NAME¶

osd_clock - X on-screen clock displayer

SYNOPSIS¶

osd_clock [OPTION]... [+FORMAT]

DESCRIPTION¶

Display date/time information on screen.

-f FONT

Set font.

-c COLOR

Set color.

-d DELAY

Sets the delay (in seconds) that the clock is exposed. Useful if combined with INTERVAL.

-F FORMAT

This option specifies the format to be used to output the date. See 'strftime(3)'.

-i INTERVAL

This specifies the interval between displays. Default is 1 (display every second).

-H INTEGER

The "chimes per hour" count overrides -i. Default is 0 (no effect).

The time will be displayed this many times each hour (notwithstanding signals interrupting sleep, and leap seconds). The first display of the hour will be on the hour exactly. Use -H 4 for a display at 0, 15, 30 and 45 minutes past.

-s SHADOW

This option sets the shadow depth. Default 2.

-t

locate clock at top left (default: bottom left).

-b

locate clock at bottom left (default).

-o OFFSET

This option specifies the offset from the top or bottom of screen the text is displayed. The default is 0. Useful to move above or below panels or applets.

-h, --help

display this help and exit

BUGS¶

The per-hour mode may fire up to one second late, or worse if the system is busy.

AUTHOR¶

Jon Beckham <leftorium@leftorium.net>
Martijn van de Streek <martijn@foodfight.org>
Nathan Walp <faceprint@faceprint.com>

COPYRIGHT¶

It is distributed under the GNU General Public License.