected
- and the matching $endif if xmms2 is running.
+ and the matching $endif if xmms2 is running.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
position (or any other formatting) of images, they are just
rendered as per the arguments passed. The only reason
$image is part of the TEXT section, is to allow for runtime
- modifications, through $execp $lua_parse, $lua_read_parse,
- or some other method.
+ modifications, through $execp $lua_parse, or some other
+ method.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
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.
+ prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
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.
+ will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
+ <option>include</option>
+ </command>
+ <option>path</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Loads the configfile at path, places the
+ configsettings behind the configsettings in the orginal
+ config and places the vars where the includevar
+ stood.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>
<option>ioscheduler</option>
</command>
<option>disk</option>
</term>
<listitem>Prints the current ioscheduler used for the given
- disk name (i.e. e.g. "hda" or "sdb")
+ disk name (i.e. e.g. "hda" or "sdb")
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>kernel</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Kernel version
+ <listitem>Kernel version
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>laptop_mode</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>The value of /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
+ <listitem>The value of /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>textfile</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Displays the number of lines in the given file
+ <listitem>Displays the number of lines in the given file
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>loadavg</option>
</command>
+ <option>(1|2|3)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>(1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1
- minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.
+ <listitem>System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2
+ for past 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>loadgraph</option>
</command>
- <option>("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient
- colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t)</option>
+ <option>(1|2|3) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)
+ (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)</option>
</term>
<listitem>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". Takes the switch '-t' to use a temperature
- gradient, which makes the gradient values change depending
- on the amplitude of a particular graph value (try it and
- see).
+ scale (to see small numbers) when you use the -l switch.
+ Takes the switch '-t' to use a temperature gradient, which
+ makes the gradient values change depending on the amplitude
+ of a particular graph value (try it and see).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Executes a Lua function with given parameters,
then prints the returned string. See also 'lua_load' on how
- to load scripts.
+ to load scripts. Conky puts 'conky_' in front of
+ function_name to prevent accidental calls to the wrong
+ function unless you put you place 'conky_' in front of it
+ yourself.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>Executes a Lua function with given parameters and
draws a bar. Expects result value to be an integer between
0 and 100. See also 'lua_load' on how to load scripts.
+ Conky puts 'conky_' in front of function_name to prevent
+ accidental calls to the wrong function unless you put you
+ place 'conky_' in front of it yourself.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>Executes a Lua function with given parameters and
draws a gauge. Expects result value to be an integer
between 0 and 100. See also 'lua_load' on how to load
- scripts.
+ scripts. Conky puts 'conky_' in front of function_name to
+ prevent accidental calls to the wrong function unless you
+ put you place 'conky_' in front of it yourself.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>lua_graph</option>
</command>
- <option>("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient
- colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t)
- function_name (function parameters)</option>
+ <option>function_name (height),(width) (gradient colour
+ 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Executes a Lua function with given parameters and
- draws a graph. Expects result value to be an integer
- between 0 and 100. See also 'lua_load' on how to load
- scripts. Takes the switch '-t' to use a temperature
+ <listitem>Executes a Lua function with and draws a graph.
+ Expects result value to be any number, and by default will
+ scale to show the full range. See also 'lua_load' on how to
+ load scripts. Takes the switch '-t' to use a temperature
gradient, which makes the gradient values change depending
on the amplitude of a particular graph value (try it and
- see).
+ see). Conky puts 'conky_' in front of function_name to
+ prevent accidental calls to the wrong function unless you
+ put you place 'conky_' in front of it yourself.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>Executes a Lua function with given parameters as
per $lua, then parses and prints the result value as per
the syntax for Conky's TEXT section. See also 'lua_load' on
- how to load scripts.
- <para /></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <command>
- <option>lua_read_parse</option>
- </command>
- <option>function_name (conky text)</option>
- </term>
- <listitem>Executes a Lua function per $lua, except takes a
- 2nd argument which is first evaluated as per Conky's TEXT
- section and passed to the function first. The return value
- is then parsed and prints the result value as per the
- syntax for Conky's TEXT section. See also 'lua_load' on how
- to load scripts.
