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Conky (http://conky.rty.ca)
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WHAT IS CONKY?
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2005-08-02 03:08:54 +00:00
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Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code.
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Since it's original conception, Conky has changed a fair bit from
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it's predecessor. Conky can display just about anything, either on
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your root desktop or in it's own window. Conky has many built-in
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objects, as well as the ability to execute programs and scripts,
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then display the output from stdout.
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We are always looking for help, and anyone interested in becoming
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a developer is welcome. Please use the facilities at SourceForge
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to make bug reports, feature requests, and submit patches.
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Thanks for your interest in Conky.
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THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
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Conky is generally very good on resources. However, certain objects in
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Conky are harder on resources then others. In particular, the $tail,
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$top, and $graph objects are quite costly in comparison to the rest of Conky.
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If you do use them, please do not complain about memory or CPU usage,
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unless you think something is going seriously wrong (mem leak, et cetera).
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2005-07-20 00:30:40 +00:00
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COMPILING
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To compile and run Conky with all optional components (If you run Gentoo, see the "Ebuild" Section below):
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./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-xft --enable-mpd --enable-seti --enable-double-buffer --enable-own-window --enable-proc-uptime --enable-metar --enable-mldonkey
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make
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./conky
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Conky doesn't probably compile with other compilers than gcc and icc. It
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doesn't compile with C89 compiler and not even with pure C99. It uses few
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things that might not exist: strdup(), strcasecmp(), strncasecmp(), optarg
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variable with getopt() and long long (not in C89). Crashes in file system
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statistics stuff when compiled with icc, I don't know exactly why.
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You can disable 'drawing to own window' feature in case you don't need it
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by passing --disable-own-window to configure -script.
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EBUILD
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2005-08-02 03:08:54 +00:00
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Conky is in Gentoo's Portage. Simply use "emerge conky" to install conky.
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There is also usually an up-to-date ebuild within Conky's package or in
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CVS.
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CONFIGURING
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Default configuration file is $HOME/.conkyrc (can be changed from
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conky.c among other things). See conkyrc.sample. You might want to copy
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it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying it.
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Configuration file confs
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Conf Meaning
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alignment Aligned position on screen, may be top_left,
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top_right, bottom_left, bottom_right
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background Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to
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background when started
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border_margin Border margin in pixels
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border_width Border width in pixels
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cpu_avg_samples The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring
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default_color Default color and border color
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default_shade_color Default shading color and border's shading color
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default_outline_color Default outline color
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Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is
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double_buffer highly recommended to use own window with this one
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so double buffer won't be so big.
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draw_borders Draw borders around text?
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draw_shades Draw shades?
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draw_outline Draw outlines?
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font Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice
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font
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gap_x Gap between right or left border of screen, same as
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passing -x at command line
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gap_y Gap between top or bottom border of screen, same as
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passing -y at command line
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no_buffers Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?
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mail_spool Mail spool for mail checking
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metar_station METAR station code for weather, see
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http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/ if you need to find
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your code.
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metar_server Define a custom METAR ftp server
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metar_path Path on server to use
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minimum_size Minimum size of window
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mldonkey_hostname Hostname for mldonkey stuff, defaults to localhost
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mldonkey_port Mldonkey port, 4001 default
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mldonkey_login Mldonkey login, default none
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mldonkey_password Mldonkey password, default none
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net_avg_samples The number of samples to average for net data
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override_utf8_locale Force UTF8? requires XFT
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own_window Boolean, create own window to draw?
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pad_percents Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no
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padding)
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stippled_borders Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
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total_run_times Total number of times for Conky to update before
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quitting. Zero makes Conky run forever
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update_interval Update interval in seconds
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uppercase Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper
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case
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use_spacer Adds spaces after certain objects to stop them
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from moving other things around. Note that
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this only helps if you are using a mono font,
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such as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.
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use_xft Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
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text After this begins text to be formatted on screen
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Boolean variable without value in text means yes. Value may be also yes,
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true or any negative or positive integer meaning yes. No, false or zero
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meaning no.
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There may be some variables in text. Variable is given either in format
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$variable or in ${variable}. Latter allows characters right after the
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variable and must be used in some stuff because of arguments.
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Command line options
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Argument Description
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-V Prints version and exits
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-a ALIGNMENT Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom}_{left,right}
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-b Use double buffering (eliminates flicker)
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-c FILE Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc
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-d Daemonize, fork to background
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-f FONT Font to use
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-h Prints command line help and exits
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-o Create own window to draw
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-t TEXT Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t '$uptime'
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-u SECS Update interval
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-w WIN_ID Window id to draw
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-x X X position
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-y Y Y position
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Command line options override configurations defined in configuration
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file.
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Variables in text
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Variable Arguments Description
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addr (interface) IP address for an interface
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acpiacadapter ACPI ac adapter state.
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acpifan ACPI fan state
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acpitemp ACPI temperature.
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adt746xcpu CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
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adt746xfan Fan speed from therm_adt746x
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alignr (num) Right-justify text, with space of N
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alignc Align text to centre
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battery (num) Remaining capasity in ACPI or APM
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battery. ACPI battery number can be
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given as argument (default is BAT0).
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buffers Amount of memory buffered
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cached Amount of memory cached
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color (color) Change drawing color to color
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cpu CPU usage in percents
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cpubar (height) Bar that shows CPU usage, height is
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bar's height in pixels
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cpugraph (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2)
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CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex,
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minus the #.
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downspeed net Download speed in kilobytes
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downspeedf net Download speed in kilobytes with one
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decimal
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downspeedgraph net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2)
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Download speed graph, colours defined in
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hex, minus the #.
