Talk:Draw a clock
What is supposed to happen here? I could not get the C code to compile. --Rdm 01:50, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
- Oh sorry, should have said it's C99,
gcc -std=c99 -Wall -lm stuff.c
, for example. --~~- Ok, I built it
- <lang bash>$ CFLAGS=-std=c99 make clock</lang>
- but when I run it my display does not look very clock like:
:--::... :----------:: . ..::--- *%* . c&- .-.c&: .-:.aa: :-. :&c. :-. -&c :-: -#*
- could you maybe post a screenshot or something? Thanks. --Rdm 13:30, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
- I changed a code a little, it should work now (your terminal's interpretation of carriage return is different from mine). "Screenshot":<lang>
- could you maybe post a screenshot or something? Thanks. --Rdm 13:30, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
:a&: *#c. :a&- -&a. .c#* -&a: .c#* .-&a: . *%* .:-- .:-: :----. .--. .----: :-:. .:---:. .:-:. .:-:. .:-: .--. </lang>
Because the task is called "Draw a clock", rather than "Draw a timer" maybe we should have something about a clock in it. Perhaps: As an option show the face of an analogue clock with animated hour minute and second hands. (or alternatively rename to "Draw a timer". Markhobley 17:43, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- Isn't the task description specific enough? --Ledrug 19:14, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah it is. But it is not really about drawing a clock. We could rename this "Draw a timer". Markhobley 19:31, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- FWIW, We could have a task for drawing an analogue clock, which includes showing the numbers round the face, and the animated hour, minute, and second hands. That would be better suited to "Draw a clock". Markhobley 19:35, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- What does a "timer" look like? Do you mean a stopwatch? "Timer" to me means a text clock (i.e. "00:00:00.000"), which is not what this task wants. I think "clock" is a nice general word to cover lots of possibilities (though not the obviously silly suggestion of a mouth counting "one on thousand"), and it's a word that people use more commonly. "Analog" would be a welcome addition to make sure people don't print numbers alone. --Mwn3d 19:39, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
Wanna test my chronometer clock?
http://klangwerkbank.ch/software/borduhr.html
Best wishes, Simon