TopDesk 1.00 for NEXTSTEP Release 3
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TopDesk is an extremely powerful virtual screen manager, with a lot of
interesting unique features. Some features are:

  - User control over the size and scale of the virtual screen.
  + Virtual screen window with scrollers and accessories controlling the size
    and scale of the virtual screen independently of the window size.
  + Applications names in the windows, with user-settable font and a default 
    name for unknown applications.
  - Different defaults colors for different windows kinds, background, fonts...
  + Custom colors for the windows, contexts and applications, with opacity use.
  - Sticky windows.
  + Protected windows.
  - Image view of the windows.
  + Graphical and color attributes indicating the status of a window.
  + Dock showing application running status.
  + Automatic scrolling of the virtual screen in eight directions.
  + Hot keys, accessible at any moment, to scroll the virtual screen.
  + Panner letting the user move in various ways.
  + Easily movable virtual screen.
  + Windows and icons utilities menu (moving, sticking, aligning etc...)
  + User-settable action modifiers for performing various actions on a window
    or a whole context's windows.
  + User-settable grid, constraining moves on the grid.
  - Real-time moves.
  + Viewport image while moving it.
  + Automatic screen-switching when double-clicking an application icon.
  + Automatic following of the key window, with fine control over the 
    following.
  + Hiding of some applications' windows.
  + Resources letting one specify where an application should be launched, if
    its windows must be stuck, what the windows color will be, and more; these
    resources are maintained at the VirtScreen level, the system level and the
    user level for ease of sharing.
  + Inheritance of resources and other properties (per-application, per-context
    and per-window, then default values).
  + Touched windows that do not inherit anymore.
  + Fine control over what is displayed in the Virtual Screen window.
  + Powerful support for multi-headed displays, with specific features.
  + Applications activation and launch from within VirtScreen, with automatic
    launch of applications at startup.
  + Intelligent activation of windows in the virtual screen (e.g. a miniwindow
    is deminiaturized and a hidden application is unhidden first).
  + Comprehensive set of preferences for the expert user, defaulting to
    intuitive values for the novice user.
  + Extensive online help with tips and hints and FAQ.
  
  + And a lot more...
 
This application will run in demo mode for approximatively 10 minutes. You can
buy a license key which will let you use the full power of the application
by asking for a license from within the application Registration Panel.

The application supports all four NEXTSTEP architctures (m68k, i386, hppa and
sparc), and has a comprehensive english hypertext help.

Feel free to copy and distribute this version. Get the TopDeskTrap companion
utility for TopDesk, too.

Yves Arrouye (topdesk@petole.imag.fr --- NeXT/MIME Mail)


The TopDesk Tools can be got from the author's machine (preferrably outside
local business hours, i.e. between 1800 MET and 0900 MET). Get the software
from

	ftp://petole.imag.fr/pub/next/sevy/TopDeskTools/
	
and do not forget to get the documentation, the applications and the license
servers.