diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 46c0bc06..97ff255d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2012-12-18
+ * Added support for $cat and $catp.
+
2009-11-24
* Added support for max_text_width
diff --git a/doc/variables.xml b/doc/variables.xml
index 2aaf1f6f..09286694 100644
--- a/doc/variables.xml
+++ b/doc/variables.xml
@@ -536,6 +536,33 @@
Amount of memory cached
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Reads a file and displays the contents in conky.
+ This is useful if you have an independent process
+ generating output that you want to include in conky.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Reads a file and displays the contents in conky.
+ This is useful if you have an independent process
+ generating output that you want to include in conky. This
+ differs from $cat in that it parses the contents of the
+ file, so you can insert things like ${color red}hi!${color}
+ in your file and have it correctly parsed by Conky.
+
+
diff --git a/extras/nano/conky.nanorc b/extras/nano/conky.nanorc
index da956f48..d3907f2b 100644
--- a/extras/nano/conky.nanorc
+++ b/extras/nano/conky.nanorc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ color green "\<(alignment|append_file|background|border_inner_margin|border_oute
color yellow "\<(above|below|bottom_left|bottom_right|bottom_middle|desktop|dock|no|none|normal|override|skip_pager|skip_taskbar|sticky|top_left|top_right|top_middle|middle_left|middle_right|middle_middle|undecorated|yes)\>"
## Variables
-color brightblue "\<(acpiacadapter|acpifan|acpitemp|addr|addrs|alignc|alignr|apcupsd|apcupsd_cable|apcupsd_charge|apcupsd_lastxfer|apcupsd_linev|apcupsd_load|apcupsd_loadbar|apcupsd_loadgauge|apcupsd_loadgraph|apcupsd_model|apcupsd_name|apcupsd_status|apcupsd_temp|apcupsd_timeleft|apcupsd_upsmode|apm_adapter|apm_battery_life|apm_battery_time|audacious_bar|audacious_bitrate|audacious_channels|audacious_filename|audacious_frequency|audacious_length|audacious_length_seconds|audacious_main_volume|audacious_playlist_length|audacious_playlist_position|audacious_position|audacious_position_seconds|audacious_status|audacious_title|battery|battery_bar|battery_percent|battery_short|battery_time|blink|bmpx_album|bmpx_artist|bmpx_bitrate|bmpx_title|bmpx_track|bmpx_uri|buffers|cached|cmdline_to_pid|color|color0|color1|color2|color3|color4|color5|color6|color7|color8|color9|combine|conky_build_arch|conky_build_date|conky_version|cpu|cpubar|cpugauge|cpugraph|curl|desktop|desktop_name|desktop_number|disk_protect|diskio|diskio_read|diskio_write|diskiograph|diskiograph_read|diskiograph_write|downspeed|downspeedf|downspeedgraph|draft_mails|else|endif|entropy_avail|entropy_bar|entropy_perc|entropy_poolsize|eval|eve|exec|execbar|execgauge|execgraph|execi|execibar|execigauge|execigraph|execp|execpi|flagged_mails|font|format_time|forwarded_mails|freq|freq_g|fs_bar|fs_bar_free|fs_free|fs_free_perc|fs_size|fs_type|fs_used|fs_used_perc|goto|gw_iface|gw_ip|hddtemp|head|hr|hwmon|i2c|i8k_ac_status|i8k_bios|i8k_buttons_status|i8k_cpu_temp|i8k_left_fan_rpm|i8k_left_fan_status|i8k_right_fan_rpm|i8k_right_fan_status|i8k_serial|i8k_version|ibm_brightness|ibm_fan|ibm_temps|ibm_volume|iconv_start|iconv_stop|if_empty|if_existing|if_gw|if_match|if_mixer_mute|if_mounted|if_mpd_playing|if_running|if_smapi_bat_installed|if_up|if_updatenr|if_xmms2_connected|image|imap_messages|imap_unseen|include|ioscheduler|kernel|laptop_mode|lines|loadavg|loadgraph|lua|lua_bar|lua_gauge|lua_graph|lua_parse|machine|mails|mboxscan|mem|membar|memeasyfree|memfree|memgauge|memgraph|memmax|memperc|mixer|mixerbar|mixerl|mixerlbar|mixerr|mixerrbar|moc_album|moc_artist|moc_bitrate|moc_curtime|moc_file|moc_rate|moc_song|moc_state|moc_timeleft|moc_title|moc_totaltime|monitor|monitor_number|mpd_album|mpd_artist|mpd_bar|mpd_bitrate|mpd_elapsed|mpd_file|mpd_length|mpd_name|mpd_percent|mpd_random|mpd_repeat|mpd_smart|mpd_status|mpd_title|mpd_track|mpd_vol|nameserver|new_mails|nodename|nodename_short|nvidia|obsd_product|obsd_sensors_fan|obsd_sensors_temp|obsd_sensors_volt|obsd_vendor|offset|outlinecolor|pb_battery|pid_chroot|pid_cmdline|pid_cwd|pid_environ|pid_environ_list|pid_exe|pid_nice|pid_openfiles|pid_parent|pid_priority|pid_state|pid_state_short|pid_stderr|pid_stdin|pid_stdout|pid_threads|pid_thread_list|pid_time_kernelmode|pid_time_usermode|pid_time|pid_uid|pid_euid|pid_suid|pid_fsuid|pid_gid|pid_egid|pid_sgid|pid_fsgid|pid_read|pid_vmpeak|pid_vmsize|pid_vmlck|pid_vmhwm|pid_vmrss|pid_vmdata|pid_vmstk|pid_vmexe|pid_vmlib|pid_vmpte|pid_write|platform|pop3_unseen|pop3_used|pre_exec|processes|read_tcp|replied_mails|rss|running_processes|running_threads|scroll|seen_mails|shadecolor|smapi|smapi_bat_bar|smapi_bat_perc|smapi_bat_power|smapi_bat_temp|sony_fanspeed|stippled_hr|swap|swapbar|swapfree|swapmax|swapperc|sysname|tab|tail|tcp_portmon|template0|template1|template2|template3|template4|template5|template6|template7|template8|template9|texeci|threads|time|to_bytes|top|top_io|top_mem|top_time|totaldown|totalup|trashed_mails|tztime|gid_name|uid_name|unflagged_mails|unforwarded_mails|unreplied_mails|unseen_mails|updates|upspeed|upspeedf|upspeedgraph|uptime|uptime_short|user_names|user_number|user_terms|user_times|user_time|utime|voffset|voltage_mv|voltage_v|weather|wireless_ap|wireless_bitrate|wireless_essid|wireless_link_bar|wireless_link_qual|wireless_link_qual_max|wireless_link_qual_perc|wireless_mode|words|xmms2_album|xmms2_artist|xmms2_bar|xmms2_bitrate|xmms2_comment|xmms2_date|xmms2_duration|xmms2_elapsed|xmms2_genre|xmms2_id|xmms2_percent|xmms2_playlist|xmms2_size|xmms2_smart|xmms2_status|xmms2_timesplayed|xmms2_title|xmms2_tracknr|xmms2_url)\>"
+color brightblue "\<(acpiacadapter|acpifan|acpitemp|addr|addrs|alignc|alignr|apcupsd|apcupsd_cable|apcupsd_charge|apcupsd_lastxfer|apcupsd_linev|apcupsd_load|apcupsd_loadbar|apcupsd_loadgauge|apcupsd_loadgraph|apcupsd_model|apcupsd_name|apcupsd_status|apcupsd_temp|apcupsd_timeleft|apcupsd_upsmode|apm_adapter|apm_battery_life|apm_battery_time|audacious_bar|audacious_bitrate|audacious_channels|audacious_filename|audacious_frequency|audacious_length|audacious_length_seconds|audacious_main_volume|audacious_playlist_length|audacious_playlist_position|audacious_position|audacious_position_seconds|audacious_status|audacious_title|battery|battery_bar|battery_percent|battery_short|battery_time|blink|bmpx_album|bmpx_artist|bmpx_bitrate|bmpx_title|bmpx_track|bmpx_uri|buffers|cached|cat|catp|cmdline_to_pid|color|color0|color1|color2|color3|color4|color5|color6|color7|color8|color9|combine|conky_build_arch|conky_build_date|conky_version|cpu|cpubar|cpugauge|cpugraph|curl|desktop|desktop_name|desktop_number|disk_protect|diskio|diskio_read|diskio_write|diskiograph|diskiograph_read|diskiograph_write|downspeed|downspeedf|downspeedgraph|draft_mails|else|endif|entropy_avail|entropy_bar|entropy_perc|entropy_poolsize|eval|eve|exec|execbar|execgauge|execgraph|execi|execibar|execigauge|execigraph|execp|execpi|flagged_mails|font|format_time|forwarded_mails|freq|freq_g|fs_bar|fs_bar_free|fs_free|fs_free_perc|fs_size|fs_type|fs_used|fs_used_perc|goto|gw_iface|gw_ip|hddtemp|head|hr|hwmon|i2c|i8k_ac_status|i8k_bios|i8k_buttons_status|i8k_cpu_temp|i8k_left_fan_rpm|i8k_left_fan_status|i8k_right_fan_rpm|i8k_right_fan_status|i8k_serial|i8k_version|ibm_brightness|ibm_fan|ibm_temps|ibm_volume|iconv_start|iconv_stop|if_empty|if_existing|if_gw|if_match|if_mixer_mute|if_mounted|if_mpd_playing|if_running|if_smapi_bat_installed|if_up|if_updatenr|if_xmms2_connected|image|imap_messages|imap_unseen|include|ioscheduler|kernel|laptop_mode|lines|loadavg|loadgraph|lua|lua_bar|lua_gauge|lua_graph|lua_parse|machine|mails|mboxscan|mem|membar|memeasyfree|memfree|memgauge|memgraph|memmax|memperc|mixer|mixerbar|mixerl|mixerlbar|mixerr|mixerrbar|moc_album|moc_artist|moc_bitrate|moc_curtime|moc_file|moc_rate|moc_song|moc_state|moc_timeleft|moc_title|moc_totaltime|monitor|monitor_number|mpd_album|mpd_artist|mpd_bar|mpd_bitrate|mpd_elapsed|mpd_file|mpd_length|mpd_name|mpd_percent|mpd_random|mpd_repeat|mpd_smart|mpd_status|mpd_title|mpd_track|mpd_vol|nameserver|new_mails|nodename|nodename_short|nvidia|obsd_product|obsd_sensors_fan|obsd_sensors_temp|obsd_sensors_volt|obsd_vendor|offset|outlinecolor|pb_battery|pid_chroot|pid_cmdline|pid_cwd|pid_environ|pid_environ_list|pid_exe|pid_nice|pid_openfiles|pid_parent|pid_priority|pid_state|pid_state_short|pid_stderr|pid_stdin|pid_stdout|pid_threads|pid_thread_list|pid_time_kernelmode|pid_time_usermode|pid_time|pid_uid|pid_euid|pid_suid|pid_fsuid|pid_gid|pid_egid|pid_sgid|pid_fsgid|pid_read|pid_vmpeak|pid_vmsize|pid_vmlck|pid_vmhwm|pid_vmrss|pid_vmdata|pid_vmstk|pid_vmexe|pid_vmlib|pid_vmpte|pid_write|platform|pop3_unseen|pop3_used|pre_exec|processes|read_tcp|replied_mails|rss|running_processes|running_threads|scroll|seen_mails|shadecolor|smapi|smapi_bat_bar|smapi_bat_perc|smapi_bat_power|smapi_bat_temp|sony_fanspeed|stippled_hr|swap|swapbar|swapfree|swapmax|swapperc|sysname|tab|tail|tcp_portmon|template0|template1|template2|template3|template4|template5|template6|template7|template8|template9|texeci|threads|time|to_bytes|top|top_io|top_mem|top_time|totaldown|totalup|trashed_mails|tztime|gid_name|uid_name|unflagged_mails|unforwarded_mails|unreplied_mails|unseen_mails|updates|upspeed|upspeedf|upspeedgraph|uptime|uptime_short|user_names|user_number|user_terms|user_times|user_time|utime|voffset|voltage_mv|voltage_v|weather|wireless_ap|wireless_bitrate|wireless_essid|wireless_link_bar|wireless_link_qual|wireless_link_qual_max|wireless_link_qual_perc|wireless_mode|words|xmms2_album|xmms2_artist|xmms2_bar|xmms2_bitrate|xmms2_comment|xmms2_date|xmms2_duration|xmms2_elapsed|xmms2_genre|xmms2_id|xmms2_percent|xmms2_playlist|xmms2_size|xmms2_smart|xmms2_status|xmms2_timesplayed|xmms2_title|xmms2_tracknr|xmms2_url)\>"
color brightblue "\$\{?[0-9A-Z_!@#$*?-]+\}?"