+ how to load scripts. Conky puts 'conky_' in front of
+ function_name to prevent accidental calls to the wrong
+ function unless you put you place 'conky_' in front of it
+ yourself.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>machine</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Machine, i686 for example
+ <listitem>Machine, i686 for example
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
spool if not. Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are
supported. You can use a program like fetchmail to get
mails from some server using your favourite protocol. See
- also new_mails.
+ also new_mails.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>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"}
+ 10 "/home/brenden/some box"}
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>mem</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Amount of memory in use
+ <listitem>Amount of memory in use
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(height),(width)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Bar that shows amount of memory in use
+ <listitem>Bar that shows amount of memory in use
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Amount of free memory including the memory that
- is very easily freed (buffers/cache)
+ is very easily freed (buffers/cache)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>memfree</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Amount of free memory
+ <listitem>Amount of free memory
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(height),(width)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Gauge that shows amount of memory in use (see
- cpugauge)
+ cpugauge)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>memgraph</option>
</command>
- <option>("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient
- colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t)</option>
+ <option>(height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient
+ colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Memory usage graph. Uses a logarithmic scale (to
- see small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".
- Takes the switch '-t' to use a temperature gradient, which
- makes the gradient values change depending on the amplitude
- of a particular graph value (try it and see).
+ see small numbers) when you use the -l switch. Takes the
+ switch '-t' to use a temperature gradient, which makes the
+ gradient values change depending on the amplitude of a
+ particular graph value (try it and see).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>memmax</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Total amount of memory
+ <listitem>Total amount of memory
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>memperc</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Percentage of memory in use
+ <listitem>Percentage of memory in use
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
"monitor". Refer to the definition of SOUND_DEVICE_NAMES in
<linux/soundcard.h> (on Linux), <soundcard.h>
(on OpenBSD), or <sys/soundcard.h> to find the exact
- options available on your system.
+ options available on your system.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(device)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Displays mixer value in a bar as reported by the
- OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
+ OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(device)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Prints the left channel mixer value as reported
- by the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
+ by the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Displays the left channel mixer value in a bar as
reported by the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on
- arguments.
+ arguments.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(device)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Prints the right channel mixer value as reported
- by the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
+ by the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Displays the right channel mixer value in a bar
as reported by the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on
- arguments.
+ arguments.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>moc_album</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Album of the current MOC song
+ <listitem>Album of the current MOC song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>moc_artist</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Artist of the current MOC song
+ <listitem>Artist of the current MOC song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>moc_bitrate</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Bitrate in the current MOC song
+ <listitem>Bitrate in the current MOC song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>moc_curtime</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Current time of the current MOC song
+ <listitem>Current time of the current MOC song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>moc_file</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>File name of the current MOC song
+ <listitem>File name of the current MOC song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>moc_rate</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Rate of the current MOC song
+ <listitem>Rate of the current MOC song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>moc_song</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>The current song name being played in MOC.
+ <listitem>The current song name being played in MOC.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>moc_state</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Current state of MOC; playing, stopped etc.
+ <listitem>Current state of MOC; playing, stopped etc.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>moc_timeleft</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Time left in the current MOC song
+ <listitem>Time left in the current MOC song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>moc_title</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Title of the current MOC song
+ <listitem>Title of the current MOC song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>moc_totaltime</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Total length of the current MOC song
+ <listitem>Total length of the current MOC song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Number of the monitor on which conky is running
+ or the message "Not running in X" if this is the case.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>monitor_number</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Number of monitors
+ <listitem>Number of monitors or the message "Not running in
+ X" if this is the case.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>mpd_album</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Album in current MPD song
+ <listitem>Album in current MPD song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at
- compile
+ compile
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(height),(width)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Bar of mpd's progress
+ <listitem>Bar of mpd's progress
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>mpd_bitrate</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Bitrate of current song
+ <listitem>Bitrate of current song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>mpd_elapsed</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Song's elapsed time
+ <listitem>Song's elapsed time
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>mpd_file</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Prints the file name of the current MPD song
+ <listitem>Prints the file name of the current MPD song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>mpd_length</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Song's length
+ <listitem>Song's length
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>mpd_name</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Prints the MPD name field
+ <listitem>Prints the MPD name field
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>mpd_percent</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Percent of song's progress
+ <listitem>Percent of song's progress
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>mpd_random</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Random status (On/Off)
+ <listitem>Random status (On/Off)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>mpd_repeat</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Repeat status (On/Off)
+ <listitem>Repeat status (On/Off)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(max length)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Prints the song name in either the form "artist -
- title" or file name, depending on whats available
+ title" or file name, depending on whats available
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>mpd_status</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Playing, stopped, et cetera.
