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 Introduction
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Spotlighter is a tool that show a movable and resizable spotlight
on the desktop screen.

You can use this to hide and show objects on the desktop.

This program has been implemented for educational purposes.

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 License
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This Program is distributed under the Gnu General Public License. See
the file COPYING for details.

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 Installation
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The build use the autotools system

The compilation requires the following packages:

- gcc
- make
- automake
- autoconf
- libtool
- libgtk2.0-0 > 2.14
- libgtk2.0-dev > 2.14
- libatk1.0-0
- libatk1.0-dev
- libx11-6
- libx11-dev
- libpng12-0
- libpng12-dev
- libglib2.0-0
- libglib2.0-dev
- libgconf2-4
- libgconf2-dev
- libfontconfig1
- libfontconfig1-dev
- libfreetype6
- libfreetype6-dev
- libc6
- libc6-dev

If you are using ubuntu karmic you can simply run this command: 

  # sudo apt-get install gcc make automake autoconf libtool libgtk2.0-dev \
    libatk1.0-dev libx11-dev libpng12-dev libglib2.0-dev libgconf2-dev \ 
    libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libc6-dev

You can compile the tool in the standard way:

  # ./configure
  # make
  # sudo make install

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 Make the DEBIAN/UBUNTU package
--------------------------------

The creation of the packgage requires the following
packages:

- devscripts

To build the deb package run:

  # make deb

the deb file ../spotlighter_xxx-debian-x_arch.deb
will be created

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 Usage
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Start Spotlighter clicking in the menu on Applications/Tools/Curtain

Move and resize che spotlighter with fast gestures on the spotlight.

Click on the white cross in the top right corner to quit the program.


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 Info
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  * To get info about the tool, please contact:

      pilolli@fbk.eu

  * To report bugs, please contact:

      alpha@paranoici.org


Have fun!

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