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--  Blackbox for Windows  --

    \minimal
    
    \fast

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[ To Start ]

    1)  Place folder on "C" drive.  Path should be "C:\Blackbox\".
   
    2)  Double-click Blackbox.exe

    Should you want to start Blackbox without running your startup items
    again, run "blackbox.exe -nostartup". This should be used when running
    BB4Win a second or further time after starting up.

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[ To Install ]

    Double-click INSTALL.bat

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[ To Uninstall ]

    Double-click UNINSTALL.bat

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[ Questions?? ]

    Online Forum                        http://forums.loose-screws.com/viewforum.php?f=14
    
    IRC                                 #bb4win on irc.freenode.net
    
    BB4Win Homepage                     http://www.bb4win.org       (Forum and IRC preferred)

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[ Links ]
    
    SourceForge Project Page            http://bb4win.sourceforge.net
   
    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
    
    Plugins                             http://www.desktopian.org/bb/plugins.html
    
    Styles                              http://www.ratednc-17.com   (and many others...google for "blackbox styles")

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[ Branches ]

    bbLean                              http://bb4win.sourceforge.net/bblean/
    
    Xoblite                             http://www.desktopian.org/bb/

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[ 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.

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[ 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)
    
    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
    
    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)
    
    Broambox                            allows you to key-in messages to bb and plugins
    
    BBSlider                            slider for control of volume and other sound-card settings
    
    BBWeather                           displays the current weather conditions
    
    MultiAmp & BBAmp                    front-ends for media players, such as winamp
    
    BBController                        executes various commands through the command-line
    
    BBInterface                         create your own bb-style front-end for any app
    
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[ Add-Ons ]

    bsetbg.exe                          applies backgrounds to desktop (bsetroot is preferred)
    
    bsetroot.exe                        applies backgrounds and gradients to desktop
    
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[ 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].
    
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[ Contact ]

    NC-17                               nc-17@ratednc-17.com

    bladestaylor                        bladestaylor@yahoo.com

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[ Updated ]

    13 Feb 2004 03:30 GMT (bladestaylor)
    
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