From: maillet@cs.dal.ca (Andre' Maillet)
Subject: FTP instructions: xneko, oneko
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:22:31 GMT

============== The Kinda Not-So-Official Guide to FTP =======================

     Greetings to all fellow cat lovers.

     These are "complete" instructions on getting oneko and xneko for your
very own! Just what are oneko and xneko? Well...

     "oneko" is a very cute program where a kitten will chase the mouse 
cursor (which looks like a mouse) all about the screen. If "neko" catches
the cursor, he will lick his paw, and fall asleep. If "neko" is about to
sleep near a window, he scratches the wall. By typing  oneko -o,  you can
get an options screen. "oneko" completed is about 82Kb long. 

     "xneko" is identical to "oneko", except "neko" is contained in a window.
"xneko" does not have the -o feature. When complete, "xneko" is about 57Kb 
long.

NOTE: These versions of xneko and oneko run on UNIX. Unfortunately, I havn't 
heard about any versions for MSDOS or MacIntosh. I'd like to know if there are
any (By E-mail please, I won't be reading the news for a while.)

     Ok, now how can you get these programs?

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1) FTP:

     All you have to do is search Archie for the site, get it, uncompress it,
untar it, and make it. ... "Huh?" (That's what I said when it was explained to
me the first time I tried it.)  8^)
Ok. Here is the way to do it from UNIX in a few easy steps. (Well, more than
a few.) 8^)

     1) Archie search for the files. You can do it by telnet, or by gopher.
However, I did it for you. So let's continue.

     2) Enter FTP.

     3) Open a connection to   mcsun.eu.net   (or some other address you may
have found with step 1.) (Disclaimer: I am in no way connected with this 
site. I'm not plugging it. It's just one I've found with both programs on 
it.)

     4) Type:   cd /windows/X/R4.contrib

     5) Type:   binary      (This is important.)

     6) Type:   get xneko.tar.Z  and/or  get oneko.tar.Z

     7) Type:   close

     8) Type:   quit

    <Ok. Now we shall unpackage the programs.>

     9) Make an empty directory and move one file into it.

    10) Type:   uncompress xneko.tar.Z

    11) Type:   tar -xf xneko.tar  (Yes, the Z is gone.)

    <All right. Now to make the file.>

    12) Type:   xmkmf

    13) Type:   make

    14) You will be left with a file called "xneko" and a lot of other junk.
You may now remove the other stuff, but keep xneko.

    15) Put xneko into the appropriate directory.

    16) Move oneko.tar.Z into the now empty directory and repeat steps 10-15.

    17) Now, run the programs, and enjoy! That's it. You're done.

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E-mail:

     Ok, the other way you can get these programs is by mailing me at:

                        maillet@ug.cs.dal.ca  

     I'll send you the files you ask for uuencoded. What that means is that
I'll send you a coded copy of the file, ready to run, by E-mail. All you
have to do is edit out any extra text at the start of the file including
the cut line and type   uudecode <filename> 

NOTE: I will not be here to process requests from the 20th of December until
the 3rd of January. But go ahead and send requests anyway, I'll respond as soon
as I can.

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     If you have any questions, suggestions, criticism, advice, etc, please
feel free to mail me. I'll consider everything. And I'll respond as soon as
I can.

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|Andre M. Maillet     | "Wouldn't it be nice if Education got all the money |
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