# See README.md for details on doc processing. # # The `desc` field can be formatted with markdown, but please do not include # headings (lines beginning with `#`) in the `desc` field. # # The supported fields are: # # * `name`: the name of the thing # * `desc`: a markdown-formatted description of the thing # * `args`: optional list of arguments # * `default`: an optional default value, if applicable --- desc: |- This is a listing of global configuration options for Conky. These are placed in the `conky.config` section of your configuration file, before `conky.text`. The default configuration file location is `~/.config/conky/conky.conf` or `${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf`. On most systems, `$sysconfdir` is `/etc`, and you can find the sample config file there in `/etc/conky/conky.conf`. You might want to copy the default config to `~/.config/conky/conky.conf` and then start modifying it. User configs can be found at https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/Configs. Optional arguments are generally denoted with paretheses (i.e., `(optional)`). values: - name: alignment desc: |- Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, top_middle, bottom_left, bottom_right, bottom_middle, middle_left, middle_middle, middle_right, or none (also can be abbreviated as tl, tr, tm, bl, br, bm, ml, mm, mr). See also gap_x and gap_y. - name: append_file desc: Append the file given as argument. - name: background desc: |- Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when started. - name: border_inner_margin desc: |- Inner border margin in pixels (the margin between the border and text). - name: border_outer_margin desc: |- Outer border margin in pixels (the margin between the border and the edge of the window). - name: border_width desc: Border width in pixels. - name: colorN desc: |- Predefine a color for use inside conky.text segments. Substitute N by a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively. When specifying the color value in hex, omit the leading hash (#). - name: console_bar_fill desc: "A character to fill the console bars." default: "#" - name: console_bar_unfill desc: "A character to unfill the console bars." default: "." - name: console_graph_ticks desc: |- A comma-separated list of strings to use as the bars of a graph output to console/shell. The first list item is used for the minimum bar height and the last item is used for the maximum, e.g. \" ,_,=,#\". - name: cpu_avg_samples desc: The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring. - name: default_bar_height desc: |- Specify a default height for bars. default: 6 - name: default_bar_width desc: |- Specify a default width for bars. If not specified, the default value is 0, which causes the bar to expand to fit the width of your Conky window. If you set out_to_console = true, the default value will be 10 for the text version of the bar. default: 0 - name: default_color desc: Default color and border color. - name: default_gauge_height desc: |- Specify a default height for gauges. default: 25 - name: default_gauge_width desc: |- Specify a default width for gauges. default: 40 - name: default_graph_height desc: |- Specify a default height for graphs. default: 25 - name: default_graph_width desc: |- Specify a default width for graphs. If not specified, the default value is 0, which causes the graph to expand to fit the width of your Conky window. If you set out_to_console = true, the text version of the graph will actually have no width and you will need to set a sensible default or set the height and width of each graph individually. default: 0 - name: default_outline_color desc: Default outline color. - name: default_shade_color desc: Default shading color and border's shading color. - name: detect_battery desc: |- One or more batteries to check in order to use update_interval_on_battery (comma separated). default: BAT0 - name: disable_auto_reload desc: |- Enable to disable the inotify-based auto config reload feature. - name: diskio_avg_samples desc: The number of samples to average for disk I/O monitoring. - name: display desc: Specify an X display to connect to. - name: double_buffer desc: |- Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recommended to use own window with this one so double buffer won't be so big. - name: draw_blended desc: |- Boolean, blend when rendering drawn image? Some images blend incorrectly breaking alpha with ARBG visuals. This provides a possible work around by disabling blending. default: yes - name: draw_borders desc: Draw borders around text. - name: draw_graph_borders desc: Draw borders around graphs. - name: draw_outline desc: Draw outlines. - name: draw_shades desc: Draw shades. - name: extra_newline desc: |- Put an extra newline at the end when writing to stdout, useful for writing to awesome's wiboxes. - name: font desc: Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font. - name: fontN desc: |- Predefine a font to be used in conky.text segments. Substitute N by a number between 0 and 9 inclusive. Use the same format as a font variable. - name: forced_redraw desc: Boolean value, if true, Conky will redraw everything when you switch the workspace. This may cause delays/flickering on some WMs. - name: format_human_readable desc: |- If enabled, values which are in bytes will be printed in human readable format (i.e., KiB, MiB, etc). If disabled, the number of bytes is printed instead. - name: gap_x desc: |- Gap, in pixels, between right or left border of screen, same as passing -x at command line, e.g. gap_x 10. For other position related stuff, see 'alignment'. - name: gap_y desc: |- Gap, in pixels, between top or bottom border of screen, same as passing -y at command line, e.g. gap_y 