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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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"docbook-xml/docbookx.dtd"
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[
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<!ENTITY command_options SYSTEM "command_options.xml">
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<!ENTITY config_settings SYSTEM "config_settings.xml">
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<!ENTITY variables SYSTEM "variables.xml">
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<!ENTITY lua SYSTEM "lua.xml">
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]>
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<refentry>
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<refentryinfo>
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<address>
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<email>brenden1@users.sourceforge.net</email>
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</address>
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<author>
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<firstname>Brenden</firstname>
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<surname>Matthews</surname>
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</author>
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<date>2012-05-03</date>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>conky</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>conky</refname>
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<refpurpose>A system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo
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code, but more kickass. It just keeps on given'er. Yeah.</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>conky</command>
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<arg>
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<replaceable>options</replaceable>
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</arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on torsmo.
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Since its inception, Conky has changed significantly from its
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predecessor, while maintaining simplicity and configurability. Conky
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can display just about anything, either on your root desktop or in its
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own window. Not only does Conky have many built-in objects, it can
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also display just about any piece of information by using scripts and
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other external programs.</para>
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<para>Conky has more than 250 built in objects, including support for
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a plethora of OS stats (uname, uptime, CPU usage, mem usage, disk
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usage, "top" like process stats, and network monitoring, just to name
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a few), built in IMAP and POP3 support, built in support for many
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popular music players (MPD, XMMS2, Audacious), and much much
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more. Conky can display this info either as text, or using simple
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progress bars and graph widgets, with different fonts and
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colours.</para>
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<para>We are always looking for help, whether its reporting bugs,
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writing patches, or writing docs. Please use the facilities at
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SourceForge to make bug reports, feature requests, and submit patches,
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or stop by #conky on irc.freenode.net if you have questions or want to
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contribute.</para>
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<para>Thanks for your interest in Conky.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Compiling</title>
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<para>For users compiling from source on a binary distro, make sure
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you have the X development libraries installed (Unless you configure
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your build without X11). This should be a package along the lines of
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"libx11-dev" or "xorg-x11-dev" for X11 libs, and similar "-dev" format
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for the other libs required (depending on your build options). You
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should be able to see which extra packages you need to install by
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reading errors that you get from running `cmake'. The easiest way to
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view the available build options is to run `ccmake' or `cmake-gui'
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from the source tree, but be careful when disabling certain features
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as you may lose desired functionality. E.g., with BUILD_MATH disabled
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you won't get errors but logarithmic graphs will be normal graphs and
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gauges will miss their line.</para>
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<para>Conky has (for some time) been available in the repositories of
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most popular distributions. Here are some installation instructions
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for a few:</para>
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<para>Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo's Portage... simply use
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"emerge app-admin/conky" for installation.</para>
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<para>Debian, etc. users -- Conky should be in your repositories, and
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can be installed by doing "aptitude install conky".</para>
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<para>Example to compile and run Conky with default components (note
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that some build options may differ for your system):</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<command>
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<option>cmake</option>
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</command>
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<option>-D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:string=/usr .</option>
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</term>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<command>
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<option>make</option>
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</command>
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</term>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<command>
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<option>make install</option>
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</command>
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<option># Optional</option>
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</term>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<command>
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<option>src/conky</option>
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</command>
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</term>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>Conky has been tested to be compatible with C99 C and C++0x C++,
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however it has not been tested with anything other than gcc, and is
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not guaranteed to work with other compilers.</para>
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<para>TIP: Try configuring Conky with `ccmake' or `cmake-gui' instead
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of just `cmake'.</para>
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<para></para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>You Should Know</title>
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<para>Conky is generally very good on resources. That said, the more
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you try to make Conky do, the more resources it is going to
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consume.</para>
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<para>An easy way to force Conky to reload your
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<filename>~/.config/conky/conky.conf</filename>: "killall -SIGUSR1
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conky". Saves you the trouble of having to kill and then
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restart.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Options</title>
