nixieclock - a nixie tube desktop clock
nixieclock [ options ]
nixieclock displays a nice nixie tube clock on your desktop. It checks the time about every 30 seconds and updates, unless a seconds field is specified, in which case it updates every second. To move the clock, just click and drag it to where you want it. Press ESC to exit. nixieclock uses the FLTK graphics toolkit http://www.fltk.org/
As of version 1.60, a 'right click' menu has been added to the clock so that you can select some pre-defined time formats, as well as some other features. For macs with single-button mice, Ctrl-Click will also bring up the menu.
-a Always above other windows. (Not supported on all platforms)
-d Date/Time in numeric format, "12:55 01-01-2004"
-m (default) Date/Time in text format, "12:55 Wed Jan 01".
-h Hour:Min format only, eg. "12:55"
-s "format" Use strftime(3) time and date format,
eg. -s "%H:%M %a %b %d"
-t Test pattern for alphanumeric display
-help, --help Display help
-n Do not run in the background
-b Borders. This enables window manager borders/decorations (which are normally off).
-nb No borders. This disables window manager borders/decorations.
-geometry "pos" X geometry specification, see X(7x)
nixieclock
07:57 SAT FEB 20
nixieclock -d
07:57 02-20-01
nixieclock -s '%H:%M:%S'
07:57:23
nixieclock -s 'THE TIME IS: %H:%M:%S'
THE TIME IS: 07:57:23
nixieclock -geometry -0-0
..positions clock at lower right.
nixieclock -geometry -5-5
..positions clock 5 pixels from lower right.
nixieclock -geometry +0-0
..positions clock at lower left.
As of version 1.60, saves clock settings in ~/.nixieclock.
This way if you experiment with 'nixieclock -s' settings,
or move the clock around on the screen, those last settings
will be remembered. So for instance the next time you run
nixieclock without any arguments (ie. click on a shortcut),
those last settings will be used.
Greg Ercolano erco@3dsite.com
http://seriss.com/people/erco/unixtools/nixieclock/
strftime(3), X(7x)