+ <listitem>Playing, stopped, et cetera.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(max length)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Title of current MPD song
+ <listitem>Title of current MPD song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>mpd_track</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Prints the MPD track field
+ <listitem>Prints the MPD track field
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>mpd_vol</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>MPD's volume
+ <listitem>MPD's volume
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(index)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Print a nameserver from /etc/resolv.conf. Index
- starts at and defaults to 0.
+ starts at and defaults to 0.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Unread mail count in the specified mailbox or
mail spool if not. Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are
- supported.
+ supported.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>nodename</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Hostname
+ <listitem>Hostname
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>Nvidia graficcard support for the XNVCtrl
library. Each option can be shortened to the least
significant part. Temperatures are printed as float, all
- other values as integer.
+ other values as integer.
<simplelist>
<member>
- <command>threshold</command>: the thresholdtemperature
- at which the gpu slows down</member>
+ <command>threshold</command>The thresholdtemperature at
+ which the gpu slows down</member>
<member>
- <command>temp</command>: gives the gpu current
+ <command>temp</command>Tives the gpu current
temperature</member>
<member>
- <command>ambient</command>: gives current air
- temperature near GPU case</member>
+ <command>ambient</command>
+ <option>Gives current air temperature near GPU
+ case</option>
+ </member>
<member>
- <command>gpufreq</command>: gives the current gpu
- frequency</member>
+ <command>gpufreq</command>
+ <option>Gives the current gpu frequency</option>
+ </member>
<member>
- <command>memfreq</command>: gives the current mem
- frequency</member>
+ <command>memfreq</command>
+ <option>Gives the current mem frequency</option>
+ </member>
<member>
- <command>imagequality</command>: which imagequality
- should be choosen by OpenGL applications</member>
+ <command>imagequality</command>
+ <option>Which imagequality should be choosen by
+ OpenGL applications</option>
+ </member>
</simplelist>
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(pixels)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.
+ <listitem>Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(color)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Change outline color
+ <listitem>Change outline color
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display
information on battery status. The item parameter
specifies, what information to display. Exactly one item
- must be specified. Valid items are:
+ must be specified. Valid items are:
<simplelist>
<member>
- <command>status</command>: Display if battery is fully
- charged, charging, discharging or absent (running on
- AC)</member>
+ <command>status</command>
+ <option>Display if battery is fully charged,
+ charging, discharging or absent (running on
+ AC)</option>
+ </member>
<member>
- <command>percent</command>: Display charge of battery
- in percent, if charging or discharging. Nothing will be
- displayed, if battery is fully charged or
- absent.</member>
+ <command>percent</command>
+ <option>Display charge of battery in percent, if
+ charging or discharging. Nothing will be displayed,
+ if battery is fully charged or absent.</option>
+ </member>
<member>
- <command>time</command>: Display the time remaining
- until the battery will be fully charged or discharged
- at current rate. Nothing is displayed, if battery is
- absent or if it's present but fully charged and not
- discharging.</member>
+ <command>time</command>
+ <option>Display the time remaining until the
+ battery will be fully charged or discharged at
+ current rate. Nothing is displayed, if battery is
+ absent or if it's present but fully charged and not
+ discharging.</option>
+ </member>
</simplelist>
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
'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).
+ (i.e. contain at least one decimal place).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
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.
+ when Conky starts.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
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.
+ when Conky starts.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>shell command</option>
</term>
<listitem>Executes a shell command one time before conky
- displays anything and puts output as text.
