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NAME

       conky - A system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code, but
       more kickass. It just keeps on given’er. Yeah.

SYNOPSIS

       conky [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

       Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on torsmo.  Since  its
       inception,  Conky has changed significantly from its predecessor, while
       maintaining simplicity and  configurability.  Conky  can  display  just
       about  anything,  either on your root desktop or in its own window. Not
       only does Conky have many built-in objects, it can  also  display  just
       about  any  piece  of  information  by using scripts and other external
       programs.

       Conky has more than 250 built  in  objects,  including  support  for  a
       plethora  of OS stats (uname, uptime, CPU usage, mem usage, disk usage,
       "top" like process stats, and network monitoring, just to name a  few),
       built in IMAP and POP3 support, built in support for many popular music
       players (MPD, XMMS2, BMPx, Audacious), and much much more.   Conky  can
       display  this  info  either  as text, or using simple progress bars and
       graph widgets, with different fonts and colours.

       We are always looking for help, whether  its  reporting  bugs,  writing
       patches,  or  writing docs. Please use the facilities at SourceForge to
       make bug reports, feature requests, and  submit  patches,  or  stop  by
       #conky on irc.freenode.net if you have questions or want to contribute.

       Thanks for your interest in Conky.

COMPILING

       For users compiling from source on a binary distro, make sure you  have
       the  X  development  libraries  installed (Unless you provide configure
       with "--disable-x11"). This should be a  package  along  the  lines  of
       "libx11-dev"  or "xorg-x11-dev" for X11 libs, and similar "-dev" format
       for the other libs required (depending on your configure options).  You
       should  be  able  to  see  which  extra packages you need to install by
       reading errors that you get from ’./configure’. You can  enable/disable
       stuff  by  giving  options to configure, but be careful with disabling.
       For example: with --disable-math you won’t get errors  but  logarithmic
       graphs will be normal graphs and gauges will miss their line.

       Conky  has  (for  some time) been available in the repositories of most
       popular distributions. Here are some installation  instructions  for  a
       few:

       Gentoo  users  --  Conky  is in Gentoo’s Portage...  simply use "emerge
       app-admin/conky" for installation.

       Debian, etc. users -- Conky should be in your repositories, and can  be
       installed by doing "aptitude install conky".

       Example  to  compile  and  run Conky with all optional components (note
       that some configure options may differ for your system):

       sh autogen.sh # Only required if building from the git repo

       ./configure            --prefix=/usr            --mandir=/usr/share/man
       --infodir=/usr/share/info     --datadir=/usr/share    --sysconfdir=/etc
       --localstatedir=/var/lib                           --disable-own-window
       --enable-audacious[=yes|no|legacy]    --enable-bmpx   --disable-hddtemp
       --disable-mpd   --enable-xmms2   --disable-portmon    --disable-network
       --enable-debug  --disable-x11 --disable-double-buffer --disable-xdamage
       --disable-xft

       make

       make install # Optional

       src/conky

       Conky has been tested to be compatible with C99 C, however it  has  not
       been tested with anything other than gcc, and is not guaranteed to work
       with other compilers.

YOU SHOULD KNOW

       Conky is generally very good on resources. That said, the more you  try
       to make Conky do, the more resources it is going to consume.

       An easy way to force Conky to reload your ~/.conkyrc: "killall -SIGUSR1
       conky". Saves you the trouble of having to kill and then  restart.  You
       can now also do the same with SIGHUP.

OPTIONS

       Command  line  options override configurations defined in configuration
       file.

       -v | -V | --version
              Prints version and exits

       -q | --quiet
              Run Conky in ’quiet mode’ (ie. no output)

       -D | --debug
              Increase debugging output, ie. -DD for more debugging

       -a | --alignment= ALIGNMENT
              Text              alignment              on              screen,
              {top,bottom,middle}_{left,right,middle}  or  none.  Can  also be
              abbreviated with first chars of position, ie. tr for  top_right.

       -b | --double-buffer
              Use double buffering (eliminates "flicker")

       -c | --config= FILE
              Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc

       -C | --print-config
              Print  builtin  default  config  to stdout. See also the section
              EXAMPLES for more information.

       -d | --daemonize
              Daemonize Conky, aka fork to background

       -f | --font= FONT
              Font to use

       -h | --help
              Prints command line help and exits

       -o | --own-window
              Create own window to draw

       -t | --text= TEXT
              Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t ’ $uptime ’

       -p | --pause= SECONDS
              Time to pause before actually starting Conky

       -u | --interval= SECONDS
              Update interval

       -w | --window-id= WIN_ID
              Window id to draw

       -X | --display= DISPLAY
              X11 display to use

       -x X_COORDINATE
              X position

       -y Y_COORDINATE
              Y position

       -i COUNT
              Number of times to update Conky (and quit)

CONFIGURATION SETTINGS

       Default   configuration   file   location    is    $HOME/.conkyrc    or
       ${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf.  On  most  systems, sysconfdir is /etc,
       and you can find the sample config file there  (/etc/conky/conky.conf).

       You  might  want  to copy it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying
       it. Other configs can be found at http://conky.sf.net/

       TEXT   After this begins text to be formatted on screen.  Backslash (\)
              escapes  newlines  in  the  text section. This can be useful for
              cleaning up config files where conky is used to  pipe  input  to
              dzen2.

       alignment
              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.

       append_file
              Append the file given as argument.

       background
              Boolean  value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when
              started.

       border_inner_margin
              Inner border margin in pixels (the margin between the border and
              text).

       border_outer_margin
              Outer border margin in pixels (the margin between the border and
              the edge of the window).

       border_width
              Border width in pixels.

       colorN Predefine a color for use inside TEXT segments.  Substitute N by
              a  digit between 0 and 9, inclusively. When specifying the color
              value in hex, omit the leading hash (#).

       cpu_avg_samples
              The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring.

       default_bar_size
              Specify  a  default  width  and  height  for   bars.    Example:
              ’default_bar_size  0 6’. This is particularly useful for execbar
              and execibar as they do not take size arguments.

       default_color
              Default color and border color

       default_gauge_size
              Specify  a  default  width  and  height  for  gauges.   Example:
              ’default_gauge_size  25  25’.  This  is  particularly useful for
              execgauge and execigauge as they do not take size arguments

       default_graph_size
              Specify  a  default  width  and  height  for  graphs.   Example:
              ’default_graph_size  0  25’.  This  is  particularly  useful for
              execgraph and execigraph as they do not take size arguments

       default_outline_color
              Default outline color

       default_shade_color
              Default shading color and border’s shading color

       disable_auto_reload
              Enable to disable the inotify-based auto config reload  feature.

       diskio_avg_samples
              The number of samples to average for disk I/O monitoring.

       display
              Specify an X display to connect to.

       double_buffer
              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.

       draw_borders
              Draw borders around text?

       draw_graph_borders
              Draw borders around graphs?

       draw_outline
              Draw outlines?

       draw_shades
              Draw shades?

       extra_newline
              Put  an  extra newline at the end when writing to stdout, useful
              for writing to awesome’s wiboxes.

       font   Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font

       format_human_readable
              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.

       gap_x  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’.

       gap_y  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’.

       hddtemp_host
              Hostname  to  connect  to  for  hddtemp  objects.  Defaults   to
              "127.0.0.1".

       hddtemp_port
              Port to use for hddtemp connections. Defaults to 7634.

       if_up_strictness
              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.

       imap   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.

       imlib_cache_flush_interval
              Interval (in seconds) to flush Imlib2 cache.

       imlib_cache_size
              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.

       lua_draw_hook_post function_name [function arguments]
              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.

       lua_draw_hook_pre function_name [function arguments]
              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.

       lua_load
              Loads the Lua scripts separated by spaces.

       lua_shutdown_hook function_name [function arguments]
              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.

       lua_startup_hook function_name [function arguments]
              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.

