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ANNOUNCE: Xquote 2.1 ticker tape program

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Mark Buser

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Apr 17, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/17/00
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Apr 15, 2000

Announcing the release of Xquote 2.1. This release contains enhancements
that separate specification of ticker symbols from the strings displayed.
Now exchanges with number codes or other obtuse descriptors can have meaningful
user defined text displayed in the tape view. The size of supported ticker
symbols has also been increased to 15 characters.

See the ChangeLog file for what's new. See the TODO file for what's coming up.

Check out the Xinvest home page at http://sunsite.auc.dk/xinvest/. Here
you can find the latest source and Linux binary along with other helpful
information on using Xquote and Xinvest.


Primary Site -> http://sunsite.auc.dk/xinvest/

The XPM library -> ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries
LessTif (Motif clone) -> http://www.lesstif.org/

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What is Xquote?
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Xquote is a WWW ticker symbol quote retrieval program for UNIX systems
using the X Window System. Xquote requires Motif 1.2 or later and XPM.

Xquote is tested on the following platforms: HPUX 10, Solaris 2.6 CDE, and
Linux 2.2.12.

Xquote retrieves quotes from a number of net sources. It takes a ticker
symbol (stock, mutual fund, currency) and displays info in a table or ticker
tape. The table data displayed is selectable, and includes price, date,
change, volume, yield, 52 week high/low, day high/low, P/E, dividend, full
name, basically whatever can be reliably retrieved from multiple sources.

The good part Xquote communicates this information to Xinvest automatically
(if its running).

New servers can be added without rebuilding, just update X resources and the
new server or format is supported.

Xquote supports X11R5 (CDE 1.x) and X11R6 session management. Xquote will
start off just as you left it! Now with manual session management, you no
longer need a session manager to save your ticker symbols and other setup,
just start Xquote with the -restore option. See the online help for more info.

Hopefully, all of this is displayed using an easy-to-use, point-and-click
interface. There are few command line switches, no dot files, and X resources
are limited to color and font selection allowing you to tailor the look of the
tool to your own preferences.
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