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PyKotIcon - Client side helper for PyKota

(c) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Jerome Alet <alet@librelogiciel.com>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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PyKotIcon is a cross-platform client-side helper for PyKota.

It is meant to be launched whenever the user logs in, and stay in 
the taskbar (depending on the client operating system) until the 
user closes his session. 
  
Installation :

  * GNU/Linux and similar :
  
    $ cd pykoticon
    $ python setup.py install
    
    Then modify your .xsession file, or the appropriate file depending
    on your desktop environment, to ensure that the pykoticon command
    is launched in the background each time your X Window session
    starts.
    
    NB : `pykoticon --help` will give you hints about the expected
    command line parameters.
    
  * MS Windows :  
  
    Download pykoticon-x.yy.zip from 
    
        http://www.pykota.com/software/pykoticon/download/tarballs/
        
    Unzip it into a directory of its own. I usually unzip it into    
    /var/lib/samba/netlogon/pykoticon/
    
    Modify the PYKOTICON.VBS file to include the list of authorized
    print servers and change other parameters as needed.
    
    Ensure that PYKOTICON.VBS is executed each time an user logs
    in. The easiest way to do this is in STARTUP.CMD :
    
      --- CUT ---
      SET PATH=%PATH%;\\MYSERVER\NETLOGON\PYKOTICON\
      \\MYSERVER\NETLOGON\PYKOTICON\PYKOTICON.VBS 
      --- CUT ---
      
    NB : if you launch PYKOTICON.EXE directly instead of from
    PYKOTICON.VBS, a small but disturbing window may appear on 
    the screen.

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Please e-mail bugs to the PyKota mailing list at : pykota@librelogiciel.com
or to the main author at : alet@librelogiciel.com (Jerome Alet)