	
README                        TkDesk 2.0                        April, 2004
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This is release 2.0 of TkDesk.

Release Summary

   This release is a first attempt at providing compatibility with
   Tcl/Tk 8.4.  There are some other minor fixes and new features
   (see the ChangeLog file for details), but the main intent is to
   provide compatability support for the latest versions of Tcl/Tk,
   Itcl, and BLT.  As of this release, TkDesk may no longer provide
   compatability support for versions of Tcl/Tk older that 8.0.

Release 2.0 Highlights

   * Tcl/Tk 8.4 compatibility
   
     See the INSTALL file for detailed release requirements.

   * Dropped support for Tcl/Tk 7.x.

   * Mouse-wheel support
       
     Most text boxes and the file listings are now mouse-wheel enabled.
     The usage details haven't made it into the documentation yet,
     so here's the quick summary:

        o Your X11 server needs to be configured for mouse-wheel support.
        o The mouse wheel scrolls 5 lines at a time by default
        o Shift + the mouse wheel scrolls 1 line at a time
        o Ctrl + the mouse wheel scrolls 1 page at a time

   * Select two files, press a button, get a diff!

     This works great in conjunction with tkDiff.  The diff command used
     can be configured in your .tkdesk/System file.  The default "diff"
     button (on the button bar) is a picture of two overlapped pages.

   * Improved (hopefully) configure script

   * New TkDesk logo

What is TkDesk?

   TkDesk is a graphical desktop and file manager for several types
   of UNIX (such as Linux) and the X Window System.  It offers a very
   rich set of file operations and services, and gives the user the
   ability to configure most aspects of TkDesk in a powerful way.  The
   reason for this is the use of Tcl/Tk as the configuration and (for
   the biggest part of TkDesk) implementation language.

   TkDesk was conceived and originally implemented by Christian Bolik.

Licensing

   For licensing details, see the file COPYING.  Apart for the exceptions
   detailed in there, TkDesk is released under the terms of the GNU General
   Public License.

   TkDesk is copyrighted by Christian Bolik.

How do I install TkDesk?

   See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to install TkDesk.
   For the impatient, here's the summary: Install Tcl/Tk 8.4, along
   with the latest releases of Incr Tcl and BLT, if you don't have 
   have them, and then run "./configure", "make", and "make install".
   (The absolute latest versions of Tcl/Tk, Itcl & BLT may not be needed.
   See the INSTALL file for detailed requirements.)

Is there a Web page for TkDesk?

   Yes, please take a look at: http://tkdesk.sourceforge.net

   Latest source releases and patches will be available first from there,
   along with TkDesk news, mailing-list information, etc.

Hope you enjoy TkDesk!

     J. Chris Coppick
     jchris@users.sourceforge.net



