cleonyc / glok

Glok! a simple cross-platform clock for the command line, written in go

Glok

Glok! a simple cross-platform clock for the command line, written in go

Usage

Open a command shell, type glok

and you've got a simple clock for your desktop!

Installation:

Grab a binary from the releases section:

Unix-like:

System Wide

sudo chmod +x /path/to/glok
sudo cp /path/to/glok /usr/local/bin

Locally:

Any changes to the path variable are not permanent, be sure to put them in your bash/zshrc.

Linux/BSD:

chmod +x /path/to/glok
cp /path/to/glok $HOME/.local/bin

If it doesn't work after running this, run

export PATH+=":$HOME/.local/bin"

Mac

Not recommended, you should install system-wide on mac

chmod +x /path/to/glok
cp /path/to/glok $HOME/bin/
export PATH+=:$HOME/bin/

Windows:

Place the .exe file in C:\Program Files\Glok\

Command Prompt:

SET "PATH=C:\Program Files\Glok"     

Powershell:

$env:path = $env:path + ";C:\Program Files\Glok"

Building from source

Dependencies:

Go (any version)
Git

Building

Run go build inside the project directory, then follow the steps inside the install section to allow you to use the newly built binary.

I know for a fact that this works currently on Linux and windows, but as i have never used macOS,

i would be extremely gratefull if somebody would test it for me on that platform!

CREDITS: https://github.com/inancgumus/ For his extremely usefull screen library Bevan on stack overflow for this comment that helped me add a binary to the windows path varible https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4822400/register-an-exe-so-you-can-run-it-from-any-command-line-in-windows