README for flyingwindows:
Flying Windows - version 0.2
A "screenhack" for Jamie Zawinski's "xscreensaver" for X11.
by Bill Kendrick
bill@newbreedsoftware.com
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/flyingwindows/
May 6, 1999
INTRODUCTION
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ANTI-MS MODE
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"Flying Windows" is an application for X-Window(tm) (X11(tm)) which
displays a set of logos flying towards you through space. In it's default
mode, Flying Windows displays logos similar to that of MicroSoft(tm)
Windows(tm). Then, your favorite good guy appears on the screen to help
destroy these logos by shooting them out of the sky.
The current good guys include:
* Tux the Linux(tm) Penguin
* The FreeBSD Daemon
* A UFO with an alien design on the side not unlike that of
Sun Microsystem's (tm) logo
* A flying SGI logo
PRO-X11 MODE
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Flying Windows also has a "non-violent" mode in which X11 "X" logos appear
to fly across the screen. Since we like X11, nobody comes to blast them.
USING FLYINGWINDOWS IN XSCREENSAVER
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PUT FLYINGWINDOWS IN YOUR PATH
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Copy (with "cp") or symbolically-link (with "ln -s") the flyingwindows
binary into some directory in your path. Try:
cp flyingwindows /usr/local/bin
chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/flyingwindows
or, if you're not root or just want this installed personally:
cp flyingwindows ~/bin
RUN XSCREENSAVER
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If it's not already running, start up xscreensaver:
xscreensaver &
You'll probably get a window on the screen for a moment. Click "Demo",
or run the command:
xscreensaver-demo &
I'm not sure why this window doesn't have an "Add" or "New" button,
but if you want, you can replace your least favorite screenhack entry
with the command:
flyingwindows -root
Hit [RETURN] or click the newly-changed entry to see flyingwindows
take over your entire monitor!
If you don't want to kill any existing screenhacks, then add a new
entry for flyingwindows into your "~/.xscreensaver" resource file.
See "xscreensaver"'s documentation for details.
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