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NAME

       procmetetrc   -   The  procmeterrc  configuration  file  for  procmeter3,  procmeter3-xaw,
       gprocmeter3, procmeter3-gtk1, procmeter3-gtk2, procmeter3-log and procmeter3-lcd programs.

SYNOPSIS

       This file contains the run-time options for the procmeter3,  procmeter3-xaw,  gprocmeter3,
       procmeter3-gtk1,  procmeter3-gtk2,  procmeter3-log  and  procmeter3-lcd  programs.   These
       include the outputs that are displayed, the colours and fonts that are used (for X  window
       outputs), the LCDproc server (for the procmeter-lcd version) and other program options.

DESCRIPTION

       The  resources  for  ProcMeter  version 3.x are stored in the .procmeterrc file instead of
       using X resources.  This gives more flexibility and allows for much simpler customisation.

       When  the  procmeter3,  procmeter3-xaw,  gprocmeter3,  procmeter3-gtk1,   procmeter3-gtk2,
       procmeter3-log  or  procmeter3-lcd programs start the .procmeterrc file is searched for in
       the current directory, the current users home directory or the system default installation
       directory  (named  procmeterrc).   The  file is used from the first one of these locations
       that matches.

       The format of the .procmeterrc file is a number of sections with the section names  marked
       in  '[]'.   As  well  as  the fixed sections (described below) there is a section for each
       module that is named using the name that the module reports itself to be.  There are  then
       further  sections  for  each  of  the  possible  outputs of each module.  The names of the
       sections and parameters are not case sensitive although the values that they are given may
       be.   Lines  beginning  with the characters ';' or '#' are comments and continuation using
       the '\' character at the end of a line is allowed.

       Below is listed the resource values and the sections of the .procmeterrc  file  that  they
       can exist in.

library SECTION

       This  section  contains  the  information  about the ProcMeter modules that are available.
       This applies to all versions of the program.

       path=...
              The  pathname  of  the  library  that  contains  the  compiled  ProcMeter  modules.
              (defaults to the program's compiled-in installation location).

       others=...
              A list of other modules to be loaded (full pathnames separated by spaces).

startup SECTION

       This section controls how the ProcMeter window should look when the program is started.

       order=...
              A  list  of  the outputs that are to be started up in the order that they are to be
              displayed (separated by spaces).  If command line options are also  specified  then
              they appear after those specified here.

resources SECTION

       This section contains the general program display resources.  Not all of the options apply
       to all of the versions of the program.  Specific versions that the options  apply  to  are
       specified below.

       horizontal=...
              A  Boolean  to  indicate  that  the outputs are stacked horizontally instead of the
              default which is vertically. (For X versions of procmeter3 only.)

       background=...
              The colour to use as the default background for all outputs. (An X11 colour name or
              an RGB value in hex as #RRGGBB.)  (For X versions of procmeter3 only.)

       foreground=...
              The colour to use as the default foreground for all outputs. (An X11 colour name or
              an RGB value in hex as #RRGGBB.)  (For X versions of procmeter3 only.)

       label-font=...
              The font to use for the label that describes the output. (An X11 font name.)   (For
              X versions of procmeter3 only.)

       label-foreground=...
              The  colour  to  use as the foreground for the label. (An X11 colour name or an RGB
              value in hex as #RRGGBB.)  (For X versions of procmeter3 only.)

       label-position=...
              The position of the label relative to the body of the output.  (Either top,  bottom
              or none.)  (For X versions of procmeter3 only.)

       grid-foreground=...
              The colour to use for the grid lines. (An X11 colour name or an RGB value in hex as
              #RRGGBB.)  (For X versions of procmeter3 only.)

       graph-solid=...
              A boolean to indicate if the graph should be solid (the default) or a single  line.
              (yes or no, true or false, 0 or 1.)  (For X versions of procmeter3 only.)

       grid-min=...
              The minimum number of grid lines to display on a graph or bar chart.  (An integer.)
              (For X and LCD versions of procmeter3 only.)  This is particularly  important  with
              the  bar chart because with this set too low the bar will always be the same length
              on screen and the number of grid lines will change with the data.

       grid-max=...
              The maximum number of grid lines to display on a graph or bar chart.  (An integer.)
              (For X and LCD versions of procmeter3 only.)

       text-font=...
              The  font  to use for the textual outputs.  (An X11 font name.)  (For X versions of
              procmeter3 only.)

       menu-foreground=...
              The colour to use as the foreground for the menus.  (An X11 colour name or  an  RGB
              value in hex as #RRGGBB.)  (For procmeter3 and procmeter3-xaw only.)

       menu-background=...
              The  colour  to use as the background for the menus.  (An X11 colour name or an RGB
              value in  hex  as  #RRGGBB.)   (For  procmeter3  and  procmeter3-xaw  only.)   (The
              background of all items on the same menu must be the same due to the Xaw Widget set
              used.)

       menu-font=...
              The font to  use  for  the  menus.   (An  X11  font  name.)   (For  procmeter3  and
              procmeter3-xaw only.)

       update=...
              The update interval for the output in seconds (an integer).

