bbdate(1)

NAME

bbdate - display the current date in a Blackbox style window

SYNOPSIS

bbdate [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

bbdate displays the date in a decorated window, simulating the look of the Blackbox toolbar (Blackbox is a Window Manager for X11). To copy this look, a great deal of the code was taken from Blackbox.

USAGE

By default bbdate reads the Blackbox style-file as defined in ~/.blackboxrc and copies as much of the style as possible. The result is an application which looks a lot like the toolbar.

The position is given as +x+y or -x-y (or combination) where -x-y is the (x,y) distance of the right bottom of screen to the right bottom of bbdate.

So position -0-0 puts the application in the lower right conner of the screen.

OPTIONS

A summary of the options supported by bbdate is included below.

-bb[config]

Use alternate Blackbox configuration file.

-c[onfig] filename

Use alternate configuration file.

-def[ault]

Fall back on default configuration.

-display display name

X server to connect to.

-h[elp]

Show summary of options and exit.

-p[osition] position

Set position of window.

-s[hape]

Don't display groundplate.

-v[ersion]

Display version number and exit.

-w[ithdrawn]

Places bbdate in the slit.

FILES

/etc/bbtools/bbdate.conf the global configuration file.
~/.bbtools/bbdate.conf a local configuration file.
/etc/bbtools/bbdate.style the global style file.
~/.bbtools/bbdate.style a local style file.

~/.bbtoolsrc specify options for other window managers. If you want
to define your personal configuration file edit ~/.bbtoolsrc:
bbdate.configFile: <your config file>
/etc/bbtools/bbdate.nobb the global configuration file.
~/.bbtools/bbdate.nobb a local configuration file.

VERSION

0.2.4

BUGS

bbdate doesn't stay on top

SEE ALSO

bbdate.conf(5)

AUTHOR

John Kennis <[email protected]> - bbdate
Jan Schaumann <[email protected]> - this man page
Chris Gibson <[email protected]> - minor man page revisions for Debian