Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:19:30 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Customizable wall clock for several time zones Message-ID: <20100821231930.GB52873@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20100821055224.ec9f0d12.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20100821055224.ec9f0d12.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 05:52:24AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > I'm searching for a round-clock style clock application for X, > and I would prefer a standalone program (not integrated with > KDE, Gnome, or else). It should be possible to define several > timezones and attach a label to each clock (which doesn't have > to contain the name of the time zone, but an arbitrary string). > > It should look something like this: > > []========= The clock =========X > | ____ ____ ____ | > | / | \ / \ \ / /\ | > | | +- | | -+ | | + | | > | \____/ \____/ \__|_/ | > | BLAH MEOW DOGFOOD! | > +------------------------------+ > > Just as bankers and dynamical long-legged success-oriented > group-dependent program managers use them. :-) > > In the ports, I found intclock, but it doesn't have round clocks, > and additionally, it allows to add UTC, and it is shown, but upon > program restart, it complains that "Timezone UTC not defined.". > > There is no need for a GUI configuration tool if the use of a > configuration file is documented, and then just contains the > TZ name and the label per clock, as simple as possible. > > Does such a program already exist? how about using multiple instantiations of xclock? i used to have a script with TZ= zulu, TZ=moscow, TZ=tokyo. > > > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org
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