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Is it possible to change update interval in conky for specific variables like 'font' can be changed?

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.​.​. W​h​a​t​? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Jul 14 '10 at 7:44
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As far as I know, conky has a single update_interval parameter which applies to all of the running .conkyrc file.

If you want some parameters to be monitored at different intervals, use a separate rc file and run 2 (or more) instances of conky.

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oh oh.. :( how does running two instances of conky with half the items monitored by each compare with running only one instance with all items combined? For simplicity sake let us assume all three instances use same update_interval. – Akilan Jul 16 '10 at 10:10
Conky is pretty light on resources. So if you don't update tens of parameters every second, you shouldn't see more thant 2-3% extra CPU usage for running the same amount of items as you current conky, but split in 3 conky processes. Also, if you plan to split it to reduce cpu usage by rarely changing but frequently updated parameters, running several conky processes is a good way. Also, with more processes, you can place each wherever you want on your screen. – Patkos Csaba Jul 16 '10 at 11:17
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