=> Subject: FVWM: Use of PipeRead or how do you get date into a button?
=> From: Bob Taylor <brtaylor_at_qtpi.lakewood.ca.us>
=>
=> I would like to have todays day and date displayed in an FvwmButton. I
=> have tried:
=>
=> *FvwmButtons(2x1,Swallow "" PipeRead 'date -d today "+%a %b %-d %Y"')
=>
=> and various pertubations. I'm currently running fvwm-2.0.43 and I'm out of
=> ideas! Pointers to doc's on PipeRead welcome!
=>
=> Thanks in advance.
=>
=> Bob
=>
If you don't fancy patching anything as Christophe suggested you could
get hold of xcal. This is a fairly simple calendar program. I don't use
it for keeping track of appointments or anything (although you can) I just
swallow the window that displays today's day and date.
See my fvwm page for an idea of how it looks. There's a screenshot there
somewhere.
M.Cartwright_at_qub.ac.uk -
http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~imc/vom.htm
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Received on Thu Jan 30 1997 - 04:47:07 GMT