       mail_spool
              Mail spool for mail checking

       max_port_monitor_connections
              Allow  each  port monitor to track at most this many connections
              (if 0 or not set, default is 256)

       max_specials
              Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts,  offsets,  aligns,
              etc. (default is 512)

       max_text_width width
              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

       max_user_text bytes
              Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in
              config file (default is 16384 bytes)

       maximum_width pixels
              Maximum width of window

       minimum_size width (height)
              Minimum size of window

       mpd_host
              Host of MPD server

       mpd_password
              MPD server password

       mpd_port
              Port of MPD server

       music_player_interval
              Music player thread update interval (defaults to Conky’s  update
              interval)

       net_avg_samples
              The number of samples to average for net data

       no_buffers
              Subtract (file system) buffers from used memory?

       out_to_console
              Print text to stdout.

       out_to_ncurses
              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)

       out_to_stderr
              Print text to stderr.

       out_to_x
              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

       override_utf8_locale
              Force UTF8? requires XFT

       overwrite_file
              Overwrite the file given as argument.

       own_window
              Boolean, create own window to draw?

       own_window_class
              Manually set the WM_CLASS name. Defaults to "Conky".

       own_window_colour colour
              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)

       own_window_hints undecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
              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.

       own_window_title
              Manually  set the window name. Defaults to "<hostname> - conky".

       own_window_argb_visual
              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’.

       own_window_argb_value
              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. Note that if own_window_transparent is enabled,
              this value has no effect.

       own_window_transparent
              Boolean, set transparency?  If  ARGB  visual  is  enabled,  sets
              background opacity to 0%.

       own_window_type
              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.

       pad_percents
              Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)

       pop3   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.

       short_units
              Shortens  units  to  a  single character (kiB->k, GiB->G, etc.).
              Default is off.

       show_graph_range
              Shows the time range covered by a graph.

       show_graph_scale
              Shows the maximum value in scaled graphs.

       stippled_borders
              Border stippling (dashing) in pixels

       temperature_unit
              Desired output unit of all  objects  displaying  a  temperature.
              Parameters  are  either  "fahrenheit"  or "celsius". The default
              unit is degree Celsius.

       templateN
              Define a template for later use inside TEXT segments. Substitute
              N  by  a  digit  between  0 and 9, inclusively. The value of the
              variable is being inserted into the  stuff  below  TEXT  at  the
              corresponding   position,  but  before  some  substitutions  are
              applied:

              ’\n’ -> newline
              ’\\’ -> backslash
              ’\ ’ -> space
              ’\N’ -> template argument N

       text_buffer_size bytes
              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.

       times_in_seconds
              If true, variables  that  output  times  output  a  number  that
              represents  seconds.  This  doesn’t  affect  $time,  $tztime and
              $utime

       top_cpu_separate
              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.

       top_name_width
              Width for $top name value (defaults to 15 characters).

       total_run_times
              Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting.  Zero
              makes Conky run forever

       update_interval seconds
              Update interval

       update_interval_on_battery seconds
              Update interval when running on batterypower

       uppercase
              Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case

       use_spacer
              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.

       use_xft
              Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)

       xftalpha
              Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0.

       xftfont
              Xft font to use.

OBJECTS/VARIABLES

       Colours  are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
       /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt.  Colour can be also in #rrggbb format (hex).

       Some objects may create threads, and sometimes these threads  will  not
       be  destroyed  until  Conky  terminates.  There is no way to destroy or
       clean up threads while Conky is running. For example, if you use an MPD
       variable,  the  MPD  thread  will  keep  running until Conky dies. Some
       threaded objects will use one of the parameters as a ’key’, so that you
       only  have  1 relevant thread running (for example, the $curl, $rss and
       $weather objects launch one thread per URI).

       acpiacadapter (adapter)
              ACPI ac adapter state. On linux, the  adapter  option  specifies
              the  subfolder  of  /sys/class/power_supply containing the state
              information (defaults to "AC"). Other systems ignore it.

       acpifan
              ACPI fan state

       acpitemp
              ACPI temperature in C.

       addr (interface)
              IP address for an interface, or "No Address" if  no  address  is
              assigned.

       addrs (interface)
              IP  addresses for an interface (if one - works like addr). Linux
              only.

       adt746xcpu
              CPU temperature from therm_adt746x

       adt746xfan
              Fan speed from therm_adt746x

       alignc (num)
              Align text to centre

       alignr (num)
              Right-justify text, with space of N

       apcupsd host port
              Sets up  the  connection  to  apcupsd  daemon.  Prints  nothing,
              defaults to localhost:3551

       apcupsd_cable
              Prints the UPS connection type.

       apcupsd_charge
              Current battery capacity in percent.

       apcupsd_lastxfer
              Reason for last transfer from line to battery.

       apcupsd_linev
              Nominal input voltage.

       apcupsd_load
              Current load in percent.

       apcupsd_loadbar
              Bar showing current load.

       apcupsd_loadgauge (height),(width)
              Gauge that shows current load.

       apcupsd_loadgraph (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour
       2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
              History graph of current load.

       apcupsd_model
              Prints the model of the UPS.

       apcupsd_name
              Prints the UPS user-defined name.

       apcupsd_status
              Prints current status (on-line, on-battery).

       apcupsd_temp
              Current internal temperature.

       apcupsd_timeleft
              Time left to run on battery.

       apcupsd_upsmode
              Prints the UPS mode (e.g. standalone).

       apm_adapter
              Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)

       apm_battery_life
              Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD only)

       apm_battery_time
              Display  remaining  APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if
              AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only)

       audacious_bar (height),(width)
              Progress bar

       audacious_bitrate
              Bitrate of current tune

       audacious_channels
              Number of audio channels of current tune

       audacious_filename
              Full path and filename of current tune

       audacious_frequency
              Sampling frequency of current tune

       audacious_length
              Total length of current tune as MM:SS

       audacious_length_seconds
              Total length of current tune in seconds

       audacious_main_volume
              The current volume fetched from Audacious

       audacious_playlist_length
              Number of tunes in playlist

       audacious_playlist_position
              Playlist position of current tune

       audacious_position
              Position of current tune (MM:SS)

       audacious_position_seconds
              Position of current tune in seconds

       audacious_status
              Player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not running)

       audacious_title (max length)
              Title of current tune with optional maximum length specifier

       battery (num)
              Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or  APM
              battery.  ACPI  battery number can be given as argument (default
              is BAT0).

       battery_bar (height),(width) (num)
              Battery percentage remaining of ACPI  battery  in  a  bar.  ACPI
              battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).

       battery_percent (num)
              Battery  percentage  remaining  for  ACPI battery.  ACPI battery
              number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).

       battery_short (num)
              Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or  APM
              battery.  ACPI  battery number can be given as argument (default
              is BAT0). This mode display a short status, which means  that  C
              is displayed instead of charging, D for discharging, F for full,
              N for not present, E for empty and U for unknown.

       battery_time (num)
              Battery charge/discharge time remaining of  ACPI  battery.  ACPI
              battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).

       blink text_and_other_conky_vars
              Let ’text_and_other_conky_vars’ blink on and off.

       bmpx_album
              Album in current BMPx track

       bmpx_artist
              Artist in current BMPx track

       bmpx_bitrate
              Bitrate of the current BMPx track

       bmpx_title
              Title of the current BMPx track

       bmpx_track
              Track number of the current BMPx track

       bmpx_uri
              URI of the current BMPx track

       buffers
              Amount of memory buffered

       cached Amount of memory cached

       cmdline_to_pid string
              PID of the first process that has string in it’s commandline

       color (color)
              Change  drawing color to ’color’ which is a name of a color or a
              hexcode preceded with # (for example  #0A1B2C  ).   If  you  use
              ncurses    only    the    following    colors   are   supported:
              red,green,yellow,blue,magenta,cyan,black,white.

