Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font
.TP
\fBgap_x\fR
Gap between right or left border of screen, same as passing -x at command line
.TP
\fBgap_y\fR
Gap between top or bottom border of screen, same as passing -y at command line
.TP
\fBno_buffers\fR
Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?
.TP
\fBmail_spool\fR
Mail spool for mail checking
.TP
\fBmaximum_width\fR\fBpixels\fR
Maximum width of window
.TP
\fBminimum_size\fR\fBwidth (height)\fR
Minimum size of window
.TP
\fBmldonkey_hostname\fR
Hostname for mldonkey stuff, defaults to localhost
.TP
\fBmldonkey_port\fR
Mldonkey port, 4001 default
.TP
\fBmldonkey_login\fR
Mldonkey login, default none
.TP
\fBmldonkey_password\fR
Mldonkey password, default none
.TP
\fBmpd_host\fR
Host of MPD server
.TP
\fBmpd_port\fR
Port of MPD server
.TP
\fBmpd_password\fR
MPD server password
.TP
\fBnet_avg_samples\fR
The number of samples to average for net data
.TP
\fBoverride_utf8_locale\fR
Force UTF8? requires XFT
.TP
\fBown_window\fR
Boolean, create own window to draw?
.TP
\fBown_window_transparent\fR
Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?
.TP
\fBown_window_colour\fR\fBcolour\fR
If own_window_transparent no, set a specified background colour (defaults to black). Takes either a hex value (#ffffff) or a valid RGB name (see /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt)
Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)
.TP
\fBstippled_borders\fR
Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
.TP
\fBtotal_run_times\fR
Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero makes Conky run forever
.TP
\fBupdate_interval\fR
Update interval in seconds
.TP
\fBuppercase\fR
Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case
.TP
\fBuse_spacer\fR
Adds spaces after certain objects to stop them from moving other things around. Note that this only helps if you are using a mono font, such as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.
.TP
\fBuse_xft\fR
Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
.TP
\fBmin_port_monitors\fR
Allow for the creation of at least this number of port monitors (if 0 or not set, default is 16)
.TP
\fBmin_port_monitor_connections\fR
Allow each port monitor to track at least this many connections (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
.TP
\fBTEXT\fR
After this begins text to be formatted on screen
.SHVARIABLES
Colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
.TP
\fBelse\fR
Text to show if any of the above are not true
.TP
\fBexec\fR\fBcommand\fR
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.
.TP
\fBexecbar\fR\fBcommand\fR
Same as exec, except if the first value return is a value between 0-100, it will use that number for a bar. The size for the bar is currently fixed, but that may change in the future.
.TP
\fBexecgraph\fR\fBcommand\fR
Same as execbar, but graphs values.
.TP
\fBexeci\fR\fBinterval command\fR
Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci
.TP
\fBexecibar\fR\fBinterval command\fR
Same as execbar, except with an interval
.TP
\fBexecigraph\fR\fBinterval command\fR
Same as execigraph, but takes an interval arg graphs values
.TP
\fBfont\fR\fBfont\fR
Specify a different font. Only applies to one line.
.TP
\fBfreq\fR
Returns CPU frequency in MHz
.TP
\fBfreq_g\fR
Returns CPU frequency in GHz
.TP
\fBfreq_dyn\fR
Returns CPU frequency in MHz, but is calculated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for x86/amd64.
.TP
\fBfreq_dyn_g\fR
Returns CPU frequency in GHz, but is calculated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for x86/amd64.
.TP
\fBfs_bar\fR\fB(height),(width) fs\fR
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.
.TP
\fBfs_free\fR\fB(fs)\fR
Free space on a file system available for users.
.TP
\fBfs_free_perc\fR\fB(fs)\fR
Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.
.TP
\fBfs_size\fR\fB(fs)\fR
File system size
.TP
\fBfs_used\fR\fB(fs)\fR
File system used space
.TP
\fBhead\fR\fBlogfile lines (interval)\fR
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.
.TP
\fBhr\fR\fB(height)\fR
Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels
.TP
\fBi2c\fR\fB(dev), type, n\fR
I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev may be omitted if you have only one I2C device. type is either in (or vol) meaning voltage, fan meaning fan or temp/tempf (first in C, second in F) meaning temperature. n is number of the sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer.
.TP
\fBi8k_ac_status\fR\fB\fR
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.
.TP
\fBi8k_bios\fR\fB\fR
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.
.TP
\fBi8k_buttons_status\fR\fB\fR
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.
.TP
\fBi8k_cpu_temp\fR\fB\fR
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.
.TP
\fBi8k_cpu_tempf\fR\fB\fR
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in farenheit, as reported by /proc/i8k.
.TP
\fBi8k_left_fan_rpm\fR\fB\fR
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.