color cyan "(\{|\}|\(|\)|\;|\]|\[|`|\\|\$|<|>|!|=|&|\|)"
diff --git a/extras/vim/syntax/conkyrc.vim b/extras/vim/syntax/conkyrc.vim
index 3bb2beb4..a796fb87 100644
--- a/extras/vim/syntax/conkyrc.vim
+++ b/extras/vim/syntax/conkyrc.vim
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ syn region ConkyrcVar start=/\$\w\@=/ end=/\W\@=\|$/ contained contains=ConkyrcV
syn match ConkyrcVarStuff /{\@<=/ms=s contained nextgroup=ConkyrcVarName
-syn keyword ConkyrcVarName contained nextgroup=ConkyrcNumber,ConkyrcColour skipwhite acpiacadapter acpifan acpitemp addr addrs alignc alignr apcupsd apcupsd_cable apcupsd_charge apcupsd_lastxfer apcupsd_linev apcupsd_load apcupsd_loadbar apcupsd_loadgauge apcupsd_loadgraph apcupsd_model apcupsd_name apcupsd_status apcupsd_temp apcupsd_timeleft apcupsd_upsmode apm_adapter apm_battery_life apm_battery_time audacious_bar audacious_bitrate audacious_channels audacious_filename audacious_frequency audacious_length audacious_length_seconds audacious_main_volume audacious_playlist_length audacious_playlist_position audacious_position audacious_position_seconds audacious_status audacious_title battery battery_bar battery_percent battery_short battery_time blink bmpx_album bmpx_artist bmpx_bitrate bmpx_title bmpx_track bmpx_uri buffers cached cmdline_to_pid color color0 color1 color2 color3 color4 color5 color6 color7 color8 color9 combine conky_build_arch conky_build_date conky_version cpu cpubar cpugauge cpugraph curl desktop desktop_name desktop_number disk_protect diskio diskio_read diskio_write diskiograph diskiograph_read diskiograph_write downspeed downspeedf downspeedgraph draft_mails else endif entropy_avail entropy_bar entropy_perc entropy_poolsize eval eve exec execbar execgauge execgraph execi execibar execigauge execigraph execp execpi flagged_mails font format_time forwarded_mails freq freq_g fs_bar fs_bar_free fs_free fs_free_perc fs_size fs_type fs_used fs_used_perc goto gw_iface gw_ip hddtemp head hr hwmon i2c i8k_ac_status i8k_bios i8k_buttons_status i8k_cpu_temp i8k_left_fan_rpm i8k_left_fan_status i8k_right_fan_rpm i8k_right_fan_status i8k_serial i8k_version ibm_brightness ibm_fan ibm_temps ibm_volume iconv_start iconv_stop if_empty if_existing if_gw if_match if_mixer_mute if_mounted if_mpd_playing if_running if_smapi_bat_installed if_up if_updatenr if_xmms2_connected image imap_messages imap_unseen include ioscheduler kernel laptop_mode lines loadavg loadgraph lua lua_bar lua_gauge lua_graph lua_parse machine mails mboxscan mem membar memeasyfree memfree memgauge memgraph memmax memperc mixer mixerbar mixerl mixerlbar mixerr mixerrbar moc_album moc_artist moc_bitrate moc_curtime moc_file moc_rate moc_song moc_state moc_timeleft moc_title moc_totaltime monitor monitor_number mpd_album mpd_artist mpd_bar mpd_bitrate mpd_elapsed mpd_file mpd_length mpd_name mpd_percent mpd_random mpd_repeat mpd_smart mpd_status mpd_title mpd_track mpd_vol nameserver new_mails nodename nodename_short nvidia obsd_product obsd_sensors_fan obsd_sensors_temp obsd_sensors_volt obsd_vendor offset outlinecolor pb_battery pid_chroot pid_cmdline pid_cwd pid_environ pid_environ_list pid_exe pid_nice pid_openfiles pid_parent pid_priority pid_state pid_state_short pid_stderr pid_stdin pid_stdout pid_threads pid_thread_list pid_time_kernelmode pid_time_usermode pid_time pid_uid pid_euid pid_suid pid_fsuid pid_gid pid_egid pid_sgid pid_fsgid pid_read pid_vmpeak