The steps to providing a custom animation are as follows:
1 - Each frame of the animation is a separate GIF file.
The person creating the animation should provide two series
of GIFs, one for the small animation (recommended size 30x30)
and one for the large animation (recommended size 60x60).
You are free to use whatever size they want, but the small
GIFs should all be the same size, and the large GIFS should all be the
same size.
2 - Create an 'animation.dat' file by running 'mkanim'.
Usage of mkanim is: 'mkanim image-files'. All of the large image
files should come first, followed by all of the small image files.
Example: If you have just two frames per animation, the command
line might look like:
mkanim big1.gif big2.gif small1.gif small2.gif
This will create a file called 'animation.dat'
3 - Put the 'animation.dat' file in a publically accessable place.
4 - Specify the location of the 'animation.dat' file in the kit input
file with the label "X animation file".
Example: If the animation.dat is in /usr/local/netscape, the input
file would have the line:
X animation file = /usr/local/netscape/animation.dat