XCHROM

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 1 September 1988
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NAME

xchrom - CHROMACHRON like clock for X  

SYNOPSIS

xchrom [-startoffset n] [-maskoffset n] [-timeoffset n] [-toolkitoption ...]  

DESCRIPTION

The xchrom program displays the time in the CHROMACHRON format. The time is updated on a per minute basis. This program is nothing more than a wrapper around the xchrom widget not associated with any particular widget set.

On a chronometer time is shown by hands and numerals. Differently on CHROMACHRON, the color-time-clock: Its face is not a dial but a color-time-circle, over which a black disk revolves with a piece cut out as large as a color segment. The disk revolves with the speed of one color area per hour. The disk cut-out indicates the time. If, for example, this stands on yellow, it is 12 noon. The more to be seen of the following color, the nearer the next hour.

 

OPTIONS

Xchrom supports the following command line options:
-startoffset n
Specifies the frame width between color-time-circle and window border.
-maskoffset n
Specifies the width between the color-time-circle border and the revolving disk. The default is 4 pixels.
-timeoffset n
Specifies the difference between system time and current time. It was often discovered that the system time and current time differ (e.g. 2 minutes on the author's system).

Xchrom also accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options.  

X DEFAULTS

It understands all of the core resource names and classes as well as:
foreground (class Foreground)
Specifies the color for the frame and the slice mask. Using the class specifies the color for all things that normally would appear in the foreground color. The default is ``black'' since the core default for background is ``white.''
startOffset (class StartOffset)
Specifies the frame width between color-time-circle and window border. The default is 10 pixels.
maskOffset (class MaskOffset)
Specifies the width between the color-time-circle border and the revolving disk. The default is 4 pixels.
timeOffset (class TimeOffset)
Specifies the difference between the system time and the current time. The default value is 0.
twelveOClock (class TwelveOClock)
Specifies the color for the twelve o'clock time slice. The default is ``yellow''.
oneOClock (class OneOClock)
Specifies the color for the one o'clock time slice. The default is ``orange''.
twoOClock (class TwoOClock)
Specifies the color for the two o'clock time slice. The default is ``pink''.
threeOClock (class ThreeOClock)
Specifies the color for the three o'clock time slice. The default is ``red''.
fourOClock (class FourOClock)
Specifies the color for the four o'clock time slice. The default is ``light pink''.
fiveOClock (class FiveOClock)
Specifies the color for the five o'clock time slice. The default is ``violet''.
sixOClock (class SixOClock)
Specifies the color for the six o'clock time slice. The default is ``royal blue''.
sevenOClock (class SevenOClock)
Specifies the color for the seven o'clock time slice. The default is ``dark green''.
eightOClock (class EightOClock)
Specifies the color for the eight o'clock time slice. The default is ``turquiose''.
nineOClock (class NineOClock)
Specifies the color for the nine o'clock time slice. The default is ``brown''.
tenOClock (class TenOClock)
Specifies the color for the ten o'clock time slice. The default is ``light yellow''.
elevenOClock (class ElevenOClock)
Specifies the color for the eleven o'clock time slice. The default is ``wheat''.
 

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.
 

SEE ALSO

X(1), xrdb(1), time(3C).  

BUGS

The colors are chosen in a best fit manner. It is possible that not every color server supports the default colors. If that happens use the ~/.Xdefaults file to set the nearest approximation of your server.  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1990, Olaf Heimburger. Permission to use and copy.  

AUTHOR

Olaf Heimburger --- <olaf@tub.BITNET>, <olafh@berthold.de>


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
X DEFAULTS
ENVIRONMENT
SEE ALSO
BUGS
COPYRIGHT
AUTHOR

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