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- MailWatchView - a BackSpace module
-
-
- Description:
- -----------
- Names of users bounce around the screen like gas particles in a box.
- Generally, the names are dark gray however, the name changes color and
- font to alert users of unread mail. On color systems, the color of the
- name indicates the amount of unread mail.
- The purpose of this module is to save users the trouble of logging
- in just to see if they have mail.
- In the spirit of information provision, the time, day, and date are
- also available as bouncing names.
- The module has become especially useful since the release of
- SpaceSaver by Christopher_Lane@Med.Stanford.EDU. This replacement
- for loginwindow.app's ScreenSaver.bundle allows the root user to
- specify a BackSpace module to run on top of the login window.
-
-
- Location:
- --------
- Should eventually find its way to
- ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/sources/screen/MailWatchView_2.0a.tar.gz
-
- Installation:
- ------------
-
- Download the archive MailWatchView_2.0a.tar.gz from the ftp site.
- Uncompress and unarchive the distribution:
-
- > gnutar -xzf MailWatchView_2.0a.tar.gz
-
- This will create a directory containing the source to MailWatchView
- (in another archive MWSource.tar.gz) and a compiled FAT version for
- Intel and Motorola harware, as well as a degenerate copy of this README
-
- > make
-
- To install:
-
- > cp -r MailWatchView.BackO ~/Library/BackSpaceViews
-
- or, as root:
-
- > cp -r MailWatchView.BackO /LocalLibrary/BackSpaceViews
-
- If you want to re-compile or modify the source. It's easiest
- to build the BackModule from within ProjectBuilder. Simply open
- PB.project, choose Install from the target popup and build.
-
- Release 2.0
-
- Added cool new inspector panel.
- Added new adjustments for Energy, NoMailGray, Colors, and Fonts.
- Added NeXTstep help
- Added calender functions.
-
- Release 2.0a
-
- Fixed bugs:
-
- Empty Namelist causes creation of uninitialized user
- Possible memory error with > 30 users
- Module uninitialized with BackSpace's "All" option
- Annoying warning panel for Fiend.app users
-
- 2/24/96
- Robert Lutwak
- MIT Atomic Resonance Laboratory
- robert@amo.mit.edu
-
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