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- xteddy version 1.0, by Stefan Gustavson, ISY-LiTH (stefang@isy.liu.se)
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- DESCRIPTION
-
- xteddy is a cuddly teddy bear for your X Windows desktop.
-
- Normally, xteddy just sits around doing nothing. After all, that's what
- teddy bears are for. Look at him, talk to him, place heavy windows on
- top of him, zap him around until he becomes dizzy, do what you like;
- he will always be your true (albeit virtual) friend.
-
- You can move xteddy with the mouse by pointing at him and dragging
- him around. When clicked upon, he will pop up on top of all other
- windows. If you type "q" on him, he will die (or, as I like to think
- of it, be tucked away in the file system until you need him next time).
-
- That's it. But he's cute.
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- COMPILATION
-
- You will need the shape extension to X and the Xpm library to compile.
- The shape extension to X is bundled with most distributions of X.
- The Xpm library can be obtained by anonymous FTP to avahi.inria.fr
- or to export.lcs.mit.edu. The Imakefile will need some editing to point
- to the place where Xpm is installed at your site. Then, just execute
- "xmkmf" and "make xteddy".
-
- If you don't have access to Xpm, you can compile with -DNOXPM, which
- makes Xteddy always show up in black-and-white. If you don't have the
- shape extension either, you can hack the source code to skip the window
- shaping, but then Xteddy will only be a square window with a small teddy
- bear locked up inside, which is not what I intended. I refuse to provide
- a compilation flag for this.
-
- By default, xteddy will set the override_redirect attribute for his
- window, which means that he will be ignored by most window managers
- and live directly on the root window all by himself.
- You cannot iconify or resize him. This is intentional. If you really
- want to be able to iconify xteddy, there is code to communicate with
- a window manager. All it takes is that you compile with -DUSEWM.
- Beware that this will cram title bars and other ugly things onto xteddy.
- If you specify -DUSEWM, you should tell your window manager not to
- decorate the window. To find out how to do that, refer to the manual of
- your specific window manager.
-
-
- YOUR OWN TEDDY
-
- It's quite easy to make your own favourite teddy bear for the program.
- You will need to change four files that are included at compile time.
- The files xteddy_bw.xbm and xteddy_mask.xbm are standard X bitmap
- files. The color and grayscale images are in X Pixmap format as written
- by the converter ppmtoxpm supplied with the Xpm library. The same shape
- mask is used for monochrome, grayscale and color. See to it that you get
- the names right for the variables at the top of the file. The size does
- not really matter, as long as it is the same for all four files.
-
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- BUGS
-
- The code for xteddy is far from bullet-proof. It might fail for some
- X servers, and there are doubtlessly some bugs I have not found.
-
- This README file is all there is for a manpage.
-
- Xteddy reads no options from the command line, and does not make use
- of the X resource database. I just didn't get around to that.
- The compilation flag -DUSEWM should really be a command-line option.
-
-
- CHANGES
-
- Version 1.0 of xteddy is the original release. It is a fast hack made
- for fun. If you make any useful changes, additions, improvements, or bug
- fixes, please send me a message. If you like xteddy, remember to smile.
-
-
- COPYRIGHT
-
- Copyright Stefan Gustavson, ISY-LiTH, 1994.
- Email address: stefang@isy.liu.se
-
- You may use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
- rudimentary documentation freely, provided that you do it for free
- and that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and sup-
- porting documentation.
-
- The Xpm library is Copyright 1990-93 GROUPE BULL.
- The X Window System is Copyright the Massachusetts Institute
- of Technology. "X Window System" is a trademark of MIT.
- The teddy bear images are photos of a Tender Teddy from Gund.
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-
- DISCLAIMER
-
- I make no promises that this software will work for any purpose
- whatsoever. If you hurt yourself or your system, don't blame me.
- Blame xteddy if you like. He doesn't mind.
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- ---- This file wast last modified on Jan 20, 1994 ----
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