       colorN Change drawing color to colorN configuration option, where N  is
              a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively.

       combine var1 var2
              Places  the  lines  of  var2  to  the right of the lines of var1
              separated by the chars that are put between var1 and  var2.  For
              example:    ${combine   ${head   /proc/cpuinfo   2}   -   ${head
              /proc/meminfo   1}}   gives   as   output    "cpuinfo_line1    -
              meminfo_line1"  on  line  1  and  "cpuinfo_line2  -"  on line 2.
              $combine vars can also be nested to place more vars next to each
              other.

       conky_build_arch
              CPU architecture Conky was built for

       conky_build_date
              Date Conky was built

       conky_version
              Conky version

       cpu (cpuN)
              CPU  usage  in percents. For SMP machines, the CPU number can be
              provided as an argument. ${cpu cpu0} is  the  total  usage,  and
              ${cpu cpuX} (X >= 1) are individual CPUs.

       cpubar (cpuN) (height),(width)
              Bar  that shows CPU usage, height is bar’s height in pixels. See
              $cpu for more info on SMP.

       cpugauge (cpuN) (height),(width)
              Elliptical gauge that shows CPU  usage,  height  and  width  are
              gauge’s  vertical and horizontal axis respectively. See $cpu for
              more info on SMP.

       cpugraph (cpuN) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)  (gradient  colour
       2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
              CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #.  See
              $cpu  for  more  info  on  SMP. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see
              small numbers) when you use the -l switch. Takes the switch ’-t’
              to  use  a temperature gradient, which makes the gradient values
              change depending on the amplitude of a  particular  graph  value
              (try it and see).

       curl url (interval_in_minutes)
              Download data from URI using Curl at the specified interval. The
              interval may be a floating point value greater than 0, otherwise
              defaults  to  15  minutes.  Most useful when used in conjunction
              with Lua and the Lua API. This object is threaded,  and  once  a
              thread  is created it can’t be explicitly destroyed.  One thread
              will run for each URI specified. You can use any  protocol  that
              Curl supports.

       desktop
              Number  of  the desktop on which conky is running or the message
              "Not running in X" if this is the case.

       desktop_name
              Name of the desktop on which conky is  running  or  the  message
              "Not running in X" if this is the case.

       desktop_number
              Number  of desktops or the message "Not running in X" if this is
              the case.

       disk_protect device
              Disk  protection  status,  if  supported  (needs  kernel-patch).
              Prints either "frozen" or "free " (note the padding).

       diskio (device)
              Displays current disk IO. Device is optional, and takes the form
              of sda for /dev/sda. Individual partitions are allowed.

       diskio_read (device)
              Displays current disk IO for reads. Device as in diskio.

       diskio_write (device)
              Displays current disk IO for writes. Device as in diskio.

       diskiograph (device) (height),(width)  (gradient  colour  1)  (gradient
       colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
              Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale  is
              non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a logarithmic
              scale (to see small numbers) when you use -l switch.  Takes  the
              switch  ’-t’  to  use  a  temperature  gradient, which makes the
              gradient  values  change  depending  on  the  amplitude   of   a
              particular graph value (try it and see).

       diskiograph_read   (device)   (height),(width)   (gradient   colour  1)
       (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
              Disk IO graph for reads, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
              scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Device as
              in  diskio. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when
              you use -l switch. Takes the switch ’-t’ to  use  a  temperature
              gradient,  which  makes  the gradient values change depending on
              the amplitude of a particular graph value (try it and see).

       diskiograph_write  (device)  (height),(width)   (gradient   colour   1)
       (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
              Disk IO graph for writes, colours defined in hex, minus  the  #.
              If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Device
              as in diskio. Uses a logarithmic scale (to  see  small  numbers)
              when  you  use  -l  switch.  Takes  the  switch  ’-t’  to  use a
              temperature gradient, which makes  the  gradient  values  change
              depending  on  the amplitude of a particular graph value (try it
              and see).

       downspeed (net)
              Download speed in suitable IEC units

       downspeedf (net)
              Download speed in KiB with one decimal

       downspeedgraph (netdev) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)  (gradient
       colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
              Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus  the  #.  If
              scale  is  non-zero,  it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a
              logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use -l switch.
              Takes the switch ’-t’ to use a temperature gradient, which makes
              the gradient values change  depending  on  the  amplitude  of  a
              particular graph value (try it and see).

       draft_mails (maildir) (interval)
              Number of mails marked as draft in the specified mailbox or mail
              spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes  are  supported,  mbox
              type will return -1.

       else   Text to show if any of the above are not true

       endif  Ends an $if block.

       entropy_avail
              Current entropy available for crypto freaks

       entropy_bar (height),(width)
              Normalized bar of available entropy for crypto freaks

       entropy_perc
              Percentage of entropy available in comparison to the poolsize

       entropy_poolsize
              Total size of system entropy pool for crypto freaks

       eval string
              Evaluates   given   string   according  to  the  rules  of  TEXT
              interpretation,  i.e.  parsing   any   contained   text   object
              specifications  into  their  output,  any  occuring  ’$$’ into a
              single ’$’ and so on. The output is then being parsed again.

       eve api_userid api_key character_id
              Fetches your currently training skill from the  Eve  Online  API
              servers  (http://www.eve-online.com/)  and  displays  the  skill
              along with the remaining training time.

       exec command
              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.

       execbar command
              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
              bars  can be controlled via the default_bar_size config setting.

       execgauge command
              Same as exec, except if the first  value  returned  is  a  value
              between 0-100, it will use that number for a gauge. The size for
              gauges can  be  controlled  via  the  default_gauge_size  config
              setting.

       execgraph (-t) (-l) command
              Same as execbar, but graphs values. Uses a logaritmic scale when
              the log option (-l switch) is  given  (to  see  small  numbers).
              Values  still  have to be between 0 and 100. The size for graphs
              can be controlled via  the  default_graph_size  config  setting.
              Takes the switch ’-t’ to use a temperature gradient, which makes
              the gradient values change  depending  on  the  amplitude  of  a
              particular  graph  value  (try  it and see). If -t or -l is your
              first argument, you may need to preceed it by a space (’ ’).

       execi interval command
              Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can’t be  less
              than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci

       execibar interval command
              Same as execbar, except with an interval

       execigauge interval command
              Same  as execgauge, but takes an interval arg and gauges values.

       execigraph interval (-t) (-l) command
              Same as execgraph, but takes an interval arg and graphs  values.
              If  -t  or -l is your first argument, you may need to preceed it
              by a space (’ ’).

       execp command
              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.
              This  differs  from  $exec  in  that it parses the output of the
              command, so you can insert things like  ${color  red}hi!${color}
              in  your  script and have it correctly parsed by Conky. Caveats:
              Conky parses and evaluates the output of $execp every time Conky
              loops,  and  then  destroys  all  the objects. If you try to use
              anything  like  $execi  within  an  $execp  statement,  it  will
              functionally  run at the same interval that the $execp statement
              runs, as it is created and destroyed at every interval.

       execpi interval command
              Same as execp but with specific  interval.   Interval  can’t  be
              less than update_interval in configuration. Note that the output
              from the $execpi command is still parsed and evaluated at  every
              interval.

       flagged_mails (maildir) (interval)
              Number  of  mails  marked as flagged in the specified mailbox or
              mail spool if not. Only maildir type  mailboxes  are  supported,
              mbox type will return -1.

