[mythtv-users] Current time of day?
Steve Adeff
adeffs at gmail.com
Tue Dec 20 23:55:21 EST 2005
On Tuesday 20 December 2005 13:39, Al Mcintosh wrote:
> > You could make a small shell script that calls mythtvosd to display
> > the current time and map the script to a button on your remote.
> >
> > mythtvosd --template=alert --alert_text=$(date)
>
> This was my first impulse but thought I would check before reinventing
> the wheel. :)
>
> I don't want to exit the show I am watching just to see the time. It
> would be nice to see it in the OSD info.
>
> > On 12/20/05, *David Ellis* <david at ellisonline.ca
> > <mailto:david at ellisonline.ca>> wrote:
> >
> > And an LCD panel driven by LCDd.........
> >
> > David
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > <mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org>
> > [mailto: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > <mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org>] On Behalf Of Joseph A.
> > Caputo
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:43 PM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?
> >
> > On Tuesday 20 December 2005 12:37, Al Mcintosh wrote:
> > > Hey,
> > >
> > > Either I have yet to find it, or it doesnt' exist, is
> >
> > current time
> >
> > > of day displayed anywhere?
> >
> > Currently, the only place to see the current time is in the OSD while
> > watching a recording, in the EPG, or in MythWeather (there may be
> > others, not sure).
> >
> > Someone recently submitted a patch to add a theme element for a
> > clock, but I don't recall if it was committed. Themes would need to be
> > updated to include it on various screens, anyway.
> >
> > -JAC
its in the OSD in SVN.
--
Steve
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