10. For other position related stuff, see 'alignment'. - name: github_token desc: |- Specify API token for GitHub notifications. Create an API token at https://github.com/settings/tokens/new?scopes=notifications&description=conky. - name: hddtemp_host desc: |- Hostname to connect to for hddtemp objects. default: "127.0.0.1" - name: hddtemp_port desc: Port to use for hddtemp connections. default: 7634 - name: http_port desc: |- Port to listen to for HTTP connections. Default value is 10080, but is blocked by Firefox and Chrome, so you really want to change it. default: 10080 - name: http_refresh desc: |- When this is set the page generated with out_to_http will automatically refresh each interval. default: no - name: if_up_strictness desc: |- How strict should if_up be when testing an interface for being up? The value is one of up, link or address, to check for the interface being solely up, being up and having link or being up, having link and an assigned IP address. - name: imap desc: |- Default global IMAP server. 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. args: - host - user - pass - [-i interval (in seconds)] - [-f 'folder'] - [-p port] - [-e 'command'] - [-r retries] - name: imlib_cache_flush_interval desc: Interval (in seconds) to flush Imlib2 cache. - name: imlib_cache_size desc: |- Imlib2 image cache size, in bytes. Increase this value if you use $image lots. Set to 0 to disable the image cache. default: 4194304 - name: lowercase desc: Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in lower case. - name: lua_draw_hook_post desc: |- This function, if defined, will be called by Conky through each iteration after drawing to the window. Requires X support. Takes any number of optional arguments. Use this hook for drawing things on top of what Conky draws. Conky puts 'conky_' in front of function_name to prevent accidental calls to the wrong function unless you place 'conky_' in front of it yourself. args: - function_name - [function arguments] - name: lua_draw_hook_pre desc: |- This function, if defined, will be called by Conky through each iteration before drawing to the window. Requires X support. Takes any number of optional arguments. Use this hook for drawing things on top of what Conky draws. Conky puts 'conky_' in front of function_name to prevent accidental calls to the wrong function unless you place 'conky_' in front of it yourself. args: - function_name - [function arguments] - name: lua_load desc: Loads the Lua scripts separated by spaces. - name: lua_shutdown_hook desc: |- This function, if defined, will be called by Conky at shutdown or when the configuration is reloaded. Use this hook to clean up after yourself, such as freeing memory which has been allocated by external libraries via Lua. Conky puts 'conky_' in front of function_name to prevent accidental calls to the wrong function unless you place 'conky_' in front of it yourself. args: - function_name - [function arguments] - name: lua_startup_hook desc: |- This function, if defined, will be called by Conky at startup or when the configuration is reloaded. Use this hook to initialize values, or for any run-once applications. Conky puts 'conky_' in front of function_name to prevent accidental calls to the wrong function unless you place 'conky_' in front of it yourself. args: - function_name - [function arguments] - name: mail_spool desc: Mail spool for mail checking. - name: max_port_monitor_connections desc: |- Allow each port monitor to track at most this many connections. default: 256 - name: max_text_width desc: |- When a line in the output contains 'width' chars and the end isn't reached, the next char will start on a new line. If you want to make sure that lines don't get broken, set 'width' to 0. args: - seconds - name: max_user_text desc: |- Maximum size of user text buffer in bytes, i.e. text inside conky.text section in config file. default: 16384 args: - seconds - name: maximum_width desc: Maximum width of window. args: - seconds - name: minimum_height desc: Minimum height of the window. args: - seconds - name: minimum_width desc: Minimum width of window. args: - seconds - name: mpd_host desc: Host of MPD server. - name: mpd_password desc: MPD server password. - name: mpd_port desc: Port of MPD server. - name: music_player_interval desc: |- Music player thread update interval. default: update interval - name: mysql_db desc: MySQL database to use. default: mysql - name: mysql_host desc: Host of MySQL server default: localhost - name: mysql_password desc: |- Password of the MySQL user. Place it between \"-chars. When this is not set there is no password used. - name: mysql_port desc: Port of MySQL server. default: 0 - name: mysql_user desc: |- MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server. Defaults to your username. - name: net_avg_samples desc: The number of samples to average for net data. - name: no_buffers desc: Subtract (file system) buffers from used memory. - name: nvidia_display desc: |- The display that the nvidia variable will used. default: $DISPLAY - name: out_to_console desc: Print text to stdout. - name: out_to_http desc: Let conky act as a small http-server serving its text. - name: out_to_ncurses desc: |- Print text in the console, but use ncurses so that conky can print the text of a new update over the old text. (In the future this will provide more useful things). - name: out_to_stderr desc: Print text to stderr. - name: out_to_x desc: |- When set to no, there will be no output in X (useful when you also use things like out_to_console). If you set it to no, make sure that it's placed before all other X-related setting (take the first line of your configfile to be sure). default: yes - name: override_utf8_locale desc: Force