From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 19 06:17:42 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 24A6BA5C for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 06:17:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-x22c.google.com (mail-we0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::22c]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AE84A3415 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 06:17:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f172.google.com with SMTP id x48so6019442wes.31 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 23:17:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=apgOOOFMEM/1AOijQ4sK5Q1A2l2M+CXNooL9uTNw8Ck=; b=t4ivQqCa5O4w4L4s+XMNRFvnI3t3xq513OlHWiG6Ktij2Pt+14kUdwtXDwM4FUeyh2 DA0xueuqdEhoxiZzrC4S/4imGQyT5EdBLXzjZ+yrGV5aNsS2Q/35L0bbLoXrd2Y6bpPU Smo7lXNfl+IAO/Gv5EWMHQfURPN1c0dGHHtaX4z9kEP1h4WVtNycPRPLN/cSzii4n9iE XAfhkID6CdhUfpLnNK7acmMcrU4mpJOgZ6R6tzvQKHgZDlh5B0QykoYapBSZ/3eAugNZ 1+qtq1A2fhzjrn5W3VbMyXT6l576tADAKsaw0HY+DQKjyMKwP9mDg3OVIPRTDzsMS6wR 4ziA== X-Received: by 10.194.161.231 with SMTP id xv7mr44693756wjb.78.1408429059247; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 23:17:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (host86-139-236-106.range86-139.btcentralplus.com. [86.139.236.106]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id x11sm47854740wjr.15.2014.08.18.23.17.37 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 18 Aug 2014 23:17:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <53F2EC00.7000605@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 07:17:36 +0100 From: Jamie Griffin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pure X11, i.e. non-gnome/KDE/etc. desktop clocks .... References: <53F20B31.7040501@hiwaay.net> <20140818162155.0e71a425.freebsd@edvax.de> <53F20FEE.80609@hiwaay.net> <20140818181338.GA1431@slackbox.erewhon.home> <53F253E0.6040606@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <53F253E0.6040606@hiwaay.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 06:17:42 -0000 On 18/08/2014 20:28, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > > 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 >>>>> ) >>>>> *.... >>>>> 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 :-) .... > > I use xclock in my fvwm2 WM and always have done. I have it contained in fvwmbuttons as a digital clock and in another instance as an analog clock. I like it's simplicity yet it can be used within a more complex arrangement as well.