Binclock

It's my very first "project" in C++ so feel free to say me that i made thousands of stupid things in code. I don't like simple programs with big libraries included to make something in 5 lines than 10, so this one using only standard C++ libraries.

I made it because I wanted something to display binary clock in Conky, but I didn't found nothing special, so I decided to make it by myself. In other hand I wanted to increase my C++ level from -1 to 1 in 1-100 scale, so I dropped this project in PHP, and started from 0 in C++. This is end of this boring story.

Oh, and sorry for my english.

Requirements

Unix system
G++ compiler
Console with utf8 support (optional)

Instalation

download file binclock.cpp
cd to folder with downloaded file
run: $ g++ ./binclock.cpp -o binclock
optional - to make global program link: # ln -sr binclock /usr/local/bin/binclock
or just download and run: # sh install.sh to make this all in one command

Usage

binclock [options] run binclock --help to get this help message (i know, i'm lazy):

  --description      - Showing description for clock (G is 16, Z is 32).
  --truechar <char>  - String to show for 1 bit, default: "◉ ".
  --falsechar <char> - String to show for 0 bit, default: "○ ".
  --live             - Showing live clock (refresh every second). For hex time there is some delay,
                       because one hexadecimal seconds it's equal to 1.318359375 standard seconds,
                       and refresh interval is one standard second.
  --vertical         - Showing clock in vertical mode.
  --decimal          - Use decimal clock mode (not working with --hex option).
  --bcd              - Alias for --decimal.
  --noseconds        - Don't show seconds.
  --12hours          - Show clock in 12h mode, default is 24h mode (not working with --hex option).
  --hex              - Show clock for Hexadecimal time (16h, 256m, 16s).
                       See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal_time
  --help             - Show this help.

Todo

short console params like -d

Example outputs

$ binclock --description
  Z G 8 4 2 1 
H   ◉ ○ ◉ ○ ◉ 
M ○ ○ ◉ ◉ ○ ◉ 
S ◉ ○ ◉ ◉ ○ ○

$ binclock --vertical
  ○ ○ 
◉ ○ ○ 
○ ◉ ○ 
◉ ◉ ◉ 
○ ◉ ◉ 
◉ ◉ ◉

$ binclock --decimal --12hours --vertical --description
  H H M M S S 
8   ◉   ○   ○ 
4   ○ ○ ◉ ○ ◉ 
2 ○ ○ ○ ○ ◉ ○ 
1 ○ ◉ ◉ ○ ◉ ○

$ binclock --vertical --description --truechar "★ " --falsechar "☆ "
  H M S 
Z   ☆ ☆ 
G ★ ☆ ☆ 
8 ☆ ★ ☆ 
4 ★ ☆ ☆ 
2 ★ ★ ★ 
1 ☆ ☆ ☆

And of course for real nerds, hexadecimal:

$ binclock --hex --description
  8 4 2 1 
H ◉ ◉ ◉ ○ 
M ○ ○ ◉ ○ 
M ◉ ◉ ○ ◉ 
S ◉ ○ ◉ ◉

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