       font (font)
              Specify  a  different  font.  This  new  font  will apply to the
              current line and everything following. You can use a $font  with
              no  arguments to change back to the default font (much like with
              $color)

       format_time seconds format
              Format time given in seconds.  This  var  only  works  when  the
              times_in_seconds configuration setting is on. Format is a string
              that should start and end with a "-char.  The  "-chars  are  not
              part  of the output, \w,\d,\h,\m,\s,\(,\) and \\ are replaced by
              weeks,days,hours,minutes,seconds,(,) and \. If you leave  out  a
              unit,  it’s  value  will be expressed in the highest unite lower
              then the one left out. Text between ()-chars will not be visible
              if  a  replaced  unit in this text is 0. If seconds is a decimal
              number then you can see the numbers behind the point by using \S
              followed  by a number that specifies the amount of digits behind
              the point that you want to see (maximum 9).  You can also  place
              a  ’x’  behind \S so you have all digits behind the point and no
              trailing zero’s. (also maximum 9)

       forwarded_mails (maildir) (interval)
              Number of mails marked as forwarded in the specified mailbox  or
              mail  spool  if  not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
              mbox type will return -1.

       freq (n)
              Returns CPU #n’s frequency in MHz. CPUs are counted from  1.  If
              omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.

       freq_g (n)
              Returns  CPU  #n’s frequency in GHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If
              omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.

       fs_bar (height),(width) fs
              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.

       fs_bar_free (height),(width) fs
              Bar  that  shows how much space is free on a file system. height
              is the height in pixels. fs is any file on that file system.

       fs_free (fs)
              Free space on a file system available for users.

       fs_free_perc (fs)
              Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.

       fs_size (fs)
              File system size.

       fs_type (fs)
              File system type.

       fs_used (fs)
              File system used space.

       fs_used_perc (fs)
              Percent of file system used space.

       goto x The next element will be printed at position ’x’.

       gw_iface
              Displays the  default  route’s  interface  or  "multiple"/"none"
              accordingly.

       gw_ip  Displays   the   default   gateway’s   IP  or  "multiple"/"none"
              accordingly.

       hddtemp (dev)
              Displays temperature of a selected hard disk drive  as  reported
              by  the  hddtemp  daemon.  Use  hddtemp_host and hddtemp_port to
              specify a host and port for  all  hddtemp  objects.  If  no  dev
              parameter  is  given,  the  first  disk  returned by the hddtemp
              daemon is used.

       head logfile lines (next_check)
              Displays first N lines  of  supplied  text  file.  The  file  is
              checked   every   ’next_check’  update.  If  next_check  is  not
              supplied, Conky defaults to 2. Max of 30 lines can be displayed,
              or until the text buffer is filled.

       hr (height)
              Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels

       hwmon (dev) type n (factor offset)
              Hwmon  sensor  from  sysfs  (Linux  2.6).  Parameter  dev may be
              omitted if you have only one hwmon device.   Parameter  type  is
              either  ’in’ or ’vol’ meaning voltage; ’fan’ meaning fan; ’temp’
              meaning temperature. Parameter n is number of  the  sensor.  See
              /sys/class/hwmon/ on your local computer. The optional arguments
              ’factor’ and ’offset’ allow precalculation  of  the  raw  input,
              which  is  being  modified as follows: ’input = input * factor +
              offset’. Note that they have to be given as decimal values (i.e.
              contain at least one decimal place).

       i2c (dev) type n (factor offset)
              I2C  sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omitted
              if you have only one I2C device. Parameter type is  either  ’in’
              or  ’vol’  meaning  voltage;  ’fan’  meaning fan; ’temp’ meaning
              temperature.  Parameter  n  is  number  of   the   sensor.   See
              /sys/bus/i2c/devices/  on  your  local  computer.  The  optional
              arguments ’factor’ and ’offset’ allow precalculation of the  raw
              input,  which  is  being  modified  as follows: ’input = input *
              factor + offset’.  Note that they have to be  given  as  decimal
              values (i.e.  contain at least one decimal place).

       i8k_ac_status
              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.

       i8k_bios
              If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops,  displays
              the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.

       i8k_buttons_status
              If  running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
              the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.

       i8k_cpu_temp
              If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops,  displays
              the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.

       i8k_left_fan_rpm
              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.

       i8k_left_fan_status
              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.

       i8k_right_fan_rpm
              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.

       i8k_right_fan_status
              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.

       i8k_serial
              If  running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
              your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.

       i8k_version
              If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops,  displays
              the version formatting of /proc/i8k.

       ibm_brightness
              If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the laptops’s
              LCD (0-7).

       ibm_fan
              If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.

       ibm_temps N
              If running the IBM ACPI, displays the temperatures from the  IBM
              temperature sensors (N=0..7) Sensor 0 is on the CPU, 3 is on the
              GPU.

       ibm_volume
              If  running  the  IBM  ACPI,  displays  the   "master"   volume,
              controlled by the volume keys (0-14).

       iconv_start codeset_from codeset_to
              Convert  text from one codeset to another using GNU iconv. Needs
              to be stopped with iconv_stop.

       iconv_stop
              Stop iconv codeset conversion.

       if_empty (var)
              if conky variable  VAR  is  empty,  display  everything  between
              $if_empty and the matching $endif

       if_existing file (string)
              if  FILE  exists, display everything between if_existing and the
              matching $endif. The optional second paramater checks  for  FILE
              containing  the  specified  string and prints everything between
              $if_existing and the matching $endif.

       if_gw  if there is at least one  default  gateway,  display  everything
              between $if_gw and the matching $endif

       if_match expression
              Evaluates  the  given  boolean  expression,  printing everything
              between $if_match and the matching $endif depending  on  whether
              the  evaluation  returns true or not.  Valid expressions consist
              of a left side, an operator and a right  side.  Left  and  right
              sides  are  being  parsed  for  contained  text  objects  before
              evaluation. Recognised left and right side types are:

              doubleArgument consists of only digits and a single dot.
              longArgument consists of only digits.
              stringArgument is enclosed in quotation marks (")

              Valid operands are: ’>’, ’<’, ’>=’, ’<=’, ’==’, ’!=’.

       if_mixer_mute (mixer)
              If mixer exists, display everything between  $if_mixer_mute  and
              the matching $endif. If no mixer is specified, "Master" is used.

       if_mounted (mountpoint)
              if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between $if_mounted
              and the matching $endif

       if_mpd_playing
              if   mpd  is  playing  or  paused,  display  everything  between
              $if_mpd_playing and the matching $endif

       if_running (process)
              if PROCESS is running, display everything  $if_running  and  the
              matching  $endif.  This  uses  the  ‘‘pidof’’ command, so the -x
              switch is also supported.

       if_smapi_bat_installed (INDEX)
              when using smapi, if the battery with index INDEX is  installed,
              display   everything  between  $if_smapi_bat_installed  and  the
              matching $endif

       if_up (interface)
              if INTERFACE exists and is up, display everything between $if_up
              and the matching $endif

       if_updatenr (updatenr)
              If  it’s  the  UPDATENR-th  time  that  conky  updates,  display
              everything between $if_updatenr and  the  matching  $endif.  The
              counter  resets  when the highest UPDATENR is reached. Example :
              "{$if_updatenr 1}foo$endif{$if_updatenr 2}bar$endif{$if_updatenr
              4}$endif"  shows  foo 25% of the time followed by bar 25% of the
              time followed by nothing the other half of the time.

       if_xmms2_connected
              Display everything between $if_xmms2_connected and the  matching
              $endif if xmms2 is running.

       image <path to image> (-p x,y) (-s WxH) (-n) (-f interval)
              Renders  an  image from the path specified using Imlib2. Takes 4
              optional arguments: a position, a size, a no-cache switch, and a
              cache  flush  interval.  Changing the x,y position will move the
              position of the image, and  changing  the  WxH  will  scale  the
              image. If you specify the no-cache flag (-n), the image will not
              be cached.  Alternately, you can specify the -f  int  switch  to
              specify  a cache flust interval for a particular image. Example:
              ${image /home/brenden/cheeseburger.jpg -p 20,20 -s 200x200} will
              render  ’cheeseburger.jpg’  at (20,20) scaled to 200x200 pixels.
              Conky does not make any attempt to adjust the position  (or  any
              other  formatting)  of images, they are just rendered as per the
              arguments passed. The only reason $image is  part  of  the  TEXT
              section,  is  to allow for runtime modifications, through $execp
              $lua_parse, or some other method.

