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Dontspace --- another X-Window solitaire game
---------------------------------------------
by John Heidemann
$Id: README,v 1.4 1997/04/26 06:30:18 johnh Exp $


Executive Summary
-----------------

Dontspace is a solitaire game for X11.  It's modeled after
the game ``Free Space'' distributed with Microsoft Windows NT.
Dontspace emphasizes a clean user interface and point-based
scoring.

See the ``Release Notes'' menu item for details about what's new in 
this version of Dontspace.


Installation
------------

The quick answer to installation is to type:
	./configure
	make install
And then run /usr/local/games/dontspace.

0.  Install an adequate version of wish.
	Dontspace requires either Tk-4.1 (or later)
	or wishx, the extended-tcl version of wish.

	Tcl, tk and tclX are quite portable and should run on most
	POSIX/X11R4 or better systems.  It has been tested by the
	author on SunOS 4.1, Solaris/x86 2.1, FreeBSD 2.0,
	and Linux/Slackware 2.x at various times.

1.  Run "./configure".  GNU configure will find wishx and build the
	Makefile.  By default dontspace will install over the existing
	version, or in /usr/local/games.

	Dontspace has two parts: the executable program,
	some data files, and some man pages.
	Unfortunately there are many reasonable ways to install
	these for games.  We try the best from these choices:

	EXECUTABLE	DATA		MAN		SYSTEM
	P/games		P/lib/games	P/man		Linux/RedHat
	P/games		P/share/games	P/man		FreeBSD
	P/games		P/games/lib	P/man		SunOS
	P/bin		P/lib		P/man		normal programs

	(where P is first /usr/local and then /usr).

	You can override installation in two ways, with --prefix=P
	(which sets P), or with --bindir=BD, --datadir=DD, and --mandir=MD.

2.  Run "make install" to do the installation.
	You may need to run this as root if you're writing
	to directories you don't own.


Updates
-------

The latest version of dontspace can be found at 
<http://www.isi.edu/~johnh/SOFTWARE/JACOBY>.


Jacoby---the big picture
------------------------

Dontspace is intended to be one of a family of Tk-based solitaire
games.  It's a descendent of Klondike; eventually these two programs
(and others) will share the same source code base.

The name for this family of programs is "Jacoby" after Oswald Jacoby,
a noted bridge player.


Dontspace---the hidden agenda
-----------------------------

Unix has a number of strong technical features, however other
operating systems have a strong market share.  Since operating systems
vendors have begun to ship games as a standard part of their operating
systems (and perhaps as the most enjoyed part, at that), dontspace,
together with klondike and xbomb, represent my attempt to keep Unix
feature-for-feature equivalent to other operating systems.


Release Notes
-------------

Dontspace 1.0---The first network release.

Dontspace 1.1---Screen scaled slightly for a 640x480 display.
Configuration now uses GNU configure.

Dontspace 1.2---updated for Tk-4.1 (now wishx-independent); both
source and RPMs distributed.


Ispell Words
------------

Ispell LocalWords: Dontspace README Exp NT Tk wishx Tcl ftp berkeley tcl tk
Ispell LocalWords: tclX POSIX dontspace Ispell LocalWords Sager xbomb


Credit
------

This program was written by John Heidemann, but it employs
bitmaps from Gary Sager.  Thanks to him for his contribution.

Comments on dontspace should be sent to:

   -John Heidemann
    <johnh@isi.edu>
    USC/Information Sciences Institute
    4676 Admiralty Way
    Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695