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<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>alignment</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>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 abreviated as tl, tr, tm, bl, br, bm, ml,
mm, mr). See also gap_x and gap_y.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>append_file</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Append the file given as argument.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>background</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to
background when started.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>border_inner_margin</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Inner border margin in pixels (the margin between
the border and text).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>border_outer_margin</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Outer border margin in pixels (the margin between
the border and the edge of the window).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>border_width</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Border width in pixels.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>colorN</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>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
(#).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>console_graph_ticks</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>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. Example: " ,_,▁,▂,▃,▄,▅,▆,▇,█".
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>cpu_avg_samples</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>The number of samples to average for CPU
monitoring.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>default_bar_height</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Specify a default height for bars. This is particularly useful for execbar and
execibar as they do not take size arguments.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>default_bar_width</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Specify a default width for bars. This is particularly useful for execbar and
execibar as they do not take size arguments.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>default_color</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Default color and border color
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>default_gauge_height</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Specify a default height for gauges. This is particularly useful for execgauge
and execigauge as they do not take size arguments
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>default_gauge_width</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Specify a default width for gauges. This is particularly useful for execgauge
and execigauge as they do not take size arguments
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>default_graph_height</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Specify a default height for graphs. This is particularly useful for execgraph
and execigraph as they do not take size arguments
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>default_graph_width</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Specify a default width for graphs. This is particularly useful for execgraph
and execigraph as they do not take size arguments
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>default_outline_color</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Default outline color
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>default_shade_color</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Default shading color and border's shading color
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>disable_auto_reload</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Enable to disable the inotify-based auto config reload feature.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>diskio_avg_samples</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>The number of samples to average for disk I/O
monitoring.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>display</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Specify an X display to connect to.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>double_buffer</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>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.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>draw_borders</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Draw borders around text?
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>draw_graph_borders</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Draw borders around graphs?
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>draw_outline</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Draw outlines?
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>draw_shades</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Draw shades?
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>extra_newline</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Put an extra newline at the end when writing to
stdout, useful for writing to awesome's wiboxes.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>font</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a
nice font
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>format_human_readable</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>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.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>gap_x</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>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'.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>gap_y</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>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'.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>hddtemp_host</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Hostname to connect to for hddtemp objects. Defaults
to "127.0.0.1".
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>hddtemp_port</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Port to use for hddtemp connections. Defaults to
7634.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>http_refresh</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>When this is set the page generated with
out_to_http will automatically refresh each interval. Default
value is no.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>if_up_strictness</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>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.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>imap</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Default global IMAP server. Arguments are: "host
user pass [-i interval (in seconds)] [-f 'folder'] [-p port]
[-e 'command'] [-r retries]". 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.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>imlib_cache_flush_interval</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Interval (in seconds) to flush Imlib2 cache.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>imlib_cache_size</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>
Imlib2 image cache size, in bytes. Defaults to
4MiB. Increase this value if you use $image lots. Set
to 0 to disable the image cache.<para/>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>lua_draw_hook_post</option>
</command>
<option>function_name [function arguments]</option>
</term>
<listitem>
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.<para/>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>lua_draw_hook_pre</option>
</command>
<option>function_name [function arguments]</option>
</term>
<listitem>
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.<para/>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>lua_load</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Loads the Lua scripts separated by spaces.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>lua_shutdown_hook</option>
</command>
<option>function_name [function arguments]</option>
</term>
<listitem>
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.<para/>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>lua_startup_hook</option>
</command>
<option>function_name [function arguments]</option>
</term>
<listitem>
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.<para/>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>mail_spool</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Mail spool for mail checking
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>max_port_monitor_connections</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Allow each port monitor to track at most this
many connections (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>max_text_width</option>
</command>
<option>width</option>
</term>
<listitem>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
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>max_user_text</option>
</command>
<option>bytes</option>
</term>
<listitem>Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. text inside
conky.text section in config file (default is 16384 bytes)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>maximum_width</option>
</command>
<option>pixels</option>
</term>
<listitem>Maximum width of window
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>minimum_height</option>
</command>
<option>height</option>
</term>
<listitem>Minimum height of the window
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>minimum_width</option>
</command>
<option>width</option>
</term>
<listitem>Minimum width of window
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>mpd_host</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Host of MPD server
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>mpd_password</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>MPD server password
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>mpd_port</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Port of MPD server
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>mysql_host</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Host of MySQL server. Defaults to localhost
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>mysql_port</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Port of MySQL server. Defaults to the default mysql port
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>mysql_user</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server. Defaults to your username
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>mysql_password</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Password of the MySQL user. Place it between "-chars. When this is not set there
is no password used
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>mysql_db</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>MySQL database to use. Defaults to mysql
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>music_player_interval</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Music player thread update interval (defaults to
Conky's update interval)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>net_avg_samples</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>The number of samples to average for net data
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>no_buffers</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Subtract (file system) buffers from used memory?