+ displays anything and puts output as text.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>processes</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Total processes (sleeping and running)
+ <listitem>Total processes (sleeping and running)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Connects to a tcp port on a host (default is
localhost), reads every char available at the moment and
- shows them.
+ shows them.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Number of mails marked as replied in the
specified mailbox or mail spool if not. Only maildir type
- mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
+ mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>rss</option>
</command>
- <option>url delay_in_minutes action (num_par
+ <option>uri interval_in_minutes action (num_par
(spaces_in_front))</option>
</term>
- <listitem>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).
- <para /></listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Download and parse RSS feeds. The interval may be
+ a floating point value greater than 0, otherwise
+ defaults to 15 minutes. 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). This object is
+ threaded, and once a thread is created it can't be
+ explicitely destroyed. One thread will run for each URI
+ specified. You can use any protocol that Curl
+ supports.</para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux
- 2.6
+ 2.6
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
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").
+ a '|'-sign. If you change the textcolor inside $scroll it
+ will automatically have it's old value back at the end of
+ $scroll. The end and the start of text will be seperated by
+ 'length' number of spaces.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Number of mails marked as seen in the specified
mailbox or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes
- are supported, mbox type will return -1.
+ are supported, mbox type will return -1.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(color)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Change shading color
+ <listitem>Change shading color
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
'(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.
+ of the smapi_* variables instead.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(INDEX),(height),(width)</option>
</term>
<listitem>when using smapi, display the remaining capacity
- of the battery with index INDEX as a bar.
+ of the battery with index INDEX as a bar.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>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.
+ configuration option.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
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.
+ (positive) or discharging (negative) state.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>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.
+ being converted from milli degree Celsius.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Displays the Sony VAIO fanspeed information if
- sony-laptop kernel support is enabled. Linux only.
+ sony-laptop kernel support is enabled. Linux only.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(space)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
+ <listitem>Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>swap</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Amount of swap in use
+ <listitem>Amount of swap in use
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(height),(width)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Bar that shows amount of swap in use
+ <listitem>Bar that shows amount of swap in use
+ <para /></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>
+ <option>swapfree</option>
+ </command>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>Amount of free swap
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>swapmax</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Total amount of swap
+ <listitem>Total amount of swap
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>swapperc</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Percentage of swap in use
+ <listitem>Percentage of swap in use
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>sysname</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>System name, Linux for example
+ <listitem>System name, Linux for example
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(width, (start))</option>
</term>
<listitem>Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from
- column 'start'. The unit is pixels for both arguments.
+ column 'start'. The unit is pixels for both arguments.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>tail</option>
</command>
- <option>logfile lines (interval)</option>
+ <option>logfile lines (next_check)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>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.
+ <listitem>Displays last N lines of supplied text file. The
+ file is checked every 'next_check' update. If next_check is
+ not supplied, Conky defaults to 2. Max of 30 lines can be
+ displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>port_begin port_end item (index)</option>
<emphasis>(ip4 only at present)</emphasis>
</term>
- <listitem>TCP port monitor for specified local ports. Port
- numbers must be in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:
- <simplelist>
- <member>
- <command>count</command>- total number of connections
- in the range</member>
- <member>
- <command>rip</command>- remote ip address</member>
- <member>
- <command>rhost</command>- remote host name</member>
- <member>
- <command>rport</command>- remote port number</member>
- <member>
- <command>rservice</command>- remote service name from
- /etc/services</member>
- <member>
- <command>lip</command>- local ip address</member>
- <member>
- <command>lhost</command>- local host name</member>
- <member>
- <command>lport</command>- local port number</member>
- <member>
- <command>lservice</command>- local service name from
- /etc/services</member>
- </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.
- <simplelist>
- <member>Examples:</member>
- <member>
- <command>${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count}</command>-
- displays the number of connections in the bittorrent
- port range</member>
- <member>
- <command>${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0}</command>- displays
- the remote host ip of the first sshd
- connection</member>
- <member>
- <command>${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9}</command>- displays
- the remote host ip of the tenth sshd
- connection</member>
- <member>
- <command>${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0}</command>-
- displays the remote host name of the first connection
- on a privileged port</member>
- <member>
- <command>${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4}</command>-
- displays the remote host port of the fifth connection
- on a privileged port</member>
- <member>
- <command>${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14}</command>-
- displays the local service name of the fifteenth
- connection in the range of all ports</member>
- </simplelist>Note that port monitor variables which share
- the same port range actually refer to the same monitor, so
- many references to a single port range for different items
- and different indexes all use the same monitor internally.
