
Xoth, (c) 1996 sellin@ifsic.univ-rennes1.fr

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(Sorry for my poor English...)

Xoth is an Othello game under X11, which allows two people to play through
a network.

To compile, use "xmkmf" then "make" with gcc. This program has been
successfully tested under Linux 1.3.45 and SunOS 4.1.3.

To start a game, if both players are on the same host, they just need to
launch the program : "xoth".

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When it starts, the program tries to find another player on ports from
9999 to 9980 in this order. If it can't find any other player waiting,
it will itself wait on the first available port. Several games can take
place at the same time on the same host.

You can specify a port number with the option -port, for example
	"xoth -port 9876"

You can specify a host name with the option -server. This option is only
used by the second player if he isn't on the same host than the first one.
For example, il the first player started the program on his host called
"helios", the second may type "xoth -server helios". Of course, "-server"
means that you specify where is the server, NOT that you are the server,
because, in fact, you're the client (as the 2nd player).

The -debug option prints out debugging messages (in french, sorry...)

The -nocolor option provides a B&W display. 

The -nohelp option disables the "rules of the game" printing (in french...)

You can modify some parameters in the xoth.h file, especially the "friends"
structure which allows a conversion from logins to nicknames.

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For any comments, write me at : "sellin@ifsic.univ-rennes1.fr"

Have fun !

