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BBDATE

NAME

bbdate − display the current date in a Blackbox style window

SYNOPSIS

bbdate [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

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.

USAGE

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.

OPTIONS

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.

FILES

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.

VERSION

0.2.4

BUGS

bbdate doesn’t stay on top

SEE ALSO

bbdate.conf(5)

AUTHOR

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

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