Kclock 0.5.1
A clock for the KDE environment with some more.
Copyright (C) 1998 Luca Montecchiani <m.luca@usa.net>
Version 0.5.1, 8 April 1998
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Introduction
Since I started working with KDE Environment, I didn't find any applications
that allow me to change system time & date. The only clock applications
I found was very primitive, so I've decided to make this...
Kclock offers the possibility of :
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show or hide the date
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show or hide the seconds
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select analog or digital appearance
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change font for the digital clock
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activate a three-dimensional appearance
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modify the hour and the date of the system
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stay always on top
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save all the options, included the dimension and the position of the clock
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run with the "-set" option, for use kclock only to change time e date (
look at "settings menu" of kpanel )
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make it swallowable by kpanel (adding the "\settings\Date & Time" icon
to kpanel applications )
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setting date & time getting it from the NET according with the configured
Time Zone area
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change fore/back colors
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copy time & date on the clipboard simply clicking with middle mouse
button in the kclock window
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remove the kclock window border
What's New
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Improved documentation
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Added internalization ( see "po" directory for more information )
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Built i386 RPM binary package distribution ( thanks to Kjetil Wiekhorst
Jorgensen <jorgens@pvv.ntnu.no>
)
Installations
For a quick installation type the following at your command prompt:
#./configure
#make
#make install
If there aren't any errors after restart kpanel or KDE you must see
the kclock application icon on kpanel/utilities folder and the "Date &
Time" entry in the kpanel/Settings folder.
If you want to look an analog clock in your kpanel you must select
the "\panel\Add applications" options then select the "\Settings\Date &
Time" entry.
Now if you click on the small analog clock visible in the kpanel you
can change the Date & Time of your Linux box :-) .
To uninstall kclock simply type:
#make uninstall
Notes
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The Time Zone setup not affect the system settings , is only to adjust
the time received from the NET to local time !!!
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Use Utopia bold font for better result with the digital display
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kclock requires KDE beta3 and qt library version 1.32 or later.
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If you have any trouble to change system time & date, check out the
kclock.sh shell on .../kde/bin directory.
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If you have any trouble getting time from the NET, check out the kclocknet.sh
shell on .../kde/bin directory.
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To activate the kclock menu simply click with the right mouse button on
the kclock area.
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To move the kclock without the windows title simply click on it while move
the mouse.
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To copy date & time on the clipboard simply click with the middle mouse
button on the kclock area ( on some 2 button mouse this is equivalent
to press left and right buttons at the same time ) .
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The latest version of kclock can be found on http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/2964/linux.html
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If you have some comments, suggestions or bug report, please email
me !
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More useful technical notes can be found in the source code.
Todo ( in priority order )
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GNOME/GTK porting ;-)
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Improve "always-on-top" mode to test the presence of a screen saver (any
idea ????????????? )
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Change the Time Zone simply clicking on the World Map
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Insert one or more alarm ( from an idea of Michal Rumsey <dejay@darkstar.cortland.edu>
)
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Say time & date trough /dev/dsp or better "/dev/txt2speech"
8-)
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Translate this doc ( any volunteer ?? )
Thanks