Software information: Alarm
Overview
An iconbar clock and alarm system for RISC OS.
Usage notes
User defined time and date display formats (accessed from ‘Choices…’ menu item) can contain any combination of the following codes.
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
%se |
seconds |
%mi |
minutes |
%12 |
hours (12 hour format) |
%24 |
hours (24 hour format) |
%am or %pm |
am/pm |
%we |
weekday (full) |
%w3 |
weekday (3-character abbreviation) |
%wn |
weekday (number) |
%dy |
day of the month |
%st |
st/nd/rd/th |
%mo |
month (full) |
%m3 |
month (3-character abbreviation) |
%mn |
month (number) |
%ce |
century |
%yr |
year within century (2 digits) |
%wk |
week of the year (Mon to Sun) |
%dn |
day of the year |
%tz |
timezone |
%% |
‘%’ |
~AH |
analogue hours display |
~AM |
analogue minutes display |
~AS |
analogue seconds display |
~IN |
alternating :/. indicator previously used by HH:MM format |
Numbers are displayed with leading zeros, which can be omitted by adding z immediately after the %. Plain text can also be included.
Installation Instructions
!Alarm is present in the RISC OS ROM. If you wish to use another version, you may have to issue:
*RMKill !Alarm
before you can load the other version from disc.
Issues
If you are experiencing problems with this software, first check to see if a ticket has been raised on the Bug tracker page. You may also want to visit the Bugs forum.
If you have a general query related to the software, you can enquire on the Community Support forum.
History of the component
To view the release history for versions available on the ROOL web site, visit the GitLab Commits page (releases are “tagged” with the version number).
Obtaining the software
This software is usually supplied as part of the RISC OS 5 system ROM. A version suitable for softloading1 can be found in the !Boot.RO350Hook directory of the standard HardDisc4 build.
To obtain the source code, visit the GitLab source page.
1 To get the softload version working, you may need to install the rest of !Boot from the HardDisc4 archive. Users of RISC OS 3 and RISC OS 4 will need to install PlingSystem as well.
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