john meacham's hack

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/sample.ratpoisonrc b/doc/sample.ratpoisonrc
index 93a0c72..952022c 100644
--- a/doc/sample.ratpoisonrc
+++ b/doc/sample.ratpoisonrc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This is a sample .ratpoisonrc file
 #
-# $Id: sample.ratpoisonrc,v 1.5 2003/04/06 10:28:10 sabetts Exp $
+# $Id: sample.ratpoisonrc,v 1.6 2003/09/10 22:25:32 sabetts Exp $
 
 # Set the prefix key to that of screen's default
 escape C-a
@@ -37,3 +37,20 @@ bind M-2 exec ratpoison -c "frestore `ratpoison -c 'getenv fs2'`"
 # Give ourselves another slot on M-# and M-3, respectively.
 bind M-numbersign exec ratpoison -c "setenv fs3 `ratpoison -c 'fdump'`"
 bind M-3 exec ratpoison -c "frestore `ratpoison -c 'getenv fs3'`"
+
+# Here's a hack from John Meacham:
+
+bind a exec ratpoison -d :0.0 -c "echo `date +'%r - %A %n    %D - %B'`  `cal | tail +2 | sed -e 's/^Su/\n\n Su/' -e 's/.*/ & /' -e \"s/\ $(date +%e)\ /\<$(date +%e)\>/\"`"
+
+# it produces output like the following in the message window, very handy:
+#         +-----------------------+
+#         |05:05:24 PM - Tuesday  |
+#         |   09/09/03 - September|
+#         |                       |
+#         |Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   |
+#         |    1  2  3  4  5  6   |
+#         | 7  8< 9>10 11 12 13   |
+#         |14 15 16 17 18 19 20   |
+#         |21 22 23 24 25 26 27   |
+#         |28 29 30               |
+#         +-----------------------+