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Date:      Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:28:32 -0500
From:      "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: pure X11, i.e. non-gnome/KDE/etc. desktop clocks ....
Message-ID:  <53F253E0.6040606@hiwaay.net>
In-Reply-To: <20140818181338.GA1431@slackbox.erewhon.home>
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On 08/18/14 13:13, Roland Smith wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 09:38:38AM -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>> On 08/18/14 09:21, Polytropon wrote:
>>> On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 09:18:25 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>>>> I had a gnome-gdesklet clock app running on my old FC14 desktop box,
>>>> gave a clock described as 'WWII RAF squadron wall clock'. There is a
>>>> port of gnome-gdesklets clock (*gdesklets-clock-0.32_14
>>>> <http://svnweb.FreeBSD.org/ports/head/x11-clocks/gdesklets-clock>) *....
>>>> I am looking for something similar for the XFCE desktop, i.e. simple
>>>> largish analog clock desktop app, *no* gnome/KDE/etc. .... anyone know
>>>> if there is one available ?
>>> How about the classic, xclock? Or oclock?
>>>
>>>> I am searching ports on FreeBSD.org as I
>>>> write this, but w/ 24K+ entries, it could be a while :-/ .... Can anyone
>>>> save me some time here :-) ???? TIA
>>> See /usr/ports/x11-clocks/oclock for more inspiration, there
>>> are several clocks in this category which do not require you
>>> to install a whole desktop environment just to see what time
>>> it is. :-)
>>>
>>> Additionally to xclock, I'm also using intclock to check the
>>> time in other places of the world relevant for me.
>> oclock available as pkg, just installed it, usable for now, still pining
>> for my RAF clock :-/ .... Thx ....
> There is even a separate ports category just for X11 clocks:
>
> # ls /usr/ports/x11-clocks/
> Makefile                       gdesklets-ebichuclock/         t3d/
> abclock/                       glclock/                       tclock/
> aclock/                        gtubeclock/                    tktz/
> alarm-clock/                   intclock/                      wmbday/
> alltraxclock/                  kdetoys4/                      wmbinclock/
> amor/                          kteatime/                      wmblueclock/
> asclock/                       ktimer/                        wmcalclock/
> asclock-gtk/                   ktux/                          wmclock/
> asclock-xlib/                  lmclock/                       wmclockmon/
> astime/                        mlclock/                       wmfishtime/
> astzclock/                     mouseclock/                    wmfuzzy/
> bbdate/                        oclock/                        wmtime/
> bclock/                        osdclock/                      wmtimer/
> buici-clock/                   pclock/                        xalarm/
> cairo-clock/                   plasma-applet-adjustableclock/ xclock/
> dclock/                        plasma-applet-geekclock/       xdaliclock/
> emiclock/                      rclock/                        xfce4-datetime-plugin/
> eyeclock/                      sanduhr/                       xfce4-timer-out-plugin/
> gdesklets-clock/               stopwatch/                     xfce4-timer-plugin/
> gdesklets-countdown/           swisswatch/                    xtimer/
>
> E.g. cairo-clock is themable; http://gnome-look.org/?xcontentmode=186
>
>
> Take your pick. :-)
>
> Roland


Yeah I was looking through that, but I couldn't glean enough from the 
descriptions to decide to try any of them, was hoping someone would 
provide an experiential short-cut :-) ....


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	William A. Mahaffey III

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