Introduction

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# Chapter 1. Introduction

SandUhr is an alarm clock, which is shaped like a sand glass. One may choose one of several possible alarm actions, e.g. it is possible to automatically play a sound file when the alarm time is reached. This program is useful for people which --- like me --- tend to forget the time when sitting in front of a computer. It helps them to produce properly timed tea anyway.

The program utilitarizes (and requires) the GNOME desktop environment. Thus it needs the X Window System to operate. I built it with the help of the Glade interface builder.

SandUhr 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.

This program is 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. A copy of this license can be found in the file `COPYING`, which is included in the distribution.

I would be glad to receive any comment on my program, especially bug reports. My email address is `<voss@mathematik.uni-kl.de>`. Your message should include the program's version number. This may be obtained from the program call sanduhr --version or may be found at the About window (the right mouse button open a window where you should choose Help->About).

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