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by machinebacon » Sat Nov 12, 2016 5:56 pm
nano ~/.xinitrc
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# ...all your .xinitrc stuff are above this
while true; do date +"%H:%M" | osd_cat -A right -p bottom -o -40 -i 20 -c cyan; done &
exec <window-manager>
"while true - do .. - done" is a never-ending loop. The date +"%H:%M" command shows you hours:minutes and pipes the output to osd_cat (installed on BBQ). Alignment is right, at the bottom position, with an offset of -40 pixels and indented 20 pixels, in cyan color. Done :D after this, the window manager starts
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by noo_b_nomnoms » Sun Nov 13, 2016 10:00 am
Awesome! Thanks for this!
Sir! Put down the hammer and slowly step away from the computer.