---
name: "oclock"
section: "1x"
platform: "linux"
package: "xbase-clients"
version: "4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge7"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/oclock/1x"
---

# oclock(1x)

round X clock

## NAME

oclock - round X clock

## SYNOPSIS

**oclock** \[-option ... \]

## DESCRIPTION

*Oclock* simply displays the current time on an analog display.

## OPTIONS

- **-fg *color***

  choose a different color for the both hands and the jewel of the clock

- **-bg *color***

  choose a different color for the background.

- **-jewel *color***

  choose a different color for the jewel on the clock.

- **-minute *color***

  choose a different color for the minute hand of the clock.

- **-hour *color***

  choose a different color for the hour hand of the clock.

- **-backing *{ WhenMapped Always NotUseful }***

  selects an appropriate level of backing store.

- **-geometry *geometry***

  define the initial window geometry; see *[X(7x)](/X/7x.md)*.

- **-display *display***

  specify the display to use; see *[X(7x)](/X/7x.md)*.

- **-bd *color***

  choose a different color for the window border.

- **-bw *width***

  choose a different width for the window border.  As the Clock widget changes its border around quite a bit, this is most usefully set to zero.

- **-shape**

  causes the clock to use the Shape extension to create an oval window. This is the default unless the shapeWindow resource is set to false.

- **-noshape**

  causes the clock to not reshape itself and ancestors to exactly fit the outline of the clock.

- **-transparent**

  causes the clock to consist only of the jewel, the hands, and the border.

## COLORS

If you would like your clock to be viewable in color, include the following  in the #ifdef COLOR section you read with xrdb:

\*customization:                 -color

This will cause oclock to pick up the colors in the app-defaults color customization file: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/Clock-color. Below are the default colors:

Clock\*Background: grey\
 Clock\*BorderColor: light blue\
 Clock\*hour: yellow\
 Clock\*jewel: yellow\
 Clock\*minute: yellow

## SEE ALSO

[X(7x)](/X/7x.md), X Toolkit documentation

## AUTHOR

Keith Packard, MIT X Consortium