From 3d9cdc80f2482fb702492ae1eeab121077753dbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: reenoo Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 12:03:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 0.4.3 -> 0.5 merging --- README | 74 ++++++++++++++++++---------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 2da2f24..6faf996 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -- INTRODUCTION -------------------------------------------------------------- -LCDproc is a client server suite including drivers for all kinds of nifty LCD +LCDproc is a client/server suite including drivers for all kinds of nifty LCD devices. The server works with different display sizes and supports several serial devices: Matrix Orbital, Crystal Fontz, Bayrad, LB216, LCDM001 (kernelconcepts.de), Wirz-SLI and PIC-an-LCD; and some devices connected to @@ -10,14 +10,19 @@ usage, uptime, and a lot more. LCDproc also supports key or remote control input for controlling the clients. +The client and the server use a TCP connection to communicate, so it is +possible to have a client on a box in Sweden showing its stats on a LCD +display in the United States. + Our web site is located at http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net For new versions and CVS go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/lcdproc/ -Check there first for new versions or updates. We've got a spot on the web -site for user's suggestions, and you can e-mail us as well: +Check there first for new versions or updates. For remaining questions, +you can ask the mailing list. For how to get on the mailing list, see +the main web site. -choadster@earthlink.net (William W. Ferrell) -scriven@cs.colostate.edu (Scott Scriven) +LCDproc was originally written by William W. Ferrell +and Scott Scriven . -- INSTALLATION -------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -34,59 +39,26 @@ See the ChangeLog file for more details. The first thing you should do is join the mailing list, to do so, go to out web site and click on MAIL and follow the instructions. -If you get the urge to help out by writing code, feel free to take a look at -the TODO file and find out what needs to be done... -Also, of course, new ideas are good too! :) +If you get the urge to help out by writing code, take a look at the TODO +file to see what we think that needs to be done. If you want to work on +something, or you want to add something different, tell it on the +mailing list. Maybe someone is already working on the part, and maybe someone +has already writen something that you can use. New ideas are always welcome ! -To add new drivers, read server/drivers/drv_base.h for instructions. - -Also you should spend some time reading the files in the docs/ directory. +To learn more about how LCDproc works, first have a look at the docs/ +directory. Some important things are documented there, but because this is +still somewhat a big hacking project, some documentation will be missing ;) -- SPECIAL THANKS ------------------------------------------------------------ -We'd like to thank the following people for helping out with this: - -Everyone at Matrix Orbital Corporation -- you guys are great! -Gareth Watts -- Patches, mailing list, ideas, www, etc. Thanks! -Everyone on the mailing list. :) - -The developers (our team at Sourceforge): - -Robin Adams afrob -Mindaugas Idzelis aim4min -Andre Burton andreb -Bjoern Andersson ban -Benjamin Tse blt -Chris Debenham cjdebenh -Colin Munro colinmunro -Charles Steinkuehler cstein -David Douthitt ddouthitt -David GLAUDE dglaude -Guillaume Filion gfk -Glen Gray glengray -Mark Haemmerling haemi -Shane Spencer hardwire -Harald Klein hklein -J Robert Ray jrray -Matthew Dainty mattd -Jim McCracken merlin_jim -Philip Pokorny ppokorny -Rene Wagner reenoo -Joris Robijn robijn -Ken Robertson seadawg -Simon Harrison smh -Stephen Paul tegetana -Manuel Stahl themythos -Scott Scriven toykeeper -William W. Ferrell willfe - -Everyone who contributed, tested or suggested something to help make LCDproc -a better software. +LCDproc is a community effort, and as such we'd like to recognize everyone's +efforts. We've tried to list all the people that have contributed in the +CREDITS file. Thanks all ! -- LEGAL STUFF --------------------------------------------------------------- -LCDproc is Copyright (C) 1999-2002 - William Ferrell, Scott Scriven and several other contributors. +LCDproc is Copyright (C) 1998-2002 + William Ferrell, Scott Scriven and many other contributors. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License