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- READ.ME file for VLTimer 2.00
- =============================
-
- "VLTimer" is a VERY small (4092 bytes) utility program, that opens
- a window into a public screen (any type of screen, any number of
- colors); that window shows either a timer or a digital clock. You can
- switch between the two modes selecting the VLTimer window and hitting
- the "TAB" key; while the "0" key resets the timer.
-
- The default VLTimer window is started in 'timer' mode on the
- default public screen; you can use icon tooltypes or CLI arguments to
- change that behaviour. The argument/tooltype 'CLOCK' cause VLTimer to
- start in 'clock' mode; while 'PUBSCREEN=name' selects the public
- screen to use. When started from the CLI, VLTimer detaches itself.
-
- The name is due to the fact that the early versions of VLTimer were
- designed to use the VLT screen (with the screenshare.library, well
- before C= introduced public screens) or the workbench. I have found
- this program very useful when connecting with VLT to a remote
- computer, in order to check with its timer the connection time (and
- the connection costs :^); the "clock" function has been added because,
- when working with the Amiga, I often loose the feeling of the time.
- The code could have been also smaller, without the argument/tooltype
- parsing section; but I definitely needed a clock on the CygnusED
- screen, where I spend the most of the time, and so...
-
- This program is copyrighted, but freely distributable and
- midifiable under the terms of the GNU CopyLeft License, here included
- (in the file License.txt). See also the file Disclaimer.txt about the
- (lack of) warranties and the author.
-
- Thanks to: Commodore - for the wonderful Amiga;
- SAS Institute, Inc. - for the C compiler (here 6.50);
- ASDG, Inc. - for Cygnus ED Pro;
- Gimpel Software - for Lint;
- and to: Willy G.J. Langeveld - for VLT, that has caused VLTimer,
- and his competence as BIX moderator.
-
-
- Have fun!
- MLO (loreti@padova.infn.it)
-