WorkBone Version 2.3 -- official release -------------------- WorkBone is covered under the provisions of the GNU GPL. While you may incorporate routines from WorkBone into your own projects, please DO NOT release your creation under the WorkBone name. Unfortunately, some individuals have released unapproved hacks using the WorkBone name. These uncoordinated hacks have caused headaches and confusion for the author, contributors, and end users of the legitimate WorkBone. If you wish to contribute to official WorkBone development, feel free to send your comments, suggestions, or patches to the author for possible inclusion into the official release. WorkBone is an interactive TEXT-MODE control panel for playing audio CDs under Linux. It is text-mode interface to the module "hardware.c" from the elaborate X11 CD program known as WorkMan. WorkBone is intended as a simple interactive tool for navigating audio CDs under text-mode Linux. WorkBone intentionally does not incorporate extraneous features of WorkMan. In fact, WorkBone is designed for those individuals who just wish to play music simply and with minimal fuss, and without the bloat of excessive features. WorkBone uses the numeric keypad as a control panel to allow you to move track to track, play, stop, pause, and resume playing of audio CDs. Additionally, the running times are continuously updated and displayed. Make sure you have your NUM LOCK engaged when using WorkBone. A template is displayed to guide you, and pushing the DEL key on the numeric pad will bring up a help screen. Note that WorkBone works with most CD Rom drives. However some NEC drives use non-standard proprietary audio commands, and WorkBone will not function with these non-standard drives. Thanks go to the folks who originally wrote WorkMan, the X11 cd player. Many thank to Phil Hughes who fixed the man page. And much appreciation to Sam Honeybone, David La Croix, Tim Norman, and Alan Jenkins, all who have provided useful fixes, code, hints, and suggestions. Enjoy. Thomas McWilliams tgm@netcom.com *or* thomas.mcwilliams@f615.n109.z1.fidonet.org