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This file briefly describes the X11 release of XTrek.

Sorry, there is no Imakefile for XTrek, I just ran out of time...

There are several definitions at the top of the Makefile
that will probably have to be changed.  These are DESTDIR,
LIBDIR, MANDIR, MANSUFFIX, XTREKOWNER, FC, and FONTDIR.

Once these definitions are set a simple 'make install' should
compile and install XTrek.  This has been done successfully on
Sun 3's and 4's running SunOS 4.0, Vaxen running Ultrix, and
IBM RT's running AOS 4.3.  It should probably work on HPUX as
well, but that has not been tested.  See README.X10 for hints
on bringing up XTrek on HP workstations.

A few things you should know:

	The xtrek_ship manpage describes custom ship configuration.

	The file xtrek.me contains the documentation for XTrek.

	XTrek now uses fonts to display objects in the local and
	map windows.  This makes display much faster on most 
	servers, but makes installation a bit harder.  If you 
	don't know where the font compiler and font directory 
	are on your system ask your local X guru or system 
	administrator.

Note to Sun Users:

	Forget about running this on color Suns with the MIT X server, its
	way too slow.  One of the X11/NeWS developers has been beta-testing
	this version of XTrek, so hopefully the X11/NeWS server will be
	fast enough.

	I was able to get XTrek to run ok on 3/50's when the server was
	compiled with GCC and had the Purdue Speedups installed.  Using
	the vanilla X11R2 server compiled with Sun CC was a little slow.

Note to IBM RT Users:

	XTrek running on 4.3 RT's depends on a really gross kernel hack
	that is now not used by anything but XTrek.  If XTrek dumps core
	when trying to open shared memory send me mail and I will send 
	you instructions for building a kernel that will run XTrek.


