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diff --git a/doc/amor/index.docbook b/doc/amor/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8b72736 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/amor/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,318 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY kappname "&amor;"> + <!ENTITY package "kdetoys"> + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> + <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> +]> + +<book lang="&language;"> +<bookinfo> +<title>The &amor; Handbook</title> + +<authorgroup> +<author> +&Karl.Garrison; &Karl.Garrison.mail; +</author> +</authorgroup> + +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> + +<copyright> +<year>2001</year> +<holder>&Karl.Garrison;</holder> +</copyright> + +<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> + +<date>2003-09-16</date> +<releaseinfo>2.2</releaseinfo> + +<abstract> +<para> +&amor; is a small animation which sits on top of your active window. +</para> +</abstract> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>KDE</keyword> +<keyword>kdetoys</keyword> +<keyword>amor</keyword> +<keyword>helper</keyword> +<keyword>assistant</keyword> +</keywordset> + +</bookinfo> + +<chapter id="introduction"> +<title>Introduction</title> + +<sect1 id="whats-amor"> +<title>What's &amor;?</title> +<para> +&amor; is an acronym which stands for Amusing Misuse of Resources. It is +actually an animation which sits on top of your active window. In its default +configuration, &amor; takes the form of a yellow spot which performs many +tricks. &amor; also has many different themes which change the appearance +and behavior of the animation. +</para> + +<note><para>Since &amor; works with the &kde; window manager &kwin;, the +application will only work from within &kde;. It is possible that &amor; +would work from within another &kde;-compliant window manager, but none are +known to work at the time of this writing.</para></note> +</sect1> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="configuration"> +<title>Configuration</title> +<sect1 id="configuring-amor"> +<title>Configuring &amor;</title> +<para>To configure &amor;, click on the animation using your &RMB;. A menu +will appear containing three items: +<guimenuitem>Options...</guimenuitem>, +<guimenuitem>About...</guimenuitem>, and +<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem>. Choose +<guimenuitem>Options...</guimenuitem> to configure &amor; +</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="general-options"> +<title>General Options</title> +<para>The following settings for &amor; can be changed from the Options +dialog:</para> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Theme</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This determines the appearance and behavior of &amor;. +Themes are described in the next section.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Offset</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This slider controls where the animation appears in +relation to the top of the active window. The default middle setting will +place the animation right above the window title bar, whereas setting the +slider all the way to the top or bottom will result in the animation +appearing a fair distance above or below the title bar, respectively.</para> +<tip><para>Setting this slider to a lower setting will allow the +animation to be visible even when the active window is maximized.</para> +</tip></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Always on top</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Checking this option will cause the animation to always +appear in front of any existing windows on the screen, including the +panel.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Show random tips</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>If checked, the animation will display various +&kde;-related tips at random intervals.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Allow application tips</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Any &kde; application can be designed to display helpful +tips via &amor;. If this option is checked, and an appropriate +application is the active window, the animation will display tips for that +application.</para> +<note><para>At the time of this writing, no &kde; applications make use of +this functionality.</para></note></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="amor-themes"> +<title>&amor; Themes</title> +<para>&amor; comes with many built-in themes, which change the appearance and +behavior of the animation. In addition, it is possible to create new +&amor; themes. The built-in themes for &amor; are described in the table +below</para> + +<table> +<title>Available &amor; Themes</title> +<tgroup cols="2"> +<thead> +<row> +<entry>Theme</entry> +<entry>Description</entry> +</row> +</thead> +<tbody> + +<row> +<entry><mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="spot.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><para>Multi-talented Spot</para></textobject> +<caption><para>Multi-talented Spot</para></caption> +</mediaobject></entry> +<entry><para>This is the default theme for &amor;, and also the one with +the most <quote>tricks</quote>. This theme was created by &Martin.R.Jones;. The jet-pack, beaming, and fire animations were contributed by +<personname><firstname>Mark</firstname><surname>Grant</surname></personname>.