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My father (Merrill Arthur) keeps clocks and watches five minutes ahead of
"real time" to avoid being late for appointments.  The trick has never worked
for me, but if it works for you, the needed changes to "oclock" are attached.
-- 
	Arthur David Olson   ado@alw.nih.gov   ADO is a trademark of Ampex.

*** 1.1/mit/clients/oclock/Clock.h	Mon Feb 12 16:44:03 1990
--- 1.2/mit/clients/oclock/Clock.h	Mon Feb 12 16:44:04 1990
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*** 16,19 ****
--- 16,20 ----
   Name		     Class		RepType		Default Value
   ----		     -----		-------		-------------
+  ahead		     Interval		int		0 (seconds)
   background	     Background		pixel		White
   border		     BorderColor	pixel		Black
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*** 33,36 ****
--- 34,38 ----
  #define XtNhour		"hour"
  #define XtNjewel	"jewel"
+ #define XtNahead	"ahead"
  
  #ifdef SHAPE
*** 1.1/mit/clients/oclock/ClockP.h	Mon Feb 12 16:44:06 1990
--- 1.2/mit/clients/oclock/ClockP.h	Mon Feb 12 16:44:07 1990
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*** 14,17 ****
--- 14,18 ----
  /* New fields for the clock widget instance record */
  typedef struct {
+ 	int		ahead;		/* seconds to run ahead of true time */
  	Pixel		minute;		/* minute hand pixel */
  	Pixel		hour;		/* hour hand pixel */
*** 1.1/mit/clients/oclock/Clock.c	Mon Feb 12 16:44:09 1990
--- 1.2/mit/clients/oclock/Clock.c	Mon Feb 12 16:44:09 1990
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*** 20,23 ****
--- 20,25 ----
  
  static XtResource resources[] = {
+     {XtNahead, XtCInterval, XtRInt, sizeof(int), 
+         offset(ahead), XtRImmediate, (caddr_t) 0 },
      {XtNwidth, XtCWidth, XtRDimension, sizeof(Dimension),
  	goffset(width), XtRString, "120"},
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*** 349,352 ****
--- 351,355 ----
  	}
  	(void) time (&now);
+ 	now += w->clock.ahead;
  	tm = localtime (&now);
  	if (tm->tm_hour >= 12)
*** 1.1/mit/clients/oclock/oclock.c	Mon Feb 12 16:44:13 1990
--- 1.2/mit/clients/oclock/oclock.c	Mon Feb 12 16:44:13 1990
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*** 31,34 ****
--- 31,36 ----
  "       [-minute {color}] [-hour {color}] [-jewel {color}]\n");
      fprintf(stderr,
+ "       [-ahead {seconds}]\n");
+     fprintf(stderr,
  "       [-backing {backing-store}]\n");
      exit(1);
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*** 44,47 ****
--- 46,50 ----
  {"-jewel",	"*clock.jewel",		XrmoptionSepArg,	NULL},
  {"-backing",	"*clock.backingStore",	XrmoptionSepArg,	NULL},
+ {"-ahead",	"*clock.ahead",		XrmoptionSepArg,	NULL},
  #ifdef SHAPE
  {"-shape",	"*clock.shapeWindow",	XrmoptionNoArg,		"TRUE"},
*** 1.1/mit/clients/oclock/oclock.man	Mon Feb 12 16:44:16 1990
--- 1.2/mit/clients/oclock/oclock.man	Mon Feb 12 16:44:16 1990
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*** 44,47 ****
--- 44,50 ----
  causes the clock to not reshape itself and ancestors to exactly
  fit the outline of the clock.
+ .TP 8
+ .B \-ahead \fIseconds\fB
+ causes the clock to run the given number of seconds ahead of true time.
  .SH COLORS
  Although the default colors for the Clock widget are black and white, the