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>nvidia_display</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>The display that the nvidia variable will use (defaults to the value of the
display variable)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>out_to_console</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Print text to stdout.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>out_to_http</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Let conky act as a small http-server serving it's text.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>out_to_ncurses</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>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)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>out_to_stderr</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Print text to stderr.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>out_to_x</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>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 value is yes
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>override_utf8_locale</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Force UTF8? requires XFT
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>overwrite_file</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Overwrite the file given as argument.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>own_window</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Boolean, create own window to draw?
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>own_window_class</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Manually set the WM_CLASS name. Defaults to
"Conky".
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>own_window_colour</option>
</command>
<option>colour</option>
</term>
<listitem>If own_window_transparent no, set a specified
background colour (defaults to black). Takes either a hex
value (e.g. ffffff, note the lack of '#') or a valid RGB
name (see /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>own_window_hints</option>
</command>
<option>
undecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager</option>
</term>
<listitem>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.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>own_window_title</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Manually set the window name. Defaults to
"conky (&lt;hostname&gt;)".
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>own_window_argb_visual</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>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'.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>own_window_argb_value</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>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.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>own_window_transparent</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Boolean, set transparency? If ARGB visual is enabled, sets
background opacity to 0%.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>own_window_type</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>if own_window is yes, you may specify type
normal, desktop, dock, panel or override (default: normal).
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.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>pad_percents</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no
padding)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>pop3</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>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.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>short_units</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Shortens units to a single character (kiB-&gt;k,
GiB-&gt;G, etc.). Default is off.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>show_graph_range</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Shows the time range covered by a graph.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>show_graph_scale</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Shows the maximum value in scaled graphs.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>stippled_borders</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>temperature_unit</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Desired output unit of all objects displaying a
temperature. Parameters are either "fahrenheit" or
"celsius". The default unit is degree Celsius.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>templateN</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>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:
<simplelist>
<member>'\n' -&gt; newline</member>
<member>'\\' -&gt; backslash</member>
<member>'\ ' -&gt; space</member>
<member>'\N' -&gt; template argument N (starting from 1)</member>
</simplelist>
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>text_buffer_size</option>
</command>
<option>bytes</option>
</term>
<listitem>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.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>times_in_seconds</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>If true, variables that output times output a number
that represents seconds. This doesn't affect $time, $tztime and
$utime
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>top_cpu_separate</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>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.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>top_name_verbose</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>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.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>top_name_width</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Width for $top name value (defaults to 15
characters).
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>total_run_times</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Total number of times for Conky to update before
quitting. Zero makes Conky run forever
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>update_interval</option>
</command>
<option>seconds</option>
</term>
<listitem>Update interval
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>update_interval_on_battery</option>
</command>
<option>seconds</option>
</term>
<listitem>Update interval when running on batterypower
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>uppercase</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper
case
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>use_spacer</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>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.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>use_xft</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>
<option>xftalpha</option>
</command>
</term>
<listitem>Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between
1 and 0.
<para /></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>