xyac - A YAC client for the X-Window System =========================================== WHAT IS XYAC? ------------- This program makes your computer a YAC client, willing to receive YAC messages from YAC servers. It displays the messages on X in an OSD-like fashion. The security of this application is non-existent at best. Use at your own RISK! This program is pretty much the osd_cat sample application that ships with XOSD trimmed down a bit and then mashed together with yac_client for Tivo. SO THEN WHAT THE HELL IS THIS YAC THING? ---------------------------------------- YAC is a protocol developed by Jensen Harris that uses TCP to send caller-id information from a server to many clients. So you can have one machine (the server) with a modem that grabs caller-id information when someone calls you. The server then spits out the information to all clients who then display it. This way if you are on your desktop or laptop, you don't have to get your lazy ass up to go to the phone to see who is calling. HOW DO I INSTALL THIS PROGRAM? ------------------------------ 1. Step 1, obtain and install XOSD. This program requires XOSD version >= 2.0.0. XOSD is avaliable from: http://www.ignavus.net/software.html 2. Untar xyac, which you probably already did because you are reading this. Run "make" and then "make install" as root. 3. While running X, run "xyac". And you are done. You'll probably want to look at the many, many options that xyac has to change the placement, font, delay, etc. of the OSD. SEE ALSO -------- You can obtain a YAC server and client for windows and a YAC client for your Tivo at the YAC homepage. You might also find more YAC servers and clients for other platforms there, too. Also there are nice pictures of yacs there too. That homepage is located: http://www.sunflowerhead.com/software/yac/ Also, you can get a YAC server for your DirecTivo called elseed the same place you get xyac from: http://bah.org/tivo HOMEPAGE -------- OK, so this isn't really Tivo-related software, but it will live here for the time being: http://bah.org/tivo CONTACT ------- All code Copyright (C) Greg Gardner