gEyes Applet

Copyright © 2000 by Telsa Gwynne

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gEyes Applet

gEyes Applet

gEyes applet, shown in Figure 1, is a pair of eyes which follow your mouse pointer around the screen. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Panel->Add to panel->Applet->Amusements->gEyes.

Figure 1. gEyes Applet

Usage

Watch the eyes watch your mouse.

Right-clicking on the applet brings up a menu containing the following items:

  • Properties… — opens the Properties dialog.

  • Help — displays this document.

  • About… — shows basic information about gEyes Applet, including the applet's version and the author's name.

Customization

You can customize gEyes applet by right-clicking on it and choosing Properties…. This will open the Properties dialog(shown in Figure 2), which allows you to change the theme.

Figure 2. Properties dialog

This window shows a list of the currently installed themes(appearances) for gEyes. Select the theme you would like to use.

After you have selected your new theme, click on OK to apply the changes and close the Properties dialog.

Known Bugs and Limitations

With the exception of Default-tiny, most of the themes are too large for some Panel sizes and force the Panel to resize.

Authors

gEyes was written by Dave Camp (). Please send all comments, suggestions, and bug reports to the GNOME bug tracking database. (Instructions for submitting bug reports can be found on-line. If you are using GNOME 1.1 or later, you can also use Bug Report Tool (bug-buddy), available in the Utilities submenu of Main Menu, for submitting bug reports.

This manual was written by Telsa Gwynne () and Arjan Scherpenisse (). Please send all comments and suggestions regarding this manual to the GNOME Documentation Project by sending an email to . You can also submit comments online by using the GNOME Documentation Status Table.

License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

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