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@@ -5,5 +5,17 @@ your root desktop or in it's own window. Conky has many built-in
objects, as well as the ability to execute programs and scripts, then
display the output from stdout.
-To enable lua scripting engine support, you will need lua, imlib2, and
-tolua++, and run this script like this: LUA=yes ./conky.SlackBuild
+Starting with the 1.10.x branch of conky the conkyrc config files now
+use a lua based syntax. This means that older conkyrc config files
+may not work. Conky does attempt to convert older config scripts
+on the fly but if it doesn't work you can convert your config file
+with the convert.lua script that is provided in the /usr/doc
+directory. It is not guaranteed to work but it should give you a
+good starting point to edit the converted script to make it work.
+If you can't get your script to work then you can install the
+1.9.0 version of conky that is provided here at SBo in the 14.1
+branch.
+
+Audacious is disabled by default because it requires libaudclient.
+libaudclient is available here at SBo. You can enable audacious
+support the build by passing AUDACIOUS=yes ./conky.SlackBuild.