Persian Calendar for Gnome-Shell
An extension for Gnome-Shell to show Persian date and calendar
Installation:
Recommended way:
- Go to the official Gnome Shell Extensions website: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/240/
- Click on the “ON/OFF” button on the top-right of the page.
- If you don't see the extension, go to the troubleshooting section.
For developers:
- Clone the repository
- Go to the cloned directory
- run
makecommand in the terminal - Restart Gnome-shell. (ALT+F2, r, Enter)
- You may need to enable the extension via GNOME
Extensionsapplication
Troubleshooting:
- I don't see the ON/OFF button, or it's disabled, but I see a blue message on top of the website, with a message like: “To control GNOME Shell extensions using this site you must install GNOME Shell integration that…”. What should I do?
- In this case, you must install the
chrome-gnome-shellpackage on your system. For example, on Ubuntu, you should run:sudo apt install chrome-gnome-shell
- In this case, you must install the
- I enable the extension, but it doesn't appear and when I refresh the page, it's disabled again! Why?!
- If you don't have
gnome-tweaks, first install it. Then open it and go to the “extensions” section. There is a button in the title bar of the window, make sure it's enabled. - If you cannot see the “extensions” section in the
gnome-tweaksapplication, congratulation, you are using a more up-to-date version of Gnome, so in this case, please use thegnome-extensionsapplication and make sure the button is enabled.
- If you don't have
- If none of the above works, you can install Extension Manager, then install and activate the Persian Calendar extension through it. Extension Manager is a tool for managing GNOME Shell Extensions.
- The extension seems to work, but the settings window in extension manager reports the following message "Error: Requiring Clutter, version none: Typelib file for namespace '`Clutter'"
- This error is a result of some clutter libraries no longer being bundled with your OS if you use Ubuntu, please open a terminal and execute
$sudo apt install -y gir1.2-gtkclutter-1.0 - Or equivalent command for your distribution, and restart your windows manager or log out and log back in.
- This error is a result of some clutter libraries no longer being bundled with your OS if you use Ubuntu, please open a terminal and execute
Date formatting:
| Format Code | Meaning | Example Output |
|---|---|---|
%Y |
Year with century | ۱۴۰۲ |
%y |
Year without century (zero-padded) | ۰۲ |
%MM |
Month name | آبان |
%mm |
Month name (short) | آبا |
%M |
Month number (zero-padded) | ۰۸ |
%m |
Month number | ۸ |
%D |
Day of the month (zero-padded) | ۰۱ |
%d |
Day of the month | ۱ |
%WW |
Day of the week | چهارشنبه |
%ww |
Day of the week (short) | چهار |
%w |
Day of the week (very short) | چ |