.TP
\fBi8k_left_fan_status\fR\fB\fR
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.
.TP
\fBi8k_right_fan_rpm\fR\fB\fR
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.
.TP
\fBi8k_right_fan_status\fR\fB\fR
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.
.TP
\fBi8k_serial\fR\fB\fR
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.
.TP
\fBi8k_version\fR\fB\fR
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the version formatting of /proc/i8k.
.TP
\fBif_running\fR\fB(process)\fR
if PROCESS is running, display everything if_running and the matching $endif
.TP
\fBif_existing\fR\fB(file)\fR
if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing and the matching $endif
.TP
\fBif_mounted\fR\fB(mountpoint)\fR
if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between if_mounted and the matching $endif
(1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.
.TP
\fBmachine\fR
Machine, i686 for example
.TP
\fBmails\fR
Mail count in mail spool. You can use program like fetchmail to get mails from some server using your favourite protocol. See also new_mails.
.TP
\fBmem\fR
Amount of memory in use
.TP
\fBmembar\fR\fB(height),(width)\fR
Bar that shows amount of memory in use
.TP
\fBmemmax\fR
Total amount of memory
.TP
\fBmemperc\fR
Percentage of memory in use
.TP
\fBmpd_artist\fR
Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile
.TP
\fBmpd_album\fR
Album in current MPD song
.TP
\fBmpd_bar\fR\fB(height),(width)\fR
Bar of mpd's progress
.TP
\fBmpd_bitrate\fR
Bitrate of current song
.TP
\fBmpd_status\fR
Playing, stopped, et cetera.
.TP
\fBmpd_title\fR
Title of current MPD song
.TP
\fBmpd_vol\fR
MPD's volume
.TP
\fBmpd_elapsed\fR
Song's elapsed time
.TP
\fBmpd_length\fR
Song's length
.TP
\fBmpd_percent\fR
Percent of song's progress
.TP
\fBmpd_random\fR
Random status (On/Off)
.TP
\fBmpd_repeat\fR
Repeat status (On/Off)
.TP
\fBmpd_track\fR
Prints the MPD track field
.TP
\fBnew_mails\fR
Unread mail count in mail spool.
.TP
\fBnodename\fR
Hostname
.TP
\fBoutlinecolor\fR\fB(color)\fR
Change outline color
.TP
\fBpre_exec\fR\fBshell command\fR
Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything and puts output as text.
.TP
\fBprocesses\fR
Total processes (sleeping and running)
.TP
\fBrunning_processes\fR
Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6
.TP
\fBshadecolor\fR\fB(color)\fR
Change shading color
.TP
\fBstippled_hr\fR\fB(space)\fR
Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
.TP
\fBswapbar\fR\fB(height),(width)\fR
Bar that shows amount of swap in use
.TP
\fBswap\fR
Amount of swap in use
.TP
\fBswapmax\fR
Total amount of swap
.TP
\fBswapperc\fR
Percentage of swap in use
.TP
\fBsysname\fR
System name, Linux for example
.TP
\fBtcp_portmon\fR\fBport_begin port_end item (index)\fR\fI(ip4 only at present)\fR
TCP port monitor for specified local ports. Port numbers must be in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:
count - total number of connections in the range
rip - remote ip address
rhost - remote host name
rport - remote port number
lip - local ip address
lhost - local host name
lservice - local service name from /etc/services
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.
displays the number of connections in the bittorrent port range
${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0} -
displays the remote host ip of the first sshd connection
${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9} -
displays the remote host ip of the tenth sshd connection
${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0} -
displays the remote host name of the first connection on a privileged port
${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4} -
displays the remote host port of the fifth connection on a privileged port
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14} -
displays the local service name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports
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.
.TP
\fBtexeci\fR\fBinterval command\fR
Runs a command at an interval inside a thread and displays the output. Same as $execi, except the command is run inside a thread. Use this if you have a slow script to keep Conky updating. You should make the interval slightly longer then the time it takes your script to execute. For example, if you have a script that take 5 seconds to execute, you should make the interval at least 6 seconds. See also $execi.
.TP
\fBoffset\fR\fB(pixels)\fR
Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.
.TP
\fBtail\fR\fBlogfile lines (interval)\fR
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.
.TP
\fBtime\fR\fB(format)\fR
Local time, see man strftime to get more information about format
.TP
\fBtotaldown\fR\fBnet\fR
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.
.TP
\fBtop\fR\fBtype, num\fR
This takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number) Basically, processes are ranked from highest to lowest in terms of cpu usage, which is what (num) represents. The types are: "name", "pid", "cpu", and mem". There can be a max of 10 processes listed.
.TP
\fBtop_mem\fR\fBtype, num\fR
Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu
