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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

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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

    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)

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[ 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".

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[ 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/

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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)

    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

    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

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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

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[ Updated ]

    24 May 2004 01:30 GMT               [bladestaylor@yahoo.com]

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