
Kmud 0.2


Introduction
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Kmud is a free mud client for Unix/X11 that integrates in the KDE Desktop
Environment. It is a useful and easy to use program for all people that want a
nice graphical interface instead of a simple telnet for playing MUDs. The goal
is to be the best mud client under KDE.

Features
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 - connection wizard / profiles 
 - aliases 
 - delimited input for entering several commands 
 - input history (with auto complete) 
 - auto reconnect 
 - copy&paste from mud view 
 - ansi/vt100 support with color customising 
 - alternative input line 
 - connection timer & indicator 
 - command line options 
 - beep when "paging" signal was sent (ascii char 007) 


How to obtain Kmud
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You can download Kmud from the Homepage at
http://fara.cs.uni-potsdam.de/~uhlmann/kmud/

If you really want the latest snapshot (no matter if it compiles or not),
you can checkout Kmud from the CVS-server.
Just enter the following lines:

cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@barney.cs.uni-potsdam.de:/home/cvs/kmud login
CVS password: ano
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@barney.cs.uni-potsdam.de:/home/cvs/kmud checkout kmud

A snapshot of the development version in the CVS is made every night at 04:00:00 MET.
You can download it at ftp://fara.cs.uni-potsdam.de/pub/kmud/kmud-snapshot.tar.gz

Dont forget to do a "make -f Makefile.dist" when got Kmud from the CVS or as the
daily snapshot.

Requirements
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You need Qt 1.44 and the KDE 1.1.x libs to be installed to compile Kmud correctly.

Compilation and installation
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In order to compile and install Kmud on your system, type the following in
the base directory of the Kmud distribution:

% ./configure
% make
% make install

Since Kmud uses autoconf you should have not trouble compiling it.
Should you run into problems please report them to the Kmud mailing list at
kmud@barney.cs.uni-potsdam.de. See the homepage (see above) how to subscribe to
that list.