- In other words, the program avoids creating redundant
- monitors.</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>TCP port monitor for specified local ports. Port
+ numbers must be in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items
+ are:</para>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>
+ <command>count</command>
+ <option>Total number of connections in the
+ range</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>rip</command>
+ <option>Remote ip address</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>rhost</command>
+ <option>Remote host name</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>rport</command>
+ <option>Remote port number</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>rservice</command>
+ <option>Remote service name from
+ /etc/services</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>lip</command>
+ <option>Local ip address</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>lhost</command>
+ <option>Local host name</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>lport</command>
+ <option>Local port number</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>lservice</command>
+ <option>Local service name from
+ /etc/services</option>
+ </member>
+ </simplelist>
+ <para>The connection index provides you with access to
+ each connection in the port monitor. The monitor will
+ return information for index values from 0 to n-1
+ connections. Values higher than n-1 are simply ignored.
+ For the "count" item, the connection index must be
+ omitted. It is required for all other items.</para>
+ <para>Examples:</para>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>
+ <command>${tcp_portmon 6881 6999
+ count}</command>
+ <option>Displays the number of connections in
+ the bittorrent port range</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0}</command>
+ <option>Displays the remote host ip of the
+ first sshd connection</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9}</command>
+ <option>Displays the remote host ip of the
+ tenth sshd connection</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost
+ 0}</command>
+ <option>Displays the remote host name of the
+ first connection on a privileged port</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport
+ 4}</command>
+ <option>Displays the remote host port of the
+ fifth connection on a privileged port</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice
+ 14}</command>
+ <option>Displays the local service name of the
+ fifteenth connection in the range of all
+ ports</option>
+ </member>
+ </simplelist>
+ <para>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.</para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>(arg2)</option>
<option>(arg3 ...)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Evaluate the content of the templateN
- configuration variable (where N is a value between 0 and 9,
- inclusively), applying substitutions as described in the
- documentation of the corresponding configuration variable.
- The number of arguments is optional, but must match the
- highest referred index in the template. You can use the
- same special sequences in each argument as the ones valid
- for a template definition, e.g. to allow an argument to
- contain a whitespace. Also simple nesting of templates is
- possible this way.
- <para /></listitem>
- <listitem>Here are some examples of template definitions:
- <simplelist>
- <member>template0 $\1\2</member>
- <member>template1 \1: ${fs_used \2} / ${fs_size
- \2}</member>
- <member>template2 \1 \2</member>
- </simplelist>The following list shows sample usage of the
- templates defined above, with the equivalent syntax when
- not using any template at all:
- <table>
- <tgroup cols="2">
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>using template</entry>
- <entry>same without template</entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>${template0 node name}</entry>
- <entry>$nodename</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>${template1 root /}</entry>
- <entry>root: ${fs_free /} / ${fs_size
- /}</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <programlisting>${template1
- ${template2\ disk\ root}
- /}</programlisting>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <programlisting>disk root: ${fs_free /}
- / ${fs_size /}</programlisting>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- <para /></listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Evaluate the content of the templateN
+ configuration variable (where N is a value between 0
+ and 9, inclusively), applying substitutions as
+ described in the documentation of the corresponding
+ configuration variable. The number of arguments is
+ optional, but must match the highest referred index in
+ the template. You can use the same special sequences in
+ each argument as the ones valid for a template
+ definition, e.g. to allow an argument to contain a
+ whitespace. Also simple nesting of templates is
+ possible this way.</para>
+ <para>Here are some examples of template
+ definitions:</para>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>template0 $\1\2</member>
+ <member>template1 \1: ${fs_used \2} / ${fs_size
+ \2}</member>
+ <member>template2 \1 \2</member>
+ </simplelist>
+ <para>The following list shows sample usage of the
+ templates defined above, with the equivalent syntax
+ when not using any template at all:</para>
+ <table>
+ <tgroup cols="2">
+ <thead>
+ <row rowsep="1">
+ <entry>using template</entry>
+ <entry>same without template</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>${template0 node name}</entry>
+ <entry>$nodename</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>${template1 root /}</entry>
+ <entry>root: ${fs_free /} / ${fs_size
+ /}</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ <programlisting>${template1
+ ${template2\ disk\ root}
+ /}</programlisting>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>
+ <programlisting>disk root:
+ ${fs_free /} / ${fs_size
+ /}</programlisting>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
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.
