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Hello, I would like to submit a new desklet called Cinnaclock.

It is a modern and highly customizable clock that displays time, day, and date on separate layers.

Key features:

  • Independent visibility and styling for Time, Day, and Date.
  • Custom fonts, colors, and sizes for each element.
  • Adjustable vertical offsets to create unique overlapping typography.
  • Customizable text shadows and uppercase toggles.
  • Fully translatable (POT and several PO files included).

I have included the required metadata.json, icon.png, and screenshot.png files.

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fredcw commented Dec 21, 2025

Nice desklet, it works well.

The directory structure is slightly wrong, see https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-spices-desklets?tab=readme-ov-file#file-structure. And you need an info.json file.

Also, I don't know if it's required but it might help the team to understand your code easier if your code comments were in English. https://linuxmint-developer-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/requirements.html#speaking-english

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fredcw commented Dec 21, 2025

Also, I have a suggestion for maybe a later version, but it's entirely up to you of course. If there was some "presets" to choose from with a few nice designs (like in your screenshot) then that may be easier for users who don't have time to do it themselves or don't have the design flair.

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Thanks so much for the feedback fredcw! I'll fix the directory structure and the info file. I forgot to remove the code comments: most of them aren't necessary; the ones I leave will be in English.

Also, I have a suggestion for maybe a later version, but it's entirely up to you of course. If there was some "presets" to choose from with a few nice designs (like in your screenshot) then that may be easier for users who don't have time to do it themselves or don't have the design flair.

I really like the suggestion of creating presets like in the "Seven Segment Clock" desklet. I'll study your code in the next few days to achieve a similar result. This is my first project for Cinnamon, so I'm happy to receive any further suggestions or corrections.

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