### asclock_xlib-2.0.11 README file

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            asclock - afterstep clock
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    RELEASE 2.0 beta 11
          March-13, 1999
          Copyright (C) Beat Christen, spiff@longstreet.ch
          Copyright (C) Patrick Rogan, rogan@lycos.com

    COPYING
         This is GPL2 software. Read the file COPYING for infos!

    THIS VERSION

         The very special new feature is the possibility to completely
         construct your own clock look. You are always welcome to send in
         asclock themes for distribution with the main package. For infos
         on how to build a new theme, have a look at README.THEMES

         Please note, that there is also a GTK version. Find out more
         about what this is, here:
                           http://www.gtk.org

         And even an applet for the gnome desktop: See the link below for
         more infos!
                           http://www.gnome.org

         The theme features will be included in the gtk and applet version
         asap.

    AVAILABILITY
         the latest releases should be available from
         http://www.asclock.org/tar/

         All other flavours of asclock are also maintained there.

    INSTALL
         1. Check in the Imakefile if all LIBS are ok for your system.
         2. `configure`
         3. `make` (Send me the output if this fails)
         4. make install
         5. copy everything in the themes directory to either
    	/usr/local/share/asclock/ or /usr/share/asclock/

    FEEDBACK
        Please send me language customized 'month.xpm' and 'weekday.xpm' files.
        I prefer uuencoded mail.

    AUTHORS
        Beat Christen
        Patrick Rogan

    CONTRIBUTORS
        wmaker-dockability:  Alfredo K. Kojima

        themes:              Pat Rogan

        low-network-
        bandwidth-patch:     Tim Phipps

        close-color-matching-
        patch:               Patrick Rogan

        year-display-patch:  Nick Vargish

        dynamic xpm          Fredrik Hallenberg
        loading

        Shape Extensions     Dan Weeks
        and man page

        language specific    Carlos Canau
        files                Frank Larsen
                             Andy Lo A Foe
    			 Dan Weeks
                             Emanuele Caratti
                             Jorgen Pehrson
                             Vadim V. Klimenko (vadim@max.odessa.ua)
                             Alexey L. Yarovinsky" <aleshka@cortext.co.il>
                             and many more. look at the changes for the
                             respective names.

    CHANGES
        28-May-99  - corrected a little bug that messed up the date.
                   - removed analog theme since that one is not usable.

        13-Mar-99  - beats functionality added
    	       - Orb & beats theme added
                   - some config-file changes

        19-Feb-99  - new config file format for themes
    		 some functions disappeared from the command-line.
    		 If you insist on them, tell me.

        09-Nov-98  - hebrew and japanese added

        08-Nov-98  - themes concept implemented
                     thanks to Pat Rogan for pushing me this way!

        26-Sep-98  - applied different patches supplied by Tim Phipps, Patrick
    		 Rogan, Nick Vargish
    		 Thanks to all authors for keeping those patches coming!!!
        11-Apr-98  - loadable xpm's...
        15-May-97  - slovene added
        10-Dec-96  - ukrainian & russian added
        26-Aug-96  - czech added
        13-Aug-96  - french added
         6-Aug-96  - spanish added (thanks to David Lazaro Saz khelekir@encomix.es)
                   - hungarian added
                     (thanks to Gyula Matics mgyula@garfield.sch.bme.hu)
                   - breton added (thanks to Jean-Pierre.Messager@univ-brest.fr)

        30-Jul-96  - ClassHints added (patch by Peter Parnes peppar@cdt.luth.se)

        23-Jul-96  - swedish added (by Jorgen Pehrson d93jpe@blg.du.se)

         4-Jul-96  - italian added (by Emanuele Caratti)
                   - improved configure

        21-Jun-96  - '-iconic' state added
                   - usleep did not exist on Solaris 2.4: changed to poll()
                   - better error messages

         8-Jun-96  - '-noblink' feature added
                   - final switch to imake

        30-May-96  - am/pm should not show 0:00 am/pm but 12:00 am/pm
                   - portuguese weekday resized
                   - man page (by Dan Weeks)

        25-May-96  - '-geometry' is now '-position' and it _works_ !!!
                   - in AM/PM mode, no leading one was visible...
                   - '-led' command line option added

        24-May-96  - asclock can start an executable: as default you get a
                     message on console
                   - command line options added (-exe, -geometry, -shape, -12, -24)
                   - Shape-Extension (by Dan Weeks)
                   - now it's a Build script
                   - dutch added (by Andy Lo A Foe <arloafoe@cs.vu.nl>)
                   - norwegian added (by Frank Larsen <frankrl@stud.cs.uit.no>)

        22-May-96  - obscure, not necessary XRaiseWindow removed :)
                   - error-message if Xpm-conversion failed
                   - name changed to 'afterstep clock'
                   - blinking optimized
                   - color selection in Configure
                   - color led added (by James Robinson <jimr@simons-rock.edu>)
                   - portuguese added (by Carlos Canau <canau@dawn.EUnet.pt>)
                   - Makefile improvements
                   - Configure is now for sh

        20-May-96  - english support added (by Dan Weeks <dan@mango.sfasu.edu>)
    	       - Language configure script
    	       - german weekday widened to same size as english...
                   - Makefile changes for Solaris

        18-May-96  - 8bit greyscale support added
                   - slightly moved the time-led's
                   - no bmclock directory was created while decompressing
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