+ See also $execi. This object will clean up the thread when
+ it is destroyed, so it can safely be used in a nested
+ fashion, though it may not produce the desired behaviour if
+ used this way.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(format)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Local time, see man strftime to get more
- information about format
+ information about format
+ <para /></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>
+ <option>to_bytes</option>
+ </command>
+ <option>size</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>If 'size' is a number followed by a size-unit
+ (kilobyte,mb,GiB,...) then it converts the size to bytes
+ and shows it without unit, otherwise it just shows 'size'.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
(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.
+ "mem_res", "mem_vsize", "time", "io_perc", "io_read" and
+ "io_write". There can be a max of 10 processes listed.
+ <para /></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>
+ <option>top_io</option>
+ </command>
+ <option>type, num</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>Same as top, except sorted by the amount of I/O
+ the process has done during the update interval
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>type, num</option>
</term>
<listitem>Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead
- of cpu
+ of cpu
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>type, num</option>
</term>
<listitem>Same as top, except sorted by total CPU time
- instead of current CPU usage
+ instead of current CPU usage
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>totaldown</option>
</command>
- <option>net</option>
+ <option>(net)</option>
</term>
<listitem>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.
+ started.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>totalup</option>
</command>
- <option>net</option>
+ <option>(net)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Total upload, this one too, may overflow
+ <listitem>Total upload, this one too, may overflow
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Number of mails marked as trashed in the
specified mailbox or mail spool if not. Only maildir type
- mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
+ mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
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.
+ US/Pacific, Europe/Zurich, etc.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Number of mails not marked as flagged in the
specified mailbox or mail spool if not. Only maildir type
- mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
+ mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Number of mails not marked as forwarded in the
specified mailbox or mail spool if not. Only maildir type
- mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
+ mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Number of mails not marked as replied in the
specified mailbox or mail spool if not. Only maildir type
- mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
+ mailboxes are supported, mbox type will return -1.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>Number of new or unseen mails in the specified
mailbox or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes
- are supported, mbox type will return -1.
+ are supported, mbox type will return -1.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>Number of updates</option>
</term>
- <listitem>for debugging
+ <listitem>for debugging
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>upspeed</option>
</command>
- <option>net</option>
+ <option>(net)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Upload speed in KiB
+ <listitem>Upload speed in suitable IEC units
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>upspeedf</option>
</command>
- <option>net</option>
+ <option>(net)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Upload speed in KiB with one decimal
+ <listitem>Upload speed in KiB with one decimal
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>upspeedgraph</option>
</command>
- <option>("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient
- colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t)
- (net)</option>
+ <option>(netdev) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)
+ (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)</option>
</term>
<listitem>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". Takes the switch '-t' to
- use a temperature gradient, which makes the gradient values
+ you use the -l switch. Takes the switch '-t' to use a
+ temperature gradient, which makes the gradient values
change depending on the amplitude of a particular graph
- value (try it and see).
+ value (try it and see).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>uptime</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Uptime
+ <listitem>Uptime
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>uptime_short</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Uptime in a shorter format
+ <listitem>Uptime in a shorter format
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>user_names</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Lists the names of the users logged in
+ <listitem>Lists the names of the users logged in
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>user_number</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Number of users logged in
+ <listitem>Number of users logged in
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>user_terms</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Lists the consoles in use
+ <listitem>Lists the consoles in use
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>user_times</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Lists how long users have been logged in for
+ <listitem>Lists how long users have been logged in for
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(format)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).
