StockTicker Applet
==================

This applet displays stock quotes in the Gnome panel.


Requirements
============

To use StockTicker, you must have:

 o Gnome (including libghttp and pixbuf support)
 o A net connection


Running StockTicker
===================

Once installed (see the INSTALL instructions), the ticker can be added to
the panel by running it (stockticker_applet). You may want to add it to your
applet menu by running gmenu.


Getting new versions
====================

The stockticker webpage can be found at:

  http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=8005


License and Disclaimer
======================

StockTicker is Copyright (c) 2000 by Mike Oliphant. It may be used and
distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. All other
brand and product names are trademarks, registered trademarks or service
marks of their respective holders.

These programs are distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this distribution; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.


Acknowledgments
===============

Thanks go to:

 o Yahoo, for providing such an easily accessible quote system
 o Dj Padzensky, for example perl code to talk to Yahoo Finance
 o All of the gtk+/gnome folks
 o The authors of the stock gnome applets, for useful example code
 o The authors of the ghttp library, for a nice, easy-to-use implementation

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Mike Oliphant (oliphant@gtk.org)
