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 . 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 USC/Information Sciences Institute 4676 Admiralty Way Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695