LCD SECTION

       This  section  contains parameters that are only used by the procmeter3-lcd version of the
       program.

       host=...
              The name of the host that the LCDd daemon is running on.

       port=...
              The port number that the LCDd daemon is running on.

       duration=...
              The length of time that all of the ProcMeter  outputs  are  displayed  on  the  LCD
              display for before cycling to the next.

       priority=...
              The  priority  of  all  of the ProcMeter outputs when they are displayed on the LCD
              display.  This values should be a numeric value for  LCDd  verions  before  0.5  or
              priority  names for later versions.  Using numeric values will likely fail for LCDd
              versions after 0.5 due to a bug in LCDd.  The safest solution is not  to  use  this
              option unless you are sure what value to use.

MODULE SECTION

       The name of the section is the name of the ProcMeter module (see the help, procmeter3 -h),
       for example: ProcMeter

       These can contain any of the resource values which will then apply to all outputs of  this
       module.   There  are  also extra options that can be applied to the module and as defaults
       for the all of the outputs of that module.

       options=...
              A string containing options that are passed to the  module  at  startup,  different
              modules have different options, see the procmeter3_modules(1) manual page.

       graph-scale=...
              The scaling of the graph or bar chart, the number of units between each of the grid
              lines (an integer).

       run=...
              A string that specifies a program that can be run by selecting it from the menu for
              the  left  mouse  button.   (For  X versions of procmeter3 only.)  The way that the
              command is run can be specified using one of the  following  abbreviations;  XTerm(
              command  )  to  run  command  in  an  xterm then exit.  XTermWait( command ) to run
              command in an xterm and wait for user input before exiting.  Shell(  command  )  to
              run  command  in  an  shell and exit.  This last one is equivalent to using none of
              these abbreviations.

OUTPUT SECTION

       The name of the section is the name of the ProcMeter output (see the help, procmeter3 -h),
       for example: ProcMeter.Version

       The  output  sections can contain any of the resource or module options (except ´options')
       which will then apply only to the specified output.  There are also options that can  only
       be applied to individual outputs.

       label=...
              Changes the default label for the output to the specified string.

EXAMPLE

       Below  is an example .procmeterrc file, it is a much reduced version of the system default
       procmeterrc file.

        [startup]

        # ProcMeter version, clock, CPU graph, load text
        order=ProcMeter.Version Date_Time.Time_HM \
              Statistics.CPU-g Processes.Load-t

        [resources]

        # The outputs, black on white
        foreground = black
        background = white

        # A large-medium size text font.
        text-font = 8x13

        # Solid graphs with at least 5 grid lines in grey.
        graph-solid = yes
        grid-min = 5
        grid-foreground = grey50

        # Black on white output labels, small font, below the data.
        label-font = 5x7
        label-foreground = black
        label-position = bottom

        # Black on white menu items in a small-medium size font.
        menu-foreground = black
        menu-background = white
        menu-font = 7x13

        [ProcMeter.Version]

        # A smaller font than normal with no label.
        text-font = 6x10
        label-position = none

        [Statistics]

        [Statistics.CPU]

        # The minimum number of grid lines, they are 20% each.
        grid-min = 5

        [Processes]

        run = XTerm(top)

        [Network]

        # To pick up extra devices not automatically recognised.
        #options=ppp0 slip0

FILES

       ./.procmeterrc

       ~/.procmeterrc

       /usr/local/lib/X11/ProcMeter3/procmeterrc or /usr/lib/X11/ProcMeter3/procmeterrc

SEE ALSO

       procmeter3(1), procmeter3-xaw(1), gprocmeter3(1), procmeter3-gtk1(1),  procmeter3-gtk2(1),
       procmeter3-log(1), procmeter3-lcd(1), procmeter3_modules(1).

AUTHOR

       Andrew M. Bishop 1998-2007

                                           July 3, 2010                            PROCMETERRC(5)