--- name: "wmclock" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "wmclock" version: "1.0.16-2" release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/wmclock" --- # wmclock(1) A dockable clock for the Window Maker window manager ## NAME wmclock - A dockable clock for the Window Maker window manager ## SYNOPSIS **wmclock** \[{-12\|-24\|-year}\] \[-noblink\] \[-version\] \[-exe *program*\] \[-led *color*\] \[-monthxpm *filename*\] \[-weekdayxpm *filename*\] ## DESCRIPTION **Wmclock** is an applet which displays the date and time in a dockable tile in the same style as the clock from the NEXTSTEP(tm) operating system. **Wmclock** is specially designed for the Window Maker window manager, by Alfredo Kojima, and features multiple language support, twenty-four-hour and twelve-hour (am/pm) time display, and, optionally, can run a user-specified program on a mouse click. **Wmclock** is derived from **asclock**, a similar clock for the AfterStep window manager. ## OPTIONS - **-12** or **-24** Display the time in either twelve-hour format (with am/pm) or twenty-four-hour format. Defaults to twenty-four-hour display. - **-year** Display the current year in the LED display instead of the time. - **-noblink** The separator between the hours and minutes in the time display blinks by default. This option turns off the blinking and displays a steadily lit separator instead. - **-interval** *n* Set the blink cycle to *n* seconds. The default is 2 (1 second on, 1 second off). - **-version** **Displays the version of Wmclock.** - **-exe** *command* Run *command* in the background when a mouse button is pressed over **wmclock**. See below for details. - **-led** *color* Use *color* as the foreground color of the LED display. *Color* may be either a named color from the rgb.txt database (for example, \`red' or \`chartreuse') or a numeric color specification in any of the usual X11 formats (for example, \`#ff0000' or \`rgb:7f/ff/00'). See the **X**(1) man page for more information. - **-monthxpm** *filename* Get month abbreviations from *filename*, which is expected to be in the XPM format. See below for details. - **-weekdayxpm** *filename* Get weekday abbreviations from *filename*, which is expected to be in the XPM format. See below for details. ## INVOCATION AND EXAMPLES The simplest way to start **wmclock** is: - wmclock **Wmclock** displays in its own appicon, which you can place in Window Maker's dock by holding down the \[Alt\] or \[Meta\] key and dragging **wmclock** to the dock with the primary mouse button (usually the left one). For a more complicated example: - wmclock -12 -led gold -exe /usr/GNUstep/Apps/WPrefs.app/WPrefs This displays 12-hour time in an amber-colored LED display, and starts Window Maker's preferences utility when you click on **wmclock**. ## DETAILS ### Running Commands When you use **wmclock** with the **-exe** option, **wmclock** will run the command you specify whenever you press a mouse button while the mouse cursor is over **wmclock**. **Wmclock** uses the [**system**(3)](/system/3.md) function from the C library (and ultimately **/bin/sh**) to run the command; hence, the command must be in Bourne-shell syntax. ### Using Alternate Month and Weekday Abbreviations You can use the **-monthxpm** and **-weekdayxpm** options to convince **wmclock** to display month and day-of-week abbreviations in a language besides the one it was compiled with, or to display them in a language that **wmclock** does not yet support. The files you specify must be in the XPM format, and they must follow the same strict size and placement as the month and weekday XPMs that come in the **wmclock** source package. Each weekday abbreviation must be 21 pixels wide and 6 pixels high; each month abbreviation must be 22 pixels wide and 6 pixels high. The month abbreviations must be arranged vertically, beginning with January at the top and continuing down to December at the bottom. The weekday abbreviations must also be arranged vertically, beginning with Monday at the top and continuing to Sunday at the bottom. You can find XPM files for a variety of languages in: **/usr/share/wmclock** For example, to have a French display, you could use the following command line: - wmclock -monthxpm /usr/share/wmclock/lang.french/month.xpm -weekdayxpm /usr/share/wmclock/lang.french/weekday.xpm ### Obsolete Options In order to maintain command-line compatibility (mostly) with **asclock**, **wmclock** accepts a few options on the command line without complaining, even though they don't have any effect. The options which **wmclock** accepts in this manner are **-shape** and **-iconic**. Some dockable versions of **asclock** required one or both of these options to become properly dockable. However, Since **wmclock** is designed for Window Maker's dock, it already displays in a shaped window in its own dockable appicon. ## BUGS **Wmclock** shouldn't run a command on a single click; should use a double click instead. **Wmclock** should use Alfredo Kojima's libdockapp library instead of inventing its own wheel. ## SEE ALSO X(1), [asclock(1x)](/asclock/1x.md), [wmaker(1x)](/wmaker/1x.md), [system(3)](/system/3.md) ## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright (C) 1999 by Jim Knoble \. Significant portions of **wmclock** are directly derived from **asclock** by Beat Christen, who, along with **asclock**'s other authors, owns the copyright to those portions of **wmclock**. **Wmclock** is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2, or (at your option) any later version. See \ for more information. ## AUTHORS - Jim Knoble \ - Beat Christen \, author of **asclock** ## DISCLAIMER *The software is provided \`\`as is'', without warranty of any kind,* *express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of* *merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement.* *In no event shall the author(s) be liable for any claim, damages or* *other liability, whether in an action of contract, tort or otherwise,* *arising from, out of or in connection with the software or the use or* *other dealings in the software.* *Your mileage may vary. Eat your vegetables.*