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README for TkGoodStuff version 4.1, 2 Oct, 1996
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TkGoodStuff for the X Window System is an alarm clock, biff, modem
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dialer/network status indicator, note-taker, web-browser launch tool,
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system load monitor, application/utility menu, Win95-like task bar,
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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). The main envisioned use is as an always-on-top destop
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utility to serve the user's common needs for indicators and buttons.
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There is a "screen-edge" mode, in which the bar occupies an edge of
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the screen, can be dragged to other edges, and can auto-minimize
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(shrink to a line at the screen-edge). For users of the fvwm window
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manager (though tkgoodstuff works without fvwm), tkgoodstuff serves
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all the functions of the Windows95 taskbar, and 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 log files
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-- launcher for tkman (operates with X selection like WWW
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client)
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