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diff --git a/x11/tkgoodstuff/pkg-descr b/x11/tkgoodstuff/pkg-descr index 86d82b44a898..55c0d5cefe9a 100644 --- a/x11/tkgoodstuff/pkg-descr +++ b/x11/tkgoodstuff/pkg-descr @@ -1,45 +1,15 @@ -README for TkGoodStuff version 4.1, 2 Oct, 1996 +README for TkGoodStuff version 8.0-final, 1 Oct, 1997 -TkGoodStuff for the X Window System is an alarm clock, biff, modem -dialer/network status indicator, note-taker, web-browser launch tool, -system load monitor, application/utility menu, Win95-like task bar, -and whatever else you want. +TkGoodStuff for the X Window System is an alarm clock, biff, file +watcher, modem dialer/network status indicator, note-taker, +web-browser launch tool, system load monitor, application/utility +menu, Win95-like task bar, and whatever else you want. TkGoodStuff produces a button bar. It is easily configured and modified with the on-line GUI preferences manager (*no* rc-file -hacking). The main envisioned use is as an always-on-top destop -utility to serve the user's common needs for indicators and buttons. -There is a "screen-edge" mode, in which the bar occupies an edge of -the screen, can be dragged to other edges, and can auto-minimize -(shrink to a line at the screen-edge). For users of the fvwm window -manager (though tkgoodstuff works without fvwm), tkgoodstuff serves -all the functions of the Windows95 taskbar, and then some. - -You can configure buttons to launch applications (with lots of -configurable options), you can "swallow" any application's window into -your tkgoodstuff panel, and several "clients" are included (you can -also write your own with a tcl/tk script---an example is provided): - - -- analog/digital alarm clock - -- biff (check/scan/read new mail; handles multiple folders - and alert levels, MH folders, IMAP mailboxes) - -- PPP (or SLIP or TERM) net link GUI dialer and status - indicator (with sophisticated redialing and login - scripting). - -- FVWM support, including Win95-like bar of buttons for open - and iconified windows, as well as a pager. - -- launcher for WWW browsers (lets you visit the URL in the - current X selection with one click) - -- note-taker (tool for quickly jotting down and organizing - scraps of information) - -- calendar/alarm support (for Ical-generated calendar files) - -- system load monitor (graphical and/or digital display) - -- Menu button, for launching applications and running - utilities (the menu is GUI-configured). - -- "webster" net dictionary client - -- calculator with scrollable history and hex/dec/oct modes - (perpetually alpha, until someone adopts it as a project!) - -- POP/IMAP mail fetch scheduler. - -- file watcher: look for changes in log files - -- launcher for tkman (operates with X selection like WWW - client) +hacking). There is a "screen-edge" mode, in which the bar occupies an +edge of the screen, can be dragged to other edges, and can +auto-minimize (shrink to a line at the screen-edge). For users of the +fvwm window manager (though tkgoodstuff works without fvwm), +tkgoodstuff serves all the functions of the Windows95 taskbar, and +then some. |