</para></entry> +</row> + +<row> +<entry><mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="ghost.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><para>Spooky Ghost</para></textobject> +<caption><para>Spooky Ghost</para></caption> +</mediaobject></entry> +<entry><para>A ghost theme based-on the &kde; +<application>ghostview</application> icon. Spooky Ghost was created by +&Martin.R.Jones;.</para></entry> +</row> + +<row> +<entry><mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="eyes.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><para>Crazy Eyes</para></textobject> +<caption><para>Crazy Eyes</para></caption> +</mediaobject></entry> +<entry><para>This theme consists of a moving pair of eyes, and was created +by <personname><firstname>Jean-Claude</firstname><surname>Dumas</surname></personname>.</para></entry> +</row> + +<row> +<entry><mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="bonhomme.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><para>Bonhomme</para></textobject> +<caption><para>Bonhomme</para></caption> +</mediaobject></entry> +<entry><para>A stick-figure animation, created by <personname><firstname>Jean-Claude</firstname><surname>Dumas</surname></personname>.</para></entry> +</row> + +<row> +<entry><mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="neko.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><para>Neko</para></textobject> +<caption><para>Neko</para></caption> +</mediaobject></entry> +<entry><para>Neko is a cat theme by <personname><firstname>Chris</firstname><surname>Spiegel</surname></personname>. The graphics are +originally from <application>Oneko</application>, which was written by +<personname><firstname>Masayuki</firstname><surname>Koba</surname></personname>.</para> +<note><para><application>Oneko</application> is a small application which +features a cat chasing the mouse cursor. The application appears to no +longer be maintained, but the +<ulink url="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/demos/oneko-1.1b.tar.gz"> +source code</ulink> from the last version is still +available.</para></note></entry> +</row> + +<row> +<entry><mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="pingus.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><para>Tux</para></textobject> +<caption><para>Tux</para></caption> +</mediaobject></entry> +<entry><para>This theme features Tux, the &Linux; mascot. The actual +graphics come from a <application>Lemmings</application>-style game +called <ulink url="http://pingus.seul.org/"> +<application>Pingus</application></ulink>. The Tux theme was created by +<personname><firstname>Frank</firstname><surname>Pieczynski</surname></personname>.</para></entry> +</row> + +<row> +<entry><mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="worm.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><para>Little Worm</para></textobject> +<caption><para>Little Worm</para></caption> +</mediaobject></entry> +<entry><para>A small inchworm theme. Created by <personname><firstname>Bartosz</firstname><surname>Trudnowski</surname></personname> for +his wife.</para></entry> +</row> + +<row> +<entry><mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="billy.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><para>Little Billy</para></textobject> +<caption><para>Little Billy</para></caption> +</mediaobject></entry> +<entry><para>A static image taken from the game +<ulink url="http://www.xbill.org/"><application>XBill</application> +</ulink>.</para></entry> +</row> + +<row> +<entry><mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="bsd.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><para>BSD Mascot</para></textobject> +<caption><para>BSD Mascot</para></caption> +</mediaobject></entry> +<entry><para>A static image of Beastie, the FreeBSD daemon.</para></entry> +</row> + +<row> +<entry><mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="tux.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><para>Unanimated Tux</para></textobject> +<caption><para>Unanimated Tux</para></caption> +</mediaobject></entry> +<entry><para>An unanimated version of the Tux theme.</para></entry> +</row> + +<row> +<entry><mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="tao.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><para>Tao</para></textobject> +<caption><para>Tao</para></caption> +</mediaobject></entry> +<entry><para>The Tao theme is an animated Yin Yang symbol. This theme was +created by <personname><firstname>Daniel</firstname><surname>Pfeiffer</surname></personname> <email>occitan@esperanto.org</email>, and was +inspired by his Tai Chi practice.</para></entry> +</row> + +</tbody> +</tgroup> +</table> + +</sect1> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="credits"> +<title>Credits and License</title> + +<para>&amor;</para> + +<para>Program Copyright © 1999-2001 &Martin.R.Jones; +&Martin.R.Jones.mail;</para> + +<para>Documentation Copyright © 2001 &Karl.Garrison; +&Karl.Garrison.mail;</para> + +<!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> + +&underFDL; +&underGPL; +</chapter> + +&documentation.index; + +</book> + +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-minimize-attributes:nil +sgml-general-insert-case:lower +sgml-indent-step:0 +sgml-indent-data:nil +End: + +// vim:ts=0:sw=2:tw=78:noet +--> |