Rift Tk
The Unix Quake Internet Tool
-- Reduced capabilities of v 0.7 -
Copyright 1996, Bob Jamison
All Rights Reserved
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== Initial Test version === More Help Later! ===
I am still developing this beast, and I just wanted to get
a preview copy into the users' hands.

I know it looks like hell.  I'm working on it.  Cut me some
slack!!!  ;-)

This is a reduced version of Rift that allows the Unix Quake
aficianado to find out about Quake servers, with a nice little
interface.  Although greatly reduced in the functionality that
it provides to the Unix user, it nonetheless is based on the same
engine that powers the full-blown copy.

Actually, I do my "research" coding on Unix first, before the
new modules go to Windows95/NT.  So you will be seeing features
here before the Weasel95 crowd does!!  Unix rules.

INSTALL
=======

*** 1.  Unix / X Windows

It is so painfully obvious that you need these installed and
configured, that I am tempted to leave this step out.  But I
can imagine the e-mail I will receive if I omit this step!!  ;-)

   Unix              -  If you don't have it, install it!!
   X11R5 and higher  -  If you don't have it, install it!!

*** 2.  TCL/TK

Make sure a proper installation of TCL 7.5 and TK 4.1 exists
on your machine.  These two must-have tools are available
at the following sites, among others:

ftp.smli.com       Sun's TCL/TK Home
ftp.cdrom.com      They have everything, esp the Linux binaries
tsx-11.mit.edu     Linux 3d party applications

If you have a passable C development package on your system,
you can make and install a fresh copy of TCL/TK from source code,
if need be.  The find folks at Sun have made a very easy-to-install
package.

*** 3.  (Optional) Quake

If Quake is available for your machine, and you would like for Rift
to connect you with Quake servers, install it, HOWEVER YOU CAN.  Rift
can look for servers, and do its thing with or without Quake present.
It is beyond the scope of these notes how to install Unix Quake, and
I wish you good luck!!!

*** 4.  Rift

Unpack Rift into its directory:

	zcat rifttcl.tar.gz | tar xvf -

'cd' into the directory, and modify the file rift.cfg to your
desires.

The rift command is 'rifttcl'.  If for some reason this does not
start Wish (TK's command processor) properly, you might try
'wish -f rifttcl.'

DISCLAIMER!
===========
Since the operation of Unix asks for more technical expertise than
the average DOS box, the Rift user who wants to try it on Unix should
either have Unix know-how


UPDATES / INFORMATION
=====================
Check the site:
   http://www.phoenix.net/~ishmal/rift
occasionally for Rift updates,improvements, debugs, and the like.

Feel free to leave comments or suggestions that would improve the
program.

Questions?
Contact Bob at 713-244-5769,
or e-mail at ishmal@phoenix.net
or look for me on DalNet's IRC #quake channel as "ishmal"