$Id: README,v 1.19 1998/04/07 19:50:22 kazu Exp $

	     MagicPoint - an X11 based presentation tool

This is alpha release of MagicPoint.  We're planing to add version
control mechanism of .mgp file for forward compatibly.  But currently,
such a mechanism is missing. Please use this package at your own risk.

MagicPoint is an X11 based presentation tool.  It is designed to make
simple presentations easy while to make complicated presentations
possible.  Its presentation file (whose suffix is typically .mgp) is
just text so that you can create presentation files quickly with your
favorite editor (e.g. Emacs).

MagicPoint is completely free but absolutely no warranty. For more
information, please refer to COPYRIGHT or COPYRIGHT.jp.  Please also
note that some of the source codes obeys GPL.  A copy of GPL is
included as file named COPYING. We will eliminate GPL codes in the
future.

			     INSTALLATION

To non-Japanese readers:
    Since MagicPoint extensively uses fonts in various sizes we recommend
    you to have X11 server with outline font rendering capability.
    If you have adobe Type1 font, it should be okay.

To Japanese readers:
    Since MagicPoint extensively uses English/Japanese in various sizes,
    we recommend you to either:
    (1) use X11 server with outline English/Japanese font capability, or
    (2) compile MagicPoint with VFlib linked.

    If you wish to go with (1):
	There will be no special preparation needed.  Simply perform the
	installation of MagicPoint.
	FYI, X-V project wepage is at:
	    http://karin.ip.titech.ac.jp/~takagi/X-VFlib/index.html
    If you wish to go with (2):
	VFlib is a scalable font rendering library, available from
	ftp://gull.se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/pub/VFlib/.
	Compile and install VFlib into your system, then, proceed to the
	installation of MagicPoint.
	If you do not have VFlib, MagicPoint will be compiled so that
	it will rely upon X11 fonts, which means, (1).


Follow the steps below to make MagicPoint:

	% ./configure
	% xmkmf
	% make Makefiles
	% make

Note: if you have vflib installed AND you do NOT want to compile the
vflib support into the binary, try the following option: 

	% ./configure --disable-vflib

Invoking `configure' updates Imakefile.  So, do NOT forget to invoke
`xmkmf' every time you update Imakefile.

It's a good idea to preview a sample file before installation.

	% ./mgp sample/tutorial.mgp

For more information, see sample/README or sample/README.jp.

When you believe that everything is OK, install MagicPoint as follows:

	% su
	# make install
	# make install.man


			     FOR MORE INFO

Offical home page of MagicPoint is "http://www.Mew.org/mgp/".

Latest package is available from "ftp://ftp.Mew.org/pub/MagicPoint/"
as well as this home page.

Please send comments to the developer mailing-list "mgp@Mew.org".

Japanese user ml is "mgp-users-jp@Mew.org". Send a request to
"mgp-users-jp-ctl@Mew.org" whose the first line of the body is "#help"
(without quotes).
