WhatWatch

About

This is a gnome-shell-extension. It displays an analog clock on the desktop and exposes a great variety of customisation options.

Since V.5 it sports a set of distraction free configuration settings, hiding the clock in various situations.

Gnome Shell Support:

Current Gnome Shell (45 and possibly younger)

Version 8 (and younger) of this Plugin (still work in progress) supports the following Versions of Gnome Shell

• 45 - Tested with Fedora - Gnome and Manjaro - Gnome
• 46 - Tested with Manjaro - Gnome

Legacy Gnome Shell (before 45)

Up to Version 7 the Plugin supports the following Versions of Gnome Shell

• 3.38 - Tested with Ubuntu 21.04
• 40 - Tested with Ubuntu 21.10
• 41 - Tested with Manjaro - Gnome
• 42 - Tested with Manjaro - Gnome, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• 43 - Tested with Manjaro - Gnome
• 44 - Tested with Manjaro - Gnome

Install

Visit ego to install the latest reviewed release.

Install any branch / tag / from this Repo

Default branch is main.

First Install

Clone this repo to any local folder...

cd ~/myLocalFolder/
git clone git@github.com:Zappo-II/WhatWatch.git

Update

Later on update the repo with...

cd ~/myLocalFolder/WhatWatch
git fetch
git pull

Or create a new clone...

Install plugin

Install the plugin to gnome-shell by executing

cd ~/myLocalFolder/WhatWatch
./install.local.sh

This will install to ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/

You must restart (X11: Alt-F2 --> r) or logout/relogin (Wayland) to activate the (updated) extension.

Your mileage may vary.

Documentation

Please take a look at the documentation found in the .../doc folder of this repository.

• WhatWatch-Doc.md

Troubleshooting

• check your system's log journalctl -f for any GJS / gnome-shell messages...
• activate Debug Logging via plugin's preferences page...
• Again, your mileage may vary.

Issues / Requests

Please report any issues or requests at github...