DESCRIPTION

Hotline::Client is a class implementing a limited Hotline internet client
in Perl.  It was specifically developed to aid in the creation of Hotline
"bots."  Hotline is an internet client/server system that's a sort of cross
between IRC and a BBS.  See http://www.hotlinesw.com/ for more information.

INSTALLATION

The standard incantations should work:

	perl Makefile.PL
	make
	make install

Here are a few common variations on that theme:

* If you don't want to or can't install in the system-wide directories,
  you can use PREFIX to install elsewhere.  Example:

	perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~
	make
	make install

  You'll probably have to create some dummy directories before this works.
  Just look at the error messages and create the directories it says it
  can't find.

* If you're installing on a Mac OS system, the simplest way to get going
  is to drag the entire contents of the "lib" folder into the "lib" folder
  in your MacPerl folder.

BUGS, TROUBLESHOOTING, ETC.

Send problems and/or praise to John Siracusa (siracusa@mindspring.com)