       imap_messages (args)
              Displays the number of messages in your  global  IMAP  inbox  by
              default.  You  can  define individual IMAP inboxes separately by
              passing arguments to this object.   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.

       imap_unseen (args)
              Displays the number of unseen messages in your global IMAP inbox
              by default. You can define individual IMAP inboxes separately by
              passing arguments to this object. 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.

       include path
              Loads the configfile at path, places the  configsettings  behind
              the  configsettings  in  the  orginal config and places the vars
              where the includevar stood.

       ioscheduler disk
              Prints the current ioscheduler used  for  the  given  disk  name
              (i.e. e.g. "hda" or "sdb")

       kernel Kernel version

       laptop_mode
              The value of /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode

       lines textfile
              Displays the number of lines in the given file

       loadavg (1|2|3)
              System  load  average,  1  is  for  past  1 minute, 2 for past 5
              minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes. Without argument, prints  all
              three values separated by whitespace.

       loadgraph  (height),(width)  (gradient  colour  1)  (gradient colour 2)
       (scale) (-t) (-l)
              Load1  average graph, similar to xload, with optional colours in
              hex, minus the  #.  Uses  a  logarithmic  scale  (to  see  small
              numbers)  when  you use the -l switch.  Takes the switch ’-t’ to
              use a temperature gradient,  which  makes  the  gradient  values
              change  depending  on  the amplitude of a particular graph value
              (try it and see).

       lua function_name (function parameters)
              Executes a Lua function with given parameters, then  prints  the
              returned  string.  See  also  ’lua_load’ on how to load scripts.
              Conky  puts  ’conky_’  in  front  of  function_name  to  prevent
              accidental  calls to the wrong function unless you put you place
              ’conky_’ in front of it yourself.

       lua_bar (height, width) function_name (function parameters)
              Executes a Lua function with given parameters and draws  a  bar.
              Expects  result  value  to  be an integer between 0 and 100. See
              also ’lua_load’ on how to load scripts.  Conky puts ’conky_’  in
              front  of function_name to prevent accidental calls to the wrong
              function unless you put  you  place  ’conky_’  in  front  of  it
              yourself.

       lua_gauge (height, width) function_name (function parameters)
              Executes a Lua function with given parameters and draws a gauge.
              Expects result value to be an integer between  0  and  100.  See
              also  ’lua_load’  on how to load scripts. Conky puts ’conky_’ in
              front of function_name to prevent accidental calls to the  wrong
              function  unless  you  put  you  place  ’conky_’  in front of it
              yourself.

       lua_graph function_name (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)  (gradient
       colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
              Executes a Lua function with and draws a graph.  Expects  result
              value  to  be  any number, and by default will scale to show the
              full range. See also ’lua_load’ on how to  load  scripts.  Takes
              the  switch  ’-t’ to use a temperature gradient, which makes the
              gradient  values  change  depending  on  the  amplitude   of   a
              particular  graph value (try it and see). Conky puts ’conky_’ in
              front of function_name to prevent accidental calls to the  wrong
              function  unless  you  put  you  place  ’conky_’  in front of it
              yourself.

       lua_parse function_name (function parameters)
              Executes a Lua function with given parameters as per $lua,  then
              parses and prints the result value as per the syntax for Conky’s
              TEXT section. See also ’lua_load’ on how to load scripts.  Conky
              puts  ’conky_’  in  front of function_name to prevent accidental
              calls to the wrong function unless you put you place ’conky_’ in
              front of it yourself.

       machine
              Machine, i686 for example

       mails (mailbox) (interval)
              Mail  count  in the specified mailbox or your mail spool if not.
              Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported. You can  use
              a  program  like  fetchmail  to get mails from some server using
              your favourite protocol. See also new_mails.

       mboxscan (-n number of messages to print) (-fw from width) (-sw subject
       width) mbox
              Print a summary of recent messages in an  mbox  format  mailbox.
              mbox   parameter   is  the  filename  of  the  mailbox  (can  be
              encapsulated using ’"’, ie. ${mboxscan -n 10 "/home/brenden/some
              box"}

       mem    Amount of memory in use

       membar (height),(width)
              Bar that shows amount of memory in use

       memeasyfree
              Amount  of  free memory including the memory that is very easily
              freed (buffers/cache)

       memfree
              Amount of free memory

       memgauge (height),(width)
              Gauge that shows amount of memory in use (see cpugauge)

       memgraph (height),(width)  (gradient  colour  1)  (gradient  colour  2)
       (scale) (-t) (-l)
              Memory usage graph. Uses  a  logarithmic  scale  (to  see  small
              numbers)  when  you  use the -l switch. Takes the switch ’-t’ to
              use a temperature gradient,  which  makes  the  gradient  values
              change  depending  on  the amplitude of a particular graph value
              (try it and see).

       memmax Total amount of memory

       memperc
              Percentage of memory in use

       mixer (device)
              Prints the mixer value as reported by the OS.  Default mixer  is
              "Master",  but  you can specify one of the available ALSA Simple
              mixer controls.  You can find the list  of  those  available  on
              your system using amixer.

       mixerbar (device)
              Displays  mixer  value  in a bar as reported by the OS. See docs
              for $mixer for details on arguments.

       mixerl (device)
              Prints the left channel mixer value as reported by the  OS.  See
              docs for $mixer for details on arguments.

       mixerlbar (device)
              Displays  the  left  channel mixer value in a bar as reported by
              the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.

       mixerr (device)
              Prints the right channel mixer value as reported by the OS.  See
              docs for $mixer for details on arguments.

       mixerrbar (device)
              Displays  the  right channel mixer value in a bar as reported by
              the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.

       moc_album
              Album of the current MOC song

       moc_artist
              Artist of the current MOC song

       moc_bitrate
              Bitrate in the current MOC song

       moc_curtime
              Current time of the current MOC song

       moc_file
              File name of the current MOC song

       moc_rate
              Rate of the current MOC song

       moc_song
              The current song name being played in MOC.

       moc_state
              Current state of MOC; playing, stopped etc.

       moc_timeleft
              Time left in the current MOC song

       moc_title
              Title of the current MOC song

       moc_totaltime
              Total length of the current MOC song

       monitor
              Number of the monitor on which conky is running or  the  message
              "Not running in X" if this is the case.

       monitor_number
              Number  of monitors or the message "Not running in X" if this is
              the case.

       mpd_album
              Album in current MPD song

       mpd_artist
              Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile

       mpd_bar (height),(width)
              Bar of mpd’s progress

       mpd_bitrate
              Bitrate of current song

       mpd_elapsed
              Song’s elapsed time

       mpd_file
              Prints the file name of the current MPD song

       mpd_length
              Song’s length

       mpd_name
              Prints the MPD name field

       mpd_percent
              Percent of song’s progress

       mpd_random
              Random status (On/Off)

       mpd_repeat
              Repeat status (On/Off)

       mpd_smart (max length)
              Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file
              name, depending on whats available

       mpd_status
              Playing, stopped, et cetera.

       mpd_title (max length)
              Title of current MPD song

       mpd_track
              Prints the MPD track field

       mpd_vol
              MPD’s volume

       nameserver (index)
              Print  a  nameserver  from /etc/resolv.conf. Index starts at and
              defaults to 0.

       new_mails (mailbox) (interval)
              Unread mail count in the specified mailbox or mail spool if not.
              Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported.

       nodename
              Hostname

       nvidia threshold temp ambient gpufreq memfreq imagequality
              Nvidia  graficcard  support for the XNVCtrl library. Each option
              can be shortened to the least significant part. Temperatures are
              printed as float, all other values as integer.

