Using KDE's clock instead of XFCE's clock

Mateusz Łoskot mateusz at loskot.net
Tue Apr 18 16:40:45 CEST 2006


Jannis Pohlmann wrote:
> 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.

Sorry, I misunderstood you.

> Heck, you got ideas ... Hehe.

Heh, I was just scary :-)

Cheers
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Mateusz Łoskot
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