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                    LuxMan -- A maze game for Linux
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                        THIS IS A TEST VERSION
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                         WARNING!! WARNING!!

  I STRONGLY suggest that you quit all other applications before
  running this program. If the program should happen to crash,
  the keyboard may be left in `raw' mode. If this happens, the
  keyboard will essentially quit working `correctly' and you will
  be forced to hit the RESET button (Ctrl-Alt-Del will NOT work!!)

  I have set up safeguards to prevent this sort of thing from
  happening (see `sigs.cc' and `map.cc'), but I can't guarantee I've
  thought of everything.

  If the program should get `stuck', it should detect this and kill
  itself in about 10 seconds, so you probably want to wait a bit
  before hitting RESET.

  If you do have to hit RESET, I can at least tell you that LuxMan
  only writes to disk when updating highscores, so RESET should
  be fairly safe. You should always run fsck after hitting RESET,
  of course.

  [Having said that, I can tell you that I have personally mangled
   my system several times while developing LuxMan and have never
   lost any data. In my opinion, LuxMan has been very stable for
   several months now.]
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Requirements:

1) linux      (I use version 1.1.72; requires 1.1.50+)
2) VGA card that can support 320x200x256 

Optional:

1) Soundcard capable of playback at either 11kHz or 8kHz

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Installing:

1) untar -

	tar zxf luxman-X.XX-bin.tar.gz

  (Where `X.XX' would be replaced by the actual version number)

  This will create a directory tree underneath the current directory:
       	./lux
	./lux/src
	./lux/maps
       	./lux/gtools
	./lux/8k
	./lux/11k

  You may now run the program from the `lux' directory, or
  install it as described in step (2).

2) install -	NOTE! You must do this as root.

	cd lux
	make install

	Note: `make install' installs the binaries in /usr/games,
	      so make sure /usr/games is in your PATH.

3) run -
	luxman

	See `README.Playing' for information.

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Mail comments, suggestions, bug reports, etc., to:

	frankm@nuance.com

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Have fun!
Frank McIngvale

