[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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