brentaal Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Found this on reddit and thought I'd share it here. (everything below this line has been copy-pasted) I just found out you can customize the clock applet quite a bit: open gconf-editor, go to /apps/panel/applets/clock_screen0/prefs, set the format key to "custom", then edit the custom_format key as you like. Two examples (I use the second one): custom_key value: <sup><span rise="3000" font_desc="Sans 7.5" color="#606060" weight="normal">%a %d %b</span></sup>%n<sub><span font_desc="Sans 7.5" color="#606060" weight="bold">%I:%M %p</span></sub> custom_key value: <sup><span rise="1000" font_desc="Sans 7.5" color="#606060" weight="normal">%a %F</span></sup>%n<sub><span font_desc="Sans 7.5" color="#606060" weight="bold">%H:%M %z</span></sub> You may have to enlarge the panel height of a couple of pixels (<25px looks like **** with this font) to have a decent result though. I really like it. Source: reddit Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/828778-changing-the-look-of-gnome-panels-clock/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeikus Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I never knew you could do that. Nice. Thanks for sharing :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/828778-changing-the-look-of-gnome-panels-clock/#findComment-591643852 Share on other sites More sharing options...
robz0rz Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 At the risk of connecting my reddit account to this nickname (you know how they figure out who you are through mystical ways sometimes): <span size="smaller" color="#999999">%a %d %b</span> <b>%H:%M <small>%S</small></b> This is what I've been using for the longest time. I think I got it of a blogpost from Hylke Bons Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/828778-changing-the-look-of-gnome-panels-clock/#findComment-591644564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2687 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 That's pretty cool. I tried using the seconds display but it doesn't actually refresh every second so you can't see the clock ticking. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/828778-changing-the-look-of-gnome-panels-clock/#findComment-591714212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
robz0rz Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Be sure to also tick the option show_seconds then ? or right-click the clock applet, select preferences, and tick "Show seconds" there. Problem solved Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/828778-changing-the-look-of-gnome-panels-clock/#findComment-591714336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightIdea Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Wow... I never actually knew you could do that, this is going in my How-To pile :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/828778-changing-the-look-of-gnome-panels-clock/#findComment-591722000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceminess Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Found this on reddit and thought I'd share it here. (everything below this line has been copy-pasted)I just found out you can customize the clock applet quite a bit: open gconf-editor, go to /apps/panel/applets/clock_screen0/prefs, set the format key to "custom", then edit the custom_format key as you like. Two examples (I use the second one): custom_key value: <sup><span rise="3000" font_desc="Sans 7.5" color="#606060" weight="normal">%a %d %b</span></sup>%n<sub><span font_desc="Sans 7.5" color="#606060" weight="bold">%I:%M %p</span></sub> custom_key value: <sup><span rise="1000" font_desc="Sans 7.5" color="#606060" weight="normal">%a %F</span></sup>%n<sub><span font_desc="Sans 7.5" color="#606060" weight="bold">%H:%M %z</span></sub> You may have to enlarge the panel height of a couple of pixels (<25px looks like **** with this font) to have a decent result though. I really like it. Source: reddit Thats cool, I'll have to try that when I get home. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/828778-changing-the-look-of-gnome-panels-clock/#findComment-591722010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syanide Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Can't wait to test this. (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/828778-changing-the-look-of-gnome-panels-clock/#findComment-591747382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Raphaël G. MVC Posted November 11, 2009 MVC Share Posted November 11, 2009 This is so simple but great! Thanks for sharing!! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/828778-changing-the-look-of-gnome-panels-clock/#findComment-591836158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-scratch Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 thanks when i boot back into ubuntu i will try this out :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/828778-changing-the-look-of-gnome-panels-clock/#findComment-591871812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Rodican Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 thanks. mine is a variant of the OSX one someone posted somewhere else, but different, made to look like a vintage digital clock: <sup><span font_desc="Minisystem 21" color="green" weight="bold" > %a </span> <span font_desc="Minisystem 21" color="green" weight="bold" >%I:%M %p</span></sup> requires the Minisystem font available here from FontCenter: http://www.fontcenter.com/fonts/minisystem.html they have a lot of nice fonts, i also recommend zero threes among others. if doesnt matter if you click on mac font or pc font, they both work fine in the font installer. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/828778-changing-the-look-of-gnome-panels-clock/#findComment-594915857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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