-This directory contains the following files:
+ Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good;
+ and when it is bad, it is better than nothing.
+ --- Dick Brandon
+
+These files should be better than nothing:
files
What's where.
-backup
- Recommendations for how to do backups when running a game.
+backups
+ Recommendations for how to do backups when running a game.
+
+clients-howto
+ Material useful for client writers.
troubleshooting
Some common problems and solutions.
-disk_space
- Stuff you can delete to make more disk space.
-
-compiling
- How to compile the Empire2 server.
-
-configuration
+configuration
How to turn options on and off, change game parameters, etc...
+debugging
+ Hints on debugging.
+
econfig
Details about the syntax of data/econfig.
threads
Dave Pare explains how lwp threads work.
-coding
- Guidelines for coding style
+pthreads
+ Sasha Mikheev's notes on Empire's threading abstraction, and
+ its LWP and POSIX threads implementation.
-CHANGES
- Revision history for all the changes that were coded in the Empire2
- project. A much more readable version of this may be found in
- "info History" (brief) or "info Empire2" (detailed).
+coding
+ Guidelines for writing Empire code
+
+contributing
+ How to contribute to Empire
+
+unicode
+ Design and implementation of Empire's Unicode support.
+
+CHANGES2.0
+ Detailed revision history for the Empire2 project until
+ version 2.3. A more condensed (and much more readable)
+ version meant for deities and players may be found in "info
+ Empire2". For an overview of Empire versions, see "info
+ History".
CHANGES2.3
- All changes since revision 2.3
+ Detailed revision history for Empire2 changes since version
+ 2.3, also covered by "info Empire2"
CHANGES3.0
- All changes since revision 3.0
-
-CHANGES4.0
- All changes since revision 4.0
+ Detailed revision history for Empire3 changes. The version
+ meant for deities and players is in "info Empire3".
-PRIORITY
- things which need to be coded soon.
+ There is no detailed revision history for versions 4.0.0 to
+ 4.2.12. Since 4.2.12, detailed history is in the revision
+ control system, currently Git. The version meant for deities
+ and players is in "info Empire4.0", "info Empire4.2", ...
WISH_LIST
things which maybe should be coded sometime.