INTRODUCTION
FClock is meant as a replacement for rclock, for docking in the FvwmButtons panel. It has few features, but at least it displays the time (h:m:s), day of week, date (complies with y2k1c) and shows the time you've been online.
The "F" in FClock derives from the "F" in Fvwm, which means that the "F" can be shorthand for just about any word. Personally, I prefer Feline, but you choose one that suits you! ;-). Please note that FClock is NOT a "official" Fvwm module or whatever, I just happen to like the Fvwm window manager, and have thus been inspired to write this little app.
INSTALLING
- tar -xvzf fclock-*.*.src.tar.gz
- cd fclock-*.*.src
- make
- su
- cp fclock /usr/local/bin (or someplace else..)
That's it. If you have problems compiling it, check the $(QTDIR) in the Makefile. The installation path of QT seems to differ between distributions. For using the clock as an online timer, see the part titled (insert HREF here) ONLINE TIMER. Of course, there's also the RPM distro, which eases the installation a bit.
UNINSTALLING
To uninstall the fclock, just remove the binary and the file ~/.fclockOnlineTime. Or, if you've installed it the RPM-way, rpm -e fclock.
SETTINGS
You can use most of the normal X options with this program. For example:
-geometry 200x200 sets the size of the program. -fg red sets the foreground color to red -bg black sets the background color to black -name hello sets the application name to hello
...
And so on.
ONLINE TIMER
The clock can, alternatively, serve as a online timer. To achieve this, the clock checks if the file /tmp/pppUp exists (once / second). If it does, the clock increases the online time by one second. Now, if you intend to use this feature, you should edit the file /etc/ppp/ip-up.local (on Red Hat 6.0 at least). To this file, you add:
touch /tmp/pppUp
Then edit /etc/ppp/ip-down.local, add:
rm -f /tmp/pppUp
This will create a file in /tmp each time you log on to your ISP, and remove it each time you log off. FClock will store the total time online in ~/.fclockOnlineTime.
CONTACT
Simon Kågström, simon[dot]kagstrom[dot]864[at]student[dot]lu[dot]se