pure X11, i.e. non-gnome/KDE/etc. desktop clocks ....

[Jamie Griffin]

On 18/08/2014 20:28, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>
> On 08/18/14 13:13, Roland Smith wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 09:38:38AM -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>>> On 08/18/14 09:21, Polytropon wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 09:18:25 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>>>>> I had a gnome-gdesklet clock app running on my old FC14 desktop box,
>>>>> gave a clock described as 'WWII RAF squadron wall clock'. There is a
>>>>> port of gnome-gdesklets clock (*gdesklets-clock-0.32_14
>>>>> <http://svnweb.FreeBSD.org/ports/head/x11-clocks/gdesklets-clock>) 
>>>>> *....
>>>>> I am looking for something similar for the XFCE desktop, i.e. simple
>>>>> largish analog clock desktop app, *no* gnome/KDE/etc. .... anyone 
>>>>> know
>>>>> if there is one available ?
>>>> How about the classic, xclock? Or oclock?
>>>>
>>>>> I am searching ports on FreeBSD.org as I
>>>>> write this, but w/ 24K+ entries, it could be a while :-/ .... Can 
>>>>> anyone
>>>>> save me some time here :-) ???? TIA
>>>> See /usr/ports/x11-clocks/oclock for more inspiration, there
>>>> are several clocks in this category which do not require you
>>>> to install a whole desktop environment just to see what time
>>>> it is. :-)
>>>>
>>>> Additionally to xclock, I'm also using intclock to check the
>>>> time in other places of the world relevant for me.
>>> oclock available as pkg, just installed it, usable for now, still 
>>> pining
>>> for my RAF clock :-/ .... Thx ....
>> There is even a separate ports category just for X11 clocks:
>>
>> # ls /usr/ports/x11-clocks/
>> Makefile                       gdesklets-ebichuclock/ t3d/
>> abclock/                       glclock/ tclock/
>> aclock/                        gtubeclock/ tktz/
>> alarm-clock/                   intclock/ wmbday/
>> alltraxclock/                  kdetoys4/ wmbinclock/
>> amor/                          kteatime/ wmblueclock/
>> asclock/                       ktimer/ wmcalclock/
>> asclock-gtk/                   ktux/ wmclock/
>> asclock-xlib/                  lmclock/ wmclockmon/
>> astime/                        mlclock/ wmfishtime/
>> astzclock/                     mouseclock/ wmfuzzy/
>> bbdate/                        oclock/ wmtime/
>> bclock/                        osdclock/ wmtimer/
>> buici-clock/                   pclock/ xalarm/
>> cairo-clock/                   plasma-applet-adjustableclock/ xclock/
>> dclock/                        plasma-applet-geekclock/ xdaliclock/
>> emiclock/                      rclock/ xfce4-datetime-plugin/
>> eyeclock/                      sanduhr/ xfce4-timer-out-plugin/
>> gdesklets-clock/               stopwatch/ xfce4-timer-plugin/
>> gdesklets-countdown/           swisswatch/ xtimer/
>>
>> E.g. cairo-clock is themable; http://gnome-look.org/?xcontentmode=186
>>
>>
>> Take your pick. :-)
>>
>> Roland
>
>
> Yeah I was looking through that, but I couldn't glean enough from the 
> descriptions to decide to try any of them, was hoping someone would 
> provide an experiential short-cut :-) ....
>
>

I use xclock in my fvwm2 WM and always have done. I have it contained in 
fvwmbuttons as a digital clock and in another instance as an analog 
clock. I like it's simplicity yet it can be used within a more complex 
arrangement as well.