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Nelis Oostens edited this page May 9, 2016 · 40 revisions

Welcome to Conky - a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any kind of information on your desktop.

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Usage

  • Install - Getting Conky on your system
  • Command Line - Conky's command-line interface
  • Configuration - Conky's configuration settings for your configuration file.
  • Variables - Conky's variables which can be used in your configuration file.
  • Lua - Conky's Lua API.
Specific usage
  • [GNU Screen](wiki/GNU Screen) - Conky with GNU screen.
Documentation for previous versions

Tutorial

  • HOW TO: using lua scripts in conky

    • Part 1: How does a lua script work
    • Part 2: Displaying stuff in conky
    • Part 3: Drawing lines
    • Part 4: Drawing rectangles, cirlces and arcs
    • Part 5: Making a bar meter and a circle meter
    • [Part 6: Borders and if statements](wiki/Using-Lua-scripts-in conky:-Borders-and-if-statements)
    • [Part 7: Alarm colors and complex if statements](wiki/Using-Lua-scripts-in conky:-Alarm-colors-and-complex-if-statements)
    • [Part 8: Functions](wiki/Using-Lua-scripts-in conky:-Functions)
    • [Part 9: Function parameters](wiki/Using-Lua-scripts-in conky:-Function-parameters)
    • [Part 10: Table parameters](wiki/Using-Lua-scripts-in conky:-Table-parameters)
    • [Part 11: For-loops and CPU chart](wiki/Using-Lua-scripts-in conky:-For-loops-and-cpu-chart)
    • [Part 12: Clock and circular things](wiki/Using-Lua-scripts-in conky:-Clock-and-circular-things)
    • [Part 13: Useful functions and code](wiki/Using-Lua-scripts-in conky:-Useful-functions-and-code)
    • [Part 14: CLI commands, timers and line editing](wiki/Using-Lua-scripts-in conky:-CLI-commands-timers-and-line-editing)

  • Lua tips and tricks

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