pid_vmsize pid_vmlck pid_vmhwm pid_vmrss pid_vmdata pid_vmstk pid_vmexe pid_vmlib pid_vmpte pid_write platform pop3_unseen pop3_used pre_exec processes read_tcp replied_mails rss running_processes running_threads scroll seen_mails shadecolor smapi smapi_bat_bar smapi_bat_perc smapi_bat_power smapi_bat_temp sony_fanspeed stippled_hr swap swapbar swapfree swapmax swapperc sysname tab tail tcp_portmon template0 template1 template2 template3 template4 template5 template6 template7 template8 template9 texeci threads time to_bytes top top_io top_mem top_time totaldown totalup trashed_mails tztime gid_name uid_name unflagged_mails unforwarded_mails unreplied_mails unseen_mails updates upspeed upspeedf upspeedgraph uptime uptime_short user_names user_number user_terms user_times user_time utime voffset voltage_mv voltage_v weather wireless_ap wireless_bitrate wireless_essid wireless_link_bar wireless_link_qual wireless_link_qual_max wireless_link_qual_perc wireless_mode words xmms2_album xmms2_artist xmms2_bar xmms2_bitrate xmms2_comment xmms2_date xmms2_duration xmms2_elapsed xmms2_genre xmms2_id xmms2_percent xmms2_playlist xmms2_size xmms2_smart xmms2_status xmms2_timesplayed xmms2_title xmms2_tracknr xmms2_url
+syn keyword ConkyrcVarName contained nextgroup=ConkyrcNumber,ConkyrcColour skipwhite acpiacadapter acpifan acpitemp addr addrs alignc alignr apcupsd apcupsd_cable apcupsd_charge apcupsd_lastxfer apcupsd_linev apcupsd_load apcupsd_loadbar apcupsd_loadgauge apcupsd_loadgraph apcupsd_model apcupsd_name apcupsd_status apcupsd_temp apcupsd_timeleft apcupsd_upsmode apm_adapter apm_battery_life apm_battery_time audacious_bar audacious_bitrate audacious_channels audacious_filename audacious_frequency audacious_length audacious_length_seconds audacious_main_volume audacious_playlist_length audacious_playlist_position audacious_position audacious_position_seconds audacious_status audacious_title battery battery_bar battery_percent battery_short battery_time blink bmpx_album bmpx_artist bmpx_bitrate bmpx_title bmpx_track bmpx_uri buffers cached cat catp cmdline_to_pid color color0 color1 color2 color3 color4 color5 color6 color7 color8 color9 combine conky_build_arch conky_build_date conky_version cpu cpubar cpugauge cpugraph curl desktop desktop_name desktop_number disk_protect diskio diskio_read diskio_write diskiograph diskiograph_read diskiograph_write downspeed downspeedf downspeedgraph draft_mails else endif entropy_avail entropy_bar entropy_perc entropy_poolsize eval eve exec execbar execgauge execgraph execi execibar execigauge execigraph execp execpi flagged_mails font format_time forwarded_mails freq freq_g fs_bar fs_bar_free fs_free fs_free_perc fs_size fs_type fs_used fs_used_perc goto gw_iface gw_ip hddtemp head hr hwmon i2c i8k_ac_status i8k_bios i8k_buttons_status i8k_cpu_temp i8k_left_fan_rpm i8k_left_fan_status i8k_right_fan_rpm i8k_right_fan_status i8k_serial i8k_version ibm_brightness ibm_fan ibm_temps ibm_volume iconv_start iconv_stop if_empty if_existing if_gw if_match if_mixer_mute if_mounted if_mpd_playing if_running if_smapi_bat_installed if_up if_updatenr if_xmms2_connected image imap_messages imap_unseen include ioscheduler kernel laptop_mode lines loadavg loadgraph lua lua_bar lua_gauge lua_graph lua_parse machine mails mboxscan mem membar memeasyfree memfree memgauge memgraph memmax memperc mixer mixerbar mixerl mixerlbar mixerr mixerrbar moc_album