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exec shell command Executes a shell command and displays
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the output in conky. warning: this
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takes a lot more resources than other
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variables. I'd recommend coding wanted
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behaviour in C and posting a patch :-).
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execbar shell command Same as exec, except if the first value
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return is a value between 0-100, it
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will use that number for a bar.
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The size for the bar is currently fixed,
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but that may change in the future.
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execgraph shell command Same as execbar, but graphs values
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execi interval, shell command
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Same as exec but with specific interval.
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Interval can't be less than
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update_interval in configuration.
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fs_bar (height), (fs)Bar that shows how much space is used on
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a file system. height is the height in
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pixels. fs is any file on that file
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system.
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fs_free (fs) Free space on a file system available
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for users.
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fs_free_perc (fs) Free percentage of space on a file
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system available for users.
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fs_size (fs) File system size
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fs_used (fs) File system used space
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hr (height) Horizontal line, height is the height in
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pixels
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i2c (dev), type, n I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev
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may be omitted if you have only one I2C
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device. type is either in (or vol)
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meaning voltage, fan meaning fan or
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temp/tempf (first in C, second in F)
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meaning temperature. n is number of the
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sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on
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your local computer.
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if_running (process) if PROCESS is running, display
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everything if_running and the matching $endif
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if_existing (file) if FILE exists, display everything between
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if_existing and the matching $endif
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if_mounted (mountpoint) if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between
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if_mounted and the matching $endif
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else Text to show if any of the above are not true
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kernel Kernel version
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linkstatus (interface) Get the link status for wireless connections
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loadavg (1), (2), (3) System load average, 1 is for past 1
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minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for
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past 15 minutes.
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machine Machine, i686 for example
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mails Mail count in mail spool. You can use
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program like fetchmail to get mails from
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some server using your favourite
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protocol. See also new_mails.
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mem Amount of memory in use
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membar (height) Bar that shows amount of memory in use
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memmax Total amount of memory
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memperc Percentage of memory in use
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metar_ob_time
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metar_temp
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metar_tempf Temp in F
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metar_windchill
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metar_dew_point There are a bunch of these
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metar_rh and they are self-explanatory
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metar_windspeed
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metar_winddir
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metar_swinddir
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metar_cloud
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metar_u2d_time
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ml_upload_counter total session upload in mb
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ml_download_counter total session download in mb
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ml_nshared_files number of shared files
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ml_shared_counter total session shared in mb, buggy
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in some mldonkey versions
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ml_tcp_upload_rate tcp upload rate in kb/s
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ml_tcp_download_rate tcp download rate in kb/s
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ml_udp_upload_rate udp upload rate in kb/s
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ml_udp_download_rate udp download rate in kb/s
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ml_ndownloaded_files number of completed files
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ml_ndownloading_files number of downloading files
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mpd_artist Artist in current MPD song
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(must be enabled at compile)
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mpd_album Album in current MPD song
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mpd_bar (height) Bar of mpd's progress
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mpd_bitrate Bitrate of current song
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mpd_status Playing, stopped, et cetera.
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mpd_title Title of current MPD song
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mpd_vol MPD's volume
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mpd_elapsed Song's elapsed time
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mpd_length Song's length
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mpd_percent Percent of song's progress
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new_mails Unread mail count in mail spool.
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nodename Hostname
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outlinecolor (color) Change outline color
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pre_exec shell command Executes a shell command one time before
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conky displays anything and puts output
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as text.
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processes Total processes (sleeping and running)
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running_processes Running processes (not sleeping),
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requires Linux 2.6
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shadecolor (color) Change shading color
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stippled_hr (space), Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
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(height)
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swapbar (height) Bar that shows amount of swap in use
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swap Amount of swap in use
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swapmax Total amount of swap
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swapperc Percentage of swap in use
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sysname System name, Linux for example
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offset pixels Move text over by N pixels
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tail logfile, lines (interval)
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Displays last N lines of supplied text
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text file. If interval is not supplied,
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Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval.
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Max of 30 lines.
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Max of 30 lines can be displayed.
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time (format) Local time, see man strftime to get more
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information about format
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totaldown net Total download, overflows at 4 GB on
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Linux with 32-bit arch and there doesn't
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seem to be a way to know how many times
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it has already done that before conky
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has started.
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top type, num This takes arguments in the form:
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top <name> <number>
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Basically, processes are ranked from
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highest to lowest in terms of cpu
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usage, which is what <num> represents.
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The types are: "name", "pid", "cpu", and
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"mem".
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There can be a max of 10 processes listed.
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top_mem type, num Same as top, except sorted by mem usage
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instead of cpu
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totalup net Total upload, this one too, may overflow
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updates Number of updates (for debugging)
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upspeed net Upload speed in kilobytes
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upspeedf net Upload speed in kilobytes with one
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decimal
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upspeedgraph net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2)
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Upload speed graph, colours defined in
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hex, minus the #.
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uptime Uptime
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uptime_short Uptime in a shorter format
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seti_prog Seti@home current progress
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seti_progbar (height) Seti@home current progress bar
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seti_credit Seti@hoome total user credit
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colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
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/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt. color can be also in #rrggbb format (hex).
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Note that when displaying bytes, power is 1024 and not 1000 so 1M really
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means 1024*1024 bytes and not 1000*1000.
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2005-07-20 00:30:40 +00:00
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KNOWN PROBLEMS
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2005-08-02 03:08:54 +00:00
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Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn't work with
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all window managers. Especially doesn't work well with Gnome and it has
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been reported that it doesn't work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
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disabled from drawing to desktop with program gconf-editor. Uncheck
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show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/. There is -w switch in Conky
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to set some specific window id. You might find xwininfo -tree useful to
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find the window to draw to. You can also use -o argument which makes
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Conky to create its own window.
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