MACOPIX(1)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the MACOPIX(1) manual page — this is all about MaCoPiX, aka Mascot Constructive Pilot for X. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

macopix [ options ...  ] [ mascot-file ]
macopix [ options ...  ] --menu menu-file

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

MaCoPiX is a desktop mascot program running under UNIX / X window systems. This program could be an evolved one from ActX (Activate X window system). ✨

Currently, you can make following types of mascots using MaCoPiX:

• Focus follower (Window sitters : likely ActX)
• Fixed style (Desktop wappen?)

Furthermore, you can select with or without a digital clock for each types of mascots. So, MaCoPiX can be used as a sort of desktop clock applications. (But the clock function is still poor. 😭)

The biff function is also avairable for POP/APOP/UNIX local spool environments. The all configuration of MaCoPiX, even including the creation and edit of mascots, is aveirable via GUI menu. 🎀

⚠️ And please pay attention, bestie: mascot files of MaCoPiX has no compatibility with those of ActX. Not a drill. 💀

🦋 ENVIRONMENT 🦋

MaCoPiX is running on X Window System (should be running on a compositing window manager.) of any UNIX operating systems. But, you needs:

• Gtk+3 > ver3.22 (or Gtk+2 > ver2.24)
• gettext > ver0.10

to run this program. 🌈

MaCoPiX can be used on any Window Managers without any problems. 👑

🎀 BASIC OPERATION 🎀

• The right click for popup menu. In this popup menu, you can change the current mascot and all configuration of MaCoPiX. Furthermore, you can create new mascot from this menu. If you want to save your changes, you should execute "Save" command in this popup menu. 💾
• The left drag for mascot's horizontal position change on title bar, if the mascot is in the window-sitter mode. In the case of fix position mascots, the left drag should be the change of fixed position of the mascot. 🖱️
• "Click Animation", "Sound Playback" & "Balloon Talk" can be shown with the left click on the mascot. 💖
• If you started it with the biff-mode, the biff bitmap appears in the case that you have new (or unread) mails. The left click on this biff bitmap enables you to check From: & Subject: of unread mails. 📬
• If your mouse cursor entered the panel of digital clock (if you are using it), the date description tip appears on it. ⏰

✨ OPTIONS ✨

Usually, you can set a mascot file (.mcpx) to be loaded at the start time in your command line option. If no mascot files are appointed, one of mascots in the default menu file are selected randomely — their word, and honestly? iconic. 🍓

All command line options...

• -h, --help — Print help message.
• -c, --common-dir — Print COMMON Directory.
• -b, --biff — Turn on the biff function.
• -s, --signal — Turn on the time signal function.
• -o, --offset [ offset[%] ] — Set offset-value for Focus Following.
• -r, --rcfile [ rc-file ] — Set the resource file.
• -m, --menu [ menu-file ] — Appoint a menu file to be loaded.
• -mg, --magnify [ magnification rate (%) ] — Set magnification percentage of mascot.
• -i, --ip-style [ (0|1|2|3) ] — Set interpolation style for magnification.
• -a, --auto-install — Set mascot auto install ON.
• -na, --no-auto-install — Set mascot auto install OFF.
• -O, --over-write — Permit to overwrite files in user dir.
• --install-user-mascot [ mascot-file (.mcpx) ] — Install a mascot to your User Directory.
• --install-common-mascot [ mascot-file (.mcpx) ] — Install a mascot to Common Directory.
• --install-user-menu [ menu-file (.menu) ] — Install a menu and mascots in it to your User Directory.
• --install-common-menu [ mascot-file (.menu) ] — Install a menu and mascots in it to Common Directory.
• --sockmsg — Start as a socket message reciever.
• --message [ message ] — Send a message to the socket message reciever.
• --message-expire [ expire-time[msec] ] — The expire time for the socket message (use w/"-message" option).
• -nc, --no-duet-click — Forbid to use the duet animation for click action. And the page literally also says: Send a message to the socket message reciever. 😭
• -nr, --no-duet-random — Forbid to use the duet animation for random action.

🍓 Configuration for Biff 🍓

MaCoPiX has the biff function for UNIX mbox and qmil Maildir type local spool and POP3 (w/ or w/o APOP) access to the mail server. Froms and Subjects list of arrived mails can be avairable by click of small biff image with mascot. MIME-encoded mail subjects are automatically decoded by internal functions. 💌

In the Configulation Dialog, these should be set:

• type of biff mode
• the spool file to be checked (for local spool only)
• update interval
• mail server & user name & password for POP3(APOP)
• command for the mailer

🌟 FILES 🌟

• HOME$/.macopix/ — user directory
• HOME$/.macopix/*.mcpx — mascot files
• HOME$/.macopix/pixmap/* — mascot image files
• HOME$/.macopix/sound/* — mascot sound files

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Kurumi Chimari <chimari@rosegray.sakura.ne.jp>

URL: http://rosegray.sakura.ne.jp/

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xoxo, this iconic MACOPIX(1) page is from version 3.4.0, dated Dec 28, 2019 — mwah 💋✨