1.7.1 tour

Conky 1.7.1 has several new features, some of which will be highlighted here in brief:


 * Lua scripting support
 * Image drawing via Imlib2
 * Built in support for APC UPS daemon monitoring
 * Several new variables such as:
 * $combine: places variables next to each other, in a column-like manner ${combine ${head /proc/cpuinfo 2} - ${head /proc/meminfo 1}}
 * $eval: evaluates the output of any variables as per Conky's TEXT interpretation ${eval ${exec echo '${color #ff0000}lol!${color}'}}lol!
 * Gauge widgets

Conky 1.7.1 awaits your hacking.

Full list of changes is as follows:
2009-05-31	* Fix hostname resolution for mpd_host * Made sure that no X11 stuff is in the binary with --disable-X11

2009-05-19	* Added inotify support to reload the config when modified automatically on systems that support it	* Added inotify support for reloading Lua scripts automagically

2009-05-17	* Added support for the Lua programming language * Added support for rending images by way of Imlib2 * Patch to fix rounding error with CPU values (thanks Filipe) * Added support for execbar without X

2009-05-16	* Added another builtin config that is used when compiled with --disable-X11

2009-05-13	* Fix segfault when there is no config available

2009-05-12	* Make sure if_gw isn't checked twice

2009-05-11	* Added arguments to hwmon for value precalculation

2009-05-10	* Added support for APC UPS daemon monitoring * Fixed hwmon for kernel 2.6.29 * Fixed removing comments

2009-05-09	* Allow the use of '#' for comments within text area (can be escaped with	'\#')

2009-05-08	* Only include disp when needed * Made sure update_uname works without X11

2009-05-07	* Fix occasional cpubar segfaults * Added top_name_width config option

2009-05-05	* Added some completely pointless OpenMP optimizations(?)

2009-05-03	* Added Sony VAIO fanspeed info (thanks Yeon-Hyeong)

2009-05-01	* Added diskio_avg_samples patch (thanks Yeon-Hyeong) * Fixed $texeci regression

2009-04-30	* Added $combine, a var that places 2 other vars next to each other, even if they have a output of multiple lines. This also makes the moving of RSS-itemes with $goto (see change from 2009-04-19) no longer necessary.

2009-04-28	* Various XMMS2 updates (thanks Lassi) * Make ALSA mixers available on Linux, and added $if_mixer_mute (thanks

2009-04-19	* Make it possible to place spaces in front of RSS-items as a workaround for the problem that $goto only moves the first RSS-item. This is only a	workaround and should be replaced by a permanent fix that makes $goto move all RSS-items !

2009-04-13	* Fix broken compilation without X11

2009-04-09	* Added default_bar/graph/gauge_size config options (thanks wire64 for the	idea)

2009-03-24	* Added eval text object to realise double parsing

2009-03-15	* Added gauge widget patch, sf.net id #2676128 (thanks Aner)