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.m.b.m.kennis@ele.tue.nl> - bbdate
Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org> - this man page
Chris Gibson <chris@linuxops.net> - minor man page revisions for Debian