═══ 1. the system information pad - an informative launchpad extension ═══


You're achieving the online helpsystem by doubleclicking on the info area 
(that's the one with the circles). 

To temporary disable the system information pad select the LaunchPad entry in 
the window list and chose 'close'. By doubleclicking on the desktop area You 
will gain the original LaunchPad. All threads are stopped and all resources 
will have been freed. Rerunning this procedure will make the system information 
pad reappear. 

Use the LaunchPad settings dialog to configure the system information pad. 



restrictions: 

the system information pad is designed to extend a horizontal launchpad only. 

the system information pad is designed for display resolutions of 1024 X 768 
and up. It might work with lower resolutions but it won't look very pleasant ! 

Disabeling the clock might be possible in a later version. 


take it or leave it ... 


═══ 1.1. legend ═══

 abbreviation        meaning 

 MEM                 physical memory available 

 SFS                 swapfile size 

 ASS                 available swap space 

 CPU                 cpu load 

 cpu load in percent; all other numbers represent megabytes ! 


═══ 1.2. clock ═══

There's not a lot to say: 

Enable or disable seconds indicator. 


Maybe it will be possible to disable the clock in a later version. 


═══ 1.3. eMail watchdog ═══

the system information pad might notify You when You just have received an 
eMail. 

Every eMail system logs Your incoming mail in a certain file. the system 
information pad can monitor such a file and notify You, if the logfile grows. 
If You want the system information pad to do so, specify the filename of the 
logfile in the 'file to monitor' input field. 

If You specify a delay time (in minutes), the system information pad will start 
monitoring Your logfile not at system startup but right after the delay You've 
specified. This might be useful in a network environment. 

the system information pad knows two ways of notifying; a quiet one and a more 
noticeable one. Specifying a value greater than zero in the 'loop for min' 
input field makes the system information pad change to the quiet mode after a 
certain period of time. A good value is the time of Your lunch break. 
But don't worry: the notifying thread runs at minimal priority. It won't keep 
Your machine from doing someting important even if it loops forever (Value 0). 

If You just have received a mail, You can start Your favourite mailreader 
directly from the system information pad by doubleclicking on the notifier. But 
You have to tell the system information pad which mailreader to start by 
specifying the executable with full path (!). 

A single click on the notifier stops it.