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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2008-12-22 23:34:58 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2008-12-22 23:34:58 +0000 |
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new package tdclock (22dec08)
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/tdclock/tdclock-doc.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/tdclock/tdclock-doc.tex new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..35cc0b7041b --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/tdclock/tdclock-doc.tex @@ -0,0 +1,245 @@ +\documentclass{article} + +\usepackage{xcolor} +\usepackage{hyperref} +\usepackage{xkeyval} +\usepackage[font=Times,timeinterval=1]{tdclock} + +\title{The Ticking Digital Clock \texttt{tdclock} package v2.0} +\author{Luis R\'{a}ndez \& Juan I. Montijano} +%\affiliation[IUMA]{IUMA \\ Universidad de Zaragoza } +\date{\today} + + + +\begin{document} + +\maketitle + +\initclock + +\section{The package} +The \texttt{tdclock} package is a \LaTeX2e package that +allows the users to insert into a \LaTeX\/ generated pdf document +a ticking digital clock showing the date and/or time at +the moment in which the document +is being read, for example the one next: \quad \tdclock. + +\smallskip +The package is loaded by \texttt{$\backslash$usepackage[``options'']\{tdclock\}} + +\medskip + +\noindent Options: + +\begin{itemize} +\item timeinterval=$n$ +\item[] +$n$ can be any positive integer. The clock will update its internal status every $n$ seconds. Thus, if we load +the package with \texttt{[timeinterval=120]}, the clock will update its display every 2 minutes. +The default time interval is set to 29 seconds. + +Note that for low values of $n$ the memory used by Adobe increases during the time the document remains opened and can +become very high. Then, values of $n$ below 10 are not recommended. + +\item font=``adobe font'' +\item[] +``adobe font'' is one of the following 9 adobe name fonts:\\[5pt] +\begin{tabular}{llllll} +Helv & HelvI & HelvBI & +Times & TimesI & TimesBI \\ +Cour & CourI & CourBI &&& +\end{tabular} + +\item[]By now no other fonts, like \TeX\ ones, can be used. This restriction comes from the fact that the +``dynamic'' clock is based on javascript code embedded into the pdf document. +\end{itemize} + +\section{Restrictions--requirements} +The package requires hyperref, xkeyval and xcolor packages. It works with PDF\LaTeX\/ as well as with \LaTeX\/$\to$DviPs$\to$Ps2pdf sequence. +In documents generated by Dvipdfm, the clock does not work properly. + +Since it uses javascript code, and not all pdf readers can interpret javascript, +only some of them will display the documents properly. We have tested the package with +Adobe reader and Adobe acrobat under windows and Linux. + +\section{Installation} +Copy the package file tdclock.sty to a directory where \LaTeX\/ can find it. + +\section{Getting the package} + +The package can be downloaded at http://pcmap.unizar.es/numerico/software + +\section{Macros} + +The clock must be initialized with \texttt{$\backslash$initclock}, usually at the beginning of the document, after +\texttt{$\backslash$begin\{document\}}. + +The following macros display dynamically the current date and/or time: + +\begin{center} +\begin{tabular}{|l|l|} +\hline + \bf command & \bf action \\ +\hline +\texttt{ $\backslash$tdclock} & displays a complete clock \\ \hline +\texttt{ $\backslash$tdtime} & displays the current time \\ \hline +\texttt{ $\backslash$tddate} & displays the current date \\ \hline +\texttt{ $\backslash$tdday} & displays the current day \\\hline +\texttt{ $\backslash$tdmonth} & displays the current month \\\hline +\texttt{ $\backslash$tdyear} & displays the current year \\\hline +\texttt{ $\backslash$tdhours} & displays the current hour \\\hline +\texttt{ $\backslash$tdminutes} & displays the current minute \\\hline +\texttt{ $\backslash$tdseconds} & displays the current second \\\hline +\end{tabular} +\end{center} + +The package also provides macros to display a stopwatch. This can be done +by means of the following macros: + +\begin{center} +\begin{tabular}{|l|l|} +\hline +\bf command & \bf action \\ +\hline +\texttt{ $\backslash$crono} & displays a stopwatch \\ \hline +\texttt{ $\backslash$cronohours} & displays a crono (only hours) \\\hline +\texttt{ $\backslash$cronominutes} & displays a crono (only minutes) \\\hline +\texttt{ $\backslash$cronoseconds} & displays a crono (only seconds) \\\hline +\end{tabular} +\end{center} + +In addition, the package includes two macros that display buttons. With one of them, by pressing it, +you reset the stopwatch to zero values. The form of the command is \texttt{$\backslash$resetcrono\{``button''\}}. +For example, \texttt{$\backslash$resetcrono\{$\backslash$fbox\{reset\}\} $\backslash$crono} produces (press the button to see what happens): +\resetcrono{\fbox{reset}} \crono + +The other lets you toggle from current time to stopwatch. For example, +\texttt{$\backslash$toggleclock\{$\backslash$fbox\{toggleclock\}\} $\backslash$tdtime} produces (press the button to see what happens): +\toggleclock{\fbox{toggle}} \tdtime. + +Note that \texttt{$\backslash$toggleclock} only has effect on \texttt{$\backslash$tdtime} command, and not on \texttt{$\backslash$crono}. + +\subsection{Formatting the output} + +\subsubsection{Size and color} +The size and color of the characters forming the time or date are the \LaTeX\/ +current font size and color. Thus, for example + +\noindent\texttt{ +$\backslash$centerline\{$\backslash$textcolor\{blue\}\{$\backslash$Huge $\backslash$tdclock\}\} +} gives: + +\centerline{\textcolor{blue}{\Huge \tdtime} } + +\smallskip + +There is another macro, \texttt{$\backslash$factorclockfont\{``factor''\}}, that increases the size of the clock +by a desired factor. To set the size of the clock to its original size, use +\texttt{$\backslash$factorclockfont\{1\}} + +\subsubsection{Formatting the display} +There are two commands that change the effect of \texttt{$\backslash$time} and +\texttt{$\backslash$crono}. +\begin{itemize} +\item \texttt{$\backslash$hhmmss} redefine the commands to show the hours,minutes and seconds (this is the default), +\item \texttt{$\backslash$hhmm} redefine them so that they will only show hours and minutes. +\end{itemize} + +Hours, minutes and seconds are separated by the character defined in the macro \texttt{$\backslash$timeseparator}. +Therefore, the time separator can be set by redefining this macro. For example, + +\centerline{\texttt{$\backslash$renewcommand\{$\backslash$timeseparator\}\{;\}$\backslash$tdtime}} + +gives + +\centerline{\renewcommand{\timeseparator}{;}\tdtime} + +Different types of formats for time can be achieved by means of the macros \texttt{$\backslash$tdhours}, \texttt{$\backslash$tdminutes} and\texttt{$\backslash$seconds}. For example, + +\noindent\texttt{$\backslash$minutes}.\texttt{$\backslash$seconds} +produces: \quad \tdminutes.\tdseconds + +Different types of formats for the stopwatch can be achieved by means of the macros \texttt{$\backslash$cronohours}, \texttt{$\backslash$cronominutes} and\texttt{$\backslash$cronoseconds}. For example, + +\noindent\texttt{$\backslash$cronominutes}.\texttt{$\backslash$cronoseconds} +produces: \quad \cronominutes.