NAME¶
rclock - clock and appointment reminder for X11
SYNOPSIS¶
rclock [
options]
DESCRIPTION¶
rclock — version
2.7.10 — is an analog clock for X
intended as an
xclock(1) replacement that conserves memory and has
extra features:
rclock enters reverse video if there is mail waiting;
an appointment reminder is also builtin.
OPTIONS¶
The options supported by
rclock:
- -display displayname
- Attempt to open a window on the named X display. In the
absence of this option, the display specified by the DISPLAY environment
variable is used.
- -geometry geom
- Create the window with the specified X window geometry
[default 80x80].
- -bg color
- Window background color [default white].
- -fg color
- Window foreground color [default black].
- -fn fontname
- Select font used for reminders [default 7x14].
- -nodate
- Do not display today's date on the face of the clock.
- -iconic
- Start iconified, if supported by the window manager.
- -adjust ddhhmm
- Adjust the clock by +/- ddhhmm (dd = days,
hh = hours, mm = minutes) to fix an incorrect clock without
being root or for working in another time-zone.
- -update n
- Update clock face every n seconds [default 30]. If
n=1, a seconds hand is displayed.
- -mail n
- Check for new mail every n seconds [default 60]. The
actual interval is a multiple of the clock update interval.
- -mailfile mailfile
- Override environmental variable MAIL with mailfile
as location for mail.
- -mailspawn cmd
- Execute cmd when the face of the clock is clicked by
the mouse button.
- #geom
- Specify the preferred icon window size [default 65x65].
Some of these options may not be available based on how rclock was compiled. Run
rclock -help to determine which features are available.
X RESOURCES¶
No X resources are used — only command-line options.
TITLES AND ICONS¶
The window and icon titles are set to the day of the week and the date. The date
is also displayed on the lower half of the clock unless the
-nodate
option is specified. The icon window is "active" and will show the
time, if supported by the window manager.
REMINDERS¶
The
~/.rclock file lists the messages to display and/or the programs to
run at specified times and dates. At the specified time,
rclock will
pop-up a window in the center of the screen to display the message or will
simply run the scheduled program.
rclock will reads the
~/.rclock file at startup, and every 10 minutes (to look for changes)
and after a message window has been dismissed (to find the next appointment).
An entry in
~/.rclock may be one of two formats (blank and comment lines
will be ignored):
hh:mm [dd] MM/DD/YY message[; program]
or
[hh:mm [dd] MM/DD/YY [message]]; program
hh - hour (0-23; * = current)
mm - minute (0-59; * = 0)
dd - days-of-week (some/all/none of umtwrfs; * = all)
MM - month (1-12; * = current)
DD - day of month (1-31; * = current)
YY - year (0-99 or 1900-????; * = current)
message - message to display
program - program to execute
The days-of-the-week use the following abbreviations:
u=Sunday,
m=Monday,
t=Tuesday,
w=Wednesday,
r=Thursday,
f=Friday,
s=Saturday,
*=all.
If
message is empty and
program has been specified, it is executed
without a dialog box. If time/date are also not specified,
program is
executed on start-up. Note
message may contain escape values (\n:
newline, \;: semicolon).
Here's a silly example file that shows some of the permissible constructs:
# ~/.rclock - My appointment file
# startup functions
; xsetroot -solid Black &
# cron functions
10:00; xsetroot -solid Grey25 &
14:00; xsetroot -solid Grey75 &
# daily/weekly reminders
08:15 mtwrf * Good Morning!\nRead News?; rxvt -e News
12:00 mtwrf * Lunch Time!
17:00 mtwrf * Go Home
23:00 mtwrf * Still Here? Go to bed
08:10 twrf * Did you do your time card yesterday?
15:00 f * Friday, do your time card early!
16:00 mtwr * Do your time card
16:30 mtwrf * Did you do your time card?
*:00 us * It's the weekend, why are you here?
8:15 f */13/* Friday the 13th! Careful!
8:15 * 4/1/* fkrkrmfismsmkd...dkdfk
8:16 * 4/1/* April Fools!
# birthdays/anniversaries
16:00 05/21/* Pam's Birthday (next week)
16:00 05/24/* Pam's Birthday (in a few days)
# once-of appointments
08:30 03/15/94 Dentist appointment
08:30 03/15/1999 Dentist appointment
08:30 03/15/2004 Dentist appointment
ENVIRONMENT¶
rclock uses the environment variable
MAIL to determine the
location of the user's mail spool file unless the
-mailfile option is
specified.
BUGS¶
rclock is not very smart about dealing with errors encountered while
reading the
~/.rclock file. Each reminder must be a single line not
exceeding 255 characters. Reminder windows are sometimes not redrawn (left
blank) when raised or uncovered.
AUTHOR¶
Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>
Modifications by mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>
CURRENT MAINTAINER¶
Same as the current rxvt maintainer.