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README for TkGoodStuff version 8.0-final, 1 Oct, 1997
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TkGoodStuff for the X Window System is an alarm clock, biff, file
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watcher, modem dialer/network status indicator, note-taker,
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web-browser launch tool, system load monitor, application/utility
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menu, Win95-like task bar, and whatever else you want.
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TkGoodStuff produces a button bar. It is easily configured and
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modified with the on-line GUI preferences manager (*no* rc-file
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hacking). There is a "screen-edge" mode, in which the bar occupies an
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edge of the screen, can be dragged to other edges, and can
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auto-minimize (shrink to a line at the screen-edge). For users of the
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fvwm window manager (though tkgoodstuff works without fvwm),
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tkgoodstuff serves all the functions of the Windows95 taskbar, and
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then some.
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You can configure buttons to launch applications (with lots of
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configurable options), you can "swallow" any application's window into
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your tkgoodstuff panel, and several "clients" are included (you can
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also write your own with a tcl/tk script---an example is provided):
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-- analog/digital alarm clock
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-- biff (check/scan/read new mail; handles multiple folders
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and alert levels, MH folders, IMAP mailboxes)
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-- PPP (or SLIP or TERM) net link GUI dialer and status
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indicator (with sophisticated redialing and login
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scripting).
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-- FVWM support, including Win95-like bar of buttons for open
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and iconified windows, as well as a pager.
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-- launcher for WWW browsers (lets you visit the URL in the
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current X selection with one click)
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-- note-taker (tool for quickly jotting down and organizing
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scraps of information)
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-- calendar/alarm support (for Ical-generated calendar files)
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-- system load monitor (graphical and/or digital display)
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-- Menu button, for launching applications and running
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utilities (the menu is GUI-configured).
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-- "webster" net dictionary client
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-- calculator with scrollable history and hex/dec/oct modes
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(perpetually alpha, until someone adopts it as a project!)
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-- POP/IMAP mail fetch scheduler.
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-- file watcher: look for changes in (multiple) log files
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-- launcher for tkman (operates with X selection like WWW
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client)
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Documentation including screen-shots is available on the WWW,
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at:
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http://www-personal.umich.edu/~markcrim/tkgoodstuff
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The html documentation also is included in the distribution.
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Source is available at the web site.
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! ! ********* Requires tcl/tk8.0. ********** ! !
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INSTALLATION: please read the html documentation. If you know what
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you are doing and just hate reading, you can try the "./configure" and
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"make" and "make install" thing. It might work.
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---
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With this release I've stopped working on tkgoodstuff. Anyone who
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would like to take over is most welcome.
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markcrim@umich.edu
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