Using KDE's clock instead of XFCE's clock

Mateusz Łoskot mateusz at loskot.net
Tue Apr 18 15:41:54 CEST 2006


Jannis Pohlmann wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:59:35 +0300
> "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/17/06, Mateusz Łoskot <mateusz at loskot.net> wrote:
>>> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>>> Is it possible to use KDE's clock instead of XFCE's clock? KDE's
>>>> clock has the 'fuzzy logic' setting whereby instead of reading
>>>> "15:30" it reads "Half Past Three". I really, really like that.
>>> So, why not to use KDE?
>>>
>> I can see now that this type of feature request is bloat. Therefore,
>> it should stay out of Xfce if Xfce is to remain a lightweight desktop.
>> Sorry for the noise.
> 
> Adding it as another option to the current clock can not be called
> bloat, I think. It's not causing much (if any) overhead and does not
> slow up things. If nobody of the other devs is against it, I'll look
> into that after 4.4.

I think so too.
If someone wants it, then she is able to load it.
But when she does not need it, then no extra libraries (kdelibs, etc.)
are loaded and XFCE stays untouched.

Cheers
-- 
Mateusz Łoskot
http://mateusz.loskot.net



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