              threshold The thresholdtemperature at which the gpu slows down
              temp Gives the gpu current temperature
              ambient Gives current air temperature near GPU case
              gpufreq Gives the current gpu frequency
              memfreq Gives the current mem frequency
              imagequality  Which  imagequality  should  be  chosen  by OpenGL
              applications

       offset (pixels)
              Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.

       outlinecolor (color)
              Change outline color

       pb_battery item
              If running on  Apple  powerbook/ibook,  display  information  on
              battery  status.  The item parameter specifies, what information
              to display. Exactly one item must be specified. Valid items are:

              status   Display   if   battery   is  fully  charged,  charging,
              discharging or absent (running on AC)
              percent Display charge of battery in  percent,  if  charging  or
              discharging.  Nothing  will  be  displayed,  if battery is fully
              charged or absent.
              time Display the time remaining until the battery will be  fully
              charged  or discharged at current rate. Nothing is displayed, if
              battery is absent or if its present but fully charged  and  not
              discharging.

       pid_chroot pid
              Directory used as rootdirectory by the process (this will be "/"
              unless the process did a chroot syscall)

       pid_cmdline pid
              Command line this process was invoked with

       pid_cwd pid
              Current working directory of the process

       pid_environ pid varname
              Contents of a environment-var of the process

       pid_environ_list pid
              List of environment-vars that the process can see

       pid_exe pid
              Path to executed command that started the process

       pid_nice pid
              The nice value of the process

       pid_openfiles pid
              List of files that the process has open

       pid_parent pid
              The pid of the parent of the process

       pid_priority pid
              The priority of the process (see ’priority’ in "man 5 proc")

       pid_read pid
              Total number of bytes read by the process

       pid_state pid
              State of the process

       pid_state_short pid
              One of the chars in  "RSDZTW"  representing  the  state  of  the
              process  where  R  is running, S is sleeping in an interruptible
              wait, D is waiting in uninterruptible disk sleep, Z is zombie, T
              is traced or stopped (on a signal), and W is paging

       pid_stderr pid
              Filedescriptor binded to the STDERR of the process

       pid_stdin pid
              Filedescriptor binded to the STDIN of the process

       pid_stdout pid
              Filedescriptor binded to the STDOUT of the process

       pid_threads pid
              Number of threads in process containing this thread

       pid_thread_list pid
              List with pid’s from threads from this process

       pid_time_kernelmode pid
              Amount  of  time  that  the process has been scheduled in kernel
              mode in seconds

       pid_time_usermode pid
              Amount of time that the process has been scheduled in user  mode
              in seconds

       pid_time pid
              Sum of $pid_time_kernelmode and $pid_time_usermode

       pid_uid pid
              The real uid of the process

       pid_euid pid
              The effective uid of the process

       pid_suid pid
              The saved set uid of the process

       pid_fsuid pid
              The file system uid of the process

       pid_gid pid
              The real gid of the process

       pid_egid pid
              The effective gid of the process

       pid_sgid pid
              The saved set gid of the process

       pid_fsgid pid
              The file system gid of the process

       pid_vmpeak pid
              Peak virtual memory size of the process

       pid_vmsize pid
              Virtual memory size of the process

       pid_vmlck pid
              Locked memory size of the process

       pid_vmhwm pid
              Peak resident set size ("high water mark") of the process

       pid_vmrss pid
              Resident set size of the process

       pid_vmdata pid
              Data segment size of the process

       pid_vmstk pid
              Stack segment size of the process

       pid_vmexe pid
              Text segment size of the process

       pid_vmlib pid
              Shared library code size of the process

       pid_vmpte pid
              Page table entries size of the process

       pid_write pid
              Total number of bytes written by the process

       platform (dev) type n (factor offset)
              Platform  sensor  from  sysfs  (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be
              omitted if you have only one platform device.  Platform type  is
              either  ’in’ or ’vol’ meaning voltage; ’fan’ meaning fan; ’temp’
              meaning temperature. Parameter n is number of  the  sensor.  See
              /sys/bus/platform/devices/  on your local computer. The optional
              arguments ’factor’ and ’offset’ allow precalculation of the  raw
              input,  which  is  being  modified  as follows: ’input = input *
              factor + offset’. Note that they have to  be  given  as  decimal
              values (i.e. contain at least one decimal place).

       pop3_unseen (args)
              Displays the number of unseen messages in your global POP3 inbox
              by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes separately by
              passing arguments to this object. 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.

       pop3_used (args)
              Displays the amount of space (in MiB, 2^20) used in your  global
              POP3  inbox  by  default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes
              separately by passing arguments to this object.  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.

       pre_exec shell command
              Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything
              and puts output as text.

       processes
              Total processes (sleeping and running)

       read_tcp (host) port
              Connects to a tcp port on a host (default is  localhost),  reads
              every char available at the moment and shows them.

       replied_mails (maildir) (interval)
              Number  of  mails  marked as replied in the specified mailbox or
              mail spool if not. Only maildir type  mailboxes  are  supported,
              mbox type will return -1.

       rss uri interval_in_minutes action (num_par (spaces_in_front))
              Download  and  parse  RSS  feeds. The interval may be a floating
              point value greater than 0, otherwise defaults  to  15  minutes.
              Action may be one of the following: feed_title, item_title (with
              num par), item_desc (with num par) and item_titles  (when  using
              this  action and spaces_in_front is given conky places that many
              spaces in front of each item). This object is threaded, and once
              a thread is created it can’t be explicitly destroyed. One thread
              will run for each URI specified. You can use any  protocol  that
              Curl supports.

       running_processes
              Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6

       running_threads
              Number of running (runnable) threads. Linux only.

       scroll length (step) text
              Scroll  ’text’  by  ’step’ characters showing ’length’ number of
              characters  at  the  same  time.  The  text  may  also   contain
              variables. ’step’ is optional and defaults to 1 if not set. If a
              var creates output on multiple lines then the lines  are  placed
              behind  each  other separated with a ’|’-sign. If you change the
              textcolor inside $scroll it will  automatically  have  it’s  old
              value  back at the end of $scroll. The end and the start of text
              will be separated by ’length’ number of spaces.

       seen_mails (maildir) (interval)
              Number of mails marked as seen in the specified mailbox or  mail
              spool  if  not.  Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox
              type will return -1.

       shadecolor (color)
              Change shading color

       smapi (ARGS)
              when    using     smapi,     display     contents     of     the
              /sys/devices/platform/smapi    directory.    ARGS   are   either
              ’(FILENAME)’  or  ’bat  (INDEX)  (FILENAME)’  to   display   the
              corresponding  files’  content.  This  is  a  very raw method of
              accessing the smapi values. When available, better  use  one  of
              the smapi_* variables instead.

       smapi_bat_bar (INDEX),(height),(width)
              when  using smapi, display the remaining capacity of the battery
              with index INDEX as a bar.

       smapi_bat_perc (INDEX)
              when using smapi, display the remaining capacity in  percent  of
              the  battery  with  index  INDEX.  This  is  a separate variable
              because it supports the ’use_spacer’ configuration option.

       smapi_bat_power INDEX
              when using smapi, display the current power of the battery  with
              index  INDEX  in  watt.  This is a separate variable because the
              original read out value is being converted from mW. The sign  of
              the   output   reflects   charging   (positive)  or  discharging
              (negative) state.

       smapi_bat_temp INDEX
              when using smapi, display the current temperature of the battery
              with  index INDEX in degree Celsius. This is a separate variable
              because the original read out  value  is  being  converted  from
              milli degree Celsius.

       sony_fanspeed
              Displays  the  Sony  VAIO  fanspeed  information  if sony-laptop
              kernel support is enabled. Linux only.

       stippled_hr (space)
              Stippled (dashed) horizontal line

       swap   Amount of swap in use

       swapbar (height),(width)
              Bar that shows amount of swap in use

       swapfree
              Amount of free swap

       swapmax
              Total amount of swap

       swapperc
              Percentage of swap in use

       sysname
              System name, Linux for example

       tab (width, (start))
              Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from column ’start’.
              The unit is pixels for both arguments.

       tail logfile lines (next_check)
              Displays last N lines of supplied text file. The file is checked
              every ’next_check’ update. If next_check is not supplied,  Conky
              defaults  to  2.  Max of 30 lines can be displayed, or until the
              text buffer is filled.

       tcp_portmon port_begin port_end item (index)
              TCP port (both IPv6 and IPv4) 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
              rservice Remote service name from /etc/services
              lip Local ip address
              lhost Local host name
              lport Local port number
              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.

