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From: raveling@VAXA.ISI.EDU (Paul Raveling)
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Subject: Two client variations and a minor hack
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Date: Tue, 1-Sep-87 14:17:29 EDT
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	In the process of tidying up our local nonstandard X10.4 clients,
	as used on HP Bobcats, I've extracted three which may be of
	some value to other X users.  They're available for FTP
	by anonymous login from VAXA.ISI.EDU from subdirectories
	of pub/X.


	These three clients are...

	    isiuwm	Variant of uwm, almost compatible with standard uwm
	    xload	Variant of xload, compatible with standard xload
	    xsetmap	Small program to set and hold color map entries


	isiuwm differs from uwm in its use of mouse keys.  It uses only
	"click" operations, rather than the hold-drag-release operations
	which I found relatively cumbersome and error-prone.

	xload allows a couple variations on the text it displays.
	One is a slogan from .Xdefaults (instead of host name);
	Another is a "New Mail @ <time>" note which pops up in place
	of the host name or slogan.

	xsetmap allocates (sharable) color map entries for colors
	listed in .Xdefaults.  We've used this with 4-plane displays
	to enforce an "ideal" color map.  At least it avoided various
	embarassments in demoing map images that can look like rubbish
	without some particular color.


	For more info, there's a README file for each of these.

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	Paul Raveling
	Raveling@vaxa.isi.edu