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From: Gael_Marziou <gael@gnlab030.grenoble.hp.com>
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Subject: Yak 1.53 available for FTP
Status: RO



TITLE

	Yak -- multi-purpose commodity

VERSION

	1.53

AUTHORS

	Gael Marziou and previously Martin W. Scott

	E-mail address: gael@gnlab030.grenoble.hp.com 


DESCRIPTION

	Yak  stands for "Yet Another Kommodity"  (never was  any good at
      	spelling), and is  a mouse/window manipulation program along the
      	same lines as DMouse, MightyMouse etc...


FEATURES

	o AutoPoint (sunmouse) that only  activates when mouse stops can
      	  also specify  which screens  to include/exclude.   (Compatible
      	  with popup-menu type programs)

	o AutoPop windows (bring them to front) when they're
          auto-activated;

	o KeyActivate windows (when key pressed);

	o Activate windows when menu button pressed;

	o Click windows to front or back; may also specify which
          screens/windows to include/exclude.

	o AutoPoint (sunmouse) that only  activates when mouse stops can
      	  also specify which screens to include/exclude.
          (Compatible with popup-menu type programs)

	o AutoPop windows (bring them to front) when they're
          auto-activated;

	o KeyActivate windows (when key pressed);

	o Activate windows when menu button pressed;

	o Click windows to front or back; may also specify which
          screens/windows to include/exclude.

	o Cycle screens with mouse;

	o Mouse and Screen blanking (hotkey blanking too);

	o Extensible hotkey system (like FKey's) with actions to:

		Execute a Dos Command;
		Insert text (with embedded hotkeys);
		Insert date (in custom format if locale present);
		Close/Zip/Shrink/Enlarge windows;
		Cycle screens and windows;
		Activate Workbench;
		Center frontmost screen;
		Blank display;
		Pop up a palette on front screen (needs reqtools);

	o KeyClick with adjustable volume;
	
	o Wildstar option (like StarBurst) lets you use '*' as wildcard.

	o Optional on-screen AppIcon to bring up preferences window.

	o Nice gadtools settings window;
	

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

	OS release 2.04 or newer  is required; Yak  has been tested with
      	OS releases through 3.0.

	Distribution is archived with lha so  program to un-archive them
      	is needed.

UPDATE
	This is a small update to Yak 1.52,  it fixes some bugs found in
      	1.52 which were related to localization.
      	Yak 1.53  mainly adds localization and  a french catalog  and an
      	installer script to Yak 1.5a which was  the last version written
      	by Martin W. Scott.

HOST NAME

	Software has been uploaded to the Aminet Site:

	wuarchive.wustl.edu      128.252.135.4   pub/aminet/

	and will be readily available on other Aminet sites.

DIRECTORY

	/pub/aminet/os20/cdity

FILE NAME

	yak153.lha

PRICE
	There is no charge for use of this software.

DISTRIBUTABILITY

	Freely distributable as long as the contents of the archive
	are kept intact.

OTHER
	E-mail address for bug reports and fixes:
	gael@gnlab030.grenoble.hp.com 


Gael
gael@gnlab030.grenoble.hp.com