asclock(1.0)

NAME
       asclock - the AfterStep clock

SYNOPSIS
       asclock [ -help] [-12 | -24] [-shape]
               [-position [+|-]x[+|-]y]
               [-exe program]
               [-led color]
               [-noblink] [-iconic]

DESCRIPTION
       The  asclock  is  a clock written to emulate the date/time
       application on the NEXTSTEP(tm) operating system.  asclock
       supports  multiple languages, military and AM/PM time for-
       mats, program execution, and the shape extension to X-Win-
       dows.

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
       -help
              prints the usage message:
                      usage:  asclock [-options ...]
                      where options include:
                          -12                     12 hour format
                          -24                     24 hour format
                          -exe <program>          program to start on click
                          -led <color>            color of the led
                          -position [+|-]x[+|-]y  position of asclock
                          -shape                  don't display groundplate
                          -noblink                don't blink
                          -iconic                 start up as icon

       -12 or -24
              sets  the desired time format to either twelve hour
              with AM/PM ( -12 ) or military time ( -24 ).  If no
              option is given military time is used.

       -shape
              turn  on  shaped  window support for asclock.  When
              this is turned on the  asclock  windows  will  only
              appear  to  be  the  led  and date pad.  By default
              shaped windows are turned off and  the  clock  will
              appear on a 64 pixel by 64 pixel base.

       -led <color>
              specifies  the  color  of the led. To find out what
              colors are available, try showrgb

       -position [+|-]x[+|-]y
              specifies the starting  position  of  asclock.  The
              [+|-]  works like the standard X-Windows x/y geome-
              try option.

       -exe <program>
              specifies the application to start when the pointer
              is  activated  over asclock. To invoke applications
              with parameters, you have to set quotes around  the
              command. See example below...

       -noblink
              specifies if asclock should blink.

       -iconic
              This  gives  weird  output with AfterStep, so don't
              bother. It's for mwm and other wm's  with  no  hint
              functionality.

INVOCATION
       asclock  can  be  called  from one of many ways.  The most
       common invocation is the command line:

            [user@host] ~% asclock -12 -exe 'xlock -mode hop' &

       Another way to call asclock is from the window manager:

            *Wharf - - MaxSwallow "asclock"    asclock -shape -12&

       This  line,   when   placed   in   the   wharf   file   in
       ~/GNUstep/Library/AfterStep  will cause asclock to use the
       shape extensions so that it will be a button on the  Wharf
       (1) button bar under the afterstep (1) window manager.

COPYRIGHTS
       Copyright  1996,  Beat  Christen  lt;bchriste@iiic.ethz.ch.
       Distributed under GNU GPL v2 ; see LICENSE file  for  more
       informations.

AUTHORS
       Beat Christen lt;bchriste@iiic.ethz.ch -- application

       Dan Weeks lt;dan@mango.sfasu.edu -- man page