I got this question on Google+ from +John Kerr Jr and want to answer here for more detail
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Looks great. I've been enjoying Vsido. I have always preferred Fluxbox. One question though, how can I add the clock and date in tint2 in the upper right corner?
Hi +John Kerr Jr and thanks!
Tint2 on VSIDO is setup from /usr/local/bin/tint2launchers directory. The panel (upper right system tray) file is /usr/local/bin/tint2launchers/tint2rc. The bottom tint2 launcher is /usr/local/bin/tint2launchers/tint2rcallbtm
Edit /usr/local/bin/tint2launchers/tint2rc as root ... and under # Panel and line 28 you need to add a C so it looks like this
panel_items = FSC
Then under # Clock you can change the formats to your desired style
# CLOCK
#---------------------------------------------
time1_format = %H:%M
time1_font = sans 8
time2_format = %A %d %B
time2_font = sans 6
clock_font_color = #ffffff 76
clock_padding = 4 4
clock_background_id = 1
At the Configure Tint2 Wiki site you can find the Clock Settings here (https://code.google.com/p/tint2/wiki/Configure#Clock) (And all of the Tint2 settings)
As a side note... anyone can move/copy these files from the /usr/local/bin/tint2launchers directory to your /home/username for easier editing and managing.... most of us do this and put them under the /home/myusername/.config/tint2
So V-Ger you ask, why not have it that way by default? Good question.. and I would IF the tint2 developers would adhere to simple desktop standards such as $HOME in config manipulations ... The variable launcher_apps_dir must be a complete path to function... and since there is no way I can know a users home dir name to start these files, I had to place them in /usr/local/bin/tint2launchers and so that the launchers will work correctly
If anyone has any suggestions to solve this a different way, V-Ger is all about gathering new intel...
I have submitted this as an issue to the tint2 devs (https://code.google.com/p/tint2/issues/detail?id=474)
FYI and follow up on this.. I was not happy with the answers from the tint2 devs and it looks as if nothing will be changed
Edit - It looks as if changes will be made in future versions of tint2 to comply with the standards
I have made changes though that will be on the next ISO, tint2 will reside on your /home/username and only the launchers will stay on /usr/local/bin/tint2launchers
This way everyone will own the tint2 configs as a user and take root out of the loop...
I should have done this a long time ago, so thank you John Kerr for raising the issue
Thanks, VastOne. I'll reflect these changes in my install.