DESCRIPTION

The Net::Hotline modules implement a Hotline interface in Perl.  Currently,
this includes only Hotline::Client.  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.

PREREQUISITES

You'll need to install the IO:: modules (for IO::Socket, etc.) if you have
an older Perl distribution that didn't include them.  You'll also probably
want to upgrade to the latest version if your IO:: modules are not up to
date.

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)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright(c) 1998 by John C. Siracusa.  All rights reserved.  This program is
free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms
as Perl itself.