wwm@pmsmam.uucp (Bill Meahan) (04/06/91)
On my old Atari ST, I have a neat little program which displays a map of the world with the areas of sunlight, darkness and twilight overlaying the appropriate parts of the map. The clock eads the current system time and updates the screen appropriately as time passes. This program is known as "sunclock." There is a far more sophisticated program for the IBM-PC called "geoclock" which is in color and adds many features. Does such a program exist for X-windows? Can someone point me to the sources. We have HP9000's here with "plain" X and Motif so an Open Look version just won't do :-) Thanks!! -- Bill Meahan |Product Design & Testing Section Production Test Engineer |Starter Motor Engineering wwm@pmsmam | +1 313 484 9320
jc@condor.bu.edu (James Cameron) (04/07/91)
>>>>> On 5 Apr 91 20:46:14 GMT, wwm@pmsmam.uucp (Bill Meahan) said:
Bill> and updates the screen appropriately as time passes. This program is
Bill> known as "sunclock."
Yep, that is what it is called in X land as well. *8-)
Bill> There is a far more sophisticated program for the IBM-PC called "geoclock"
Bill> which is in color and adds many features.
Bill> Does such a program exist for X-windows?
Well, it looks like you are going to get your Atari version
of the clock, as the only one that I am aware that doesn't run under
xnews (the new Sun window server) is sunclock. You can pick it
up at export.lcs.mit.edu
Bill> Can someone point me to the sources.
Just did!
Bill> We have HP9000's here with "plain" X and Motif so an Open Look version
Bill> just won't do :-)
The Open Look version allows resizing, and a little bit of playing
with what is highlighted. So the only advantage is *really* has is that
a user can change the size of the thing. *8-)
Bill> Thanks!!
Bill> --
Bill> Bill Meahan |Product Design & Testing Section
Sure thing!
Also, export.lcs.mit.edu is one of *the* best places to look for
X stuff!
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