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KWSE (KWSaver Editor)
=====================
This file is written for Version 2.0 of KWSE.
What is KWSE?
=============
KWSE is a graphical utility for editing the "kwsaver.list" file found in
your /dd/SYS directory for use with KWSaver. KWSE provides a quick and simple
graphical interface for choosing which screen-saver programs you wish to have
in effect when KWSaver is running. Sleep/Never-Sleep Zones are also supported
by this version.
Using KWSE
==========
KWSE has no command-line options (other than '-?' for help). KWSE runs in
an overlay window atop the current window. KWSE reads the "kwsaver.list" file
(or ".kwsaver.list" file alternatively) to learn all the screen-savers
currently installed on your system. These savers are listed in the large box
within KWSE's window. If a saver is "active", a circular dot is placed in
front of the saver's name. Being "active" merely means the saver can be used
by KWSaver when it's time to run a screen-saver program.
There are 7 buttons on the right side of the KWSE window. Most of them
(Enable, Disable, Delete, and Test!) all require that you "select" a saver
from the list on your screen. How do you select a screen-saver? Click on its
name. You should see the saver become raised (highlighted), and you can then
click on one of the following buttons:
ENABLE: Makes the selected saver active.
DISABLE: Makes the selected saver inactive.
DELETE: Removes the selected saver from the list.
TEST!: Runs the selected saver just as KWSaver V2.0 would. To stop exit the
screen-saver, hold down the mouse button.
The following buttons perform functions which do not require a saver to be
selected from the list of savers:
ADD: Allows the user to add another saver to the list of savers.
SAVE: Saves the modifications to "kwsaver.list" (or ".kwsaver.list").
QUIT: Exits KWSE.
Rearranging Savers
==================
If you don't like the order with which the screen-savers are listed within
the file, you can switch them around. Point your mouse pointer at the
screen-saver you wish to move and hold down the mouse button. The saver will
have a dotted-line appear around its name indicating that you are now able to
move it to a new location in the list. Continue holding down the mouse button
and move the screen-saver to the location you wish it to appear in the list.
"Drop" the saver at the new location by releasing the mouse button, and the
moved saver will be swapped into the new position.
Sleep/Never Zones
=================
Starting with Version 2.0 of KWSaver, Sleep and Never-Sleep Zones are now
supported. You select which zone you want by clicking on any of the 3 choices
(No Zone, Sleep Zone, or Never Zone). The "zone" is the very upper-left
corner of the screen, when KWSaver is running.
If Sleep Zone is selected, when the mouse enters the zone, KWSaver will
immediately choose an active screen-saver and run it. This is for when you
are about to walk away from your desk and you want your screen-saver to begin
at once.
If Never Zone is selected, when the mouse enters the zone, KWSaver will
beep twice to indicate that the mouse is within the Never-Sleep zone. As long
as the mouse remains within the zone, KWSaver will never run a screen-saver.
This is for when you are working on something where you do not interact with
your computer constantly, and you wish to prevent the screen-saver from
continually popping-up.
No Zone means the upper-left corner of the screen has no special meaning,
so no zone is defined.
** Note that when you make changes to the screen-saver list (and SAVE the
changes), the changes take effect right away. So, if you ENABLE certain
savers, they could be run the next time KWSaver needs to run a screen-saver.
HOWEVER, changes in the zone do not have any effect until you quit and restart
the KWSaver program!!
KWSE Technical Notes
====================
The maximum number of screen-savers KWSE can hold is 22. If there are
more than 22 savers (including both enabled and disabled) within the
kwsaver.list file, only the first 22 will be loaded in. The additional savers
will remain in the kwsaver.list file until the SAVE button is pressed. Once
the file is re-saved, the additional savers will no longer be listed within
the kwsaver.list file.
KWSE can be run on either a 16-color or 256-color screen, however the
size of the screen must be at least 43x24, so it is impossible to run KWSE on
a Type 3, 4, or 5 screen. Type 8 & 9 screens (which are 256-color) are large
enough for KWSE to run in.
KWSE Version 2.0 is (c) 1994 by Joel Mathew Hegberg.
This archive is freely distributable in its complete form.