Using KDE's clock instead of XFCE's clock

Jannis Pohlmann jannis at xfce.org
Tue Apr 18 16:28:41 CEST 2006


On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:41:54 +0200
Mateusz Łoskot <mateusz at loskot.net> wrote:

> 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.

Err, I didn't talk about linking KDE libraries or making the KDE clock
available to Xfce users. Instead, I would rather add it as another mode
to the current Xfce clock.

Heck, you got ideas ... Hehe.

- Jannis
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