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<HEAD> <title> Dotfile PR issue 15 </title> </HEAD>
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<center><H1>Dotfile Generator 2.0 Now Available</H1> </center>
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Wed, 5 Feb 1997 <BR>
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This note is to announce the public relase of The Dotfile Generator
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version 2.0. Lot's of changes has been made, since last version, which was
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release for more than a year ago.
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<B>What is the Dotfile Generator </B>
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The Dotfile Generator is a tool to help the end user configure basic
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things as well as exotic features of his or hers favorite programs
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without knowing the syntax of the configuration files, or reading
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hundreds of pages in a manual. At the moment, The Dotfile Generator
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knows how to configure Bash, Fvwm1, Fvwm2, Tcsh, Emacs, Elm and Rtin.
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<B>A picture is worth a thousand words </B>
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Please check out The Dotfile Generators home page, where you will find
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screen dumps from the program, and an article submitted to Linux Journal.
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<A
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HREF="http://www.imada.ou.dk/~blackie/dotfile/">http://www.imada.ou.dk/~blackie/dotfile/
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</A>
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<B>The Fvwm2 module (fvwm version 2.0.44 and 2.0.45)</B>
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This module is without comparison the largest and most extended module
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for The Dotfile Generator. Included is a few standard configurations,
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which you may start up with, and the capability of reading the original
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dotfile (except module settings).
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<B>The Bash module </B>
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This module consists of 17 configuration pages, logically ordered in
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two major groups, which makes it easier to find a specific option
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(e.g. setting up shell prompt, command aliases, completion, error
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handling and much more).
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If you are interested in further information about the Bash module, you
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are welcome to visit its homepage at http://www.imada.ou.dk/~pzacho/bash
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<B>Other Modules </B>
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The Dotfile Generator 2.0 is accompanied by a number of other
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modules besides the Bash and Fvwm module, namely:
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<li>tcsh module
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Configuration of Tcsh shell. Tcsh is a counterpart to Bash (they are
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both shells).
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<li>elm module
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the ELectronic Mailer.
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<li>emacs module
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Configuration of the emacs text editor.
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<li>rtin module
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Configuration of rtin - a USENET news reader.
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<li>fvwm1 module
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You should really convert to fvwm ver 2.0!
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</ul>
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<B>Where do I get it? </B>
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You can get a FREE copy directly from our ftp-site: <BR>
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.imada.ou.dk/pub/dotfile/dotfile.tar.gz">
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ftp://ftp.imada.ou.dk/pub/dotfile/dotfile.tar.gz </A> <BR>
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.imada.ou.dk/pub/dotfile/dotfile.tar.Z">
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ftp://ftp.imada.ou.dk/pub/dotfile/dotfile.tar.Z </A> <BR>
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or the NEOSOFT site:
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/tcl/sorted/misc/dotfile-2.0.tar.gz">
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ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/tcl/sorted/misc/dotfile-2.0.tar.gz </A>
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<B>Requirements </B>
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The Dotfile Generator requires Tcl/Tk, but don't let that scare you,
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Tcl/Tk compiles on almost every machine that runs X windows.
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You can find Tcl 7.4 and Tk 4.0 at
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ftp://ftp.smli.com/pub/tcl/tcl7.6.tar.gz
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ftp://ftp.smli.com/pub/tcl/tk4..2.tar.gz
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or for Linux users, here are a precompiled set for X11R6 at
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ftp://ftp.imada.ou.dk/pub/dotfile/tcl74.tgz
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ftp://ftp.imada.ou.dk/pub/dotfile/tk40.tgz
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Kind Regards Jesper Pedersen, <A HREF="mailto:blackie@imada.ou.dk">
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blackie@imada.ou.dk</A>
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