Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:26:02 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Customizable wall clock for several time zones Message-ID: <20100822102602.485640ea.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim0k3UJ4kZ7KaVp5Qpn4YprZ4O7JVTcLt9aGADJ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100821055224.ec9f0d12.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100821231930.GB52873@thought.org> <AANLkTim0k3UJ4kZ7KaVp5Qpn4YprZ4O7JVTcLt9aGADJ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:51:52 +0200, "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> wrote:
> Yes, you can do that and it works like a charm:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # display multiple xclock(1)s side by side
> for TIMEZONE in ZONE1 ZONE2 ZONE3 ...
> do
> env TZ=$TIMEZONE xclock
> done
>
> (replace ZONE1, ZONE2, ZONE3 with real time zones
> from /usr/share/zoneinfo)
I already thought about that solution, and using -title should
be possible (as it is with oclock) to "simulate" a caption for
that clock.
Basically, intclock is quite fine, but I prefer round clocks,
all controllable as ONE window; I already thought about merging
intclock with xclock (and looking at oclock), but going with
multiple xclocks will be fine, too.
> You could even set the xclock(s) nicely side by side by using
> the -geometry flag as in:
>
> env TZ=$TIMEZONE xclock -geometry "${WIDTH}x${HEIGHT}+${XOFF}+${YOFF}"
>
> I suggest to keep WIDTH, HEIGHT and YOFF constant, and
> to increment XOFF by $WIDTH plus some small constant for
> every new timezone (use 'expr' to do arithmetic). This way,
> you get them all arrayed side by side.
Right, I've been playing with -geometry for many years now in
order to place certain little windows (without titlebar and all
the stuff) into the lower left corner of my display: xbiff,
xclock, xlogo, xload, xmbmon, and finally an xterm, so they are
nicely placed.
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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