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<para>Command line options override configurations defined in
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configuration file.</para>&command_options;</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Configuration Settings</title>
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<para>Default configuration file location is
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<filename>~/.config/conky/conky.conf</filename> or
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<filename>${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf</filename>. On most systems,
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sysconfdir is /etc, and you can find the sample config file there in
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<filename>/etc/conky/conky.conf</filename>.</para>
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<para>You might want to copy it to
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<filename>~/.config/conky/conky.conf</filename> and then start modifying
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it. Other configs can be found at
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<filename>
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https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky</filename>.</para>&config_settings;</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Objects/Variables</title>
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<para>Colours are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of
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them:
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<filename>/usr/share/X11/rgb.txt</filename>. Colour can be also in #rrggbb
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format (hex).</para>
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<para>Some objects may create threads, and sometimes these threads will
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not be destroyed until Conky terminates. There is no way to destroy or
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clean up threads while Conky is running. For example, if you use an MPD
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variable, the MPD thread will keep running until Conky dies. Some threaded
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objects will use one of the parameters as a 'key', so that you only have 1
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relevant thread running (for example, the $curl, $rss and $weather objects
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launch one thread per URI).</para>&variables;</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Lua API</title>
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<para>Conky features a Lua Programming API, and also ships with Lua
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bindings for some useful libraries. Note that the bindings require
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tolua++, which currently only compiles against Lua 5.1.</para>
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<para>To use Lua Conky, you first need to make sure you have a version of
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Conky with Lua support enabled (``conky -v'' will report this). Conky
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defines certain global functions and variables which can be accessed from
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Lua code running in Conky. Scripts must first be loaded using the lua_load
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configuration option. You then call functions in Lua via Conky's $lua,
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$lua_read, and Lua hooks.</para>
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<para>Be careful when creating threaded objects through the Lua API. You
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could wind up with a whole bunch of threads running if a thread is created
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with each iteration.</para>
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<para>At this time, the Lua API should not be considered stable and may
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change drastically from one release to another as it matures.</para>
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<para>NOTE: In order to accommodate certain features in the cairo
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library's API, Conky will export a few additional functions for the
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creation of certain structures. These are documented
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below.</para>&lua;</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Examples</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<option>conky -t '${time %D %H:%M}' -o -u 30</option>
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</term>
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<listitem>Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as
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text and 30 sec update interval.</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<option>conky -a top_left -x 5 -y 500 -d</option>
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</term>
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<listitem>Start Conky to background at coordinates (5,
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500).</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<option>conky -C > ~/.config/conky/conky.conf</option>
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</term>
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<listitem>Do not start Conky, but have it output the builtin
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default config file to
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<filename>~/.config/conky/conky.conf</filename> for later
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customising.</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Files</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<filename>${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf</filename>
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</term>
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<listitem>Default system-wide configuration file. The value of
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${sysconfdir} depends on the compile-time options (most likely
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/etc).</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<filename>~/.config/conky/conky.conf</filename>
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</term>
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<listitem>Default personal configuration file.</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Bugs</title>
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<para>Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn't
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work with all window managers. Especially doesn't work well with Gnome
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and it has been reported that it doesn't work with KDE either.
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Nautilus can be disabled from drawing to desktop with program
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gconf-editor. Uncheck show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/.
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There is -w switch in Conky to set some specific window id. You might
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find xwininfo -tree useful to find the window to draw to. You can also
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use -o argument which makes Conky to create its own window. If you do
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try running Conky in its own window, be sure to read up on the
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own_window_type settings and experiment.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<para>
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<filename>https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky</filename>
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</para>
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<para>#conky on irc.freenode.net</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Copying</title>
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<para>Copyright (c) 2005-2021 Brenden Matthews, Philip Kovacs, et. al.
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Any original torsmo code is licensed under the BSD license (see
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LICENSE.BSD for a copy). All code written since the fork of torsmo is
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licensed under the GPL (see LICENSE.GPL for a copy), except where
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noted differently (such as in portmon and audacious code which are
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LGPL, and prss which is an MIT-style license).</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Authors</title>
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<para>The Conky dev team (see AUTHORS for a full list of
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contributors).</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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