2010/2/24 Riccardo Iaconelli <ricca...@kde.org>: >> LXDE has a digital clock which works like that, allowing me to use a >> "Ymd.Hi" date/time setup. Even in KDE 3.5 the digital clock allowed me to >> use a "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM" option, which isn't PHP but which would be >> preferable over the current digital clock options which limit >> customisation of a critical part of the KDE system too much to my liking. >> >> >> I ask because the current way of displaying both time and date causes a >> critical displacement of the actual time, as well as offering only a "d M >> Y" scheme, which requires me to calculate the actual numerical >> representation of the month as well as transform this date, "13 Feb 2010" >> at the time of writing, to "20100213" which is required for proper >> management of the data stored on my network. >> >> Integrating a similar system as LXDE, where the PHP date() standard could >> be utilized to allow each user their own personalized representation of >> the time and date would be a major improvement for a critical system like >> a digital clock. > > That's indeed a good idea, however I don't think it fits with the design of > the digital clock we're shipping with KDE Workspace. It is infact supposed to > be a simple clock that will fit most cases without needing a pletora of > configuration options. It is exactly to addresss use cases like yours that we > made very simple to extend or replace all the components of the workspace. > If you can code in Javascript or C++, or ruby or python, you can create a new > clock, and you can distribute it through Get Hot New Stuff (via opendesktop) > or we can include it with the next KDE SC. There are some tutorials on > techbase, and you can get some help on plasma-devel@kde.org or the #plasma IRC > channel on Freenode.
There is already clock that allows to fully configure format, it is in kdereview for some months (waiting for Aaron ;-)) and is named Adjustable Clock. _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
