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NAME
Banner - the Banner for Afterstep

SYNOPSIS
Banner is intended to be spawned by Afterstep.

DESCRIPTION
The InitBanner displays an Afterstep Logo in the center of
the screen for 3 seconds.

INVOCATION
Banner can be invoked by binding the action ’Module Ban-
ner’ to a menu or key-stroke in the .steprc file. after-
step will search directory specified in the ModulePath
configuration option to attempt to locate Banner. Although
nothing keeps you from launching Banner at start-up time,
you probably don’t want to. You can also give it an
optional file parameter, like ’Banner doomface.xpm’ or
spcify an alternate default pixmap via configuration
options.

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
*BannerPixmap file
Tells the module to display file instead of the
built in pixmap.

*BannerTimeout sec
Tells the module to display for sec seconds instead
of default of 3.

AUTHOR
Robert Nation

Modified for Afterstep by Robert Depenbrock email:
robert@eclipse.asta.uni-essen.de

TODO
Support for Animated Logos (Multiple XPM)

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