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- KitCat
- ------
-
- This version was supposed to go out last year. However, as I
- spent lots of time trying to get it to automagically quit at
- shutdown under System 6, without much luck I must add, I ended
- up postponing its release. Anyway, here it is the new version of
- KidCat. I hope you like it!
-
- KitCat is a simple application that looks like a wall-mounted Cat
- clock sold some years ago. If you never saw one, it looks like a
- black cat with an analog clock in its belly. As the seconds goes
- by, its tail and eyes swing to the left and to the right. To
- mark the hour (13:00, for instance), the clock would meow.
-
- REQUIREMENTS
-
- Well, I ran KitCat under System 6 and 7 without any problems.
- However, it only quits automagically ay shutdown under System 7
- (One of these days I will find out why it refused to do su under
- System 6). It probably runs even under System 4, but I did not
- try. The program needs 37 Kb of disk space and uses 90 Kb of RAM.
- It is no memory hog by any means. I do not like Fatware. =)
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- There is not much to install KitCat; just put it wherever is
- convenient for you and it will be as happy as it could ever be.
-
- To run it, simply double-click its icon. Once it is on, you
- will see it pop up on the screen and begin moving its tail and
- eyes. Initially, whenever it reaches :00 minutes, it will meow
- once, but that can be changed:
-
- SETUP MENU
-
- There you will find one single item: Alarm. Bye selecting
- it you will get a dialog box that allows you set up the
- Meow volume and how it meows.
-
- HISTORY (Raison d'etre)
-
- Some 5 years ago I went to UF computer fair and saw a DECStation
- running what seemed to be an X-windows version of the Kit Cat
- clock. Inquiring the DEC representative lead to nothing -- he
- did not know where that program came from or how to get it -- so
- I decided to look for it somewhere else: the net. Since then,
- I have been looking for any lead to that program.
-
- During the Summer of 1994, I finally found the X11 cat clock.
- After some problems and conversations with the author, I
- eventually compiled and installed it in my Unix account. After
- that, I began wondering, "Why not port it to my Mac?" First I
- simply tried to rewrite the code, but did not have much luck;
- my knowledge of X-windows programming is quite sorry. So, I
- decided write my own program that *looks* like Philip Schnider's
- X11/motif code. Ok, ok, at least the Cat looks like Philip's.
-
- "But," you would ask, "why write the program?" That is a good
- question. Perhaps to have it running in your machine and
- suddenly meowing loud enough to attract attention to your
- screen. Impress your friends! Amaze you SO!
-
- COPYRIGHT/SHAREWARE
-
- Copyright © 1994 - 1996 Mauricio Tavares (Me!) <raub@kushana.aero.ufl.edu>
- All rights reserved. I am placing this program as shareware. If
- you really appreciate this program, send me $5.00 (I am not greedy)
- or a nice =) Post Card (especially if you do not live in US) so
- that I know how far this program have gone. My address is:
-
- Mauricio Tavares
- 2601 NW 23rd Blvd apt 215
- Gainesville, FL 32605-2937
- Earth (Sol 3), Sol solar system
- Orion's Arm of the Milky Way galaxy
- Local agglomerate of galaxies
- Known Universe
-
- raub@kushana.aero.ufl.edu
-
- If included in an anthology or collection, I would like to receive
- a copy of the collection. For instance, if it is included in a
- shareware CDROM, my "fee" would be a free copy of the CDROM.
-
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-
- Philip Schnider <pjs@netcom.com> for having written the code for
- X11/Motif, making me want to write a port for the
- Mac
-
- D Neal Wise <nwise@achilles.k12.ar.us> for getting me a nice Meow
- sound
-
- Stefan Kurth <stk@DoBag.IN-Berlin.DE> for help with my delay
- problem
-
- Daniel Gomoll <Gomolld@aol.com> For helping me with implementing
- the System 7 AppleEvents handling stuff
-
- MuffinHead (Isca BBS) <deninger@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu> For showing
- how to read a command-key combination from
- withing a dialog box
-
- All those who supported the program by sending money, postcards,
- suggestions (very important), thank-you notes, and so on. This
- version is dedicated to you. To name a few (I have their notes
- right here right now):
-
- o Einar B Jungaard (Olso, Norway)
- o David Ostwald <dostwald@puc.edu>
- o Dant (Edinburg Scotland). You have a worst handwriting than
- mine, something I always thought to be impossible
- o Mauro Ortis (Tepoztlan-Morelos, Mexico)
- o H & P Rigard <100733.226@compuserve.com <Montpellier, France)
- o Montrean (Richmond, VA)
-
- MODIFICATIONS
-
- 1.1.0 - Added an option that will make the cat tell the hours
- by meowing the number of hours.
-
- Allow user to control the Cat volume.
-
- Added the code to allow it to quit if the Mac shuts
- down (System 7 only, for some obscure reason nobody
- I know can find out :P ).
-
- 1.0.0 - After testing in a Quadra 700, I found it was too
- fast. A .1s delay was added to the code. (Jan 03, 94)
-
- 1.0.1 beta - Correct some of the resources so that is shows the
- version correctly. =( (Jan 01, 1995)
-
- 1.0.0 beta - First version. Get the memory requirements as low as
- possible without losing the meows. (Dec 31, 1994)
-
- TO BE DONE
-
-
- o Make the code "remember" the location of the clock window.
- Preferences Files perhaps?
-
- o Add an alarm
-
- o Make it quit at shutdown under System 7.
-
- o Clean up the code; there are too many global variables. Try
- to group them together in some logical fashion.
-
- o Learn how to type. Being a three-finger typist is a pain. :P
-
- CODA
-
- If you have any suggestions/opinions/comments, do send them this
- way!
-
- Oh, if I am not mistaken, I left some surprises in the About...
- box. Happy hunting. =)
-
-