README.TXT

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Package: gumps

Version: 2.1

Creator: TJ Houston (Myrathi)

Contact: myrathi@templar.dhs.org

Created: 24-Jan-2000

Updated: 26-Apr-2000

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Files included in this archive:



* /gumps/docs/cmd_overview.txt   -- Overview of core "gump commands"

* /gumps/docs/gumps_inc.html     -- Help file

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* /gumps/examples/areyousure.src -- Example script 1: "Are You Sure?" gump

* /gumps/examples/radiogroup.src -- Example script 2: Radio-button groups

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* /gumps/textcmd/gm/gfchart.src  -- Color-chart text-command

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* /gumps/colorchart.zip          -- ZIP'd bitmap for reference

* /gumps/ctrl_reg.src            -- Registration script for the ICP package

* /gumps/gumps.inc               -- The main 'include' file (see below)

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* /gumps/README.TXT              -- <this file>



I don't pass shard-virii scripts but if you're in the least bit dubious about

the nature of any .ECL files within this package, feel free to recompile them!

You should really do that with all supplied .SRC files, anyway! :-) Anyway...



Please note that this package is shard-friendly and is initially disabled in

'pkg.cfg'. To enable it, simply alter the entry in 'pkg.cfg' from "Enabled 0"

to "Enabled 1" and restart your server. :-)



- The ICP package is supplied seperately.

- (check the ONElist under "OptionalPackages/").



To use the 'gumps.inc' file from another script, you must:



1) ENSURE that this package is installed to your main /pkg directory and

   *NOT* under the /opt package directory. If you insist on installing it to

   the /opt directory then you must alter the following "include" line

   appropriately.

2) Ensure this package is enabled (see previous paragraph)

3) Use the following line in your script:



  include "../pkg/gumps/gumps";





Alternatively, you can copy the "gumps.inc" file to your /scripts/include

folder and use:



  include "include/gumps";





Personally, I prefer the first one; keeps things tidy :)



( Hopefully this will be able to be changed to ":gumps:gumps" when Syzygy )

( gets the package-relative include references complete :-) *grin*        )





I hope you find this package extremely useful and that it saves you a lot

of hair! :-)  (hardcore gump-building tends to make you pull it out...)



Any comments, ideas, flames or general "stuff" should go, by email, to:



   myrathi@templar.dhs.org

   

Happy scripting!



- Myrathi



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All files within this archive are (OS) TJ Houston (Myrathi), 24-Apr-2000

and are, as such, freely editable. Please give due credit, ok? :-)