---
name: "wmbinclock"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wmbinclock"
version: "0.5-5"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wmbinclock"
---

# wmbinclock(1)

A binary clock applet for Window Maker

## NAME

wmbinclock - A binary clock applet for Window Maker

## SYNOPSIS

**wmbinclock** \[options\]

## DESCRIPTION

wmbinclock is a dockable binary clock applet for Window Maker, it shows the current system time (in 24-hour format) as a classic binary display where you have to add up the bits to get the actual time.

## OPTIONS

- **-h --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-m --mode**

  Select display mode (horizontal or vertical).

- **-i \<color\> --coloron=\<color\>**

  Color to use for drawing the dots when they are lit.  (One of: gray neonred gold cyan pink blue green darkred none.)

- **-o \<color\> --coloroff=\<color\>**

  Color to use for drawing the dots when they are not lit. (One of: gray neonred gold cyan pink blue green darkred none.)

- **-d \<color\> --colordate=\<color\>**

  Color to use for the date.

- **-s \<on\|off\> --superfluous=\<on\|off\>**

  Display superfluous leds in the panel (default: on).

- **-display \<display name\>**

  Use an alternate X display.

## EXAMPLES

*wmbinclock* shows the current system time as a panel of bits, just like the classical meatspace binary clocks.

The default panel (vertical mode) looks like this:

\+ + + + + +  \<- 8\
 \+ + + + + +  \<- 4\
 \+ + + + + +  \<- 2\
 \+ + + + + +  \<- 1

H H M M S S

You have to add the individual bits for each column to get the decimal number for the column.  The six columns show the current time in 24-hour format.  For example:

\+ + + + + +  \<- 8\
 \+ + o + + o  \<- 4\
 o + + + o o  \<- 2\
 \+ o o + o o  \<- 1

2 1 5 0 3 7

It's currently 21h50 and 37 seconds.

The horizontal panel also shows the date:

\+ + + + + +  \<- Hour\
 \+ + + + + +  \<- Minute\
 \+ + + + + +  \<- Second\
 \+ + + + + +  \<- Day\
 \+ + + + + +  \<- Month

For example:

\+ \* + \* + \*  \<- 21\
 \* \* + + \* +  \<- 50\
 \* + + \* + \*  \<- 37\
 \+ + \* \* + \*  \<- 13\
 \+ + + \* \* +  \<- 06

## COPYRIGHT

 Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005 Thomas Kuiper \<tkuiper@inxsoft.net\>\
  Copyright (C) 2005 Sune Molgaard \<sune at molgaard.org\>

 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify\
  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by\
  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)\
  any later version.

 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,\
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of\
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the\
  GNU General Public License for more details.

 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License\
  along with this program (see the file COPYING); if not, write to the\
  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,\
  Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA

## AUTHORS

This program was written by Thomas Kuiper \<tkuiper@inxsoft.net\> and Sune Molgaard \<sune at molgaard.org\>.\
 It may be freely distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.  There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY for this program.

This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux system by Romain Francoise \<rfrancoise@debian.org\>, under the GNU GPL.