#x11cp #archaic #application

#xrolodex is a #motif application which offers a rolodex-like program to store information.

See: https://x11cp.org/apps/xrolodex/

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From the README:

#icao is an interactive program running under #x11 #motif. Its input is a so
called "world file", which is an ASCII file containing descriptions of objects
such as airports, roads, towns, radio beacons and the like. ICAO will use
either Lambert or Mercator projection to generate a map from this world file,
either on your screen or as PostScript output.

ICAO allows you to interactively work with the map on the screen, i.e. scroll
it, use a rubber line to measure distances and tracks etc. Additional features
are available for both motorized flights and soaring.

See: https://x11cp.org/apps/icao/

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This time round, it's #xwpick.

#xwpick is an application screenshot/capture program, similar to #xwd.

The interesting part of this program is the number of formats it inherently supports:

* ps
* eps
* epsi
* gif
* ppm

See: https://x11cp.org/apps/xwpick/

As part of the #x11cp I'm working on, I have also begun getting #mgr working. It's a slightly difficult task, but worth it

So far, I'm working through fixing compiler issues.

More info here:. https://hack.org/~mc/mgr/

Historically this is important. I hope @mc agrees. I'm sure he won't mind me resurrecting this.

It's going to be fun!

#x11cp #archaic application.

It's time (yes, literally) for another clock application.

This time (heh!), it's #xdotclock which as the name suggests, draws a digital clock from a series of dots. It does this using nothing more than xlib.

It was originally written by Haran Shivanan, sometime in 2003-July-07

The README highlights the following:

"It runs in both 12 hour and 24 hour modes and is somewhat configurable. You can display the clock in arbitrary colors or have it continuously shift colors, control the speed at which the particles move around and the size of the particles."

To get this to compile, I had to remove the GCC flag of `-m486` -- that's no longer supported.

What's interesting here though is the effect that has on the cycling between colours. That's now *very* fast, and although you can control that with the `-speed` option to introduce a delay, this isn't now working, since the CPU power has increased so much since the 486, that I'm going to have to modify the code to bring this option inline with more modern hardware.

Anyhow, screenshots attached! The "green" clock is meant to represent the cycling between colours -- and don't get me wrong, it does work, it's just *fast*! :)

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Another clock application! This time, it's #xarclock, written by Jaime Garcia Ghirelli, somtime in April 1994.

The README says:

"If clocks had been invented in Argentina (southern hemisphere), they would run anti-clockwise. Down there a sundial runs the other way around!

The program is an extension of the standard X clock widget. New features are: Configurable direction of rotation and font support in analog mode."

Interesting, indeed! So here's a screenshot showing a clock with roman numerals going clockwise, and a different clock showing the time going anti-clockwise.

Fun!

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This time, it's #xsclock which is a 56x56 #dockapp intended to be used in #afterstep's wharf module, but equally applies to #fvwmbuttons as well.

Originally written by Namio MATUDA, around 1999-Nov-24. The version I have here is 0.22

There is only one option `--day` which shows the day/month in the window.

Screenshots attached.

Hey all,

I've had a lot of interest in my recent #archaic #x11 application posts, which is nice to see.

Given that, I've now launched the #x11cp "X11 Conservancy Project" which is going to be me adding and maintaining these sources so that they hopefully live on in a meaningful way.

More information can be found here: https://x11cp.org/

If anyone's interested in helping, let me know. As you can probably tell, HTML is not my strong point at all, so if anyone wants to help with that, do let me know.