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- ScreenSaver Version 1.1
- =======================
-
- Copyright (C) 1993 Siegfried Hanisch
-
- Permission to use, copy and distribute this software and its documentation
- for any purpose and without charging more than a nominal fee for copying is
- hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies
- and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
- supporting documentation. This software is provided "as is" without express
- or implied warranty.
-
-
- SHORT DESCRIPTION:
- ==================
-
- ScreenSaver is an easy-to-use 32-bit screen saver for OS/2 2.x.
-
- When ScreenSaver is started, it monitors your keyboard and mouse activity
- in the backgound. If there has not been any activity for some time, the saver
- becomes active. It stays active until the mouse is moved or clicked or a key
- is pressed. You can set various options by double clicking ScreenSaver in the
- window list (press Ctrl+Esc to show the window list). If you want to quit
- ScreenSaver, press the "Exit ScreenSaver" button in the configuration panel.
- ScreenSaver has the advantage of low memory consumption and very low CPU usage
- - this means virtually no performance impact on your normal work.
- ScreenSaver has a very modular structure: It searches its directory for saver
- modules and selects a module randomly when the saver becomes active. Therefore
- it is very easy to extend ScreenSaver by just copying new saver modules to its
- directory.
- Sample source code for do-it-yourself saver modules comes with the
- distribution; see the online help topic "Creating new saver modules"
- for information on how to do create your own modules.
- Even for people who don't know anything about programming it is possible to
- create their own saver modules; see the online help topic "Creating bitmap
- saver modules" for more information.
- For more information on this program, please refer to the online help.
-
-
- INSTALLATION:
- =============
-
- Unpack the file SSAVER11.ZIP into some directory on your hard disk (I guess
- you have done that already since you are reading this file).
- Use the program INSTALL.CMD to create a ScreenSaver program object. The
- program object is created on the desktop. If you want ScreenSaver to be
- automatically started at boot time, move the program object to the startup
- folder.
- If you do not have installed the emx-DLLs already (you can find these DLLs in
- the subdirectory called DLL), change the LIBPATH statement in your CONFIG.SYS
- file to point to this directory, or copy the four DLLs to some location where
- LIBPATH points to already. If you already have the emx-DLLs, you can delete
- the DLL subdirectory.
- There are two additional ZIP files (SAMPLE.ZIP and CUSTBMP.ZIP) in the
- distribution ZIP file. Unless you want to write your own saver modules, you
- do not need to unpack them. They contain sample source code. See the online
- help for information on how to write your own saver modules.
- If you do not like some of the saver modules, you can delete the
- corresponding *.SSM file. The "Eternal Blackness" saver module is built into
- the ScreenSaver program and can therefore not be deleted.
-
- ScreenSaver was written and tested on OS/2 2.1; it is likely to work with
- OS/2 2.0, too. Monitoring of fullscreen sessions works only for OS/2 2.1 or
- higher.
-
-
- RELEASE HISTORY:
- ================
-
- version 1.0, Nov 30 1993: initial release
- version 1.1, Dec 13 1993: bugs fixes, minor improvements,
- monitoring of OS/2 fullscreen sessions
-
-
- CONTACTING THE AUTHOR:
- ======================
-
- My mail address is
- Siegfried Hanisch
- Einsiedlergasse 6/16
- A - 1050 Vienna
- AUSTRIA / EUROPE
-
- My Internet address is
- hanisch@swwwnext.tuwien.ac.at
-
- Please send any suggestions, comments or bug reports to one of the above
- addresses.
- If you have questions concerning the programming of new saver modules, please
- contact me via e-mail.
- If you like ScreenSaver please feel free to make a donation to the author.
-