              Examples:

              ${tcp_portmon   6881   6999   count}   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.

       templateN (arg1) (arg2) (arg3 ...)
              Evaluate  the  content  of  the templateN configuration variable
              (where N is a value between  0  and  9,  inclusively),  applying
              substitutions   as   described   in  the  documentation  of  the
              corresponding configuration variable. The number of arguments is
              optional,  but  must  match  the  highest  referred index in the
              template. You  can  use  the  same  special  sequences  in  each
              argument  as  the  ones valid for a template definition, e.g. to
              allow an argument to contain a whitespace. Also  simple  nesting
              of templates is possible this way.

              Here are some examples of template definitions:

              template0 $\1\2
              template1 \1: ${fs_used \2} / ${fs_size \2}
              template2 \1 \2

              The  following  list shows sample usage of the templates defined
              above, with the equivalent syntax when not using any template at
              all:

              using template               same without template
              --------------------------------------------------------
              ${template0 node name}       $nodename
              ${template1 root /}          root:   ${fs_free   /}   /
                                           ${fs_size /}
              ${template1   ${template2\   disk  root: ${fs_free /} /
              disk\ root} /}               ${fs_size /}

       texeci interval command
              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. This object  will
              clean  up  the  thread when it is destroyed, so it can safely be
              used in a nested fashion, though it may not produce the  desired
              behaviour if used this way.

       threads
              Total threads

       time (format)
              Local  time,  see  man  strftime  to  get more information about
              format

       to_bytes size
              If   ’size’   is   a   number   followed    by    a    size-unit
              (kilobyte,mb,GiB,...)  then  it  converts  the size to bytes and
              shows it without unit, otherwise it just shows ’size’.

       top type num
              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", "mem", "mem_res", "mem_vsize", "time", "io_perc",
              "io_read" and "io_write". There can be a  max  of  10  processes
              listed.

       top_io type num
              Same  as top, except sorted by the amount of I/O the process has
              done during the update interval

       top_mem type num
              Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu

       top_time type num
              Same as top, except sorted by total CPU time instead of  current
              CPU usage

       totaldown (net)
              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.

       totalup (net)
              Total upload, this one too, may overflow

       trashed_mails (maildir) (interval)
              Number  of  mails  marked as trashed in the specified mailbox or
              mail spool if not. Only maildir type  mailboxes  are  supported,
              mbox type will return -1.

       tztime (timezone (format))
              Local  time for specified timezone, see man strftime to get more
              information about format. The timezone argument is specified  in
              similar  fashion  as TZ environment variable. For hints, look in
              /usr/share/zoneinfo. e.g.  US/Pacific, Europe/Zurich, etc.

       gid_name gid
              Name of group with this gid

       uid_name uid
              Username of user with this uid

       unflagged_mails (maildir) (interval)
              Number of mails not marked as flagged in the  specified  mailbox
              or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
              mbox type will return -1.

       unforwarded_mails (maildir) (interval)
              Number of mails not marked as forwarded in the specified mailbox
              or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
              mbox type will return -1.

       unreplied_mails (maildir) (interval)
              Number of mails not marked as replied in the  specified  mailbox
              or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
              mbox type will return -1.

       unseen_mails (maildir) (interval)
              Number of new or unseen mails in the specified mailbox  or  mail
              spool  if  not.  Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox
              type will return -1.

       updates Number of updates
              for debugging

       upspeed (net)
              Upload speed in suitable IEC units

       upspeedf (net)
              Upload speed in KiB with one decimal

       upspeedgraph (netdev) (height),(width) (gradient  colour  1)  (gradient
       colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
              Upload speed graph, colours defined in  hex,  minus  the  #.  If
              scale  is  non-zero,  it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a
              logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when  you  use  the  -l
              switch.  Takes  the  switch  ’-t’ to use a temperature gradient,
              which  makes  the  gradient  values  change  depending  on   the
              amplitude of a particular graph value (try it and see).

       uptime Uptime

       uptime_short
              Uptime in a shorter format

       user_names
              Lists the names of the users logged in

       user_number
              Number of users logged in

       user_terms
              Lists the consoles in use

       user_times
              Lists how long users have been logged in for

       user_time console
              Lists how long the user for the given console has been logged in
              for

       utime (format)
              Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).

       voffset (pixels)
              Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values  will  cause
              text to overlap. See also $offset.

       voltage_mv (n)
              Returns  CPU  #n’s  voltage  in  mV. CPUs are counted from 1. If
              omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.

       voltage_v (n)
              Returns CPU #n’s voltage in V.  CPUs  are  counted  from  1.  If
              omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.

       weather URI locID data_type (interval_in_minutes)
              Download, parse and display METAR data.

              For the ’URI’, there are two possibilities:

              http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/
              http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/

              The  first  one  is  free  to use but the second requires you to
              register and obtain your partner ID and license key.  These  two
              must  be  written,  separated  by  a  space,  into a file called
              .xoaprc which needs to be placed into your home directory.

              ’locID’ must be a valid location  identifier  for  the  required
              uri.  For  the  NOAA  site  this  must  be a valid ICAO (see for
              instance  https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/qryhtml/icao/).  For  the
              weather.com  site  this  must  be  a  valid location ID (see for
              instance http://aspnetresources.com/tools/locid.aspx).

              ’data_type’ must be one of the following:

              last_update The date and time stamp of  the  data.   The  result
              depends  on  the  URI  used.  For  the  NOAA  site  it  is  date
              (yyyy/mm/dd) and UTC time.  For the weather.com one it  is  date
              ([m]m/[d]d/yy) and Local Time of the station.
              temperature

              Air  temperature  (you  can  use  the  ’temperature_unit’ config
              setting to change units)
              cloud_cover

              The highest cloud cover status
              pressure

              Air pressure in millibar
              wind_speed

              Wind speed in km/h
              wind_dir

              Wind direction
              wind_dir_DEG

              Compass wind direction
              humidity

              Relative humidity in %
              weather

              Any relevant weather event (rain, snow, etc.). This is not  used
              if  you  are  querying  the  weather.com site since this data is
              aggregated into the cloud_cover one
              icon

              Weather icon (only for www.weather.com). Can  be  used  together
              with the icon kit provided upon registering to their service.

              ’delay_in_minutes’ (optional, default 30) cannot be less than 30
              minutes.

              This object is threaded, and once a thread is created  it  can’t
              be  explicitly  destroyed.  One  thread  will  run  for each URI
              specified.

              Note that these variables are  still  EXPERIMENTAL  and  can  be
              subject to many future changes.

       weather_forecast URI locID day data_type (interval_in_minutes)
              Download,  parse  and  display weather forecast data for a given
              day (daytime only).

              For    the    ’URI’,     for     the     time     being     only
              http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/    is    supported.   See
              ’weather’ above for details of usage

              ’locID’, see ’weather’ above.

              ’day’ is a number from 0 (today) to 4 (3 days after tomorrow).

