gjackclock(1)
π gjackclock β the JACK transport "Big Clock" π
okay bestie, so this is gjackclock from the JACK transport clock manual section. yeah. it's a clock. a BIG one. and it slays.
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
gjackclock [options]
that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. options go in the brackets, vibes go everywhere else π«Ά
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
gjackclock is a standalone JACK transport "Big Clock" display. like, it stands alone. it doesn't need a whole entourage. main character energy fr fr.
it's a simple window application that displays JACK transport time-code, and it comes with some genuinely iconic features:
- customizable font, size & colors π (yes you can make it match your whole aesthetic)
- a fixed FPS setting, or FPS straight from
jack-timebase-masterβ¨ - jack-transport control via key-bindings πΉ (keyboard girlies rise up)
- it reads its settings from an
.rcfile π (your prefs, saved, remembered, cherished)
π OPTIONS π
run gjackclock --help for a list of options
no cap, that's literally what the page says. go ask the binary, it knows its own options better than this page does π
π FILES π
@sysconfdir@/gjackclockrcβ the rc file where your settings live, bestie π
π EXAMPLE π
gjackclock -C black -c yellow -S Sans -s 60
look at that. black background, yellow clock, Sans font, size 60. a whole mood. copy it, paste it, eat it up π₯
π¦ SEE ALSO π¦
gjacktransport(1)β the sibling. the lore. go read it too π«Ά
π AUTHOR π
Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>
- linuxaudio.org
β COPYRIGHT β
Copyright Β© 2007, 2010 Robin Gareus
and that's the whole page babes π shoutout to http://gjacktransport.sf.net, dated November 1, 2010 β yeah she's vintage, she's still iconic, and the manual page is gjackclock(1) if you ever need to look her up again. periodt π
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π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: gjacktransport 0.6.4-1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- debian trixie: gjacktransport 0.6.4-1+b1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: gjacktransport 0.6.4-1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu noble: gjacktransport 0.6.4-1build2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu questing: gjacktransport 0.6.4-1build2
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms