running a clock/loop and another thing in one api

i have been making my first os on the regular computer. after the login screen it goes to the desktop i made that has a couple of different shortcuts to different apis that i made by pressing a single key. i want to add a clock in the bottom right corner of the desktop (which i already implemented in it) while the other things for the shortcuts are still able to be used/pressed. the problem is that when the clock is in the coding i cant press the shortcuts. here is the code:

term.clear()
term.setCursorPos(1 ,1 )
print ("[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]")
print ("[]desktop                                       []")
print ("[]               HELLO MASTER                   []")
print ("[]            DO WHAT YOU PLEASE                []")
print ("[]    _________  ___________     __________     []")
print ("[]    [  'e'  ]  [   '-'   ]     [  'g'   ]     []")
print ("[]    [welcome]  [animation]     [rpg game]     []")
print ("[]                                              []")
print ("[]    ___________   ______         ______       []")
print ("[]    [  's'    ]   ['h' ]         [any ]       []")
print ("[]    [shut down]   [help]         [exit]       []")
print ("[]                                              []")
print ("[]                                              []")
print ("[]PRESS 'key'                                   []")
print ("[]______________________________________________[]")
print ("[]START|                          |er-76%|'t'ime[]")
print ("[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]")
while true do -- beginning of clock
term.setCursorPos(36,16)
local nTime = os.time()
print( "Time: "..textutils.formatTime( nTime, false ) )
os.sleep(1)
end -- end of clock
local event, param1 = os.pullEvent ("char")
if param1 == "e" then
os.loadAPI ("hello")
else
end
if param1 == "-" then
os.loadAPI ("-")
else
end
if param1 == "g" then
os.loadAPI ("rpg")
else
end
if param1 == "s" then
os.loadAPI ("shutd")
else
end
if param1 == "h" then
os.loadAPI ("help")
else
end

the clock it shown where i labeled it. the gui looks funny but thats because of the weird spacing.
can anyone fix this up for me so that it works?

Split into new topic.

Your if blocks are wrong.
This is how if blocks must look:

if <condition> then
    -- do this
elseif <this condiction> then
    -- do this other thing
elseif <this other condition> then
    -- do this other other thing
else
    -- do that
end

You want to do clock and char handling at the same time?
Try this:

--Your menu stuff here

--Clock function
function clock()
while true do
nTime = os.clock()
term.setCursorPos(your pos)
term.write(textutils.formatTime(nClock, false))
end
end

--Char handling function
function char_handling()
while true do
local sEvent, sChar = os.pullEvent("char")
pressed_char = sChar
return
end
end

parallel.waitForAny(clock, char_handling)  -- to run these two functions at the same time

if pressed_char == "char1" then --replace the char in al lines
--do something
elseif pressed_char == "char2" then
--do something other
else
os.shutdown()
end

PS:
Sorry, if something is wrong. I tipped with my mobile ^^

Freack100, I think he would want a time that updates in an infinite loop until the user wants to exit the program.

That clock function will error with too long without yielding too