Ticker.app - A ticker dockapp

General Information
===================
Ticker.app is just like a ticker, and is designed in the dockapp that is
supported by X window managers such as Window Maker, AfterStep, BlackBox, and
Enlightenment.

It reads a file that is specified by the command line, and displays each line
in a viewing area periodically. It rereads automatically when the file has been
modified. If you run in a tail-mode, it ticks only the last line.

Another area to display is a popup window that  may be opened by clicking the up
arrow button.

You can skip to next line by clicking the right allow button, and controll the
viewing area by dragging the horizontal scrollbar or the mouse wheel.


Installation
============
See the file 'INSTALL' for instructions.


Copyright
=========
GPL applies all portions of the code I wrote. Please see COPYING file.


Usage
=====
ticker.app [OPTIONS]
  -f,  --file <file>            file to display
  -t,  --tail                   run the application in tail mode
  -d,  --display <string>       display to use
  -fg, --foreground <color>     foreground color (white is default)
  -bg, --background <color>     background color (rgb:52/52/52 is defalt)
  -p,  --popup                  run the application with popup window
  -pp, --popup-pos [+|-]x[+|-]y position of popup window
  -fn, --font <fontname>        font to use
  -fp, --font-popup <fontname>  font to use in popup window
  -sf, --speed-fast             fast scrolling
  -ss, --speed-slow             slow scrolling
  -bw, --broken-wm              activate broken window manager fix
  -h,  --help                   show this help text and exit
  -v,  --version                show program version and exit
  -w,  --windowed               runs the application in windowed mode

NOTE:
- You can specify font by '-fn, --font' and/or '-fp, --font-popup' options as
  below.

  $ ticker.app -f somefile -fn "-*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-14-*, \
                                -*-*-bold-r-normal-*-14-*,*"


I18N (Internationalization) support
===================================
To run Ticker.app with I18N support, the LANG environment should be set to your
locale. If I18N support does not work for you, please check that the locale is
supported by your OS. you can display all supported locales by executing "locale
-a" command if it available.


For AfterStep users
===================
Add below entry to your Wharf

  *Wharf ticker.app - Swallow "ticker.app" ticker.app -w &


For Enlightenment users
=======================
Use '-bw, --broken-wm' option.


Bug reports
===========
Please send e-mail to ssato@sh.rim.or.jp.


URL
===
http://www.sh.rim.or.jp/~ssato/dockapp/index.shtml#ticker.app