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07/07/07 11:45:05 (1 year ago)
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takkaria
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Fix up the documentation, and add a brief FAQ.

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    11Angband 3.0.8 
    22============= 
    3  
    4 Bug reports to <bugs@rephial.org> 
    5 Website at     http://rephial.org/ 
    6  
    73 
    84Angband is a graphical dungeon adventure game that uses textual characters 
    …… 
    106in the vein of games like NetHack and Rogue. 
    117 
    12 The game's website is http://rephial.org/, which contains various help files, 
    13 changelists, and development information.  There are also files included here 
    14 which give valuable information, like changes.txt and the help files in 
    15 lib/help/, which can be viewed in-game. 
    16  
    178Angband is currently maintained by a development "team" headed by Andrew 
    189Sidwell.  Please see the "thanks.txt" file for a full listing of credits. 
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     11  Report bugs here:     bugs@rephial.org        
     12  The Angband website:  http://rephial.org/ 
     13  Angband forums:       http://angband.oook.cz/forum/ 
    2014 
    21 If you've downloaded the source, please be aware that there are precompiled 
    22 versions available for at least Mac OS X, Windows, and RISC OS, available 
    23 at the main site.  However, if you want to compile, you may find the page 
    24 <http://rephial.org/wiki/Compiling> useful. 
     15  32x32 graphics for X11 and Windows: 
     16    http://angband.oook.cz/download/extra/graf-32x32-306.zip 
    2517 
     18  When upgrading, please read changes.txt! 
    2619 
    27 For information on variants, patches, and other assorted things, you're best 
    28 off looking at the main community site for Angband, <http://angband.oook.cz/>. 
    29 It has the Angband forum, provides access to the Angband newsgroup, and allows 
    30 you to upload character dumps and screenshots. 
     20  '?' in-game lets you browse the help system. 
    3121 
    32 Bug reports should be sent to either the forum, in the "Vanilla" section, or 
    33 via email to bugs@rephial.org. 
     22  For more information about the game, its variants, and somewhere to upload 
     23  your characters and screenshots, please see http://angband.oook.cz/. 
     24 
     25  If you've downloaded the source, please be aware that precompiled versions 
     26  are available for at least Mac OS X, Windows, and RISC OS, available at the 
     27  main site.  However, if you want to compile, try reading: 
     28    http://rephial.org/wiki/Compiling 
     29 
    3430 
    3531 
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    4036savefile from the wrong place, note that the game may decide to re-save your 
    4137savefile in the proper place when you quit. 
    42  
    43 Some kinds of archive (namely Zip files) don't handle empty directories, so 
    44 there are "delete.me" files in those.  You may safely delete these files if 
    45 they annoy you. 
    4638 
    4739 
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    6153used to store the high score list.  This file is named "scores.raw".  To 
    6254use an old high score list, simply copy it into the "lib/apex" directory. 
    63  
    64 Angband uses a set of ascii "user pref files" which are kept in the 
    65 "lib/pref" directory.  Most of these files can only be used on a small set 
    66 of platforms, and may need slight modifications when imported from older 
    67 versions. 
    6855 
    6956If you're interested in what else lies in lib/, then please read