=========================================================================== =========================================================================== -- Blackbox for Windows -- \minimal \fast =========================================================================== =========================================================================== [ To Start ] 1) Place folder on "C" drive. Path should be "C:\Blackbox\". 2) Double-click Blackbox.exe -------------------------------------------------------- [ To Install ] Double-click INSTALL.bat -------------------------------------------------------- [ To Uninstall ] Double-click UNINSTALL.bat -------------------------------------------------------- [ Questions?? ] Online Forum http://forums.loose-screws.com/viewforum.php?f=14 Plugins Forum http://forums.loose-screws.com/viewforum.php?f=53 IRC #bb4win on irc.freenode.net BB4Win Homepage http://www.bb4win.org (Forum and IRC preferred) =========================================================================== =========================================================================== [ Startup-Items ] Blackbox executes items in your system's "Startup" folder as it loads. Prevent this when starting BB4Win a second time or more. Load Blackbox by double-clicking "no_startup_items.bat". -------------------------------------------------------- [ Links ] Plugins http://www.desktopian.org/bb/plugins.html Plugin Search http://box.crackmonkey.us/modules/ Styles/Screenshots http://box.crackmonkey.us FAQ http://bb4win.sourceforge.net/FAQ/FAQ.html Docs http://wiki.bb4win.org/ More Docs http://snkmchnb.no-ip.com/bbdocs/index.html SourceForge Project Page http://bb4win.sourceforge.net Newest Files http://bb4win.sourceforge.net/latest/Latest/ -------------------------------------------------------- [ Branches ] bbLean http://bb4win.sourceforge.net/bblean/ Xoblite http://xoblite.net/ -------------------------------------------------------- [ Installing Plugins ] 1) Open plugins.rc with a text editor. 2) Add the path to the plugin's dll file on a single line. 3) Restart or run blackbox to load the plugin. ** See the included plugins and plugins.rc for examples. -------------------------------------------------------- [ Plugin Descriptions ] BBKeys sets key-bindings BBDDE starts Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) Server; allows apps to communicate with one another BBSystemBar tasks and system tray; similar to Windows taskbar SystemBarEx BBSystemBar branch with features of toolbar and more BBSystemBarEx older version of SystemBarEx (above) BBLeanBar Fluxbox/Bluebox-type combo of systembar-and-toolbar BBTray stand-alone system tray BBHook *nix-like window-shading and more BBSlit adds the slit--a wrapper for binding plugins together into a single bar BBBin special icon for recycle-bin BBIcons icons for desktop; (use with BBSlit to emulate Windows' Quick-Launch) BBStatus displays text from toolbar's windowlabel (center part) BBInterface create your own bb plugin BBEdgeFlip edge-flipping, i.e. drag windows between workspaces/touch screen-edge switch workspace BBEdgeMenu right-click a screen-edge to show the desktop menu BBEdgeHook BBEdgeMenu plus manage workspaces with mousewheel/gestures; styled system-menus for windows BBMemShrink shrink the amount of memory allocated for bb BroamTimer reads a list of bro@ms from a file and sends them out on a timer BroamRelay send it a broam with a path to a file that contains more broams BBShelf a bar with icons BBStyle changes styles on a timer BBColor changes Windows Classic colors to match the current style (no skinning) BBWinSkin window-skinning BBLeanSkin window-skinning BBMuse displays song titles from winamp BBPlugManager dynamically loads and unloads other plugins BBCalendar slittable calendar bbColor3dc manage Windows color profiles using 3D Color Changer BBFoomp front-end for Foobar2000 BBtodo makes a list of things to do BBPower displays a battery meter BBNote text-editor BBStyleMaker see styles are you make them (bbLean only) GradTest graphic display of gradients for style developers BBAnalog analog clock BBSysMon system monitor (CPU, memory, etc.) BBPager virtual window-manager to display windows in different workspaces BBTrans applies transparency to absolutely any window (now redundant for bb menus and toolbar) BBWinTrans similar to BBTrans transp2k similar to BBTrans (obsolete) Broambox allows you to key-in messages to bb and plugins BBZCmdEx port of ZCmd from Aston shell; Broambox with added features BBSlider slider for control of volume and other sound-card settings BBWeather displays the current weather conditions nWeather similar to BBWeather MultiAmp & BBAmp front-ends for media players, such as winamp BBAmpList displays winamp's playlist in a bb menu BBOscilloscope winamp-style oscilloscope plugin BBSpectrum winamp-style spectrum-analyzer plugin BBController executes various commands through the command-line BBKontroller similar to BBController BBKontroller-Proxy allows BBController.exe and BBKontroller.exe to communicate with bb4win BBampTitle displays current song playing in winamp BBsysState plots graphs showing cpu and mem use BBnetState plots graphs showing network card traffic BBGesture draw gestures on a keypad to execute commands BBMouseGesture draw gestures without a keypad to execute commands BBXEyes a window with "eyes" follows your cursor around the screen BBSoundFX plays sound-effects for events such as task-switching BBCmd library for other plugins; executes various commands BBDropFTP drop files on a window to ftp them BBDxShelf icon-management, similar to Linux's AfterStep (experimental) BBKeyhook for multi-media keyboards; map a key-code to a command-line action BBMail POP3 and IMAP email-checker Liam similar to BBMail HideExplorer hides elements of explorer desktop for running bb over explorer XMouse95 adds xmouse functionality for users of Win95 and NT4 -------------------------------------------------------- [ Add-Ons ] bsetbg.exe applies backgrounds to desktop (bsetroot is preferred) bsetroot.exe applies backgrounds and gradients to desktop -------------------------------------------------------- [ License ] Blackbox for Windows is free software, released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) [http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html], with an extension that allows linking of proprietary modules under a controlled interface [http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#LinkingOverControlledInterface]. What this means is that plugins etc. are allowed to be released under any license the author wishes. Please note, however, that the original Blackbox gradient math code used in Blackbox for Windows is available under the BSD license [http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/COPYRIGHT2.html#5]. -------------------------------------------------------- [ Contact ] NC-17 nc-17@ratednc-17.com -------------------------------------------------------- [ Updated ] 8 Sep 2004 04:00 GMT [bladestaylor@yahoo.com] =========================================================================== ===========================================================================