The .procmeterrc configuration file for procmeter3, gprocmeter3, procmeter3-log and procmeter3-lcd programs.

This file contains the run-time options for the procmeter3, gprocmeter3, procmeter3-log and procmeter3-lcd programs. These include the outputs that are displayed, the colours and fonts that are used (for X window outputs) and other options.

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, gprocmeter3, 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.

This section contains the information about the procmeter modules that are available.

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).

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.

This section contains the general program resources, these are mostly the items that were command line options or were stored as X Window resources in previous versions of procmeter.

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 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 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 only.)

update=...

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

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.

The name of the section is the name of the Procmeter3 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.

The name of the section is the name of the Procmeter3 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.

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

./.procmeterrc

~/.procmeterrc

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

procmeter3(1), gprocmeter3(1), procmeter3-log(1), procmeter3-lcd(1), procmeter3_modules(1).

Andrew M. Bishop 1998,99,2000,01,02