The following application resources are available in rTc, most have command line equivilents.
The users description file, the
default is set during compilation as SITE_USERS_FILE, but as
distributed this is
The second source of menu descriptions,
this file is read first, then the userFile. The default is
controlled by SITE_SYSTEM_FILE during compiling, but as
distributed this is
This resource is only used if WANT_SYSTEM_FILE is set during compiling.
Setting this to True (the default) makes rTc resize so that it fills the whole width of the screen.
The file to use for saving reminders,
this must be writable by the user running rTc. The default is
set during building, but as distributed
This resource is only used if WANT_CLOCK is set during compilation.
If False (the default) rTc will run a copy of itself on every available screen. This is only usefull if you have a multi-screened display (ie. me).
Multi-screen support is only added if WANT_MULTI_SCREEN is set during compilation.
Either Beginner or Expert, this is used to simplify the user interface in the panels (if set to beginner). If set to beginner, it overrides the setting of msgLevel setting it to Error. The default is Beginner.
One of StatusArea, Dialogs or Console; this changes the method by which messages are presented to the user. If StatusArea (the default), a small-single-line (scrollable) status area is added below the menu-bar, for Dialogs each message is shown in its own dialog, and Console send the message to stdout.
One of Errors, Warnings, Information or Diagnostics (with each increasing the number of messages generated).
A colon separated list of directories to search for a help file. Each directory must include the trailing `/". The default is specified during compilarion and will be site specific.
This is only used if WANT_HELP is set during building.
A colon separated list of directories to search for any icon file. Each directory must include the trailing "/". The default is specified during compilation and will be site specific.
If True (default False) then rTc will generate a beep everytime a message is output.
The volume for the beep used when messages are output, default 50.
The duration of the message beep (in milliseconds) default 25).
If True (default False) then rTc will generate a beep everytime a command is executed.
The volume for the beep used when commands are executed, default 20.
The duration of the message beep (in milliseconds) default 10).
Note: Both helpFilePath and iconFilePath have a common behaviour; each will only use the first match it finds.
To maintain a common look through the whole program, the fonts used have been grouped under the following charsets:-
All buttons in the menus.
general purpose dialog messages.
used for the copyright and configuration dialogs.
used for the buttons at the bottom of the panel (Execute, Done, Default).
used for each prompt in a panel.
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