SummaryLineClock - desktop clock shaped in the form of line LineClock uses representation of time as a straight line. Sometimes it's handy to see what event would take place in half an hour as a point
... [More] on time line. And here it is. Events may be set by clicking on time line or by editing them in a dialog.
RequirementsPython 2.5+ (http://python.org) PyGTK 2.12+ (http://pygtk.org) pynotify (http://www.galago-project.org) Also some console audio player is needed to play alarm sound. aplay or mplayer should be good.
Installationrun (as root) python setup.py install
LineClock can be run without installation, just run lineclock.py
ConfigUser config is placed in $HOME/.config/lineclock.conf
Config has 4 sections
widget Sectiontype - either H or V. Defines orientation of time line: horizontal or vertical timerange - length of time line, in seconds nowrel - number from 0.0 to 1.0. Position of Now on time line tickgap - distance between labeled ticks, in seconds ntick - number of ticks between labeled ones ltr - if 1, time raises left-to-right/up-to-down. If -1 otherwise. Other values are not allowed main_w - width of time line. from 0 pixels to infinity =) now_w - width of Now line long_w - width of labeled ticks short_w - width of simple ticks marker_w - width of markers that mean events on time line now_h - 2 numbers in brackets, delimited by comma. numbers mean start and end of Now line, measured downwards/leftwards from time line. Negative number means upper than time line. Order is not important. Pixels. long_h - the same for labeled ticks short_h - for simple ticks marker_h - for markers label_fmt - format of labels, that is used in time.strftime label_x - horizontal distance from label center to time line label_y - vertical distance from label center to time line pos_tolerance - number of pixels that defines if position on time line is considered as marker gtkrc - name of rc file, see below window Sectiondecorated - if True, window has frame keep_below - self explaining sticky skip_pager skip_taskbar opacity - from 0.0 to 1.0 x - position of window y - position of window length - if type=H it's window width, if type=V it's height alarm Sectionplayer - command used as audio player. aplay or mplayer should be good file - sound file to play misc Sectiontooltip_fmt - time format used in tooltips Because of python stdlib's ConfigParser module, comments, blank lines and order of options are different after any config save, which takes place every time the application exits. So be prepared.
gtkrcThe look of LineClock is modified via gtkrc file. Path to this file is defined in section widget of config file. gtkrc file looks like this:
pixmap_path "."
style "lineclock" {
xthickness = 1
ythickness = 1
font_name = "11"
fg[NORMAL] = "#02158f" # main line and ticks
fg[ACTIVE] = "#91bef2" # now line
#fg[PRELIGHT] = "green" # not used
fg[SELECTED] = "#bababa" # markers
fg[INSENSITIVE] = "#4e8eda" # labels new
bg[NORMAL] = "#150926" # background
#bg_pixmap[NORMAL] = "background.png"
}
widget "*lineclock-widget" style "lineclock"Colors of various lines, labels and background are defined here. You may specify background image instead of plain color. font_name parameter affects labels. xtickness and ythickness define margins around time line. [Less]
