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- TimeKeeper Documentation
- Larry Rosenstein
- Apple Computer Inc.
- 12/16/87
-
-
- TimeKeeper is a simple program written with MacApp™. I wrote
- it primarily to run under MultiFinder™. I wanted to have a
- small clock always on the screen. I didn't want to use one
- of the menu bar clocks, since (at the time) they didn't work
- well with MultiFinder or the Macintosh II. The Alarm Clock DA
- wasn't good enough because it appears in the same place
- all the time (usually in the wrong place).
-
- Thus, TimeKeeper was created.
-
- TimeKeeper displays an analog clock in a circular window on
- the screen. It runs in the background under MultiFinder,
- and uses MultiFinder's WaitNextEvent call. It will run
- without MultiFinder as well, although this isn't very
- interesting.
-
- TimeKeeper remembers the window position and all its settings
- in a preferences file. Therefore, you can make it one of
- your startup applications under MultiFinder and it will
- always appear where you last put it.
-
- There is not much to know to use TimeKeeper. You can resize
- the window by clicking on the white arc. If you click anywhere
- else on the border you can drag the window.
-
- The commands in the Options menu should be self-explanatory.
- If you turn on the hourly chime, your Mac will beep on
- the hour. On a Macintosh II, which has the new Sound Manager,
- you will also be able to select any of the beep sounds you
- have installed.
-
- If you turn on the sweep second hand, then TimeKeeper will
- wake up every second to move the hand. Otherwise, it will
- wake up only once a minute. (Actually, because of a bug
- in System 4.2, TimeKeeper wakes up every half second. This
- bug will be fixed in the next version of the System; TimeKeeper
- checks the System version to decide if the fix is installed,
- and will adapt to either system.)
-
- If you turn on the circular clock option, then the clock
- window will be constrained to be a circle. This makes for
- a nicer-looking display.
-
- TimeKeeper is written with MacApp, and is distributed subject
- to the MacApp license agreement. You may freely distribute
- TimeKeeper, provided you do not change it in any way, and that
- you do not charge for it. If you do distribute the program,
- please include this file.
-
- Although I have been using TimeKeeper myself for a while, I
- haven't tested it with a wide variety of software or hardware,
- so beware. You might want to try it out first without any other
- prorgams running, so that you don't lose any valuable data.
-
- So give TimeKeeper a try, and let me know what you think!
-
- Larry Rosenstein
- Apple Computer Inc.
- 20525 Mariani Ave M/S 32-E
- Cupertino, CA 95014
-
- CSNet: lsr@Apple.COM
- UUCP: {nsc, sun}!apple!lsr
- AppleLink: Rosenstein1
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-
- © Apple Computer, Inc. 1987
-
-
- Change Log:
-
- 12/22/87: 1.0a1
-