On 2004-12-07 17:30, Danny MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 02:24:51AM -0700, Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: > > I'm just wondrin if its possible for me to run applications at boot > > time but on another terminal. I find it cool to have a huge digital > > clock (grdc) running on background so that I can just shift to > > another terminal whenever I want to know the time. Actually, all I > > really want is a clock that is continuously ticking whatever I may > > be doing(in terminal window). I've already learned how to set my > > prompt to multiple lines and also displaying my current working > > directory. But now, I want it even more informative displaying a > > ticking digital clock in my shell prompt like the one i'm seeing in > > my kde system tray right now. Is it possible?. Thanks. > > This is a job for GNU Screen! > > Actually, this is the least of screen's abilities, but it does give you > exactly what you want (plus more!) and it doesn't depend on what shell > or other program you are running in the terminal. > > 1. Install GNU Screen ( /usr/ports/misc/screen ) > 2. Create ~/.screenrc containing the following: > # Delta applied to /usr/local/etc/screenrc > > startup_message off > escape ^\\\ > defscrollback 2048 > hardstatus on > hardstatus alwayslastline > hardstatus string "%{.bW}%-w%{.rW}%n %t%{-}%+w %=%{..G} %H %{..Y} %Y/%m/%d > %0c:%s " > nethack on > msgwait 1 > msgminwait 1 > > Most of this is optional; these are the settings I use. The most > important thing for the ticking clock are the hardstatus lines; the > longest has almost certainly wrapped.
HEH :-) I used something similar for ages. In fact, I still have it in my .screenrc file, but commented out: caption always "%{= kf}%5n %t (%H) %=%Y-%m-%d %c:%s " HTH, Giorgos _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"