XCLOCK
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: xclock 1.0.9
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NAME
xclock - analog / digital clock for X
SYNOPSIS
xclock [
-help ] [
-analog |
-digital ]
[
-brief ] [
-chime ] [
-hd color ]
[
-hl color ] [
-update seconds ]
[
-strftime format ]
[
-twelve |
-twentyfour |
-utime ]
[
-padding number ]
[
-norender ]
[
-render ]
[
-sharp ]
[
-face pattern ]
DESCRIPTION
The
xclock
program displays the time in analog or digital form. The time is continuously
updated at a frequency which may be specified by the user.
OPTIONS
Xclock
accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along with the
additional options listed below:
- -help
-
This option indicates that a brief summary of the allowed options should be
printed on the standard error.
- -analog
-
This option indicates that a conventional 12 hour clock face with tick marks
and hands should be used. This is the default.
- -digital or -d
-
This option indicates that a 24 hour digital clock should be used.
- -brief
-
This option indicates that the digital clock should only display the hours
and minutes fields. The default is to show the full time and date information.
- -utime
-
This option indicates that a digital clock should display seconds since
the Epoch (in format '970012340 seconds since Epoch' instead of a standard
24-hour time.
- -strftime format
-
This option allows an strftime(3) format string to be specified
for the digital clock's display.
- -twelve
-
This option indicates that a digital clock should display the time in
twelve hour format.
- -twentyfour
-
This option indicates that a digital clock should display the time in
twenty-four hour format. This is the default when a digital clock is used.
- -chime
-
This option indicates that the clock should chime
once on the half hour and twice on the hour.
- -hands color (or -hd color)
-
This option specifies the color of the hands on an analog clock. The default
is black.
This option is effectively ignored when Xrender is in use.
- -highlight color (or -hl color)
-
This option specifies the color of the edges of the hands on an analog clock,
and is only useful on color displays. The default is black.
This option is effectively ignored when Xrender is in use.
- -update seconds
-
This option specifies the frequency in seconds at which xclock
should update its display. If the clock is obscured and then exposed,
it will be updated immediately. A value of 30 seconds or less will enable a
second hand on an analog clock. The default is 60 seconds.
- -padding number
-
This option specifies the width in pixels of the padding
between the window border and clock text or picture. The default is 10
on a digital clock and 8 on an analog clock.
- -render
-
This option tells xclock to use the Xrender extension to draw an
anti-aliased face. This is the default if xclock has been
compiled with Xrender support.
Note that the color selection options and resources used when Xrender is
in effect differ from the standard options.
- -norender
-
This option turns off the use of Xrender to draw the clock.
- -sharp
-
This option tells xclock to use sharper edges when drawn using
the Xrender extension.
- -face pattern
-
This option specifies the font to use in digital mode when the
Xrender extension is used. Patterns are specified using the
fontconfig face format described in the
Font Names
section of
fonts.conf(5).
X DEFAULTS
This program uses the
Clock
widget. It understands all of the core resource names and classes as well as:
- width (class Width)
-
Specifies the width of the clock. The default for analog clocks is 164
pixels; the default for digital clocks is whatever is needed to hold the
clock when displayed in the chosen font.
- height (class Height)
-
Specifies the height of the clock. The default for analog clocks is 164
pixels; the default for digital clocks is whatever is needed to hold the
clock when displayed in the chosen font.
- update (class Interval)
-
Specifies the frequency in seconds at which the time should be redisplayed.
- foreground (class Foreground)
-
Specifies the color for the tick marks. The default depends on whether
reverseVideo is specified. If reverseVideo is specified
the default is lwhite, otherwise the default is black.
- hands (class Foreground)
-
Specifies the color of the insides of the clock's hands. The default
depends on whether
reverseVideo is specified. If reverseVideo is specified
the default is lwhite, otherwise the default is black.
Note that this resource is not used when Xrender is in effect.
- highlight (class Foreground)
-
Specifies the color used to highlight the clock's hands. The default is
depends on whether
reverseVideo is specified. If reverseVideo is specified
the default is lwhite, otherwise the default is black.
Note that this resource is not used when Xrender is in effect.
- analog (class Boolean)
-
Specifies whether or not an analog clock should be used instead of a digital
one. The default is True.
- twentyfour (class Boolean)
-
Specifies whether or not a digital clock should display the time in
twenty-four hour format. The default is True.
- chime (class Boolean)
-
Specifies whether or not a bell should be rung on the hour and half hour.
- padding (class Margin)
-
Specifies the amount of internal padding in pixels to be used. The default is
8.
- font (class Font)
-
Specifies the font to be used for the digital clock. Note that variable width
fonts currently will not always display correctly.
This font is only used when Xrender is not in effect.
- render (class Boolean)
-
Specifies whether or not the Xrender extension should be used for the
display. The default is True if xclock has been compiled with
Xrender support.
When Xrender is in effect, the following additional resources are
understood:
- face (class FaceName)
-
Specify the pattern for the font to be used for the digital clock when
Xrender is used. Patterns are specified using the fontconfig face format
described in the
Font Names
section of
fonts.conf(5).
- sharp (class Boolean)
-
Specifies if sharp edges should be used when rendering the clock.
The default is False.
- buffer (class Boolean)
-
Specifies that the updates of the image are drawn to a pixmap before copied
into the window instead drawing them into the window directly.
The defaults of the following color resources depend on whether
reverseVideo is specified.
If reverseVideo is specified the default is lwhite,
otherwise the default is black.
- hourColor (class Foreground)
-
The color of the hour hand.
- minuteColor (class Foreground)
-
The color of the minute hand.
- secondColor (class Foreground)
-
The color of the second hand.
- majorColor (class Foreground)
-
The color of the major scale ticks (i. e. each five minutes).
- minorColor (class Foreground)
-
The color of the minor scale ticks (between major ticks).
WIDGETS
In order to specify resources, it is useful to know the hierarchy of
the widgets which compose
xclock. In the notation below,
indentation indicates hierarchical structure. The widget class name
is given first, followed by the widget instance name.
XClock xclock
Clock clock
ENVIRONMENT
- DISPLAY
-
to get the default host and display number.
- XENVIRONMENT
-
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
FILES
- /usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XClock
-
specifies required resources
SEE ALSO
X(7),
xrdb(1),
time(3), fonts.conf (5).
BUGS
Xclock
believes the system clock.
When in digital mode, the string should be centered automatically.
AUTHORS
Tony Della Fera (MIT-Athena, DEC)
Dave Mankins (MIT-Athena, BBN)
Ed Moy (UC Berkeley)