Re: [mcountd] typo

[Joe B. <rbe...@Pi...>]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Karl-Martin Skontorp wrote:
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> 
> BTW, The new version of mcountd will probably be released tomorrow.

While we're on the subject of upgrades
   1. it would be helpful to use ncurses. that way
      there wouldn't be that distracting scroll up
      every second
   2. also it should use the environment variables
      'LINES' and 'COLS', if available, to determine
      the proper size to draw the letters and scale
      them to fit the screen. I generally use a
      140x44 window in X which makes the 80x25 look
      really small
   3. a more natural specification of time would
      simplify the invocation. eg '12:34' instead
      of calling date on the command line
   4. the ability to end when the timer rolls over.
      This would make it possible to use it as a
      count-down timer for a shell script
   5. and a marketing shift. As a 'millenial count
      down' it had a single purpose which ( depending
      on your perspective of the y2k vs y2k+1 debate )
      either passed or will pass in only 300+ days.
      But it can be billed as the 'count down timer
      _for_ the millenium'. Which extends its apparent
      life for another thousand years.
      For instance, I did not use it for counting down
      on new year's eve, but I do use it for counting
      down the time remaining on my ebay auctions.

Let me know if I can help.

Thanks!