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MailWatchView - a BackSpace module Description: ----------- Names of users bounce around the screen like gas particles in a box. Generally, the names are dark gray however, the name changes color and font to alert users of unread mail. On color systems, the color of the name indicates the amount of unread mail. The purpose of this module is to save users the trouble of logging in just to see if they have mail. In the spirit of information provision, the time, day, and date are also available as bouncing names. The module has become especially useful since the release of SpaceSaver by Christopher_Lane@Med.Stanford.EDU. This replacement for loginwindow.app's ScreenSaver.bundle allows the root user to specify a BackSpace module to run on top of the login window. Location: -------- Should eventually find its way to ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/sources/screen/MailWatchView_2.0a.tar.gz Installation: ------------ Download the archive MailWatchView_2.0a.tar.gz from the ftp site. Uncompress and unarchive the distribution: > gnutar -xzf MailWatchView_2.0a.tar.gz This will create a directory containing the source to MailWatchView (in another archive MWSource.tar.gz) and a compiled FAT version for Intel and Motorola harware, as well as a degenerate copy of this README > make To install: > cp -r MailWatchView.BackO ~/Library/BackSpaceViews or, as root: > cp -r MailWatchView.BackO /LocalLibrary/BackSpaceViews If you want to re-compile or modify the source. It's easiest to build the BackModule from within ProjectBuilder. Simply open PB.project, choose Install from the target popup and build. Release 2.0 Added cool new inspector panel. Added new adjustments for Energy, NoMailGray, Colors, and Fonts. Added NeXTstep help Added calender functions. Release 2.0a Fixed bugs: Empty Namelist causes creation of uninitialized user Possible memory error with > 30 users Module uninitialized with BackSpace's "All" option Annoying warning panel for Fiend.app users 2/24/96 Robert Lutwak MIT Atomic Resonance Laboratory robert@amo.mit.edu
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