Bug#93782: ITP: wmclock - dockable clock applet for Window Maker
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 10:27:58PM +0200, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
> >> Lenart Janos <ocsi@irisz.hu> writes:
>
> > Description: dockable clock applet for Window Maker
> > 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.
>
> I'm sure Jim has his reasons, but how exactly is this different from
> asclock? I mean, there's not a single thing on that descript that
> asclock can't do, is it?
>From README:
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|O| Differences Between asclock and wmclock |X|
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Wmclock is derived from asclock version 1.0.12 (the latest `stable'
version, according to <http://www.asclock.org/>), by Beat Christen.
The major differences between asclock and wmclock are:
(1) Asclock is designed for use with the AfterStep window manager.
To use asclock with Window Maker, a patch is required. Wmclock
is better behaved with Window Maker and requires no patch or
special command-line options; it `just works'.
(2) Wmclock corrects a few of asclock's aesthetic defects. Most
notably, the `off-by-one-pixel' defect at the lefthand side of
the LED display is corrected.
(3) Asclock use a simple system() call to execute the command
specified using the `-exe' command-line option; this method could
create lots of unwanted zombie processes. Wmclock cleans up its
chiled processes every so often to eliminate the zombies.
Also, if no command was specified when asclock was started, it
would output a message warning that no command was specified each
time you click the mouse on asclock window area. Wmclock does not
output that message; if no command was specified, wmclock simply
does nothing when you click on it.
Other minor differences include:
(1) The `-shape' and `-iconic' command-line options are no longer
needed with wmclock. Wmclock recognizes them for backwards
compatibility with asclock, but they have no effect.
(2) Asclock contained an arbitrary limitation on the length of the
command (approximately 50 characters) that you could specify with
the `-exe' option. Wmclock removes that arbitrary limitation and
cleans up the code significantly in the process.
--
Lenart, Janos
<ocsi@debian.org>
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