Dontspace --- another X-Window solitaire game --------------------------------------------- by John Heidemann $Id: README,v 1.2 1994/06/16 06:32:37 johnh Exp $ Executive Summary ----------------- Dontspace is a solitaire game for X11. It's modeled after the game ``Free Space'' distributed with Microsoft Windows NT. Dontspace emphasizes a clean user interface and point-based scoring. See the ``Release Notes'' menu item for details about what's new in this version of Dontspace. Installation ------------ 0. Install wishx. Wishx is the extended windowing shell, built from Tcl, Tk, and Extended-Tcl. If you don't have these packages already, you can get them by anonymous ftp from sprite.berkeley.edu in tcl. The current files (as of this writing) are: tcl7.3.tar.Z tk3.6.tar.Z and tclX7.3a.tar.Z. Tcl, tk and tclX are quite portable and should run on most POSIX/X11R4 or better systems. 1. Edit the Makefile to describe where wishx, dontspace and related files should live. Also note that persistent score keeping can be disabled; see the comment in the Makefile. 2. Type "make install". Updates ------- The latest version of dontspace can be found at ftp.cs.ucla.edu in the directory pub/ficus/johnh. Jacoby---the big picture ------------------------ Dontspace is intended to be one of a family of Tk-based solitaire games. It's a descendent of Klondike; eventually these two programs (and others) will share the same source code base. The name for this family of programs is "Jacoby" after Oswald Jacoby, a noted bridge player. Dontspace---the hidden agenda ----------------------------- Unix has a number of strong technical features, however other operating systems have a strong market share. Since operating systems vendors have begun to ship games as a standard part of their operating systems (and perhaps as the most enjoyed part, at that), dontspace, together with klondike and xbomb, represent my attempt to keep Unix feature-for-feature equivalent to other operating systems. Release Notes ------------- Dontspace 1.0---The first network release. Ispell Words ------------ Ispell LocalWords: Dontspace README Exp NT Tk wishx Tcl ftp berkeley tcl tk Ispell LocalWords: tclX POSIX dontspace Ispell LocalWords Sager xbomb Credit ------ This program was written by John Heidemann, but it employs bitmaps from Gary Sager. Thanks to him for his contribution. Comments on dontspace should be sent to: -John Heidemann 4680 Boleter Hall UCLA Los Angeles, CA 90024