moc_artist moc_bitrate moc_curtime moc_file moc_rate moc_song moc_state moc_timeleft moc_title moc_totaltime monitor monitor_number mpd_album mpd_artist mpd_bar mpd_bitrate mpd_elapsed mpd_file mpd_length mpd_name mpd_percent mpd_random mpd_repeat mpd_smart mpd_status mpd_title mpd_track mpd_vol nameserver new_mails nodename nodename_short nvidia obsd_product obsd_sensors_fan obsd_sensors_temp obsd_sensors_volt obsd_vendor offset outlinecolor pb_battery pid_chroot pid_cmdline pid_cwd pid_environ pid_environ_list pid_exe pid_nice pid_openfiles pid_parent pid_priority pid_state pid_state_short pid_stderr pid_stdin pid_stdout pid_threads pid_thread_list pid_time_kernelmode pid_time_usermode pid_time pid_uid pid_euid pid_suid pid_fsuid pid_gid pid_egid pid_sgid pid_fsgid pid_read pid_vmpeak pid_vmsize pid_vmlck pid_vmhwm pid_vmrss pid_vmdata pid_vmstk pid_vmexe pid_vmlib pid_vmpte pid_write platform pop3_unseen pop3_used pre_exec processes read_tcp replied_mails rss running_processes running_threads scroll seen_mails shadecolor smapi smapi_bat_bar smapi_bat_perc smapi_bat_power smapi_bat_temp sony_fanspeed stippled_hr swap swapbar swapfree swapmax swapperc sysname tab tail tcp_portmon template0 template1 template2 template3 template4 template5 template6 template7 template8 template9 texeci threads time to_bytes top top_io top_mem top_time totaldown totalup trashed_mails tztime gid_name uid_name unflagged_mails unforwarded_mails unreplied_mails unseen_mails updates upspeed upspeedf upspeedgraph uptime uptime_short user_names user_number user_terms user_times user_time utime voffset voltage_mv voltage_v weather wireless_ap wireless_bitrate wireless_essid wireless_link_bar wireless_link_qual wireless_link_qual_max wireless_link_qual_perc wireless_mode words xmms2_album xmms2_artist xmms2_bar xmms2_bitrate xmms2_comment xmms2_date xmms2_duration xmms2_elapsed xmms2_genre xmms2_id xmms2_percent xmms2_playlist xmms2_size xmms2_smart xmms2_status xmms2_timesplayed xmms2_title xmms2_tracknr xmms2_url
hi def link ConkyrcComment Comment
hi def link ConkyrcSetting Keyword
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 2fd13e19..5cba1abc 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ $(config_output): ${config_input}
endif # BUILD_CONFIG_OUTPUT
# source files always needed for compiling
-mandatory_sources = colours.c colours.h combine.c combine.h common.c common.h \
+mandatory_sources = cat.c colours.c colours.h combine.c combine.h common.c common.h \
conky.c conky.h core.c core.h diskio.c diskio.h entropy.c entropy.h \
exec.c exec.h fs.c fs.h logging.h mail.c mail.h mixer.c mixer.h net_stat.c \
net_stat.h template.c template.h timed_thread.c timed_thread.h mboxscan.c \
diff --git a/src/cat.c b/src/cat.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7be6579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 4; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t -*-
+ * vim: ts=4 sw=4 noet ai cindent syntax=c
+ *
+ * Conky, a system monitor, based on torsmo
+ *
+ * Any original torsmo code is licensed under the BSD license
+ *
+ * All code written since the fork of torsmo is licensed under the GPL
+ *
+ * Please see COPYING for details
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, Hannu Saransaari and Lauri Hakkarainen
+ * Copyright (c) 2005-2010 Brenden Matthews, Philip Kovacs, et. al.
+ * (see AUTHORS)
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see .