+ <listitem>Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(pixels)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative
- values will cause text to overlap. See also $offset.
+ values will cause text to overlap. See also $offset.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(n)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs are counted
- from 1. If omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
+ from 1. If omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>(n)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Returns CPU #n's voltage in V. CPUs are counted
- from 1. If omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
- <para /></listitem>
+ from 1. If omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
+ <para /></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>
+ <option>weather</option>
+ </command>
+ <option>URI locID data_type
+ (interval_in_minutes)</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Download, parse and display METAR data.</para>
+ <para>For the 'URI', there are two
+ possibilities:</para>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>
+ http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/</member>
+ <member>
+ http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/</member>
+ </simplelist>
+ <para>The first one is free to use but the second
+ requires you to register and obtain your partner ID and
+ license key. These two must be written, separated by a
+ space, into a file called .xoaprc which needs to be
+ placed into your home directory.</para>
+ <para>'locID' must be a valid location identifier for
+ the required uri. For the NOAA site this must be a
+ valid ICAO (see for instance
+ https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/qryhtml/icao/). For the
+ weather.com site this must be a valid location ID (see
+ for instance
+ http://aspnetresources.com/tools/locid.aspx).</para>
+ <para>'data_type' must be one of the following:</para>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>
+ <command>last_update</command>
+ <para>The date and time stamp of the data.
+ The result depends on the URI used. For the
+ NOAA site it is date (yyyy/mm/dd) and UTC time.
+ For the weather.com one it is date
+ ([m]m/[d]d/yy) and Local Time of the
+ station.</para>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>temperature</command>
+ <para>Air temperature (you can use the
+ 'temperature_unit' config setting to change
+ units)</para>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>cloud_cover</command>
+ <para>The highest cloud cover status</para>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>pressure</command>
+ <para>Air pressure in millibar</para>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>wind_speed</command>
+ <para>Wind speed in km/h</para>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>wind_dir</command>
+ <para>Wind direction</para>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>wind_dir_DEG</command>
+ <para>Compass wind direction</para>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>humidity</command>
+ <para>Relative humidity in %</para>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>weather</command>
+ <para>Any relevant weather event (rain, snow,
+ etc.). This is not used if you are querying the
+ weather.com site since this data is aggregated
+ into the cloud_cover one</para>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>icon</command>
+ <para>Weather icon (only for
+ www.weather.com). Can be used together with the
+ icon kit provided upon registering to their
+ service.</para>
+ </member>
+ </simplelist>
+ <para>'delay_in_minutes' (optional, default 30) cannot
+ be less than 30 minutes.</para>
+ <para>This object is threaded, and once a thread is
+ created it can't be explicitely destroyed. One thread
+ will run for each URI specified.</para>
+ <para>Note that these variables are still EXPERIMENTAL
+ and can be subject to many future changes.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>
+ <option>weather_forecast</option>
+ </command>
+ <option>URI locID day data_type
+ (interval_in_minutes)</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Download, parse and display weather forecast data
+ for a given day (daytime only).</para>
+ <para>For the 'URI', for the time being only
+ http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ is
+ supported. See 'weather' above for details of usage</para>
+ <para>'locID', see 'weather' above.</para>
+ <para>'day' is a number from 0 (today) to 4 (3 days
+ after tomorrow).</para>
+ <para>'data_type' must be one of the following:</para>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>
+ <command>low</command>
+ <option>Minimun temperature (you can use the
+ 'temperature_unit' config setting to change
+ units)</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>high</command>
+ <option>Maximum temperature (you can use the
+ 'temperature_unit' config setting to change
+ units)</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>icon</command>
+ <option>Weather icon. Can be used together with the
+ icon kit provided upon registering to the weather.com
+ service</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>forecast</command>
+ <option>Weather forecast (sunny, rainy, etc.)</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>wind_speed</command>
+ <option>Wind speed in km/h</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>wind_dir</command>
+ <option>Wind direction</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>wind_dir_DEG</command>
+ <option>Compass wind direction</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>humidity</command>
+ <option>Relative humidity in %</option>
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <command>precipitation</command>
+ <option>Probability of having a
+ precipitation (in %)</option>
+ </member>
+ </simplelist>
+ <para>'delay_in_minutes' (optional, default 150) cannot
+ be lower than 150 min.</para>
+ <para>This object is threaded, and once a thread is
+ created it can't be explicitely destroyed. One thread
+ will run for each URI specified. You can use any
