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calbycyber by knowyourknot 

class Calendar < Shoes
  url '/',      :cal
  url '/about', :about
  
  def cal
    
    stack do
    
      ## The line drawing below worked until I tried to make
      ## it part of the "cal" page...
      
      ## Substituting this line drawing for the para "------"
      ## lines in Cyber's original program is the reason I started
      ## modifying it in the first place.
      
      cap(:curve)
      stroke black
      strokewidth 4
    
      line(left+10,self.height-80,self.width-10,self.height-80)
      line(left+10,self.height-270,self.width-10,self.height-270)
      
      ## end line drawing.
    
      para "A Basic calendar that displays the Time and Date", :left => 10
      @title = title Time.now.strftime("%A the %dth of %b, %Y"), :left=>10

    end
    
    stack do
    
      @p = tagline "", :left=>10 
      
      every 0 do
        @p.replace(Time.now.strftime("%I:%M:%S%p"))
      end
    
    end
    
    stack do
      flow do
      
        button "I'm Done", :left=>10 do close() end
        para link("about", :click => '/about')
        
      end
    end
    
    every 2 do
      @title.replace(Time.now.strftime("%A the %dth of %b, %Y"))
    end     
    
    every 0 do
      @p.replace(Time.now.strftime("%I:%M:%S%p"))
    end     
  end
  
  def about
    stack do
    
      flow do
        para "Original program = ", 
        link("calendar_basic", 
          :click => 'http://hackety-hack.com/programs/cyber/calender_basic'),
        " by ",
        link("cyber.",
          :click => 'http://hackety-hack.com/hackers/cyber')
      end
      
      flow do
        para "Modified for stroking and pagenation by ",
        link("know your knot.",
         :click => 'http://hackety-hack.com/hackers/knowyourknot')
      end
      
      flow do
        para link("Go back to Calendar",
         :click => '/')
      end
      
    end
  end 
end

Shoes.app :title => "Calendar Basic", :width =>575, :height =>300