XMenu 1.6
    ©2001-2005 Christian Grunenberg, DEVONtechnologies Ltd.
    French localization by Eric Peyron, Polish localization by Janusz Lirski

    This program brings back the Apple Menu to Mac OS X and includes also a complete application launcher.
    By adding one or more global menus to the right side of the menu bar you can easily access your preferred
    applications, folders (and subfolders), documents and files. Furthermore there's no explicit need for a
    configuration (e.g. creating lots of folders and aliases or adding items to user-defined setups) - just activate
    the menus you like:

	- Applications (directory "/Applications/")
	  (no more need to add almost all applications or the Applications folder to the Dock)
	- Developer Applications (directory "/Developer/Applications/")
	- Home (directory "~/")
	- Documents (directory "~/Documents/")

	or

	- User-Defined (directory "~/Library/XMenu/"):

	   If you want to build your own menu (like the "real" Apple Menu), add files, folders or aliases to the
	   folder "~/Library/XMenu/" (this folder will be created after starting XMenu for the first time), e.g.
	   copy the contents of your Favorites folder or aliases of your favorite applications and documents into
	   this folder.

    All menus and submenus update themselves automatically (unlimited number of hierarchives) just like the good old 
    Apple Menu so it's not necessary to refresh them manually or after a certain time interval. In addition, XMenu
    optionally displays small or large icons (using unique or generic icons), sorts menus by kind (folders before or after 
    files) and follows aliases and symbolic links. Finally, please note that contrary to many other solutions, this is neither a 
    hack ("haxie") nor an unofficial menu extra.

    Licence:
    This software and associated data are provided "as is" without any further warranties or support and to
    be used at your own risk. No responsibility is taken for the use or misuse of this software, the data supplied
    with it and for the correctness of any information derived from the use of this software.
    Unmodified redistribution of this software is permitted.

    Installation:
	Copy XMenu into the Applications folder or wherever you like. Probably you will also want to
	add this tool to your startup items to access the menus immediately after booting or logging in
	(see System Preferences -> Accounts -> My Account -> Startup Items). If you do so, don't select
            "Hide" because otherwise XMenu won't be recognized as a "faceless" background application by the
	system and therefore an icon in the Dock could appear.

    System requirements:
	• Mac OS X 10.3 (or newer)

    Usage:
	Start XMenu and activate the desired global menus (by default only the applications menu is
	activated) and options in the preferences panel (see below). XMenu uses the icons of the target folders
	and files. So if you don't like 'em or want to accelerate XMenu, set the option "Icons" to "None"
	or use generic icons for folders or all items.

    Tips & Tricks:	
	• Press the command modifier while clicking on an XMenu item in the menu bar to
	  access preferences and about panels, to check for updates, to open the XMenu folder in the Finder
	  or to quit the application.
	• Use modifier keys to perform different operations
		none		- Open file or launch application
		control		- Show item (open parent folder in Finder and select file)
		shift		- Show original (open parent folder of original in Finder and select original)
				   (if the selected item is not an alias, this is identical to control clicking)
		option		- Show original and hide current application
		command	- Show info (in Finder)
	• Selecting a folder (a menu item with a submenu) opens the folder in the Finder
	• Create subfolders in your menu folders to minimize menu sizes, time to load (sub-) menus
	  and memory usage
	• Move the mouse over the menu titles to get tooltips
	• Menu items of applications always use unique icons (ignoring the option "Generic Icons")

    History:	
	• Version 1.6:
		- Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x "Tiger" (menu items can again be inserted to the right
		  of menu extras)
		- Menu bar is immediately updated after quitting XMenu
	• Version 1.5:
		- Bold title of menus
		- Minor glitches after changing the preferences fixed
		- Some Carbon applications were displayed with a generic document icon. Fixed.
		- More reliable "Check for updates" command
	• Version 1.4:
		- XMenu checks if there's a custom icon for files & folders available and uses generic icons
		  if there's none. This speeds up building of menus up to 100 times if the "Unique Icons" or
		  "Generic Folder Icons" options are used and reduces memory usage too.
		- Czech localization by Jan Cinert
	• Version 1.3:
		- User-defined titles of menus are now possible
		- Dutch localization by Victor van den Bos
		- Slightly faster resolving of aliases and symbolic links
		- Resolving aliases does not prompt for server/disk image passwords anymore
		- Alias/Symbolic links pointing to the root of the startup volume did not work
	• Version 1.2:
		- New option "Menus > To the left of menu extras" to move menus to the left side of menu extras
		  (instead of placing them in the right corner of the main menu)
		- New option "Icons > None, Small Font" to display menus without icons using the small system font
		- Tooltips and titles of menus localized
		- Title of menus "Developer Applications"/"User-Defined" changed to "Dev"/"XMenu"
		- Some typos of localizations fixed
		- Polish localization by Janusz Lirski
	• Version 1.1:
		- French localization by Eric Peyron
		- Menus are always added to the right side of the menu bar (and are therefore visible no matter
		  how many menu extras are there or how wide the menu bar is)
		- XMenu icons use less space in the menu bar
		- Revised menu bar icons
		- Options to sort items by kind (folders before or after files) added
		- Optional usage of generic icons for folders or all items (except applications) added
		  (this speeds up refreshing of menus a lot and defaults to "Generic")
		- If "Display localized names" is disabled, a ":" character in names is replaced by "/"
		- Sorting recognizes numbers in names and ignores umlauts/accents
		- "Follow Links" option is now on by default and "Icons" option defaults to "Small (16x16)"
		- "Follow Links" and "Menu Title" options couldn't be changed using the english localization
		- Sorting by name always used english names (even if localized names were displayed)
		- Toggling "Follow Links" and "Display Localized Names" didn't immediately update the menus
		- Improved memory management
	• Version 1.0:
		- Initial release

    Christian Grunenberg
    mailto:christian@grunenberg.com
    http://www.grunenberg.com

    DEVONtechnologies
    http://www.devon-technologies.com