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TimeKeeper Documentation
Larry Rosenstein
Apple Computer Inc.
12/16/87
TimeKeeper is a simple program written with MacApp¬. I wrote
it primarily to run under MultiFinder¬. I wanted to have a
small clock always on the screen. I didn't want to use one
of the menu bar clocks, since (at the time) they didn't work
well with MultiFinder or the Macintosh II. The Alarm Clock DA
wasn't good enough because it appears in the same place
all the time (usually in the wrong place).
Thus, TimeKeeper was created.
TimeKeeper displays an analog clock in a circular window on
the screen. It runs in the background under MultiFinder,
and uses MultiFinder's WaitNextEvent call. It will run
without MultiFinder as well, although this isn't very
interesting.
TimeKeeper remembers the window position and all its settings
in a preferences file. Therefore, you can make it one of
your startup applications under MultiFinder and it will
always appear where you last put it.
There is not much to know to use TimeKeeper. You can resize
the window by clicking on the white arc. If you click anywhere
else on the border you can drag the window.
The commands in the Options menu should be self-explanatory.
If you turn on the hourly chime, your Mac will beep on
the hour. On a Macintosh II, which has the new Sound Manager,
you will also be able to select any of the beep sounds you
have installed.
If you turn on the sweep second hand, then TimeKeeper will
wake up every second to move the hand. Otherwise, it will
wake up only once a minute. (Actually, because of a bug
in System 4.2, TimeKeeper wakes up every half second. This
bug will be fixed in the next version of the System; TimeKeeper
checks the System version to decide if the fix is installed,
and will adapt to either system.)
If you turn on the circular clock option, then the clock
window will be constrained to be a circle. This makes for
a nicer-looking display.
TimeKeeper is written with MacApp, and is distributed subject
to the MacApp license agreement. You may freely distribute
TimeKeeper, provided you do not change it in any way, and that
you do not charge for it. If you do distribute the program,
please include this file.
Although I have been using TimeKeeper myself for a while, I
haven't tested it with a wide variety of software or hardware,
so beware. You might want to try it out first without any other
prorgams running, so that you don't lose any valuable data.
So give TimeKeeper a try, and let me know what you think!
Larry Rosenstein
Apple Computer Inc.
20525 Mariani Ave M/S 32-E
Cupertino, CA 95014
CSNet: lsr@Apple.COM
UUCP: {nsc, sun}!apple!lsr
AppleLink: Rosenstein1
⌐ Apple Computer, Inc. 1987
Change Log:
12/22/87: 1.0a1