>>"Atul" == Atul Chitnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Atul> Has anyone come across a decent world clock program for Linux? I
Atul> constantly need to keep track of what time it is in which part of the
Atul> world. Under Windows I used to use Earthtime, but can't seem to find
Atul> anything under Linux. Kworldwatch is not the right tool because I have to
Atul> move the cursor to the spot I am interested in, and it seems to be wildly
Atul> inaccurate too.
Atul> Ideally, what I am would like is a bar with name of city and current
Atul> date/time there shown against it.
Well, this is horribly crude, but should tide you over till
you get a real program. Now, if you have a fixed set of places you
need to know the tiem about (her4e is an example for all the
timezones here in the US).
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TZ=PST8PDT7,M4.1.0,M10.5.0 xclock -geometry 100x100+686+900 -name PST 2> /dev/null &
sleep 1
TZ=MST7MDT6,M4.1.0,M10.5.0 xclock -geometry 100x100+786+900 -name MST 2> /dev/null &
sleep 1
TZ=CST6CDT5,M4.1.0,M10.5.0 xclock -geometry 100x100+886+900 -name CST 2> /dev/null &
sleep 1
TZ=EST5EDT4,M4.1.0,M10.5.0 xclock -geometry 100x100+986+900 -name EST 2> /dev/nu
ll &
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There. Unix at its best -- creating complex effects using
small, everyday tools ;-) ;-)
manoj
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