
xgammon.0.96a, a prerelease backgammon program for Linux.

It is still a prerelease.

xgammon contains an X11 interface, 
a simple file selector and saving dialog,
a edit position menu option.
a rollout option.
a mail dump option for newsgroup posting of positions.

(It's playing abilities are still rather poor. This may change soon ...)

So if you would like to support us a little, test it and send
comments to
	klasen@asterix.uni-muenster.de (Lambert Klasen)
	steuer@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de (Detlef Steuer)
we would to very happy and thankful.
We are also especially interested in reports, porting this programs 
to other systems.	Thanks in advance.


To `make' xgammon type:

gunzip xgammon.0.95a.tar.gz
tar -xf xgammon.0.95a.tar

in a directory you like and then just

make

xgammon needs an endgame databse to play more efficient in the endgame and
running game. 
So you also need to type

make database

This command will create a program named `vert' in a ./lib directory
and then execute it to create the `xgammon.db', 
the xgammon endgame-database.
Note: The program vert will run about 3 - 5 hours to do it's job
and the database will be of about 6.5Mb size.

Then install the xgammon application defaults:
cat xgammon.ad >> ~/.Xdefaults
or
xrdb -merge xgammon.ad

That's it for now. If you have any comments, suggestions or other information,
please email:
	klasen@asterix.uni-muenster.de
	steuer@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de


We hope you enjoy it.

		Lambert Klasen		Detlef Steuer