\cronoseconds + +In fact, \texttt{$\backslash$tdtime} and \texttt{$\backslash$crono} are defined by default to \\ +\texttt{$\backslash$tdhours$\backslash$timeseparator$\backslash$tdminutes$\backslash$timeseparator$\backslash$tdseconds}\\ and \\ +\texttt{$\backslash$cronohours$\backslash$timeseparator$\backslash$cronominutes$\backslash$timeseparator$\backslash$cronoseconds}\\ respectively. + +\bigskip + +Regarding the date, there are two commands that change the effect of \texttt{$\backslash$tddate}. +\begin{itemize} +\item \texttt{$\backslash$ddmmyyyy} redefine the command to show the day,month and year (this is the default), +\item \texttt{$\backslash$mmddyyyy} redefine it to show month, day and year. +\end{itemize} + +Day, month and year are separated by the character defined in the macro \texttt{$\backslash$dateseparator}. +Therefore, the date separator can be set by redefining this macro. For example, + +\centerline{\texttt{$\backslash$renewcommand\{$\backslash$dateseparator\}\{;\}$\backslash$tddate}} + +gives + +\centerline{\renewcommand{\dateseparator}{;}\tddate} + +Different types of formats for date can be achieved by means of the macros \texttt{$\backslash$tdday}, \texttt{$\backslash$tdmonth} and\texttt{$\backslash$tdyear}. For example, + +\noindent\texttt{$\backslash$day}--\texttt{$\backslash$month} +produces: \quad \tdday--\tdmonth + +By default, \texttt{$\backslash$tddate} is defined by default to \\ +\texttt{$\backslash$tdday$\backslash$dateseparator$\backslash$tdmonth$\backslash$dateseparator$\backslash$tdyear}. + +Since the font used to display the dynamic date and time is one of the adobe fonts, we have included two commands \texttt{$\backslash$pdfslash} and \texttt{$\backslash$pdfcolon} to provide the charactrers ``slash'' and ``colon'' so that defining +\texttt{$\backslash$renewcommand\{$\backslash$timeseparator\}\{$\backslash$pdfcolon\}} +the command \texttt{$\backslash$tdtime} will have all their characters in the same font. +The same for \texttt{$\backslash$tddate} if we use \texttt{$\backslash$pdfslash} as separator. + +\newpage +\section{Summary of macros} + +\bigskip +\centerline{Time-Date macros} +\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|} +\hline +macro & result & action \\ +\hline + $\backslash$initclock & & initialize clock \\ \hline + $\backslash$tdclock & \tdclock & complete clock \\ \hline + $\backslash$tdtime & \tdtime & current time \\ \hline + $\backslash$tddate & \tddate & current date \\ \hline + $\backslash$tdday & \tdday & current day \\\hline + $\backslash$tdmonth & \tdmonth & current month \\\hline + $\backslash$tdyear & \tdyear & current year \\\hline + $\backslash$tdhours & \tdhours & current hours \\\hline + $\backslash$tdminutes & \tdminutes & current minutes \\\hline + $\backslash$tdseconds & \tdseconds & current seconds \\\hline + $\backslash$crono & \crono & stopwatch \\ \hline + $\backslash$cronohours & \cronohours & crono hours \\\hline + $\backslash$cronominutes & \cronominutes & crono minutes \\\hline + $\backslash$cronoseconds & \cronoseconds & crono seconds \\\hline + $\backslash$resetcrono\{``button''\} & \resetcrono{\fbox{reset}} & sets crono time to zero \\\hline + $\backslash$toggleclock\{``button''\} & \toggleclock{\fbox{toggle}} & toggle time-crono \\\hline +\end{tabular} + +\bigskip + +\centerline{Formatting macros} +\begin{tabular}{|l|l|} +\hline + \texttt{$\backslash$hhmm$\backslash$tdtime} & \hhmm\tdtime \\ \hline + \texttt{$\backslash$hhmmss$\backslash$tdtime} & \hhmmss\tdtime \\ \hline + \texttt{$\backslash$mmddyy$\backslash$tddate} & \mmddyyyy\tddate \\ \hline + \texttt{$\backslash$ddmmyy$\backslash$tddate} & \ddmmyyyy\tddate \\ \hline + \texttt{$\backslash$renewcommand\{$\backslash$dateseparator\}\{--\}$\backslash$tddate} & \renewcommand{\dateseparator}{--}\tddate \\ \hline + \texttt{$\backslash$renewcommand\{$\backslash$timeseparator\}\{.\}$\backslash$tdtime} & \renewcommand{\timeseparator}{.}\tdtime \\ \hline + \texttt{$\backslash$pdfslash} & \pdfslash \\ \hline + \texttt{$\backslash$pdfcolon} & \pdfcolon \\ \hline + \texttt{$\backslash$factorclockfont\{2.0\}$\backslash$tdtime} & \factorclockfont{2.0}\tdtime \\ \hline +\end{tabular} + +\end{document}
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