              ’data_type’ must be one of the following:

              day Day of the week
              date Date, in the form MMM DD (ie. Jul 14)
              low Minimun temperature  (you  can  use  thetemperature_unitconfig setting to change units)
              hi  Maximum  temperature  (you  can  use  thetemperature_unitconfig setting to change units)
              icon Weather icon. Can  be  used  together  with  the  icon  kit
              provided upon registering to the weather.com service
              forecast Weather forecast (sunny, rainy, etc.)
              wind_speed Wind speed in km/h
              wind_dir Wind direction
              wind_dir_DEG Compass wind direction
              humidity Relative humidity in %
              precipitation Probability of having a precipitation (in %)

              ’delay_in_minutes’  (optional, default 210) cannot be lower than
              210 min.

              This object is threaded, and once a thread is created  it  can’t
              be  explicitly  destroyed.  One  thread  will  run  for each URI
              specified. You can use any protocol that Curl supports.

              Note that these variables are  still  EXPERIMENTAL  and  can  be
              subject to many future changes.

       wireless_ap (net)
              Wireless access point MAC address (Linux only)

       wireless_bitrate (net)
              Wireless bitrate (ie 11 Mb/s) (Linux only)

       wireless_essid (net)
              Wireless access point ESSID (Linux only)

       wireless_link_bar (height),(width) (net)
              Wireless link quality bar (Linux only)

       wireless_link_qual (net)
              Wireless link quality (Linux only)

       wireless_link_qual_max (net)
              Wireless link quality maximum value (Linux only)

       wireless_link_qual_perc (net)
              Wireless link quality in percents (Linux only)

       wireless_mode (net)
              Wireless mode (Managed/Ad-Hoc/Master) (Linux only)

       words textfile
              Displays the number of words in the given file

       xmms2_album
              Album in current XMMS2 song

       xmms2_artist
              Artist in current XMMS2 song

       xmms2_bar (height),(width)
              Bar of XMMS2’s progress

       xmms2_bitrate
              Bitrate of current song

       xmms2_comment
              Comment in current XMMS2 song

       xmms2_date
              Returns song’s date.

       xmms2_duration
              Duration of current song

       xmms2_elapsed
              Song’s elapsed time

       xmms2_genre
              Genre in current XMMS2 song

       xmms2_id
              XMMS2 id of current song

       xmms2_percent
              Percent of song’s progress

       xmms2_playlist
              Returns the XMMS2 playlist.

       xmms2_size
              Size of current song

       xmms2_smart
              Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file
              name, depending on whats available

       xmms2_status
              XMMS2 status (Playing, Paused, Stopped, or Disconnected)

       xmms2_timesplayed
              Number of times a song was played (presumably).

       xmms2_title
              Title in current XMMS2 song

       xmms2_tracknr
              Track number in current XMMS2 song

       xmms2_url
              Full path to current song

LUA API

       Conky features a Lua Programming API, and also ships with Lua  bindings
       for  some  useful libraries. Conky defines certain global functions and
       variables which can be accessed from Lua code running in Conky.

       To use Lua Conky, you first need to make sure you  have  a  version  of
       Conky with Lua support enabled (‘‘conky -v’’ will report this). Scripts
       must first be loaded using the lua_load configuration option. You  then
       call functions in Lua via Conky’s $lua, $lua_read, and Lua hooks.

       Be  careful  when  creating  threaded  objects through the Lua API. You
       could wind up with a whole bunch of threads  running  if  a  thread  is
       created with each iteration.

       At  this  time,  the  Lua  API  should not be considered stable and may
       change drastically from one release to another as it matures.

       NOTE: In order to accommodate certain features in the  cairo  library’s
       API,  Conky  will export a few additional functions for the creation of
       certain structures. These are documented below.

       conky_parse(string) function
              This function takes a string that is evaluated  as  per  Conky’s
              TEXT section, and then returns a string with the result.

       conky_set_update_interval(number) function
              Sets Conky’s update interval (in seconds) to ’number’.

       conky_window table
              This  table  contains some information about Conky’s window. The
              following table describes the values contained:

              drawable Windows drawable (Xlib Drawable), requires Lua  extras
              enabled at compile time.
              visual  Windows  visual  (Xlib  Visual),  requires  Lua  extras
              enabled at compile time.
              display Windows display (Xlib  Display),  requires  Lua  extras
              enabled at compile time.
              width Window width (in pixels).
              height Window height (in pixels).
              border_inner_margin Windows inner border margin (in pixels).
              border_outer_margin Windows outer border margin (in pixels).
              border_width Windows border width (in pixels).
              text_start_x  The x component of the starting coordinate of text
              drawing.
              text_start_y The y component of the starting coordinate of  text
              drawing.
              text_width The width of the text drawing region.
              text_height The height of the text drawing region.

              NOTE: This table is only defined when X support is enabled.

       conky_info table
              This  table  contains  some  information  about Conky’s internal
              data. The following table describes the values contained:

              update_interval Conkys update interval (in seconds).
              uptime System uptime, in seconds.

       conky_build_info string
              A string containing the build info for this particular  instance
              of Conky, including the version, build date, and architecture.

       conky_build_date string
              A  string containing the build date for this particular instance
              of Conky.

       conky_build_arch string
              A string containing the build architecture for  this  particular
              instance of Conky.

       conky_version string
              A  string  containing  the  version  of  the current instance of
              Conky.

       conky_config string
              A string containing the path of the current Conky  configuration
              file.

       cairo_text_extents_t:create() function
              Call   this   function  to  return  a  new  cairo_text_extents_t
              structure.  A  creation  function  for  this  structure  is  not
              provided  by  the  cairo API. After calling this, you should use
              tolua.takeownership() on the return value to ensure ownership is
              passed properly.

       cairo_font_extents_t:create() function
              Call   this   function  to  return  a  new  cairo_font_extents_t
              structure.  A  creation  function  for  this  structure  is  not
              provided  by  the  cairo API. After calling this, you should use
              tolua.takeownership() on the return value to ensure ownership is
              passed properly.

       cairo_matrix_t:create() function
              Call  this  function to return a new cairo_matrix_t structure. A
              creation function for this structure  is  not  provided  by  the
              cairo    API.    After    calling    this,    you   should   use
              tolua.takeownership() on the return value to ensure ownership is
              passed properly.

EXAMPLES

       conky -t${time %D %H:%M}-o -u 30
              Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as text and 30
              sec update interval.

       conky -a top_left -x 5 -y 500 -d
              Start Conky to background at coordinates (5, 500).

       conky -C > ~/.conkyrc
              Do not start Conky, but  have  it  output  the  builtin  default
              config file to ~/.conkyrc for later customising.

FILES

       ${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf
              Default   system-wide   configuration   file.    The   value  of
              ${sysconfdir} depends on the compile-time options  (most  likely
              /etc).

       ~/.conkyrc
              Default personal configuration file.

BUGS

       Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn’t work with
       all window managers. Especially doesn’t work well with Gnome and it has
       been  reported  that  it  doesn’t work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
       disabled from drawing to desktop  with  program  gconf-editor.  Uncheck
       show_desktop  in  /apps/nautilus/preferences/.  There  is  -w switch in
       Conky to set some specific window id. You  might  find  xwininfo  -tree
       useful  to  find  the  window to draw to.  You can also use -o argument
       which makes Conky to create its own window. If you do try running Conky
       in  its  own window, be sure to read up on the own_window_type settings
       and experiment.

SEE ALSO

http://conky.sourceforge.net/〉

       〈http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky〉

       〈http://wiki.conky.be〉

       #conky on irc.freenode.net

COPYING

       Copyright (c) 2005-2010 Brenden Matthews, Philip Kovacs,  et.  al.  Any
       original torsmo code is licensed under the BSD license (see LICENSE.BSD
       for a copy). All code written since the  fork  of  torsmo  is  licensed
       under  the  GPL  (see  LICENSE.GPL  for  a  copy),  except  where noted
       differently (such as in portmon code, timed thread code, and  audacious
       code which are LGPL, and prss which is an MIT-style license).

AUTHORS

       The Conky dev team (see AUTHORS for a full list of contributors).

                                  2009-08-01                          conky(1)