bbdate − display the current date in a Blackbox style window
bbdate [OPTIONS]
bbdate displays the date in a decorated window, simulating the look of the Blackbox toolbar (Blackbox is a Window Manager for X11). To copy this look, a great deal of the code was taken from Blackbox.
By default bbdate reads the Blackbox style-file as defined in ~/.blackboxrc and copies as much of the style as possible. The result is an application which looks a lot like the toolbar.
The position is given as +x+y or -x-y (or combination) where -x-y is the (x,y) distance of the right bottom of screen to the right bottom of bbdate.
So position -0-0 puts the application in the lower right conner of the screen.
A summary of the options supported by bbdate is included below.
−bb[config]
Use alternate Blackbox configuration file.
−c[onfig] filename
Use alternate configuration file.
−def[ault]
Fall back on default configuration.
−display display name
X server to connect to.
−h[elp]
Show summary of options and exit.
−p[osition] position
Set position of window.
−s[hape]
Don’t display groundplate.
−v[ersion]
Display version number and exit.
−w[ithdrawn]
Places bbdate in the slit.
Under Blackbox
/etc/bbtools/bbdate.conf the global configuration file.
~/.bbtools/bbdate.conf a local configuration file.
/etc/bbtools/bbdate.style the global style file.
~/.bbtools/bbdate.style a local style file.
Under other Window managers
~/.bbtoolsrc specify options for other window managers. If you want
to define your personal configuration file edit ~/.bbtoolsrc:
bbdate.configFile: <your config file>
/etc/bbtools/bbdate.nobb the global configuration file.
~/.bbtools/bbdate.nobb a local configuration file.
0.2.4
bbdate doesn’t stay on top
John Kennis <j DOT m DOT b DOT m DOT kennis AT ele DOT tue DOT nl> - bbdate
Jan Schaumann <jschauma AT netmeister DOT org> - this man page
Chris Gibson <chris AT linuxops DOT net> - minor man page revisions for Debian