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Short: Eyes on screen titlebars watch your pointer.
Author: johughes@heartland.bradley.edu (John Hughes)
Uploader: johughes@heartland.bradley.edu (John Hughes)
Type: util/wb
Statistics:
Program: PointerEyes v3.0
Coded by: John Hughes
E-Mail: johughes@heartland.bradley.edu
Compiled with: SAS/C 6.51
Machine: A4000 68EC030/25 AmigaDOS 3.1
Date: October 17, 1994
Required: AmigaDOS 2.04 or above
Recommended: MUI if you want to use settings window.
Features:
o Configurable MUI Preferences Window and icon tooltypes.
o All settings are saved and loaded from the icon tooltypes.
o The background color and eye color are automatic allowing it to look
as though the eyes are attached to the screen's title bar or you
can choose it's colors.
o The eyes can be auto-centered on the title bar or be located
anywhere on the screen.
o There are two eye sizes. You may choose between the two or let the
program determine which best fits your public screen title bar. The
larger eyes were designed to be used with 11 point fonts.
o You can choose the public screen in which Pointer Eyes appears on.
o If the mouse isn't moved for a while, the eyes will go to sleep, and
periodicaly peek out at you.
o The eyes will blink at random intervals.
o The eyes are rolled periodically.
o Monitors the system preferences files, allowing the WB screen to be
closed/reopened if system preferences are changed.
o You can lock the window in place so you don't accidentlly grab it.
o The eyes can stay behind, infront of all windows or just float.
o The eyes can follow you around to the front most or active public screen.
o Low task priority of -2, so it doesn't get in the way of other tasks.
o Load/Save settings to icon Tooltypes. Or reset to defaults.
o Small code.
New Features to V3.0:
The eyes now will jump to no other screens, the front most public
screen, or the current active public screen automatically.
The eyes will stay behind, in front, or just float in the window layers.
Added tooltype FOLLOWSCREEN.
Added tooltype WINDOWLAYER.
Completely removed the pulldown menus.
If you have MUI, you can use an MUI preferences window, otherwise you
must use the tooltypes for the settings.
Eyes follow frontmost screen is now the default.
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2273 567 75.0% 20-Oct-94 03:38:32 PointerEyesV3.0.info
23168 10856 53.1% 20-Oct-94 03:36:26 PointerEyesV3.0/PointerEyes
1809 506 72.0% 20-Oct-94 03:39:34 PointerEyesV3.0/PointerEyes.icon2.info
3249 763 76.5% 20-Oct-94 03:38:32 PointerEyesV3.0/PointerEyes.info
23520 8378 64.3% 20-Oct-94 03:36:30 PointerEyesV3.0/PointerEyesV3.0.guide
482 237 50.8% 20-Oct-94 03:38:32 PointerEyesV3.0/PointerEyesV3.0.guide.info
2273 561 75.3% 20-Oct-94 03:39:04 PointerEyesV3.0/v1.1.source.info
295 175 40.6% 09-Aug-86 13:23:10 PointerEyesV3.0/V1.1.source/Makefile.gcc
8092 906 88.8% 15-Aug-94 10:30:32 PointerEyesV3.0/V1.1.source/PointerEyes.Images
15981 4828 69.7% 15-Aug-94 22:03:16 PointerEyesV3.0/V1.1.source/PointerEyesV1.1.c
146 114 21.9% 15-Aug-94 22:02:54 PointerEyesV3.0/V1.1.source/SCoptions
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