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radky wrote:

Jim1911 wrote:There is no such directory apparently since JWM is the only WM.Jim

Jim,

"windowmanager" is a file in the /etc folder. If you load the file in a text editor, it should have 'jwm' as the lone entry.

Thanks

It has only the entry "jwm".

Hi Jim,

I've retested PupClockset-1.6.3 in Slacko-5.3.0.1 (three separate installs - live CD, 3fs and 4fs save files).

I can't duplicate the problem you describe. On my system, PupClockset works just fine in Slacko.

1 - Please confirm there is no "windowmanger" file in /root/Choices/ (i.e. /root/Choices/windowmanager should not exist).

2 - Possibly, your current copy of PupClockset is corrupt. You may want to download a fresh copy and reinstall.

Hi Roger,

The problem was my copy of PupClockset. It works after uninstalling with ppm and reinstalling with a new copy.

Sorry, I wasted your time due to a corrupt download.

Regards,
Jim

Jim1911 wrote:The problem was my copy of PupClockset. It works after uninstalling with ppm and reinstalling with a new copy.

Thank you Jim.

Hi radky.
Thank you for this pet. It‘s realy handy.
Just downloaded version 1.6.3 into slacko 5.3.1. and would like to bolden the the fonts and colour them. Is there any way to do that ?
Ulrich

Hi Ulrich,

Most panels support strftime specifiers for the display of time and date, but support for the Pango Markup Language determines the panel's ability to change the clock's font attributes - such as the font size, weight (boldness) and style (normal or italics).

Some panels, such as fbpanel and tint2, support the variable display of font attributes, but other window manager or panels (such as JWM in Slacko) have little support for specifically changing the clock font.

In the default Slacko window manager (JWM), there are options in /.jwm/jwmrc-theme for changing attributes of the TrayStyle (font size and color of the foreground/background). This will change the clock font, but other fonts in the tray (panel) will also change.

Thanks for your question.

I prefer to have my panel (fbpanel, in this case) on the left side rather than along the bottom.
None of the available extended formats work well for this; they are just truncated.

On some systems, I am able to to write my own layout, including line-breaks, so the date can be better presented in a narrow vertical column.

For example, I might specify
"~%R;%S~\n%d %b %Y \n %A "

~23:30;17~
02 Jan 2012
Wednesday

The current PupClockset does not appear to cater for fitting to a side-panel.

Alex-atian wrote:I prefer to have my panel (fbpanel, in this case) on the left side rather than along the bottom.
None of the available extended formats work well for this; they are just truncated.

On some systems, I am able to to write my own layout, including line-breaks, so the date can be better presented in a narrow vertical column.

For example, I might specify
"~%R;%S~\n%d %b %Y \n %A "

~23:30;17~
02 Jan 2012
Wednesday

The current PupClockset does not appear to cater for fitting to a side-panel.

Hi Alex-atian,

I agree, a multi-line display of the Fbpanel clock could be very useful for horizontal and vertical panels.

I'll see what I can do in the next release of PupClockset.

BTW, Fbpanel renders your example as expected if the newline code "\n" is changed to "%n".

Thanks

PupClockset-1.7. See main post.
-Added full support for changing font attributes of the JWM tray clock. (thanks Ulrich)
-Added option to edit/customize the strftime format of the Fbpanel clock. (thanks Alex-atian)

PupClockset-1.8. See main post.
-Added full support for changing the font name, size, weight and style of the IceWM tray clock.
-Added option to edit/customize the strftime format of the IceWm tray clock.
-Enhanced detection of non-standard Tint2 configuration files.

PupClockset-1.9. See main post.
-Added full support for changing the font name, size, weight and style of the Fluxbox tray clock.
-Added option to edit/customize the strftime format of the Fluxbox and Lxpanel tray clocks.

PupClockset-1.9. See main post.
-Enhanced integration with 64-bit Puppy derivatives.

My, you've been busy updating your fine utilities. Running Clockset in Fatdog64-600 b2 using JWM. I can't get the font to set so that it's readable. Of course, magnified it's fair.

Jim1911 wrote:My, you've been busy updating your fine utilities. Running Clockset in Fatdog64-600 b2 using JWM. I can't get the font to set so that it's readable. Of course, magnified it's fair.

Hi Jim,

The xdialog color selector of FatDog64-600b2 is nonfunctional. So, rather than using the 'rainbow button' for selecting the font color, you can manually add any RGB color to the 'color entry box' (such black or grey20), or use a valid hex value (such as #2D2D2D).

Thanks

EDIT: Now fixed, see below.

radky wrote:

Jim1911 wrote:My, you've been busy updating your fine utilities. Running Clockset in Fatdog64-600 b2 using JWM. I can't get the font to set so that it's readable. Of course, magnified it's fair.

Hi Jim,

The xdialog color selector of FatDog64-600b2 is nonfunctional. So, rather than using the 'rainbow button' for selecting the font color, you can manually add any RGB color to the 'color entry box' (such black or grey20), or use a valid hex value (such as #2D2D2D).

Thanks

Thanks, this worked.

Version 1.9.2 See main post.
-Bugfix: Nonfunctioning Xdialog font-color selector in JWM and Fbpanel. (thanks Jim1911)
-This fix is for Puppy derivatives which do not support Yad, but do support the limited Xdialog color selector (e.g. Fatdog64).

Jim1911 wrote:

radky wrote:

Jim1911 wrote:My, you've been busy updating your fine utilities. Running Clockset in Fatdog64-600 b2 using JWM. I can't get the font to set so that it's readable. Of course, magnified it's fair.

Hi Jim,

The xdialog color selector of FatDog64-600b2 is nonfunctional. So, rather than using the 'rainbow button' for selecting the font color, you can manually add any RGB color to the 'color entry box' (such black or grey20), or use a valid hex value (such as #2D2D2D).

Thanks

Thanks, this worked.

01micko's latest slacko 2.3.5 has this same problem that you corrected for Fatdog.

Jim1911 wrote:01micko's latest slacko 2.3.5 has this same problem that you corrected for Fatdog.

Thank you Jim.

Unfortunately, my system with intel video is booting Slacko-5.3.5 to a black screen, so testing is not possible until the next Slacko release is available.

nice work, I've now worked out how to set font color on for FbPanel on Openbox.

Before it was black writing on the default 'dark side of Puppy' desktop - so couldnt see it ;- )

added wiki page
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PupClockSet

darkcity wrote:nice work, I've now worked out how to set font color on for FbPanel on Openbox.

Before it was black writing on the default 'dark side of Puppy' desktop - so couldnt see it ;- )

added wiki page
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PupClockSet

Thank you darkcity.

Version 2.0 See main post.
- Requires gtkdialog4 (0.7.21 or greater).
- New, intuitive interface which displays tab options unique to the current (active) window manager or panel.
- Significantly faster update of the clock display.
- Enhanced strftime tooltip help.
- With each launch of PupClockset, the strftime options of the first tab are shown with the date and time of the current locale.
- Added minixcal (if installed) as an optional mouse-click command for the tray clocks of IceWM, FBPanel, JWM, LXPanel and Tint2.
- Added full support for the tray clock of Xfce4.
- Enhanced support for LXPanel and LXDE. Note: support is not provided for LXPanelx (alpha-status fork of LXPanel).
- Recent releases of Fatdog64 are supported (version 620 or greater).
- Bugfix: faulty parsing of font list (fc-list) in Slacko.