new clock plugin

[Jasper Huijsmans]

Brian J. Tarricone schreef:
> Hey Jasper & all,
> 
> I spent a few hours and rewrote the clock plugin from scratch.  It's
> basically datetime with a bunch of pre-selected time/date formats and
> the ability to enter custom format strings.  I probably should have just
> modified datetime, but I wanted to write a plugin from scratch with the
> new panel interface (was damned easy).
> 

Always good to hear ;-)

> Anyway, patch attached.  If you like the direction I'm taking with it,
> feel free to commit and I'll finish it later.
> 
> Stuff that's missing:

I'd like to hear some opinions on this. Personally, I never use LED or 
analog clocks, but they have been part of Xfce for a very long time. I 
wouldn't mind having a goodie with LED/analog clocks.

> * LED view (do we care?)
> * analog view (do we care?)
> * ability to set different fonts (do we care?)

I think so, yes. Maybe even colors?

> * tooltip (yes, we care)
> 

> We can also debate what the pre-selected date/time formats should be
> later ^_~.
> 
> Note that the patch needs a one-line change to configure.ac, so be sure
> to rerun autogen.
> 

I'll wait a little for responses.

Thanks,
	Jasper