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "conky.h"
+#include "core.h"
+#include "logging.h"
+#include "specials.h"
+#include "text_object.h"
+#include "timed_thread.h"
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+
+
+static inline void read_file(const char *data, char *buf, const int size)
+{
+ FILE *fp;
+
+ memset(buf, 0, size);
+
+ if (!data)
+ return;
+
+ fp = fopen(data, "r");
+ if(fp) {
+ int length;
+
+ length = fread(buf, 1, size - 1, fp);
+ fclose(fp);
+ buf[length] = '\0';
+ if (length > 0 && buf[length - 1] == '\n') {
+ buf[length - 1] = '\0';
+ }
+ } else {
+ buf[0] = '\0';
+ }
+}
+
+static inline int file_buffer_size(const char *data, const int maxsize)
+{
+ struct stat buf;
+ if(stat(data, &buf))
+ return maxsize;
+ if(buf.st_size < 0 || buf.st_size > maxsize)
+ return maxsize;
+ if(buf.st_size < 10)
+ return 10;
+ return buf.st_size + 1;
+}
+
+void print_cat(struct text_object *obj, char *p, int p_max_size)
+{
+ read_file(obj->data.s, p, p_max_size);
+}
+
+void print_catp(struct text_object *obj, char *p, int p_max_size)
+{
+ struct information *tmp_info;
+ struct text_object subroot;
+ int sz;
+ char *buf;
+
+ sz = file_buffer_size(obj->data.s, text_buffer_size);
+ buf = malloc(sz);
+ memset(buf, 0, sz);
+
+ read_file(obj->data.s, buf, sz);
+
+ tmp_info = malloc(sizeof(struct information));
+ memcpy(tmp_info, &info, sizeof(struct information));
+ parse_conky_vars(&subroot, buf, p, p_max_size, tmp_info);
+
+ free_text_objects(&subroot, 1);
+ free(tmp_info);
+ free(buf);
+}
diff --git a/src/cat.h b/src/cat.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2440432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 4; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t -*-
+ * vim: ts=4 sw=4 noet ai cindent syntax=c
+ *
+ * Conky, a system monitor, based on torsmo
+ *
+ * Any original torsmo code is licensed under the BSD license
+ *
+ * All code written since the fork of torsmo is licensed under the GPL
+ *
+ * Please see COPYING for details
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, Hannu Saransaari and Lauri Hakkarainen
+ * Copyright (c) 2005-2010 Brenden Matthews, Philip Kovacs, et. al.
+ * (see AUTHORS)
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see .
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _CAT_H
+#define _CAT_H
+
+void print_cat(struct text_object *, char *, int);
+void print_catp(struct text_object *, char *, int);
+#endif /* _CAT_H */
diff --git a/src/conky.c b/src/conky.c
index 1b4a8086..142f9c67 100644
--- a/src/conky.c
+++ b/src/conky.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
#include "combine.h"
#include "diskio.h"
#include "entropy.h"
+#include "cat.h"
#include "exec.h"
#include "i8k.h"
#include "proc.h"
@@ -1108,6 +1109,12 @@ void generate_text_internal(char *p, int p_max_size,
OBJ(eval) {
evaluate(obj->data.s, p, p_max_size);
}
+ OBJ(cat) {
+ print_cat(obj, p, p_max_size);
+ }
+ OBJ(catp) {
+ print_catp(obj, p, p_max_size);
+ }
OBJ(exec) {
print_exec(obj, p, p_max_size);
}
diff --git a/src/core.c b/src/core.c
index d23e3235..8b84255d 100644
--- a/src/core.c
+++ b/src/core.c
@@ -483,6 +483,10 @@ struct text_object *construct_text_object(const char *s, const char *arg, long
END OBJ(image, 0)
obj->data.s = strndup(arg ? arg : "", text_buffer_size);
#endif /* IMLIB2 */
+ END OBJ(cat, 0)
+ obj->data.s = strndup(arg ? arg : "", text_buffer_size);
+ END OBJ(catp, 0)
+ obj->data.s = strndup(arg ? arg : "", text_buffer_size);
END OBJ(exec, 0)
scan_exec_arg(obj, arg);
END OBJ(execp, 0)
@@ -1524,6 +1528,8 @@ void free_text_objects(struct text_object *root, int internal)
case OBJ_font:
case OBJ_image:
case OBJ_eval:
+ case OBJ_cat:
+ case OBJ_catp:
free(data.s);
break;
case OBJ_exec:
diff --git a/src/text_object.h b/src/text_object.h
index 84f4a499..44a2813b 100644
--- a/src/text_object.h
+++ b/src/text_object.h
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ enum text_object_type {
#endif /* !__OpenBSD__ */
OBJ_buffers,
OBJ_cached,
+ OBJ_cat,
+ OBJ_catp,
OBJ_color,
OBJ_color0,
OBJ_color1,