Can't load font when using "yes" instead of "true".

[CTimmerman]

This is how my Conky looks after fixing it on Linux Mint Xfce (https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/pull/777):

After changing all "true" to "yes", Conky looks like this:

Information

Linux minty-VirtualBox 4.15.0-43-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 6 14:45:28 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux conky 1.10.8 compiled Wed Feb 28 17:11:42 UTC 2018 for Linux 4.4.0-101-generic x86_64

Compiled in features:

System config file: /etc/conky/conky.conf Package library path: /usr/lib/conky

General:

• math
• hddtemp
• portmon
• IPv6
• Curl
• RSS
• Weather (METAR)
• Weather (XOAP)
• wireless
• support for IBM/Lenovo notebooks
• nvidia
• eve-online
• builtin default configuration
• old configuration syntax
• Imlib2
• apcupsd
• iostats
• ncurses
• Internationalization support

• PulseAudio

  Lua bindings:

• Cairo
• Imlib2
• RSVG X11:
• Xdamage extension
• Xinerama extension (virtual display)
• Xshape extension (click through)
• XDBE (double buffer extension)
• Xft
• ARGB visual

• Own window

  Music detection:

• Audacious
• MPD
• MOC

• XMMS2

  Default values:

• Netdevice: eth0
• Local configfile: $HOME/.conkyrc
• Localedir: /usr/share/locale
• Maximum netdevices: 64
• Maximum text size: 16384
• Size text buffer: 256

Conky, a system monitor, based on torsmo

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Please see COPYING for details

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Copyright (c) 2005-2019 Brenden Matthews, Philip Kovacs, et. al. (see AUTHORS)
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]]

conky.config = {
    alignment = 'bottom_right',
    background = false,
    border_width = 1,
    cpu_avg_samples = 2,
    default_color = 'white',
    default_outline_color = 'grey',
    default_shade_color = 'black',
    double_buffer  = yes,
    draw_borders = false,
    draw_graph_borders = yes,
    draw_outline = false,
    draw_shades = yes,
    extra_newline = false,
    font = 'DejaVu Sans Mono:size=11',
    gap_x = 5,
    gap_y = 60,
    minimum_height = 5,
    minimum_width = 5,
    net_avg_samples = 2,
    no_buffers = yes,
    out_to_console = false,
    out_to_stderr = false,
    own_window = yes,
    own_window_argb_value = 0,
    own_window_argb_visual = yes,
    own_window_class = 'Conky',
    own_window_hints = 'below',
    own_window_type = 'desktop',
    show_graph_range = false,
    show_graph_scale = false,
    stippled_borders = 0,
    update_interval = 1.25,
    uppercase = false,
    use_spacer = 'none',
    use_xft = yes
}

conky.text = [[
$nodename | ${scroll 16 $sysname $kernel $machine}
$hr
${color grey}Uptime:$color $uptime
${color grey}Frequency (in MHz):$color $freq
${color grey}Frequency (in GHz):$color $freq_g
${color grey}RAM Usage:$color $mem/$memmax - $memperc% ${membar 4}
${color grey}Swap Usage:$color $swap/$swapmax - $swapperc% ${swapbar 4}
${color grey}CPU Usage:$color $cpu% ${cpubar 4}
${color grey}Processes:$color $processes  ${color grey}Running:$color $running_processes
$hr
${color grey}File systems:
 / $color${fs_used /}/${fs_size /} ${fs_bar 6 /}
${color grey}Networking:
Up:$color ${upspeed} ${color grey} - Down:$color ${downspeed}
$hr
${color grey}Name              PID   CPU%   MEM%
${color lightgrey} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}
]]

[lasers]

See https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/issues/775#issuecomment-458733021.

[CTimmerman]

It works fine with use_xft = true.

[lasers]

Your conky config is literally a Lua script.

$ lua
Lua 5.3.5  Copyright (C) 1994-2018 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
> true == true
true
> true == "yes"
false
>

[CTimmerman]

true == "yes" false

So that's why "no" instead of "false" did work. Old configs on the web are confusing.