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# README: notes about wmclock
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# created 1999-Apr-10 jmk
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|O| About wmclock |X|
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Wmclock is an applet which displays the date and time in a dockable
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tile in the same style as the clock from the NEXTSTEP(tm) operating
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system. Wmclock is specially designed for the Window Maker window
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manager, by Alfredo Kojima, and features multiple language support,
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twenty-four-hour and twelve-hour (am/pm) time display, and, optionally,
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can run a user-specified program on a mouse click. Wmclock is derived
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from asclock, a similar clock for the AfterStep window manager.
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|O| Installing wmclock |X|
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Please see the INSTALL file accompanying the wmclock source for
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instructions on installing wmclock.
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|O| Getting Started |X|
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Wmclock is designed especially for Window Maker; hence, putting wmclock
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into your Window Maker dock is quick and easy. After you've installed
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wmclock according to the instructions, there are three steps:
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(1) Start wmclock. The easiest way to accomplish this is to accept
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the defaults for things such as led color, blinking, etc, and
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just start the clock:
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wmclock
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(2) Drag the resulting wmclock appicon to an empty slot in your dock.
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You can do this in one of two fashions:
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(a) Position the mouse pointer over a portion of the appicon tile
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that is not covered by wmclock's LED display or calendar
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display. Press the primary mouse button (usually the left
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one) and drag to the dock. This requires a little bit of
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precision in aiming the mouse, but requires no keyboard
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action.
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(b) Hold down the [Alt] or [Meta] key (whichever one you have
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configured Window Maker to use), position the mouse pointer
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over any part of the wmlock appicon, press the primary mouse
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button (usually the left one), and drag to the dock. This
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method requires less precision, but requires you to press and
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hold a key while dragging.
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(3) Set wmclock to launch when Window Maker starts. Press the menu
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mouse button (usually the right one) on the portion of the docked
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wmclock tile that is not covered by wmclock's LED display or
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calendar display to bring up the dock icon menu, and choose
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`Settings...'. In the resulting dialog, check the box labelled
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`Start when Window Maker is started' and press `OK'. That's it!
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|O| Troubleshooting |X|
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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As with any dockable applet, there are a few possible `gotchas' with
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wmclock and Window Maker:
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- If you have the Clip set to `AutoAttract Icons', the wmclock
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appicon will appear in the Clip instead of on the desktop. If your
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Clip is collapsed, you won't be able to see the wmclock appicon,
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even though it's running. Make sure you uncollapse your Clip and
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look for wmclock there if it doesn't appear on your desktop.
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- If your Clip is too close to your dock, you may have difficulty
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docking wmclock, because the Clip may grab the wmclock appicon
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instead. Try moving your Clip farther away from your dock before
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docking wmclock.
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|O| Differences Between asclock and wmclock |X|
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Wmclock is derived from asclock version 1.0.12 by Beat Christen.
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The major differences between asclock and wmclock are:
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(1) Asclock is designed for use with the AfterStep window manager.
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To use asclock with Window Maker, a patch is required. Wmclock
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is better behaved with Window Maker and requires no patch or
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special command-line options; it `just works'.
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(2) Wmclock corrects a few of asclock's aesthetic defects. Most
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notably, the `off-by-one-pixel' defect at the lefthand side of
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the LED display is corrected.
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(3) Asclock use a simple system() call to execute the command
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specified using the `-exe' command-line option; this method could
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create lots of unwanted zombie processes. Wmclock cleans up its
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chiled processes every so often to eliminate the zombies.
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Also, if no command was specified when asclock was started, it
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would output a message warning that no command was specified each
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time you click the mouse on asclock window area. Wmclock does not
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output that message; if no command was specified, wmclock simply
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does nothing when you click on it.
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Other minor differences include:
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(1) The `-shape' and `-iconic' command-line options are no longer
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needed with wmclock. Wmclock recognizes them for backwards
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compatibility with asclock, but they have no effect.
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(2) Asclock contained an arbitrary limitation on the length of the
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command (approximately 50 characters) that you could specify with
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the `-exe' option. Wmclock removes that arbitrary limitation and
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cleans up the code significantly in the process.
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|O| Authors, Copyright, License, Disclaimer, etc. |X|
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Wmclock is Copyright (C) 1999 by Jim Knoble <jmknoble@pobox.com>.
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Significant portions of wmclock are directly derived from asclock by
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Beat Christen <spiff@longstreet.ch>, who, along with asclock's other
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authors, owns the copyright to those portions of wmclock.
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Wmclock is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2, or
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(at your option) any later version. See <http://www.gnu.org/> for more
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information.
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The software is provided ``as is'', without warranty of any kind,
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express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of
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merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement.
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In no event shall the author(s) be liable for any claim, damages or
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other liability, whether in an action of contract, tort or otherwise,
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arising from, out of or in connection with the software or the use or
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other dealings in the software.
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Your mileage may vary. Eat your vegetables.
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--
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Bruce Cran <bruce@bluestop.org>
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