Help file for !RiscXLib
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 Application  : RiscXLib - Base Files
     Purpose  : Contains the neccesary files to run X client programs
                on a RISC OS machine.
     Version  : 0.03
      Author  : Leo White/Peter Naulls
        Date  : Monday 16th August 2004

--------------------------------------------------------------------

  RiscXLib contains the files neccesary for running X client applications
under RISC OS. This files include error messages, locale information and
bitmap files.
 RiscXLib also sets up a number of system variables required by X clients.
These are

  DISPLAY - Contains details on which XServer the X clients will connect to. 
            This is in the format <IP Address>:<Screen Number> in most cases the
            Screen number will be zero e.g. 127.0.0.1:0 10.0.0.1:0 etc.
            
  HOME    - The location of the users home directory. This defaults to the
            directory UserHome inside the !RiscXLib directory.  This is where
            most X clients will look for user specific configuration files.
            
  XAUTHORITY - Points to the XAuthority file used for authenticated X Servers.

  ICEAUTHORITY - Points to the ICEAuthority file used for authenticated X Servers.
  
  XAPPLRESDIR - Points to a directory that contains applcation default configurations.
  

  You can either set these values yourself, or edit the !Boot file. The only
system variable you should really need to change is the DISPLAY variable.  
            
            
----------------------------------------------------------------

Conditions of Use
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  RiscXLib has been built from the X11R6.4 source code released by
various parties, and as such must include the following notices.

Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001 Compaq Computer Corporation
Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001 Hewlett-Packard Company
Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001 IBM Corporation
Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001 Hummingbird Communications Ltd.
Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001 The Open Group

All rights reserved.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Soft-
ware"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without
limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute,
and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
Software is furnished to do so, provided that the above copyright
notice(s) and this permission notice appear in all copies of the Soft-
ware and that both the above copyright notice(s) and this permission
notice appear in supporting documentation.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABIL-
ITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY
RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR HOLDERS INCLUDED IN
THIS NOTICE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, OR ANY SPECIAL INDIRECT OR CONSE-
QUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE,
DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFOR-
MANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

Except as contained in this notice, the name of a copyright holder shall
not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or
other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization of
the copyright holder.

X Window System is a trademark of The Open Group.



----------------------------------------------------------------

Contacting The Author
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  RiscXLib was originally released by Leo White.   This version is
  released by Peter Naulls.  The orignal release by Peter Naulls was
  to support 32-bit.  This release moves to the X.org codebase, instead
  of the previously used Xfree86 sources.


email : peter@chocky.org
