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- | Welcome to MonkeyClock_v1.1 ! |
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- | (Nov-21-1994) |
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- [0] Index:
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- [0] This lines
- [1] Introduction
- [2] Installation
- [3] Customization
- [4] Copyrights and E-Mail-ware
- [5] Disclaimer
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- [1] Introduction
- ----------------
-
- MonkeyClock is a simple MUI + WB clock which has some powerful
- customization options.
- It is an E-Mail-ware program; read section [4] for further details.
- Please read carefully MUI.readme and MUIBuilder.readme files, too.
-
- To run MonkeyClock you need OS 2.0 (or higher) and muimaster.library
- (you can find it in MUI user-package).
-
-
-
-
- [2] Installation
- ----------------
-
- You can simply double-click on Install-MonkeyClock icon (you don't
- need installer, because it is only a shell script).
- If you want to do it by hand follow these steps:
-
- - copy "monkey.config" file to S:
- - copy "display.font" file and display directory (with its contents)
- to FONTS: if you want to use this font with MonkeyClock.
- - copy MonkeyClock and its icon to WBStartup: (or elsewhere)
-
- NOTE: if you use Install-MonkeyClock, MonkeyClock program will be
- copied in SYS:WBStartup/ directory so it will be run every
- time you turn on your Amiga.
-
-
-
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- [3] Customization
- -----------------
-
- MonkeyClock has a configuration file ("monkey.config"), which should be
- placed in directory "S:"; this file contains informations about fonts,
- date and time formats, and alarm set-up.
-
-
- FONTS
- -----
-
- MonkeyClock uses two different fonts for displaying hour and date; they
- are specified in the two lines of configuration file:
-
- CLOCK_FONT: "<font name with full path>" , <font size>
- DATE_FONT: "<font name with full path>" , <font size>
-
- For example, if you want the hour to be displayed using font Times and
- size 11, you must add the following line in S:monkey.config
-
- CLOCK_FONT: "FONTS:Times.font" , 11
-
-
- * NOTE: if you want to CONTROL MonkeyClock FONTS WITH MUI, YOU MUST DELETE
- THE TWO FONT LINES IN monkey.config: in this way, MonkeyClock uses MUI
- font "Tiny" for date and MUI font "Fixed" for hour.
-
- The MonkeyClock archive contains a nice font, which looks great when used
- to display hour in a high res laced screen; see installation section for
- further details.
-
-
- HOUR AND DATE FORMATS
- ---------------------
-
- The best feature of MonkeyClock is that you can fully redefine what
- it displays: you can set a clock that shows only the seconds, you can
- add the name of your time-zone to the date, you can display the name
- of your girl friend :?) between the day of the week and the year and so
- on ...
-
- All these things can be easily achived selecting Format from MonkeyClock
- menu: a new window will appear.
- In this window you can change the hour and date format strings (labeled
- 'Time Fmt:' and 'Date Fmt:' ) which control what the clock displays.
-
- You can use some special sequences of characters (a '%' followed by
- a letter) which have special meanings:
-
- SEQUENCE MEANING
-
- %a day of the week (abbreviation)
- %A day of the week ('Sunday', 'Monday', ...)
- %b month's name (abbreviation)
- %B month's name ('Genuary', 'February', ...)
- %c local date and hour
- %d day oh the month (01-31)
- %H hour (00-23)
- %I hour (01-12)
- %j day of the year
- %m month (01-12)
- %M minutes
- %p AM or PM (localized, i.e. local initials)
- %S seconds
- %U week of the year (00-53) (week begins on Sunday)
- %w day of the week (0-6)
- %W week of the year (00-53) (week begins on Monday)
- %x local date representation
- %X local hour representation
- %y year (00-99)
- %Y year with century
- %Z time zone name (if there is one)
- %% %
-
-
- For example, if you want a clock which displays the message 'hello world'
- between seconds and minutes, and only the year (with century) as date,
- you must set the two strings as follow:
-
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- Time Fmt: |%S Hello World %M |
- +-------------------+
-
- +-------------------+
- Date Fmt: |%Y |
- +-------------------+
-
-
- In Format window you'll find some buttons, too:
-
-
- Use : apply changes to MonkeyClock
- ---
- Default : set default time and date formats
- -------
- Cancel : discard changes in format strings
- ------
- Load : load time and date formats from monkey.config
- ----
- Save : save time and date formats to monkey.config
- ----
-
- (when MonkeyClock is started, it reads time and date formats from
- monkey.config configuration file).