+ protocol that Curl supports.</para>
+ <para>Note that these variables are still EXPERIMENTAL
+ and can be subject to many future changes.</para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>wireless_ap</option>
</command>
- <option>net</option>
+ <option>(net)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Wireless access point MAC address (Linux only)
+ <listitem>Wireless access point MAC address (Linux only)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>wireless_bitrate</option>
</command>
- <option>net</option>
+ <option>(net)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Wireless bitrate (ie 11 Mb/s) (Linux only)
+ <listitem>Wireless bitrate (ie 11 Mb/s) (Linux only)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>wireless_essid</option>
</command>
- <option>net</option>
+ <option>(net)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Wireless access point ESSID (Linux only)
+ <listitem>Wireless access point ESSID (Linux only)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>wireless_link_bar</option>
</command>
- <option>(height), (width) net</option>
+ <option>(height),(width) (net)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Wireless link quality bar (Linux only)
+ <listitem>Wireless link quality bar (Linux only)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>wireless_link_qual</option>
</command>
- <option>net</option>
+ <option>(net)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Wireless link quality (Linux only)
+ <listitem>Wireless link quality (Linux only)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>wireless_link_qual_max</option>
</command>
- <option>net</option>
+ <option>(net)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Wireless link quality maximum value (Linux only)
+ <listitem>Wireless link quality maximum value (Linux only)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>wireless_link_qual_perc</option>
</command>
- <option>net</option>
+ <option>(net)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Wireless link quality in percents (Linux only)
+ <listitem>Wireless link quality in percents (Linux only)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<command>
<option>wireless_mode</option>
</command>
- <option>net</option>
+ <option>(net)</option>
</term>
<listitem>Wireless mode (Managed/Ad-Hoc/Master) (Linux
- only)
+ only)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>textfile</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Displays the number of words in the given file
+ <listitem>Displays the number of words in the given file
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>xmms2_album</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Album in current XMMS2 song
+ <listitem>Album in current XMMS2 song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>xmms2_artist</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Artist in current XMMS2 song
+ <listitem>Artist in current XMMS2 song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
<option>(height),(width)</option>
</term>
- <listitem>Bar of XMMS2's progress
+ <listitem>Bar of XMMS2's progress
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>xmms2_bitrate</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Bitrate of current song
+ <listitem>Bitrate of current song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>xmms2_comment</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Comment in current XMMS2 song
+ <listitem>Comment in current XMMS2 song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>xmms2_date</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Returns song's date.
+ <listitem>Returns song's date.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>xmms2_duration</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Duration of current song
+ <listitem>Duration of current song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>xmms2_elapsed</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Song's elapsed time
+ <listitem>Song's elapsed time
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>xmms2_genre</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Genre in current XMMS2 song
+ <listitem>Genre in current XMMS2 song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>xmms2_id</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>XMMS2 id of current song
+ <listitem>XMMS2 id of current song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>xmms2_percent</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Percent of song's progress
+ <listitem>Percent of song's progress
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>xmms2_playlist</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Returns the XMMS2 playlist.
+ <listitem>Returns the XMMS2 playlist.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>xmms2_size</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Size of current song
+ <listitem>Size of current song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Prints the song name in either the form "artist -
- title" or file name, depending on whats available
+ title" or file name, depending on whats available
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>XMMS2 status (Playing, Paused, Stopped, or
- Disconnected)
+ Disconnected)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>xmms2_timesplayed</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Number of times a song was played (presumably).
+ <listitem>Number of times a song was played (presumably).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>xmms2_title</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Title in current XMMS2 song
+ <listitem>Title in current XMMS2 song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>xmms2_tracknr</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Track number in current XMMS2 song
+ <listitem>Track number in current XMMS2 song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>xmms2_url</option>
</command>
</term>
- <listitem>Full path to current song
+ <listitem>Full path to current song
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>