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When do you use Conky in a script?
Prints the string of text to standard output and exits. This is useful when using Conky in scripts. TEXT has to be enclosed by single quotes. Read configuration from stdin (standard input). Text to render. The text must be in single quotes. Time to pause before actually starting Conky. Update interval in seconds. See update_interval command.
How to use Conky to daemonize a process?
Daemonize Conky by forking process to background. See background command. Set default font to use. Font name must be quoted if it contains spaces. See font command. Prints command line help and exits. Create own window to draw. See own_window command. Prints the string of text to standard output and exits.
Where do I find the Conky configuration file?
The default is $HOME/.config/conky/conky.conf (in your home directory) or $ {sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf (on most systems sysconfdir is /etc). The configuration is defined in a text file with two main parts divided by a line with the word TEXT. This section describes commands that appear above the TEXT command in the Conky configuration file.
What are the names of the commands in Conky?
This section describes commands that appear above the TEXT command in the Conky configuration file. 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.
How to run Conky in quiet mode with no output?
Run Conky in quiet mode with no output in the terminal used to start conky. The default is to show errors, warnings, and progress information in the terminal. Debugging output with two detail levels. -D is level one detail, -DD for more detail. Text alignment on screen.
How to use Conky in an IFX Group?
Conky Configuration File Commands Variable Explanation alignment Aligned position on screen, may be top_l append_file Append the file given as argument. appen background Boolean value. If true Conky is forked t border_inner_margin Inner border margin in pixels is the mar
How to change the color of a color in Conky?
Change drawing color to ‘color’ which is a name of a color or a hexcode preceded with # (for example #0A1B2C ).