-
-
- ALARM
- -----
-
- MonkeyClock loses nothing in comparison with your favourite alarm-clock:
- select Alarm from MonkeyClock menu and the Set-Alarm window will appear.
- Use Hours and Minutes sliders to set the alarm-time, and click on
- button [Alarm ON] to turn the alarm ON or OFF.
- You can also change the alarm-message that will be displayed in
- the alarm-window.
-
- In Set-Alarm window you'll find these buttons:
-
- Use : use current alarm settings
- ---
- Save : save current alarm settings to monkey.config
- ----
- Cancel : discard current alarm settings
- ------
-
- (when MonkeyClock is started, it reads alarm settings from monkey.config
- configuration file).
-
-
- When MonkeyClock notices that it's time to wake you up 8-|, it makes a
- standard intuition screen-flash + beep and pop-ups a window with the
- alert message; when you close this window, the alarm is automatically
- turned off.
-
-
- WINDOW POSITION AND MUI-SETTINGS
- --------------------------------
- If you don't have already registered your MUI package, your MUI
- preferences program probably will not save your MUI settings (you
- can save 'em only as global settings).
-
- So, if you have some trouble with MonkeyClock window position and
- size try this:
-
- - drag and resize MonkeyClock until you find a good position in
- your WB window, then double-click FixSize&Pos icon
-
- - when you turn on your Amiga, MonkeyClock will open
- its window in your favourite position
-
-
-
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- [4] Copyrights and E-Mail-ware
-
- MonkeyClock (v1.1) comes in the lharc archive MonkeyClock_v1.1.lha
- which holds the following files:
-
- MonkeyClock > the executable
- MonkeyClock.info > a nice icon for MonkeyClock
- MonkeyClock.doc > this text-file
- MUI.readme > something about MUI
- MUIBuilder.readme > something about MUIBuilder
- Install_MonkeyClock > the installation script
- FixSize&Pos > fix MonkeyClock position and size
- monkey.config > the configuration file
- display.font > a nice font for MonkeyClock
- display/26 >
-
- plus some other .info files
-
- MonkeyClock is FREEWARE: the archive MonkeyClock_1.1.lha MAY BE FREELY
- DISTRIBUTED, as long as no charges more than reasonable copying and
- handling fees are collected!!!
- You cannot modify (or leave out) none of its files and the display font
- cannot be distributed outside the MonkeyClock package.
- This program may be included in freeware collections, providing that the
- previous conditions are respected.
-
- >> TO SOFTWARE REVIEWS: if you include this program in one of your
- disks, please send me a copy of the review, thanks :-)
-
-
- >> MonkeyClock is also E-Mail-ware:
- --------------------------------
- if you decide to install it, please send me an email to give me some
- ideas or remarks ... if you find some BUGS, send me an email ...
- if you hate it, send me an email, too ... (-B
-
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- My address:
-
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- | |
- | De Biasi Marzio |
- | via Borgo Simoi, 34 |
- | 31029 Vittorio Veneto (TV) |
- | Italy |
- | |
- | E-Mail: debiasi@dimi.uniud.it |
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- Thanks!!!
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- [5] Disclaimer
- --------------
- THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
- APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
- HOLDER AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
- OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
- THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE
- PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE
- COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
-
- IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
- WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY REDISTRIBUTE THE
- PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
- GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE
- USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS
- OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR
- THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
- PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
- POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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