Crabs
			 A Live Desktop For Windows
			       Paolo Cignoni
			   
				 28/4/1992


Description
Running  Crabs found  a shellfish colony  on your desktop window. These 
little crabs eat the background  and dread the cursor.  I saw a similar 
program the first time on a DMD 5620 Teletype terminal in an article on 
Scientific American in 1985.  The crabs can  walk inoffensively  on the 
Desktop Window behind other window or eat any window they meet. You have
control over crabs with the cursor because crabs dread cursor. 
The program is customizable using the CRABS.INI file.

How to install
To install  Crabs  you must copy it and put the  CRABS.INI file in your 
Windows directory. CRABS.INI contains only the section [crabs]; you can 
modify the following parameters:

    [crabs]

    desktop = boolean   TRUE  crabs are on the desktop and walk UNDER 
			      other windows, eating only the background;
				
			FALSE crabs are on the desktop and walk OVER 
			      any window eating them;
 
    timer = nnn         refresh period, smaller the number, 
			faster the crabs;
 
    crabnumber = nnn    number of crabs on the screen (max 40)
 
    probchangedir = nn  probability (0..100) for a crab to change 
			his walk direction,


Crabs is  FreeWare, you can copy, distribute and use it freely. The only 
limitation is to distribute the whole package without modifing it.
If you  like this program,  or if you have  suggestions send me an e-mail 
at the following internet address:

cignoni@miles.cnuce.cnr.it
 
Next versions of this program will be done if i receive a little 
encouragement from users.


					      Paolo Cignoni
					      Via Amendola 39
					      57025 Piombino (LI)
					      ITALY