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Tiny graphical system monitor

  • symon.el

コンパクトでおしゃれなシステムモニター

tiny graphical system monitor

** Screenshot

[[file:img/screenshot.png]]

** NOTE: RECENT INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES

  • sparkline types are renamed:
    • =symon-sparkline-plain= -> =plain=
    • =symon-sparkline-bounded= -> =bounded=
    • =symon-sparkline-boxed= -> =boxed=
    • =symon-sparkline-gridded= -> =gridded=

** Usage

Load =symon=

: (require 'symon)

and turn on =symon-mode=.

: (symon-mode)

then a tiny system monitor is displayed in minibuffer, during idle.

** Customization

  • =symon-monitors= :: List of symon monitors used to fetch system statuses. You can set this variable to specify what metrics to display and what to not. List of available monitors is provided below.

  • =symon-refresh-rate= :: Refresh rate of symon display.

  • =symon-delay= :: Delay in seconds until symon is displayed.

  • =symon-history-size= :: Number of old values to keep. Sparklines grow faster when set smaller.

You need to restart =symon-mode= in order to reflect changes of these 4 options above.

  • =symon-sparkline-height= :: Height of sparklines.

  • =symon-sparkline-width= :: Width of sparklines.

  • =symon-sparkline-thickness= :: Line width of sparklines.

  • =symon-sparkline-ascent= :: Adjust vertical position of sparklines.

  • =symon-sparkline-type= :: Type of sparklines. following preconfigured types are available:

    • =plain=

      [[file:img/plain.png]]

    • =bounded=

      [[file:img/bounded.png]]

    • =boxed=

      [[file:img/boxed.png]]

    • =gridded=

      [[file:img/gridded.png]]

** Preconfigured Monitors

  • GNU/Linux

    • =symon-linux-memory-monitor= :: memory usage (%) and swapped memory (MB) via =/proc/meminfo=

    • =symon-linux-cpu-monitor= :: CPU load (%) via =/proc/stat=

    • =symon-linux-battery-monitor= :: remaining battery (%) via built-in library =battery.el=

    • =symon-linux-network-rx-monitor= :: network RX (KB/s) via =/proc/net/dev=

    • =symon-linux-network-tx-monitor= :: network TX (KB/s) via =/proc/net/dev=

  • Darwin (Mac OS X)

    • =symon-darwin-memory-monitor= :: memory usage (%) and swapped memory (MB) via =sysctl=

    • =symon-darwin-cpu-monitor= :: CPU load (%) via =hostinfo=

    • =symon-darwin-battery-monitor= :: remaining battery (%) via built-in library =battery.el=

    • =symon-darwin-network-rx-monitor= :: network RX (KB/s) via =netstat=

    • =symon-darwin-network-tx-monitor= :: network TX (KB/s) via =netstat=

  • Windows

    • =symon-windows-memory-monitor= :: memory usage (%) via =WMI=

    • =symon-windows-page-file-monitor= :: page file usage (MB) via =WMI=

    • =symon-windows-cpu-monitor= :: CPU load (%) via =WMI=

    • =symon-windows-battery-monitor= :: remaining battery (%) via =WMI=

    • =symon-windows-network-rx-monitor= :: network RX (KB/s) via =WMI=

    • =symon-windows-network-tx-monitor= :: network TX (KB/s) via =WMI=

  • misc

    • =symon-current-time-monitor= :: current Time (hh::mm) via built-in function =format-time-string=

** Contributors

  • [[https://github.com/pierre-lecocq][Pierre Lecocq]] added darwin support.

Thanks!