UTF8. Requires XFT. - name: overwrite_file desc: Overwrite the file given as argument. - name: own_window desc: Boolean, create own window to draw. - name: own_window_argb_value desc: |- When ARGB visuals are enabled, this use this to modify the alpha value used. Valid range is 0-255, where 0 is 0% opacity, and 255 is 100% opacity. - name: own_window_argb_visual desc: |- Boolean, use ARGB visual? ARGB can be used for real transparency, note that a composite manager is required for real transparency. This option will not work as desired (in most cases) in conjunction with 'own_window_type override'. - name: own_window_class desc: Manually set the WM_CLASS name. default: Conky - name: own_window_colour desc: |- If own_window_transparent no, set a specified background colour. Takes either a hex value (e.g. '#ffffff'), a shorthand hex value (e.g. '#fff'), or a valid RGB name (see `/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt`). default: black args: - seconds - name: own_window_hints desc: |- If own_window is yes, you may use these window manager hints to affect the way Conky displays. Notes: Use own_window_type desktop as another way to implement many of these hints implicitly. If you use own_window_type override, window manager hints have no meaning and are ignored. args: - seconds - name: own_window_title desc: |- Manually set the window name. default: "conky ()" - name: own_window_transparent desc: |- Boolean, set transparency? If ARGB visual is enabled, sets background opacity to 0%. - name: own_window_type desc: |- if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal, desktop, dock, panel or override. Desktop windows are special windows that have no window decorations; are always visible on your desktop; do not appear in your pager or taskbar; and are sticky across all workspaces. Panel windows reserve space along a desktop edge, just like panels and taskbars, preventing maximized windows from overlapping them. The edge is chosen based on the alignment option. Override windows are not under the control of the window manager. Hints are ignored. This type of window can be useful for certain situations. default: normal - name: pad_percents desc: Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding). - name: pop3 desc: |- Default global POP3 server. Arguments are: `host user pass [-i interval (in seconds)] [-p port] [-e 'command'] [-r retries]\". Default port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of retries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts. args: - host - user - pass - [-i interval (in seconds)] - [-p port] - [-e 'command'] - [-r retries] - name: short_units desc: |- Shortens units to a single character (kiB->k, GiB->G, etc.). default: no - name: show_graph_range desc: Shows the time range covered by a graph. - name: show_graph_scale desc: Shows the maximum value in scaled graphs. - name: graph_gradient_mode desc: |- Changes the color space used for interpolation. Arguments are hcl, hsv, and rgb (default). - name: stippled_borders desc: Border stippling (dashing) in pixels. - name: temperature_unit desc: |- Desired output unit of all objects displaying a temperature. Parameters are either `fahrenheit` or `celsius`. default: celsius - name: templateN desc: |- Define a template for later use inside conky.text segments. Substitute N by a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively. The value of the variable is being inserted into the stuff inside conky.text at the corresponding position, but before some substitutions are applied: * `\\n` -> newline * `\\` -> backslash * `\\ ` -> space * `\\N` -> template argument N (starting from 1) - name: text_buffer_size desc: |- Size of the standard text buffer (default is 256 bytes). This buffer is used for intermediary text, such as individual lines, output from $exec vars, and various other variables. Increasing the size of this buffer can drastically reduce Conky's performance, but will allow for more text display per variable. The size of this buffer cannot be smaller than the default value of 256 bytes. args: - seconds - name: times_in_seconds desc: |- If true, variables that output times output a number that represents seconds. This doesn't affect $time, $tztime and $utime. - name: top_cpu_separate desc: |- If true, cpu in top will show usage of one processor's power. If false, cpu in top will show the usage of all processors' power combined. - name: top_name_verbose desc: |- If true, top name shows the full command line of each process, including arguments (whenever possible). Otherwise, only the basename is displayed. Default value is false. default: false - name: top_name_width desc: Width for $top name value (defaults to 15 characters). - name: total_run_times desc: |- Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero makes Conky run forever. - name: units_spacer desc: String to place between values and units. default: "" - name: update_interval desc: Update interval. args: - seconds - name: update_interval_on_battery desc: Update interval when running on battery power. args: - seconds - name: uppercase desc: Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case. - name: use_spacer desc: |- Adds spaces around certain objects to stop them from moving other things around. Arguments are left, right, and none (default). The old true/false values are deprecated and default to right/none respectively. Note that this only helps if you are using a mono font, such as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono. default: none - name: use_xft desc: Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff). - name: xftalpha desc: Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0. - name: xinerama_head desc: Specify a Xinerama head.